What test kit are you using for testing ammonia as some test kits are inaccurate, also was anything sprayed near or around the tank ??, did you have a pest control person in your house recently ??
The guy asking check for copper below you is the exact reason i said something. I asked for an expert and i got you…. shooting down an idea because it doesnt fit yours…. Arguing over a simple idea to which i asked him to do NOTHING to his tank. I didnt tell him to take drastic measures and simply brought up an idea. Just because you joined in 2014 id consider older members with more knowledge but trying to shut down an idea for no reason ruins your credibility.
too much of a good thing is almost aways bad whether you say so or not. So he can check his tds and ya know if could be through the roof or super low. He can also take away that some of that may be from magnets and can check those as well for an signs of rust. Remove it and see if things improve over time with water changes.
The guy asking check for copper below you is the exact reason i said something. I asked for an expert and i got you…. shooting down an idea because it doesnt fit yours…. Arguing over a simple idea to which i asked him to do NOTHING to his tank. I didnt tell him to take drastic measures and simply brought up an idea. Just because you joined in 2014 id consider older members with more knowledge but trying to shut down an idea for no reason ruins your credibility.
As for tds, certain metals with negative side affect can ruin corals as i stated. There is also an absorption status, if you take only beneficial metals or anything that goes into tds and bump it to 1000 ppm it doesnt matter whether everything is in acceptable ranges, shrimp for some reason are overwhelmed and it created an environment where they cant live. Id imagine that all creates share a somewhat similar balance. Ya know like how us drinking to much water can kill us
Anyways im done with this whole situation with you and i wish luck to the guy or gal with the tank.
The guy asking check for copper below you is the exact reason i said something. I asked for an expert and i got you…. shooting down an idea because it doesnt fit yours…. Arguing over a simple idea to which i asked him to do NOTHING to his tank. I didnt tell him to take drastic measures and simply brought up an idea. Just because you joined in 2014 id consider older members with more knowledge but trying to shut down an idea for no reason ruins your credibility.
As for tds, certain metals with negative side affect can ruin corals as i stated. There is also an absorption status, if you take only beneficial metals or anything that goes into tds and bump it to 1000 ppm it doesnt matter whether everything is in acceptable ranges, shrimp for some reason are overwhelmed and it created an environment where they cant live. Id imagine that all creates share a somewhat similar balance. Ya know like how us drinking to much water can kill us
Anyways im done with this whole situation with you and i wish luck to the guy or gal with the tank.
Huh??.
Also no better expert than Randy whom this forum bares his nane.The guy asking check for copper below you is the exact reason i said something. I asked for an expert and i got you…. shooting down an idea because it doesnt fit yours…. Arguing over a simple idea to which i asked him to do NOTHING to his tank. I didnt tell him to take drastic measures and simply brought up an idea. Just because you joined in 2014 id consider older members with more knowledge but trying to shut down an idea for no reason ruins your credibility.
As for tds, certain metals with negative side affect can ruin corals as i stated. There is also an absorption status, if you take only beneficial metals or anything that goes into tds and bump it to 1000 ppm it doesnt matter whether everything is in acceptable ranges, shrimp for some reason are overwhelmed and it created an environment where they cant live. Id imagine that all creates share a somewhat similar balance. Ya know like how us drinking to much water can kill us
Anyways im done with this whole situation with you and i wish luck to the guy or gal with the tank.
Ya know like how us drinking to much water can kill us
TDS in RODI top-off water thats constantly higher than 0 - can potentially be adding 'toxins' into the tank. It could also be adding 'calcium' into the tank (it depends on whats in the tap water). If one sees a high TDS in their RODI unit - they should evaluate that situation.
too much of a good thing is almost aways bad whether you say so or not. So he can check his tds and ya know if could be through the roof or super low."
Randy you don’t need to defend yourself here, your credibility is not in jeopardy or questioned . Thank you for all help you’ve given in this group . And I will say especially from this and other threads that I’ve seen you’ve always seem to present yourself in a professional manner and have in my option way more patience then I would .
Even if i say im done, of course ill read the rebuttal. U got me laughing with tds doesnt affect corals and inverts. Instead of relying on someone else especially after meeting you, i did the digging and reading. For someone who has been on r2r for so long you have got to be the most misinformed and argumentative person lol do any simple search and there are entire forums dedicated to this topic, research articles, and your face saying “nO tHaT iSnT rIGhT i DoNt bEliEve IN iT” you made my morning for sure. Its like talking to a petco employee about anything related to saltwater or reptiles at this point. Its priceless.
Are you sure you dont work at petco. WOW!
You could try looking at it this way. Had OP stated that something is wrong in his tank and that his TDS has climbed 50 it wouldn't tell anyone anything that they could use to help him. They would start asking things like "what is your salinity, calcium, alk, mag?" or "have you dosed copper or how old is your equipment?". All of these things affect TDS as I'm sure you're aware. No one is saying that animals aren't at all affected by changes in TDS, just that the specific measurement doesn't provide adequate data to diagnose and address the underlying issue within the tank.
Yes we are getting to something. So 2 months ago roughly i got a big breed box if you will, used it for pebbles and mushroom propagation. A couple weeks later my euphyllia is half receded like at night time, acans are showing skeleton and zoas are half closed most of the time. Looks like a crash coming. I check all my instruments and find yellow and orange sludge coming out of a fairly large magnet. The box weighed a good 6-7 pounds with rock and some pressure with me testing the strength by pushing on it so it was a sturdy magnet. Whether we have to get fancy with instruments, mark lines on glads for evaporation or not. Those metals whatever was leached raised tds a bit. Far more than what would have wiped my shrimp tanks out in a week or two.
Something like this i wouldve enjoyed more than a shoot down. I just shot a message and i think it explains my pov much better and my experience with magnets and a potential crash.
