Dude that sucks. Keep us posted
Yeah man, it is heartbreaking. The fish that seemed to be so healthy are now acting lethargic as hell under copper.
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Dude that sucks. Keep us posted
Yeah, between work and soccer tournaments I've been sodding and landscaping the front yard, so luckily my tank is in cruise control, but it's past due for some maintenance and cleaning. I've actually been on the reef moonshiners method for exactly a year. A couple weeks ago I decided to meddle with the alk levels, and attempt to level it off closer to 9dkh. So I've been trying to adjust the dosing to keep it level. Should have left it alone! lol I can't help but to tinker with everything.
It's more often referred to as silicates, but the ATI ICP tests for silicon, an element that makes up silicate. Basically, adding silicates to the tank can feed diatoms, and cause an "outbreak." An ICP test of my RODI water is showing high levels of silicon, despite running through a Silicate Buster DI resin which is supposed capture it.Silicon? Explain....
It's more often referred to as silicates, but the ATI ICP tests for silicon, an element that makes up silicate. Basically, adding silicates to the tank can feed diatoms, and cause an "outbreak." An ICP test of my RODI water is showing high levels of silicon, despite running through a Silicate Buster DI resin which is supposed capture it.
I have been back and forth with Spectrapure, the maker of the Silicate Buster DI resin, and they suggested testing the pure water with a resistivity meter (I'll attach the resistivity chart they provided below) . Which I did, and basically confirmed that the ICP test is correct, and indeed the resin is not working correctly. However they are not volunteering to replace the resin, and pretty much just said that they don't know what's going on.
That's what I'm thinking too, that way I can use up the rest of the current DI... it's only about a 1/4 used up.I added a second DI resin chamber to mine. Might be worth a try.
What part of town is what?What part of town?
What part of town is what?
DaphneWhat part of town do you live in? I am just wondering if this is well water, city water and who the provider is.
Daphne
Well I’m still struggling with super high nitrates! Tried the NoPox method and it lowered it a bit but not enough! I change the sock filters and clean the sump every 3 days. Also have a mini refugium. I recently got a salifert phosphate tester and tested 0. So I think I’m gonna head to oceans coral and pick up some phosphate supplements!
Such as? I dose pods about once a month plus live phyto. I also dose all for reef.Are you also running macro algae?