Triton Detox
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Yeah me too.. I'm also worried about the 2-4 week period as we all know, it can take a few weeks for changes we make to effect our SPS corals.
reefmutt
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A quick reference pic, sorry about the poor quality it's off my iPad and with window reflections, this is under my full daylight LED Setting unlike previous picture which was evening setting. It serves it's purpose for this thread though.
Beautiful old colonies you got there.
Love how mature and grown in it is.
Let us know of any changes
A quick update, in the last couple of days I have noticed the Alk rise by 0.5 dkh, I think this must be due to corals reducing uptake, I have also lost a pink spot goby, which I'm assuming has died as he was getting more oand more reclusive over the last 10 days or so, a bit sad as I've had him for 7 years or so. Now the question that this poses is, is the Alk rise due to the detox upsetting my sps or a small spike in ammonia and or nitrite following the death? Unfortunatly I don't think there is anyway to draw conclusions but your thoughts would be appreciated as the main point of this thread was to assess whether or not Triton detox worked and was safe in an sps tank.
reefmutt
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I wouldn't consider the alk drop necessarily a bad thing. If the detox really worked as it was supposed to, I would think that there would be a period of adjustment by the corals in which they may stop or slow down for a bit..
I wouldn't be concerned if this is the only consequence you are seeing.
The goby.. Well that's a pretty long life in a tank. No knowing how old it was when you got it.
Just had my triton test results back and the copper levels have come down to 16.21 ppb, so a small drop but not as much as I had hoped, and confusingly my tin levels had risen to 2.8 ppb. So has the detox worked, marginally yes I'd say, assuming that there must be something now leaching tin and possibly still copper into the system, I'm going to go on a hunt, I'm thinking it could of been the bronze tap insert, that I thought I'd sealed in silicon is the culprit so I've bought a new salt water vat. The question is would the copper levels of been even higher without using the detox?a little confused as to where to go next, do a series of water changes and wait a month and get another test or run a second detox course now?
reefmutt
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Well, I think doing the system once over, looking for possible contamination sources is a good first step..
Second, look into Poly Bio Marine's poly filter and try a couple of those..
Then, I'd suggest you take a hard look at the tank and decide if your current water conditions are really causing your corals any stress..
If you decide that no, the tank looks perfectly fine, then I wouldn't go too crazy with detoxes.
There seem to be many who are not so convinced that the triton testing is completely accurate.
Good luck!
Second, look into Poly Bio Marine's poly filter and try a couple of those..
Then, I'd suggest you take a hard look at the tank and decide if your current water conditions are really causing your corals any stress..
If you decide that no, the tank looks perfectly fine, then I wouldn't go too crazy with detoxes.
There seem to be many who are not so convinced that the triton testing is completely accurate.
Good luck!
Thank you, I'm not gonna stress over this anymore having read a few articles from Randy Holmes, it appears the ocean has copper levels of 6-10ppb and 3 test tanks he was using for an experiment on copper levels all had 6-16ppb, he also wrote of some work done looking into heavy metal levels in various foods and the formula 2 I have recently switched to happens to have higher tin levels than some others.. So unless levels dramatically rise I'm going to leave well alone, but I am having a thorough check of the tank and equipment for possible contamination. Good point about triton testing is it inaccurate? And/or is it to sensitive and causing unwarranted stress over unproven levels where more transparency about what levels are actually harmful etc, maybe it's a marketing ploy to get us to spend more..
reefmutt
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Us reefers tend to get stressed, the minute we have more info than we had in the past..
I don't know if triton testing is so inaccurate, maybe inconsistent is a better word.. I'm not trying to discredit it. I have a sample in with them, myself. And it will not be my last, I don't think.
It's another good diagnostic tool to add to the arsenal. But not a be all, end all..
I've used poly filters often and they are an effective metal remover.
I don't know if triton testing is so inaccurate, maybe inconsistent is a better word.. I'm not trying to discredit it. I have a sample in with them, myself. And it will not be my last, I don't think.
It's another good diagnostic tool to add to the arsenal. But not a be all, end all..
I've used poly filters often and they are an effective metal remover.
