My First Triton Results (now what)

thejuice24 · Apr 13, 2018

Received my first Triton test back yesterday, it was a 7 day turn around. Looking for some advice on the Tin elevation. I read a few articles on Rigid PVC which obviously I am using like most people.

Tank is about 18 months old, my salt is Reef Crystals (which I'm pretty sure based on my research is the source of Lithium) .

I dose one about every two weeks, 2.5ml of Kent Iodide and Coral-Vite. On BRS two part - and feed diffrent foods from ReefRoids, LRS, Cubed Frozen and Nori.

Going to start with the equipment tear down and inspection this weekend. Could Tin come from magnets?

Copper came in higher then I would expect so I am going to run some carbon to see if corals respond differently. Will carbon help with Tin as well?

Silicon was on the Greenish\Yellow side. Guessing replace my DI will help with this as now that I look at it, it's looking kinda beat. Bottom 1/4 is 100% brown and is fading away to the top. But I still get 0 TDS out of it. I'm assuming Silicon will not show up on a TDS meter.

Any help, comments or flaws pointed on my thinking here, much appreciated.

Randy Holmes-Farley · Apr 13, 2018

I don't know that carbon will help with either copper or tin. I wouldn't worry about the copper, its not that elevated. NSW is not zero, but about half of what you have, and I've had my tank at 20x what you have without apparent issue.

The tin might be a concern. It may come from the glass.

How do the corals look?

thejuice24 · Apr 13, 2018

Corals overall look fine, I have a couple Zoa's that have been upset lately for no apparent reason. I'm confident that its not a a parasite or anything like that. I have had a few acros go straight up green on me from being red and\or Purple. I have one acro that has been pale since day one, but its been in tank for over year and the polyps still extend but little to no growth, don't have the heart to chuck it. I've been battling a patch of hair algae the last few weeks that came out of now where, also have some diatoms going. I've just been pulling the algae out when I can hoping things will just re-balance themselves over time, but seeing the elevated silicon I'm wondering if that's wishful thinking.

Randy Holmes-Farley · Apr 14, 2018

Some folks have had tin reduced (apparently) by metal binding materials such as cuprisorb, so you might try that and see what happens to the Zoas.

thejuice24 · Apr 14, 2018

Thanks Randy I ordered some this morning. Will have it on Monday.

While I started going through my equipment, I started with my water change equipment and found the potential cause for the Tin and Copper. The water change heater was completely caked with brown stuff reef crystal leaves behind (what is that anyways?). So I soaked the heater and mixing pump in RO\DI and vinegar over night. I saw this gem right off bat this morning.