problem with silica

[pedro]

Hello
I can collect natural ocean water from a factory but I sent a test to Triton and accused silica
I would like to hear your thoughts on how much these silica values are
greetings

 

[Flippers4pups]

Silica acid and silicates can feed diatoms. If there is enough in your water, you can easily have a diatom outbreak.

Are you contemplating going with natural sea water or have you been using RO/DI water to make your own saltwater?

Silica is in most fresh water supplies and RO/DI units can remove some of it, but not all. There are solutions to remove it with special DI resin or running multiple mix bed resin chambers.

Some municipal water treatment plants add silica to their systems, either small amounts at a time throughout the year or in the fall and winter months to keep pipes with copper or lead from corroding.

Elevated SI in a reef tank isn't all bad. Some sponges require it. But if diatoms take hold, it could be a problem for sand beds, rock and possibly coral if it gets bad.

 

[pedro]

Thanks for your comment
I think I explained badly sorry for that
I have the possibility of going to a fish factory that works with natural seawater they collect and store it in their facilities so it was very easy for me to go there and bring that water
I took a sample and sent it to Triton the result was that Si is very high
I would like to know your idea
How high is the value that Triton shows?
What is the value of Si in the oceans?
thank you
greetings

 

[pedro]

up

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

That level does not concern me. I regularly dosed silicate to my tank.

 

[pedro]

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Esse nível não me diz respeito. Eu regularmente dosado silicato para o meu tanque.
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thanks Mr.Randy Holmes

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

This is from an article of mine on testing si in my tank

Silicon (Si). I dose silicate (as sodium silicate solution) to my aquarium. I boost the concentration to about 200 µg/L of silicon equivalent once a week or so. This water sample was drawn one week after the last dose of silicate. I know from previous studies that silicate is rapidly depleted in my tank, presumably by sponges (the reason I dose it), by diatoms, and possibly by the GFO that I use to bind phosphate.

 

[pedro]

This is from an article of mine on testing si in my tank

Silicon (Si). I dose silicate (as sodium silicate solution) to my aquarium. I boost the concentration to about 200 µg/L of silicon equivalent once a week or so. This water sample was drawn one week after the last dose of silicate. I know from previous studies that silicate is rapidly depleted in my tank, presumably by sponges (the reason I dose it), by diatoms, and possibly by the GFO that I use to bind phosphate.

thank you very much
my doubt is just because it's a new tank and it leaves me some doubts about using natural saltwater with this SI level because the rest seems to be all right
thanks for the next comments
greetings

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I would not avoid the water for that reason.