five.five-six
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No iron spikes so it's not rust and copper is in check so not wiring.
I test alk weekly and it does run a little high but have brought it down lately.
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No iron spikes so it's not rust and copper is in check so not wiring.
I test alk weekly and it does run a little high but have brought it down lately.
BeanMachine
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But have you checked all the impellers? What magnets do you use? Iron can get used up, but the other metals build up right?
You may want to run a sample of your source water through ICP testing as well.
What about a pest? I know a dip may stress the coral further, but maybe sacrificing one to the reef gods would rule out AEFW.
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BeanMachine
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Some salts and supplements have heavy metals, trace amounts but they are there.
CRookSkee
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I would also dip just to make sure no aefw, that is exactly how my tank started. Everything was doing fine and then outta the blue sps where loosing tissue and dying over night. Only thing i changed to the tank where went from t5 to mh and my alk went up 1 point. I slowly let alk back down and was still loosing sps.
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five.five-six
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The only pumps I use ae tunze
five.five-six
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I was using IO, Ali prompted me to try TM. It's hard to tell but it seems things are settling down.
dodgerblew
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I'm using it as well Mark.
five.five-six
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Actually chewy is the place to get it in the place to get it. Free shipping and $28.68 /22# bucket
https://www.chewy.com/tropic-marin-aquarium-sea-salt-88-lb/dp/167353
Comes real quick too
five.five-six
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I have inspected every magnet in the last 2 weeks
Both flow pumps, the return pump and the skimmer pump.
I have a flipper but it's less than a year old.
five.five-six
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It’s not just acro’s
It’s monties and stylophora and digitada as well
My maxima is as happy as a clam though.
five.five-six
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I’ll send out another ATI-ICP test today
The day I sent the first ATI-ICP did a 60 gallon WC with new salt (yes 60 gallons on a 150 gal system but really, the tank was circling the drain) added carbon and turned the skimmer back on in installed polyfilter.
Since then I did a 30 gallon WC and changed carbon twice.
I think some of my most recent losses can be attributed to all the carbon and I anticipated that collateral damage when I decided to run that much carbon. Polyfilter wasn’t showing any color changes and tests for iron, iodine, potassium, alk, ca, mg, and ammonium were coming up normal.
The day I sent the first ATI-ICP did a 60 gallon WC with new salt (yes 60 gallons on a 150 gal system but really, the tank was circling the drain) added carbon and turned the skimmer back on in installed polyfilter.
Since then I did a 30 gallon WC and changed carbon twice.
I think some of my most recent losses can be attributed to all the carbon and I anticipated that collateral damage when I decided to run that much carbon. Polyfilter wasn’t showing any color changes and tests for iron, iodine, potassium, alk, ca, mg, and ammonium were coming up normal.
BeanMachine
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I hope you figure it out Mark.
What was the need to run so much carbon? Why the change?
What was the need to run so much carbon? Why the change?
five.five-six
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When all else fails, run carbon?
BeanMachine
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I think I mis understood your timeline. Do what you have to do sometimes. :beer: Did you send in an ICP test of your makeup water?
Ali also told me he was having issues with IO.
five.five-six
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My RODI came back clean. Except for some silicon in it... which didn't show up in the tank sample.
I sent in another ICP test this morning. We'll see what's happening.
I still have 3 bags of IO, I'll prolly give it to a FOWLR person.
five.five-six
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Project: FAILED
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I'm $1600 into it and it looks like ****.
Picking up a used tank and sump sunday 72" X 30 wide X 24 tall ghost overflow eurobraced starfire peninsula $800
Project: FAILED
Pretty much I FAILED
I'm $1600 into it and it looks like ****.
Picking up a used tank and sump sunday 72" X 30 wide X 24 tall ghost overflow eurobraced starfire peninsula $800
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