Father of 9 (soon to be 10) with 320 gallon system

[Imrahilwjz]

Hmmm... There shouldn't be copper in the RODI. Do you use a water softener?

No water softener. If there were copper in the RODI I am assuming it would mean copper in my groundwater, and that my cartridges are too old. If there's copper in the mixing tank, but not the RODI, I'm assuming the rrrrrccchhhh, I was going to say transfer pump but I just looked in my mixing tank and I may have a different guess. Could the metal hose clamps and pipe straps be the source. There's a lot of brown gunk in the mix tank, but the RO tank is clear. I'm embarrassed that I didn't think of this sooner

 

[Imrahilwjz]

This is the inside of the RO tank

 

[tbrown]

What salt are you using?

 

[Imrahilwjz]

What salt are you using?

When I first mixed the tank I used an old chunk of salt that one of my brothers gave me, I don't know what brand it was. I also also used a box of Instant Ocean that another brother gave me (I have 8 brothers and 4 sisters, I'm the oldest). Other than that I've been using Fritz Reef Pro Mix

 

[Imrahilwjz]

At this point after looking at all the brown scum in the mixing tank, I ordered a new pump from BRS. I'll use the old pump to empty the tank, then replace the pump. The new pump will be quiet enough that I can use to mix and not just to transfer and I can pull all the hoses and metal out of the mixing tank (the current transfer runs at 90 decibels and is across the hall from bedrooms so using it to mix wasn'tan option.

 

[ying yang]

Welcome

 

[ying yang]

Please excuse my ignorance (or foggy mind as the case may be), but I can't come up with a translation for DT?

Acronyms, Abbreviations, Vocabulary, and Slang for the Reef Aquarist, Revised December 2018

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I know you only asked for dt but here is maybe all off them ^_^

 

[Imrahilwjz]

Acronyms, Abbreviations, Vocabulary, and Slang for the Reef Aquarist, Revised December 2018

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I know you only asked for dt but here is maybe all off them ^_^

Thanks

 

[Fish Think Pink]

I know I did one a long time ago, but I don't remember how to start. Can you point me in the right direction please?

Build thread started

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[Imrahilwjz]

Let me be among the first to say:
CONGRATULATIONS on your Build Thread Badge !!! WAHOO !!! YOU ARE ROCKING IT AND ON YOUR WAY !!!

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Let me be among the first to say:
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I worked late last night and then took today off, thinking the stuff I needed would be here today. Unfortunately the replacement pump was a day late, but I pumped all the water in the black tank down the drain, scrubbed any brown residue off the inside of the tank, then rinsed with RO water. I pulled all the hoses and fittings out of the inside of the tank, but left the aquarium pump in the bottom (I ran it to stir up sediment while draining the tank and figured it would get rinsed as well that way). I removed the transfer pump and then ran to the store for fittings etc. The new pump came this afternoon and I discovered that I am short 1 pvc fitting. More updates as the story develops

 

[Imrahilwjz]

When I first mixed the tank I used an old chunk of salt that one of my brothers gave me, I don't know what brand it was. I also also used a box of Instant Ocean that another brother gave me (I have 8 brothers and 4 sisters, I'm the oldest). Other than that I've been using Fritz Reef Pro Mix

This makes me wonder too. There was basically brown residue in the tank as soon as I mixed the first batch of water. I wonder if the one batch of salt could have been part of the problem

 

[tbrown]

This makes me wonder too. There was basically brown residue in the tank as soon as I mixed the first batch of water. I wonder if the one batch of salt could have been part of the problem

Definitely a possibility.

 

[Fish Think Pink]

This makes me wonder too. There was basically brown residue in the tank as soon as I mixed the first batch of water. I wonder if the one batch of salt could have been part of the problem

While back this year, this did happen:

Tropic Marin Recalls ‘Turkish Blend’ of Pro-Reef Salt Mix

Turkish Blend usually engenders a connotation of fine tobacco or strong coffee but the term is coming to mean something very different for one flavor of Tropic Marin’s popular saltwater mixes. Mysterious coral problems started arising from the reefing community several months ago but it’s only...

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Tropic Marin Halts Production of ‘Turkish Blend’ of Pro-Reef Salt Mix | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

Turkish Blend usually engenders a connotation of fine tobacco or strong coffee but the term is coming to mean something very different for one flavor of Tropic Marin’s popular saltwater mixes.

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[Imrahilwjz]

New pump in and filling mixing tank. It's an Iwaki. It's amazingly quiet, particularly compared to the prior pump.

 

[Daveobrien]

New pump in and filling mixing tank. It's an Iwaki. It's amazingly quiet, particularly compared to the prior pump.

What's This (circled in yellow) part of the plumbing. It looks like it's connected into the Input of the pump. Is this Freshwater Input to your setup?

 

[Imrahilwjz]

What's This (circled in yellow) part of the plumbing. It looks like it's connected into the Input of the pump. Is this Freshwater Input to your setup?

That's actually just a spigot that allows me to dispense either RO water or saltwater by gravity pressure depending on how I set my valves. I provide water for my nephew's 25 gallon tank. Also at need (i.e. during a power outage) I would normally have almost 200 gallons of drinking water available this way. Additionally I can prime the pump by opening the spigot until water runs out.

 

[Daveobrien]

That's actually just a spigot that allows me to dispense either RO water or saltwater by gravity pressure depending on how I set my valves. I provide water for my nephew's 25 gallon tank. Also at need (i.e. during a power outage) I would normally have almost 200 gallons of drinking water available this way. Additionally I can prime the pump by opening the spigot until water runs out.

I see metal on the faucet, and metal on the connecting hose. In my mind, that's a source of corrosion and future contamination. Even if just using to refill buckets with salt water.

My setup, I'd be paranoid and replace with all PVC fittings and valves. They're cheap.

 

[Imrahilwjz]

I see metal on the faucet, and metal on the connecting hose. In my mind, that's a source of corrosion and future contamination. Even if just using to refill buckets with salt water.

My setup, I'd be paranoid and replace with all PVC fittings and valves. They're cheap.

Yeah. I have a dislike for pvc valves, due to having them fail in the past in other applications, but here you're probably right. Especially since I'm treating this like a perfect storm and eliminating all possible sources, doing a massive water change and adding chemipure elite.

 

[Imrahilwjz]

Now that my rock has been exposed to copper will doing all this stuff make it possible to support crustaceans and coral in the system? In other words will I be able to get rid of the copper and zinc?

 

[Imrahilwjz]

I guess that's kind of a rhetorical question since Triton's advice seemed to indicate that it was possible.