Triton results: Li 2,307

[john.m.cole3]

How could this have happened??? My al read 55. I added marine pure bio spheres about 5 months ago and rinsed them over 10 times. Could the Marine Pure be the source?

 

[john.m.cole3]

also, I've been using Reef crystals since day 1

 

[john.m.cole3]

@twilliard I decided to start a new thread for this topic

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

The blocks could very well be the source of the aluminum, but I doubt it is the source of the lithium as I've not noticed such a correlation.

Jim Welsh is monitoring lithium vs salt mixes. Perhaps he will comment more.

@JimWelsh

 

[Sabellafella]

When i was using esv my lithium level was like 4,000, also aluminum was around 90 witch im pretty sure is from the marinepure.

 

[john.m.cole3]

did you notice any ill effects w/ your Li at 4k?

 

[Sabellafella]

did you notice any ill effects w/ your Li at 4k?

To be honest no, i was using esv for a long long time before i tested. So im assuming my tanks ben like that for quite a while. I did have a hammer that dropped all its heads, thats the only bad thing that happened i can think of

 

[JimWelsh]

Li over 4K here, too, but no ill effects. My source was almost certainly an off brand (non-RHF approved) of MgCl2. Aside from my tank, the others that I've seen Triton results posted for with > 1K Li all use ESV, except for one that uses Reef Crystals. That said, most of the Reef Crystals tanks have only slightly elevated Li. I use IO.

 

[jason2459]

Well, I will be mixing up some RC @35ppt this week some time and sending a sample of that to Triton. I'll try to remember to update this thread with the Li numbers. Otherwise it will all be listed in my saltmix parameters thread. I just got back the results from some IO at slightly over 35ppt and test Li at 380ug/l.

 

[john.m.cole3]

Well, I will be mixing up some RC @35ppt this week some time and sending a sample of that to Triton. I'll try to remember to update this thread with the Li numbers. Otherwise it will all be listed in my saltmix parameters thread. I just got back the results from some IO at slightly over 35ppt and test Li at 380ug/l.

So then how detrimental is it to our home reefs if quite a few are in a surplus of Mg and have seem no ill effects?

 

[AlexStinson]

/sarcasm
Did you use lepidolite as your rock to get that instant purple color?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

So then how detrimental is it to our home reefs if quite a few are in a surplus of Mg and have seem no ill effects?

There is little (if any) data on lithium toxicity at the levels we normally encounter, but at least at the levels many folks see, I do not think it is a substantial concern. It is present at quite low absolute levels, even in "elevated" situations, and known biological effects do not seem to happen until much higher levels. It looks a lot like sodium ion, so it takes a lot of it to cause an issue.

At some point it would become an issue, but I do not know what level that it.

 

[jason2459]

So then how detrimental is it to our home reefs if quite a few are in a surplus of Mg and have seem no ill effects?

Did you mean Li or Mg? I've seen slugish snails over 1600 levels of Mg. Complete paralysis of them over 1800 for a bit but recovered. I may have the levels off a bit but that's my recollection with out looking back on my logs.

No clue on Li what effects it has at any level.

 

[john.m.cole3]

Did you mean Li or Mg? I've seen slugish snails over 1600 levels of Mg. Complete paralysis of them over 1800 for a bit but recovered. I may have the levels off a bit but that's my recollection with out looking back on my logs.

No clue on Li what effects it has at any level.

Mg