So cleaned the front glass when home for lunch, now @ 6pm I can barely see through it. Think I dont have a problem? :lol:

Over 30yrs. keeping aquariums I have never seen anything like it, in anyones aquarium that I know of. Not that fast.

Since I have done numerous water changes and my skimmer is pulling crap non stop, something must be getting introduced in a water change? Cant be just the crap from the rtn event. I must have that removed by now. Whatever the problem is, its likely what caused the rtn and the loss of all my acro,s.

I have seen less algae growth in a shallow pond with no filtration, sitting out in the sun. :lol:

Hmmm,

I may be able to help you with that space issue but it will be a few weeks until I can say how...

:spy:

Thanks Ian. I borrowed a 150 tonight. Running gfo now. So the reactor is under 14in. What the heck. Specs say 17in. Perhaps they have changed height.

good luck Doug I peed in the reactor to help fire up the PO 4 lol


hope it works for ya..

Is that why it was a funny colour at first. :lol:

Cant hurt my tank. Nothing can make it worse.

I think this is like reverse aging or something. The longer I,m in the hobby, the worse I get at it.

Why don't you try a different source of water? Perhaps get some from a different RO unit or purchase some from a store? It might not read 0 TDS but it might help. Perhaps one of your RO system filters constatly introduces some organic waste into your water?

Thanks. I did use a lot of Co-op ro water for the changes, something I have done many times in the past.

I do wonder if its ro related though. Just before all this downfall happened, I changed all my filters, including my membrane. Thats when I had the restrictor problem with the smaller membrane. I was getting a higher tds from the membrane then but we now know why and it was still 0 from the DI resin.

Its reading 2ppm from the membrane now and 0ppm from the resin.

Haven't read the whole thread, but how old are the bulbs? What type of bulbs? Could be the k has changed & is fueling algae growth more than coral growth.

Maybe it is Dinoflagellates. If it is, the more water changes the worse it get. Here is a thread you can read about it.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1619925