Elevated Iron

TexAgReefer · Feb 5, 2020

I’ve been seeing quite a bit of stn among some of my SPS frags so I purchased a triton labs ICP test kit. It revealed elevated Fe (iron) levels. Everything else was almost dead center in the green.

So I have a couple of questions:
1) Any ideas on potential sources? I have not found any source of rust in the tank/on equipment, but am continuing to search.
2) Any way to pull this down other than water changes and eliminating the source?
3) Is there much danger in doing 15% water changes daily for a week?

SPS frags are really the only thing in the tank showing signs of distress. LPS, anemone, fish, cuc show no issues.

TexAgReefer · Feb 6, 2020

TexAgReefer · Feb 6, 2020

@Randy Holmes-Farley any input on severity of elevated iron and if it could, in fact, be the cause of my issues?

NeonRabbit221B · Feb 6, 2020

Eliminating the source is kinda the main thing here. Have you checked all magnets, impeller wells, and wires in the tank? Water changes after you identify where it is coming from and cuprisorb might help but that is a RHF question.