Aluminium used for aquarium sliders

Hi everyone,

Just interested to hear peoples opinion/experience on using aluminium for the aquarium. I have build 2 aluminium sliders and am currently using them. I did some research and it seems to be a problem at a pH of below pH 5. My sliders however are not in the water so its only really condensation dripping back into the tank that may introduce some contamination.

 

Maybe wrap it in some book cover plastic... not sure if it would affect sliding movement thou... or stick a thin sheet or plastic on it...

 

Used it for lights and mounting of LED strips ... when a white salt forms it is a sign that it is probably more exposed than you thought. Never had it full contact in the water, aslo only some condensation.

Still use it for tank clips ( aluminium welding rods ) easy to bend not issues, and for holding experiments in the water column like the CO2 bottle bells I did a while back - all probably to short term to say the impact was.

AFAIK nothing died because of it ..

Later Ferdie

 

Hi, could you pls show us the sliders? I need ideas for my tanks....