Something happened to my water

[Rmckoy]

I have used gorilla glue before . It worked great .
but I will never use reef epoxy again .

 

[afrokobe]

This has a second active ingredient besides the reef superglue cyanoacrylate. It has ethyl cyanoacrylate. I’m unsure if this is a problem but have avoided gorilla glue for this reason. That said I don’t think it has anything to do with your test results.

I believe all super glue has ethyl cyanoacrylate

 

[ying yang]

I'm guessing you just set up the tank ?
If so most just simply say add an amnonia source ( say something like amnonian chloride ) then add a bottled bacteria and get some decent test kits ( lots of threads of what people recomend on r2r)
Then watch your amnonia go up then nitrite go up then when amnonia/ nitrite start going down and nitrate starts rising then your nitrogen cycle done ( well not done as always will be ) be safe to start adding livestock slowly .
Can go into the whole nitrite not toxic in saltwater unless very high levels.
Or could just simply add some ground up fish food as a carbon source and then do nothing ( ovbiously need return pumps/ wavemakers on for flow and temp for tank) and let nature do its thing ,takes longer but gets you same place .
If not just started tank up and cycling disregard I guess.
I'm just taking you want to save your water on cycling your tank as crazy numbers on your test strips .
One test you didnt mention was ammnonia.?
According to doctor tims seminar he states if rise temp slightly and drop salinity slightly then gives tje bacteria a head start and they reproduce faster then when cycle done then raise salinity slowly and drop temp to normal .

 

[Rmckoy]

I'm guessing you just set up the tank ?
If so most just simply say add an amnonia source ( say something like amnonian chloride ) then add a bottled bacteria and get some decent test kits ( lots of threads of what people recomend on r2r)
Then watch your amnonia go up then nitrite go up then when amnonia/ nitrite start going down and nitrate starts rising then your nitrogen cycle done ( well not done as always will be ) be safe to start adding livestock slowly .
Can go into the whole nitrite not toxic in saltwater unless very high levels.
Or could just simply add some ground up fish food as a carbon source and then do nothing ( ovbiously need return pumps/ wavemakers on for flow and temp for tank) and let nature do its thing ,takes longer but gets you same place .
If not just started tank up and cycling disregard I guess.
I'm just taking you want to save your water on cycling your tank as crazy numbers on your test strips .
One test you didnt mention was ammnonia.?
According to doctor tims seminar he states if rise temp slightly and drop salinity slightly then gives tje bacteria a head start and they reproduce faster then when cycle done then raise salinity slowly and drop temp to normal .

I’m assuming you haven’t actually read the post and saw it wasn’t cycle but if that glue used was the cause of the test strip test results ?

 

[FairbanksReefer]

I think that super glue is fine, I’ve used it. Not normal Gorilla glue, just the gorilla super glue gel.

 

[sheeb]

Can you post a picture of the tank .
along with a picture of the gorilla glue ( ingredients as well will help .

I'm guessing you just set up the tank ?
If so most just simply say add an amnonia source ( say something like amnonian chloride ) then add a bottled bacteria and get some decent test kits ( lots of threads of what people recomend on r2r)
Then watch your amnonia go up then nitrite go up then when amnonia/ nitrite start going down and nitrate starts rising then your nitrogen cycle done ( well not done as always will be ) be safe to start adding livestock slowly .
Can go into the whole nitrite not toxic in saltwater unless very high levels.
Or could just simply add some ground up fish food as a carbon source and then do nothing ( ovbiously need return pumps/ wavemakers on for flow and temp for tank) and let nature do its thing ,takes longer but gets you same place .
If not just started tank up and cycling disregard I guess.
I'm just taking you want to save your water on cycling your tank as crazy numbers on your test strips .
One test you didnt mention was ammnonia.?
According to doctor tims seminar he states if rise temp slightly and drop salinity slightly then gives tje bacteria a head start and they reproduce faster then when cycle done then raise salinity slowly and drop temp to normal .

Nah tanks been running for a heck of a long time 7 1/2 months 8? Idk. Never ran into a prob like this as. Got 2 clowns, lawnmower , cleaner shrimp and some other hermits snails all that stuff. Besides the point maintenance for me has been ***** easy just water changes, cleaning, etc.. the basics. Had to use a test strip tonight because I ran out of my liquid solution & ran into these numbers so I tagged emergency on it lol

 

[sheeb]

Nah tanks been running for a heck of a long time 7 1/2 months 8? Idk. Never ran into a prob like this as. Got 2 clowns, lawnmower , cleaner shrimp and some other hermits snails all that stuff. Besides the point maintenance for me has been ***** easy just water changes, cleaning, etc.. the basics. Had to use a test strip tonight because I ran out of my liquid solution & ran into these numbers so I tagged emergency on it lol

Not sure why something got censored I didn’t say anything bad lol

 

[ying yang]

I’m assuming you haven’t actually read the post and saw it wasn’t cycle but if that glue used was the cause of the test strip test results ?

Yeah read first post but got super confused what he was trying to save, seemed like trying save water or something ( but is 3 .28 am here so brain not sharpish at mo lol
Then looked join date and was other week so thought new member,aquascaping,showing nitrate,nitrate,ph,gh,dk test results and came up with cycling ha ha
But just read op post saying 7.5 months and livestock in tank so my 2 + 2= 437 lol

Anyway I used that glue with no problems in tank .
And maybe your test strips not accurate and that's why got the high nitrate reading and stuff.
But I think that's my call for sleepy time seeing as way off the mark ^_^
Good luck op

 

[FairbanksReefer]

has been ***** easy just

Potty mouth!

I think you have 2 things happening, you stirred up some stuff and the test strips are inaccurate. You could always do some water changes until your new test kits come in or stores are open.

 

[SudzFD]

I believe all super glue has ethyl cyanoacrylate

Thanks. Maybe so, I feel like most brands leave off the ethyl part, but wasn’t sure if that made a difference or not.

 

[jcolliii]

Regular foaming gorilla glue is absolutely fine so long as it is fully cured before you get it wet. I used some to secure rockwork to the rear textured wall of a Biocube for a couple of years. Pond foam - at least the black version is also fine so long as it is completely cured before it gets wet. Ran that in multiple aquascapes also for multiples of years. It never broke down, never had any mysterious deaths and my gargantuan Hawkins echinata was super happy living almost directly on top of it for years.

 

[Ireland.Escada]

Hey there, I don’t know about the glue, or even salt tanks yet. But a few weeks ago I did remove my rocks. My tank went crazy. It was crazy for 48 hours. Then I got water and did a 30% change. All was good. I hope everything works out