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Old 09-16-2014, 06:59 PM
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Default Rough summer/concrete dust

If it's the glaze that might explain why this didn't start until 3 weeks in. Most of the original tiles popped right off the sub floor with a single whack with a chisel (hence why they were being replaced - they weren't really attached to the ground ver well), so not many got jack hammered. The major work was the self leveling cement below them that had to be removed. However, for about 5 days before I realized what they were doing and stopped it, they were cutting the new tiles (exactly like the old ones with the metallic finish) in the dining room, right next to the tank. Looked like half the cuts were made with a handheld grinder thing, not one of those water cooled table-top cutters, so yah, lots and lots of metallic finish porcelain dust wound up in the house. I think they started doing that about 4 or 5 days before the corals started to get damaged.


So what do we think - is this salvageable with water changes, or is the rock potentially wrecked? I'm not even sure what to be testing for, or if there's anything I could test for.
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Old 09-17-2014, 02:05 AM
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I'm not even sure what to be testing for, or if there's anything I could test for.
Hardware stores used to sell a product called SenSafe Water Metals Test Strips, they did a lot of the ones that you would be worrying about. Thing is, you already know you have a problem. Water changes will get some of it but anything living in there will have taken some of it up and will release it over time. You could use a metal absorbing/adsorbing product and leave it in there. You can test for silica levels and see if they are insanely high.

Best bet for short term is a couple of 50% or larger water changes over a few days.

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Old 09-17-2014, 03:05 AM
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I must say if you are facing a total coral wipeout due to dust sized particles of unknown composition I don't see how any rock or sand could remain. For that matter, I would also redo the plumbing. Anything that I could not clean for certain would go.

I don't know how litigious you are, but you have experienced a loss due to the actions of others. If they were licensed contractors they should be carrying insurance that they may be able to use to cover damages. You should be compensated for rock, sand, plumbing, and possibly some amount for corals (no clue how that would get assessed).

Again sorry for you loss. Either you are apoplectic with frustration or you have the patience of Job.
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Old 09-17-2014, 04:12 AM
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I don't know how litigious you are, but you have experienced a loss due to the actions of others. If they were licensed contractors they should be carrying insurance that they may be able to use to cover damages. You should be compensated for rock, sand, plumbing, and possibly some amount for corals (no clue how that would get assessed).
that is very hard to win a case like this..just for the simple reason that you really can't prove that any of his actions caused this problem,except if you are willing to send your water to a laboratory for a complex analysis plus a sample of your self leveler to see if they find toxic chemicals from the self leveler in the water,and probably would be a super expensive test...is just sad to hear about such a big lose..
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