...been struggling

Shawn_epicurious · Nov 21, 2020

Oh, I did figure out what happened... sort of.

I had a little chemical packet leftover from the day I put water in my tank. It was probably like, 50ml of liquid. I don’t remember the name of it because it just sat in the back of my cabinet for 9 months... it is missing... gone.

sp1187 · Nov 21, 2020

Shawn_epicurious said:
Oh, I did figure out what happened... sort of.

I had a little chemical packet leftover from the day put water on my tank. It was probably like, 50ml of liquid. I don’t remember the name of it because it just sat in the back of my cabinet for 9 months... it is missing... gone.

amazed....... it just disappeared all by it's self.

Shawn_epicurious · Nov 23, 2020

Rick.45cal said:
You should consider running a polyfilter as well, the reason being is that an ICP test will not show you any kind of organic contamination. It will only show you the elements that they test for. Heavy metals etc. while those are a possibility, there’s a whole world of organic contaminants that could very well be responsible for your fish deaths. Sorry to hear about your tang.

How are your corals looking?

How often should I change out the poly filter?

Rick.45cal · Nov 23, 2020

Shawn_epicurious said:
How often should I change out the poly filter?

That‘s a good question. I think it depends, once it gets nasty I’d toss it. Maybe someone here has a more scientific answer. I must confess it’s probably been 20+ years since I’ve used one.

saltcats · Nov 23, 2020

Shawn_epicurious said:
How often should I change out the poly filter?

I believe polyfilter changes colour as it absorbs things, so that might be a good way to tell? Not too sure though, I've only used carbon myself.

Shawn_epicurious · Nov 23, 2020

saltcats said:
I believe polyfilter changes colour as it absorbs things, so that might be a good way to tell? Not too sure though, I've only used carbon myself.

It is just a dark green algae color

Hydrored · Nov 23, 2020

Color	Pollutants Being Removed
Blue	Copper
Red	Iron
Green	Free Copper ions
Brown	Normal organic load
Black	Heavy organic load

Shawn_epicurious · Nov 23, 2020

Hydrored said:
Color Pollutants Being Removed
Blue Copper
Red Iron
Green Free Copper ions
Brown Normal organic load
Black Heavy organic load

Copper? That is possible. I don’t remember what was in that chemical packet that “came up missing” I’ll get an ICP test done again

Shawn_epicurious · Dec 13, 2020

So, I am still in coasting along mode. My tank will be 1 year old on Jan 18th. I’ll start putting fish back in then. I still can’t skim : ( ....I need to be able to skim!