Whoa holy cloudy water batman

oilfield safety · #1 03-06-2006, 02:59 PM

Any chance that you triggered a precipitate snow storm?

Shane

Pan · #2 03-06-2006, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by oilfield safety

Any chance that you triggered a precipitate snow storm?

Shane

I am unsure of what this is...i did notice long white stringy things in the water...looks like thread almost...

Beverly · #3 03-06-2006, 03:20 PM

Okay. The facts so far 50% water change with tapwater. That's a pretty big water change. You probably have a bacteria bloom from the declored tapwater due to the fact that Edmonton's tapwater is treated chloramine. Chloramine is a compound consisting of ammonia and chlorine, with about 1 ppm ammonia.

We had a recent discussion on chloramine in Edmonton's tapwater here....

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...light=ammonium

Instead of waiting for a bigger tank, you should invest in an RO or RO/Di unit, or else use RO or distilled water from the grocery store for water changes.

Pan · #4 03-06-2006, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Beverly

Okay. The facts so far 50% water change with tapwater. That's a pretty big water change. You probably have a bacteria bloom from the declored tapwater due to the fact that Edmonton's tapwater is treated chloramine. Chloramine is a compound consisting of ammonia and chlorine, with about 1 ppm ammonia.

We had a recent discussion on chloramine in Edmonton's tapwater here....

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...light=ammonium

Instead of waiting for a bigger tank, you should invest in an RO or RO/Di unit, or else use RO or distilled water from the grocery store for water changes.

Since i am not allowed to install a Ro/DI unit in my apartment, is there anywhere in edmonton where i can buy bulk distilled water? i don't want to haul 5 gallon jugs from the damn grocery store

Also if there was a problem using tap water wouldn't it have shown up early, not after 4 months?

TheReefGeek · #5 03-06-2006, 06:40 PM

What do you mean, "not allowed" to install an RODI unit? Is this the landlord trying to say that?

mr_alberta · #6 03-06-2006, 07:17 PM

You can always get a faucet adapter so you don't have to tap any pipes to install a RO unit.

TheReefGeek · #7 03-06-2006, 07:20 PM

That is how I ran my RODI when I was in an apartment. I used a 50g rubbermaid container to store the water so I didn't have to run the unit too often.

seashells · #8 03-07-2006, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Subdued

Since i am not allowed to install a Ro/DI unit in my apartment, is there anywhere in edmonton where i can buy bulk distilled water? i don't want to haul 5 gallon jugs from the damn grocery store

Also if there was a problem using tap water wouldn't it have shown up early, not after 4 months?

Here is a tapwater filter you can attach to your sink faucet. Works very well. Here is the link http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/s...ct_ID=ro-aptwp

Hope this helps.

Doug

Pan · #9 03-07-2006, 10:14 PM

Well, looks like my system went tits up....the electric blue hermit is still alive but, not much else....and the water smells now like uncured liverock smells, mind you that could be because everything died on it...or at least a lot died...

Should i just keep the liverock and everything in there and see if in the next few weeks it rights itself? Then if it doesn't, clean the liverock (not sure how i would do this) and use it in the new tank? with new substrate etc..?

TheReefGeek · #10 03-07-2006, 10:17 PM

I think you should drain all your water, take everything out, rinse out your sand thoroughly, fill back up with RO water and new salt (not the salt you have been using) and put everything back in. Then watch your levels, tank might cycle again, then when it is all good put your clowns back in, and start again slowly with adding livestock.