Help with my Acropora

[Moonfruit777]

Yet another Update:

Still waiting for the ATI water test to come back... :rolleyes:

The only thing I did not continue to use with my current system is the Vertex ground pole.
It somehow got lost when moving the tanks, fish, coral, water...

Ground poles seem to be a heavily debated topic.
I don't know if they are any good but I decided to just measure if there is any Voltage leaking in the tank.

And it turns out the tank has 76V going through the water.

The ground pole reduces it to 0.03V.


Can you run a ground pole all the time? - because I feel like the ground pole is more like a band-aid than a solution.
I will need to find out what pump or piece of equipment causes the voltage.

Do 76V causes any harm to Acros or danger to myself?
I never noticed any electricity when working in the tank and have not been shocked so far.

 

[Mattrg02]

How are you measuring voltage? 76v from tank to ground?

That's definitely unusual, I'd narrow down what device has failed. Turn off your devices, one at a time, until you figure it out.

 

[Moonfruit777]

Yes, I put the red "stick" in the sump (tank has the same value i tested that too) and the black "stick" on the ground. (EU sockets)

When is it unusual?
Anything above 0V? 10V? 20V?
From what you read a little bit is OK.

 

[Moonfruit777]

Update:
After ATI claimed to not have received my test - I decided to go with Triton again because that has worked perfectly before.

Results are shown below or found under this link:
https://www.triton-lab.de/showroom/aquarium/auswertung-b/icp-oes/40501/

 

[Moonfruit777]

 

[jamesgaines]

did you ever figure this issue out? im going through the exact same thing