Habitat - Indoor :: Rust in my Tank?

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Post Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 4:42 pm   Rust in my Tank?

So I have a small concern. For a while I had not noticed that the UVB lamp was causing rust with the heat resistant screen. I guess the bubbles were coming up too strong and sprinkling water onto the heat resistant screen then causing it to rust with the UVB. - Anyway I cleaned out my tank yesterday and found a few rocks with orange tint on them along with the bottom glass near them with orange tint as well that clearly looked like rust. I scrubbed it all out but I'm concerned if I should keep it the way it is, or do a full water change or I should just do half.

I removed the heat resistant screen for now . I'm going to hang the UVB lamps above the tank soon to avoid this problem.

I can provide pictures if you'd like but I'm pretty sure it's rust. What are your suggestions?
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Post Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 11:00 am   Re: Rust in my Tank?

Depending on the amount of rust and water, I'd do a cleaning sooner than later.
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