High Silicone Triton Test

[Mako61]

My silicone reading came back 8300 µg/l.
I did a Salifert silicate test after that, it had no color change.

My 110G tank has been running about 14 months. Its mostly LPS. I lost one Goniopora and my Zoas have retreated some. But overall mostly doing good. The only visible issue I have is a little brown/red on my sand in low flow areas. I dont think its diatoms and I do not get any brown on my glass.

I use Siporax and Marine Pure in my sump. I also use silicone lubricate ( Dow 111) sometimes when I clean my Gyre pumps. I have a Silicone vibration pad under a pump and some Silicone tubing for return pump.

I dont know if I should do anything or what to do. The funny thing is I was worried about Aluminum, but that was zero. All other reads are green except Iodine which is a little low.

 

[taricha]

My silicone reading came back 8300 µg/l.
I did a Salifert silicate test after that, it had no color change.

I use Siporax and Marine Pure in my sump. I also use silicone lubricate ( Dow 111) sometimes when I clean my Gyre pumps. I have a Silicone vibration pad under a pump and some Silicone tubing for return pump.

Salifert Si kit doesn't seem to detect any Si for a lot of people (me included).
@Lasse has talked about the siporax -i think - being associated with high Si in his system. I don't know about your other Si items (lubricant and tubing).
I would only worry about removing source of Si, the levels themselves will drop on their own in fairly short time.