SPS Bleached

Mandosh · #1 03-17-2012, 06:40 PM

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...threadid=84323

October batches are fine.

Nano · #2 03-17-2012, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Mandosh

October batches are fine.

apparently not!

so I borrowed a 10g pail from my neighbour. lucky me! Mixing more water. poor corals and fish.. DAMN YOU KENT!

Myka · #3 03-17-2012, 07:01 PM

No, I think it is a false alarm. A waterchange definitely wouldn't hurt, but I don't think you have contaminated carbon. You could always send an email to Kent and ask "Are you sure EXC6OCT14 isn't affected?"

Nano · #4 03-17-2012, 07:04 PM

thanks Myka, and everyone for the help! Hopefully the water changes set things straight. I hope my montis have enough left to come back, everything is just shriveled up right now..

FIngers crossed!

fishytime · #5 03-17-2012, 08:12 PM

If the date on the bottom wasnt listed in the recall then I can pretty much guarantee that your issue isnt related to kent carbon.....if your still in doubt then take a magnet and place it in your carbon container.....if there are any heavy metals in the carbon it will stick to the magnet......FWIW Ive been using kent carbon for years....

Nano · #6 03-17-2012, 08:21 PM

but why would everything just suddenly bleach? I have 3 dead snails now and my shrimp is a goner to.. might just sell the tank at this point..

Nano · #7 03-17-2012, 08:22 PM

I can afford to keep putting money into it and having things die. some one said a while back that they thought I would get out of the hobby soon. might be right

daniella3d · #8 03-18-2012, 03:39 AM

NO NO and NO. They only recalled what they tested for! any batch of Kent carbon could be contaminated.

So do not garantee something like that!

I have a professional laboratory analysis of my carbon to prove this and my carbon was not in that list, yet it was very much contaminated.

What is that magnet going to do??? does copper attach to magnet????? I don't think so.

Quote:

Originally Posted by fishytime

If the date on the bottom wasnt listed in the recall then I can pretty much guarantee that your issue isnt related to kent carbon.....if your still in doubt then take a magnet and place it in your carbon container.....if there are any heavy metals in the carbon it will stick to the magnet......FWIW Ive been using kent carbon for years....

Nano · #9 03-18-2012, 03:50 AM

so it is a possibility that the carbon is the culprit, but not 100% closed case. at any rate it is out of the tank, I am doing water changes, and hope the corals turn around and open up in a day or 2. But still waiting to see if it solves anything, I also think adding carbon may have just added to it, so it could be a combination of 2 things