Lithium

[FishTacos2]

I just got an Oceamo ICP MS test back with Lithium at 1050 ppb

It was 200 before this.

It seems like the most likely cause would be additives (bad batch of tropic Marin pro salt or AFR)

I added a bunch of new dry rock recently and do not know if that could be contributing.

Any thoughts?

 

[BuffaloLake]

I was watching an interview with the guy who created the Triton method yesterday. He mentioned that American ICP have higher lithium levels than other countries. But he contributed it to the Magnesium supplements that we have available here.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

It is apparent that American reefers have higher lithium that Europeans and some of the raw materials we end up using are likely to blame.

I doubt rock can be a source unless it’s really strange rock.

I think we would likely have heard if there was a batch of AFR or salt that bad.

 

[Skippy The Meh]

I am having a similar issue and am considering making another post around it but figured id tag on to this for now. my Lithium is currently 900 ug/l. last measured in july at 400 ug/l. my tank is 1 year old, i recently added dry sand (1 mo ago), i use b-ionic alk, ca, and mg. additionally i use reef moonshiners products and nyos salt. i run carbon (reef moonshiners), occasionally gfo or rowaphos. i do water changes once every 2-3 months.

additionally i have had several pieces of SPS and chalice coral die.

while it is likely that we have 2 different sources, i do find it interesting that we both added new rock/ sand to tank.

have you found any way outside of water changes that is effective for decreasing lithium?

how does high lithium affect corals?

 

[X-37B]

Check your rodi water for Lithium.
Mine was high, dont remember the #. Has never caused an issue.
Rodi lithium was higher than the systems I run.

 

[Skippy The Meh]

Check your rodi water for Lithium.
Mine was high, dont remember the #. Has never caused an issue.
Rodi lithium was higher than the systems I run.

lithium is non detectable in my rodi

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Lithium is not very toxic. While it is worth not having it rise further, I doubt it is presently a problem.