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No, RO/DI :D

But I am wondering why you think the tap water discussion is trivial and irrelevant to the original post ?

Tony ?

[ 17 July 2002, 22:41: Message edited by: EmilyB ]

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[quote]Originally posted by delphinus:

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BUT ... why does this thread have to degenerate into a tap vs RO debate? It's neither here nor there. I would prefer to see the thread closed, than to sift through another page of heated tempers over something trivial and irrelevant to the original intent of me moving this thread into the main forum. Yes, Alan should switch to RO for now. I think he gets the point... I sure do.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I don't thinkit has to, the reason I posted this info is that some of the the calgarians (not all) are saying there is no way it can be a water problem.. I am just showing that yes it can.. and IMHO most likely is.. I don't want a argument about water quality and I am not trying to start one.. just show my point that I posted at the begining that I feel it is phosphates, sulphates or some other algae fueling chem in the water supply. I lived in Alta for 23 years befor moving out here and had fish tanks for 15 of them.. I know how much the water quality changes with the seasons there.. don't get me wrong either.. if I could be beck there I would be tomorrow.. (so I am not knocking Alta in anyway) but I am comittied outhere for 7 more years...

Steve

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It is hot out, but I'm not angry ???? Just confused. :confused:

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Wow, this thread DOES grow fast!

Brad, I see your point. Many temporary tubs for the rock would do it.

Mitch and Deb, thanks and yes I'll be happy try the UV filter. I'll wait a bit more before coming over for water. We have an RO unit under the kitchen sink here, 3-stage I think.

Steve, good water info, I think we're on the Bearspaw plant as I can almost hit it with an arrow from my house. My calcium was at 440 when Jon tested awhile back. Yes, the water has been awful this spring, hence the local water restrictions.

Jon, great link man! I'll give it a try.

Tony, your patience is admirable. Sorry I ever gave you grief about moving this thread. [img]smile.gif[/img] Your input is highly valued.

Who asked about booming pod populations? Brad? - because I got that! There are more and bigger shrimp/bugs/pods, and critters I have not seen before.

Thanks very much everybody, I thought I saw the outline of some LR today! ;)

Alan

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I know that excitment but my problem was white water not green ;)

Steve

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Hopefully this will be the last water comment, but thought I should mention it. While living in Kelowna during the year of the poison water, it was discovered that a broken pipe had allowed agricultural runoff into the water system So even if Calgary (or anywhere) water is perfect, that could change by the time it is delivered to your pipes. Not likely, but possible.

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Hello,

1) This thread sure does grow fast.
2) The no visual change indicated by Tony doesn't mean there's no die off IMO. It looks like to me a system that has reached equilibrium. For eg, it's at a point where the green stuff die off, releases its nutrients, and the rest feeds on those nutrients and re-grows.
3) My personal take in this problem will be to do a few 100% water changes with RO/DI water, get the rocks out and basically scrub them down (afterall you said they were sitting in the garage and therefore not live rock), implement a UV filter, top off with only RO/DI water, turn off all lights, and wrap the whole tank with dark material. I'll also stop using the chemicals bought from the retail store for removing chlorine, whatever.

Titus

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IS it Phytoplankton?

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I am with doug here I have never seen this before
and Its hard to give any advice other than try to find where the nutriment came,dont feed,keep you hand off,do water change,diatom filter if you have, if you dont have put a magnum diatom filter
in the input bulkhead of you sump and clean it everyday,polyfilter,IMO UV is good only in conjonction whith a diatom filter because you have to get the algea out after you kill it other than that you will have a amonia peak and a big unbalance. wich you good luck

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As to the water discussion, I think it is very informative. Even if it becomes more of an argument, it is still valid. Remember everyone has an opinion, which in some people's eyes is dead wrong. [img]tongue.gif[/img] I sit here and look at my chrystal clear tank in which everything does extremely well (Okay Yellow Polyps do not survive, the last one has disappeared), but all else thrives. If I can only keep soft corals, I am more than happy, as there are more of them than my system has room for anyway.

As to what the stuff is may be academic. We should remember that our world is full of millions of types of algae, each one looking for the opportunity to pop up somewhere. One species has probably found a temporary haven in Alan's tank. There is a very good chance it will disappear as spontaneously as it popped up. It may also disappear if filtered out, or killed, and may never show up again.

My two cents for what it is worth anyway. I say Alan hang in there you will probably, if not definitely, be fine in the end. :D

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