Yes. 
Happy Reefing.
Happy Reefing.
No one can figure this out so far........
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Randy is right. I tried to save some money and it cost money in the long run. The carbon I was using must have had some kind of chemical in it and wiped out all the softies.
I just now teated the water and the pH is 8.3, trites, trates and phosphates are all 0. ca is 430 and all new arrivals are doing great. By new arrivals I mean 2 snails and a small yellow polyp rock. The star polyp rock is doing good also. More are starting to come out.
I really appreciate all of the information everyone has offered and this site really is the best!
I just now teated the water and the pH is 8.3, trites, trates and phosphates are all 0. ca is 430 and all new arrivals are doing great. By new arrivals I mean 2 snails and a small yellow polyp rock. The star polyp rock is doing good also. More are starting to come out.
I really appreciate all of the information everyone has offered and this site really is the best!
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6503909#post6503909 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Randy Holmes-Farley
Please PM me the brand of carbon that you was using.
It was not an aquarium brand, so no need to worry about it.
Actually, I believe I've had similar problems with ChemZorb. No way to conclusively say for certain, but we changed everything else, and the problems didn't stop until we changed brands of carbon.
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That's great!
That's great!
No. This was not a case of a hobby carbon causing a problem. He used something from a different industry. I can't be sure it was the carbon anyway, and carbon does have significant benefits to reef aquaria that I'm not sure Purigen can reproduce at a similar cost or scale.
