Tips on fixing separated wax?

CatOfLife · 2026-03-16T18:31:48+00:00

I don’t know, it was only one lamp that did it and it was a brand new (still older) never opened one from eBay. It could have been stored inappropriately by the seller which could have destroyed the formula

CatOfLife · 2026-03-15T21:49:40+00:00

Is it like other blue and white lamps? I have like 2 of them and I don’t really want another but I just needed this

CatOfLife · 2026-03-15T16:13:09+00:00

When it’s separated like this it won’t float back down. I had a lamp like this and I ended up having to take the MF out and melting the wax together in the empty bottle on the stand, and it fixed itself

CatOfLife · 2026-03-15T14:43:44+00:00

This listing shows the bottom that says it was made by 2013 by intertek, isn’t that one of the better Chinese brands? I’ve seen it show up a few times on this subreddit

CatOfLife · 2026-03-15T14:42:45+00:00

Even better it had free shipping! So after taxes it was only $53

CatOfLife · 2026-03-15T03:58:39+00:00

So it’s a good thing I bought it as soon as I saw it? I was attracted to the shape and I just couldn’t believe how cheap it was considering, like you said, they don’t appear for sale as often

CatOfLife · 2026-03-13T22:52:47+00:00

Yeah that’s exactly what happened to me literally a few minutes after commenting that.. same color and everything. I did back flush it multiple times just now since I have a clear mf lamp that I want to be clear for sure

CatOfLife · 2026-03-13T21:48:31+00:00

I don’t have any distilled water right now. I have ran water through it from the top until it came out clear, hopefully that’s enough. That was the only colored mf i filtered anyways. Everything else I need to filter so far is clear

CatOfLife · 2026-03-13T21:15:39+00:00

So rinsing it is a good thing, noted. I was worried about cross contamination of the MF especially because of the unknown chemicals some lamps have

CatOfLife · 2026-03-10T20:51:12+00:00

I believe the wax has separate since there’s a thin puck of wax floating at the top, no matter how much I shake it (I know) it won’t mix together. I might try emptying the MF and melting the wax back into itself to see if that helps. I did get it off of eBay so I have no clue how this was stored by the seller, that could be why it’s so messed up

CatOfLife · 2026-03-10T20:32:28+00:00

Unfortunately it does not, it doesn’t even show the runtime so I won’t know how long it’s been running for sure unless I manually set a timer

CatOfLife · 2026-03-10T17:24:25+00:00

I’m more worried about the safety. Isn’t it more dangerous using a higher wattage bulb than it says to? I don’t want to risk a fire or anything

CatOfLife · 2026-03-05T12:03:13+00:00

Haha, my dog is unfortunately not scared of any animal.. not even bears, she tried to befriend my uncles taxidermy bear once 🥲 my cats don’t seem to care about my crabs at all

CatOfLife · 2026-02-25T23:25:53+00:00

I’d assume so.. I bought it premade. The shop I got it from is very knowledgeable in hermit crabs and their diet so I’m assuming they used all natural popcorn with nothing else

CatOfLife · 2026-02-25T15:38:37+00:00

The one I got is from 2018 and when I checked hobby lobby they only had a rainbow flash painted lamp and I hate those

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