ICP results advice

Musictoyourhome · Apr 26, 2020

Hi
I was wondering if anyone can give me advice on lowering Aluminum based on this Icp test. Also, anything else you might see on here that could cause corals not to be thriving. Any help would be great thanks!

Cflow · Apr 26, 2020

It won’t open for me. I had high aluminum for a while too which I believed killed a bunch of my corals. If you have marine pure blocks I’d remove them. You need to find the source. Rowaphos will reduce Al as well. Do some water changes. Be careful not to allow phosphate to get too low for too long which can lead to other issues. I got a nasty dinoflagellate outbreak after using Rowaphos.

Musictoyourhome · Apr 26, 2020

Hi
I did have 3 small of the marine pure cubes in the tank. Its a reefer 350 so not sure if they were large enough to cause it. I will definitely look into the Rowaphos.

Musictoyourhome · Apr 26, 2020

The Al level is 59.9 BTW
thanks!

Cflow · Apr 26, 2020

I bet it’s the blocks. Mine was a 90 gallon sca with about 10 marine pure blocks. Initial measurement was 112! Rowaphos and water changes should do the trick. Just make sure your checking your PO4.

SCReef'n · Apr 26, 2020

Mine was 47 last check. Also marine pure bio balls in fuge. They’ve been there from the Start but considering removing them.

Musictoyourhome · Apr 26, 2020

Any issues with your corals with the Al at 47?

SCReef'n said:
Mine was 47 last check. Also marine pure bio balls in fuge. They’ve been there from the Start but considering removing them.

SCReef'n · Apr 26, 2020

I’m having some issues like browning out. But I can’t pin that on the Al. How about you?

Naboria79 · Apr 26, 2020

Is that a common problem with the marine pure blocks. I just filled my sump with the mini cubes.

Musictoyourhome · Apr 26, 2020

Similar with the browning out but have also lost some sps and a few lps over a few months time

SCReef'n said:
I’m having some issues like browning out. But I can’t pin that on the Al. How about you?

SCReef'n · Apr 26, 2020

It’s definitely a common theme. There are lots of tanks with al issues and marine pure biological media

Cflow · Apr 26, 2020

I last checked and it was about 50. Corals we’re finally doing ok at this point. At 112 my corals looked like I started zeovit at full blast and they literally were sucked inside out or something. I even lost birds nests. I did the coralvue Icp. Their parameter said that the natural parameter of Al at Fiji is about 80. I don’t know about those marine pure blocks. Siporax may be better option.