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I have some problems with my reef (STN, RTN, no pods, high invert mortality) so I had a Triton ICP test done 3 months ago.
High copper (29 µg/l should be 0.1 )
high zinc (62 µg/l should be 4)
high silicon (1040 µg/l - should be 100)
high aluminium (109 µg/l - should be 2)
All the rest were okay.
So I added cuprisorb and found a rusting magnet in my tunze 9004 skimmer. This was removed and all other equipment thoroughly checked (nothing else visibly corroded). No screws in there, no rusted covers etc.
3 months on, things are slightly better, I now have visible pods. However coral is still looking awful and I randomly get stripping, and any new coral deteriorates after a week or two.
So I get another ICP test and get the following results:
High copper (9.321 µg/l - improvement of 20 ug/l but still far too high compared to NSW)
High zinc (75 µg/l, 20% increase!)
high silicon (1715 µg/l, 65% increase!)
high aluminium (90 µg/l, 20 µg/l reduction)
So what's going on?!
Salt: red sea blue bucket
Water: RO/DI with 0 TDS.
Potions dosed: Sodium carbonate anhydrous (spec is here: https://apcpure.com/product/sodium_carbonate_anhydrous_99_3)
Food: mix of various frozen (quality brands) and Prime reef flakes
So how do I remove the remaining copper and zinc? And what is the source of my silicon?
Is there any chance these things can be coming from my RODI even though it registers 0 TDS and I regularly change the DI?
Help, I'm losing the plot!! I have read so much on this and usually the end result is somebody pulling out a big old rusty chunk of metal. But I have a small tank and there is nowhere else to look!
Are there any alternative ways to remove metals? Macro growth?
I stupidly already bought triton's detox (£27/100 ml), then emailed them and they said it doesn't help with zinc ;Dead
High copper (29 µg/l should be 0.1 )
high zinc (62 µg/l should be 4)
high silicon (1040 µg/l - should be 100)
high aluminium (109 µg/l - should be 2)
All the rest were okay.
So I added cuprisorb and found a rusting magnet in my tunze 9004 skimmer. This was removed and all other equipment thoroughly checked (nothing else visibly corroded). No screws in there, no rusted covers etc.
3 months on, things are slightly better, I now have visible pods. However coral is still looking awful and I randomly get stripping, and any new coral deteriorates after a week or two.
So I get another ICP test and get the following results:
High copper (9.321 µg/l - improvement of 20 ug/l but still far too high compared to NSW)
High zinc (75 µg/l, 20% increase!)
high silicon (1715 µg/l, 65% increase!)
high aluminium (90 µg/l, 20 µg/l reduction)
So what's going on?!
Salt: red sea blue bucket
Water: RO/DI with 0 TDS.
Potions dosed: Sodium carbonate anhydrous (spec is here: https://apcpure.com/product/sodium_carbonate_anhydrous_99_3)
Food: mix of various frozen (quality brands) and Prime reef flakes
So how do I remove the remaining copper and zinc? And what is the source of my silicon?
Is there any chance these things can be coming from my RODI even though it registers 0 TDS and I regularly change the DI?
Help, I'm losing the plot!! I have read so much on this and usually the end result is somebody pulling out a big old rusty chunk of metal. But I have a small tank and there is nowhere else to look!
Are there any alternative ways to remove metals? Macro growth?
I stupidly already bought triton's detox (£27/100 ml), then emailed them and they said it doesn't help with zinc ;Dead