Saltwater ****es me off - Page 2

canadianbudz604 · #1 05-29-2013, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by scherzo

If your TDS is 3 then you're running it too fast. Just slow it down until you get 0.

3 shows a depleted DI filter.

Are you on well water?

I had the API filter running at a slow slow drip like taking 4 or 5 hours to fill up a 5g jug slow. Plus it was brand new. No well water city water

Rodney · #2 06-15-2013, 01:48 AM

I had the exact same thing happen in my tank at roughly around the 7 month mark. It's not a quick fix but I changed my lighting schedule down from 10hrs daylight to 8 got a phosphate scrubber, dosed with ph4,no3 x. These steps pretty much stopped the growth and it started to die off, got myself a sea hare from the LFS and he's presently cleaning up the rest. But it is definitely a phosphate issue , I don't know where I got it and I sure as hell can't tell you where yours Is coming from I use tap water myself my guess is just a build up over time

canadianbudz604 · #3 06-19-2013, 05:15 PM

Tank is finally getting back to normal (thanks to lots of maintenenance and rowaphos) sps is showing its red color again, and polyps are opening back up.

mrhasan · #4 06-19-2013, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by canadianbudz604

Tank is finally getting back to normal (thanks to lots of maintenenance and rowaphos) sps is showing its red color again, and polyps are opening back up.

There you go

You just panicked too much

canadianbudz604 · #5 06-19-2013, 05:19 PM

JmeJReefer · #6 05-29-2013, 01:40 PM

Tap water. Bad. RO water good. Rinse the chemipure well before using it. These things r designed to help, not cause more problems. There is something else plaguing ur tank. Dead/dying livestock?

canadianbudz604 · #7 05-29-2013, 05:05 PM

I've checked the tank up and down and can't see any dead livestock. I can't find the nassasrius snails though, maybe they died in the sand? But again I wouldn't understand how because everything was perfect. I'm going to change 50% of the water and see what happens, if it doesn't help the tank is getting shut right down.

hillegom · #8 05-29-2013, 06:23 PM

I live in Surrey, near Bear Creek Park.
The TDS today is at 9ppm. I have never seen it above 15.
So I agree with the former poster that mentioned something might be dead.
Whats your feeding schedule?

JmeJReefer · #9 05-29-2013, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by JmeJReefer

Tap water. Bad. RO water good. Rinse the chemipure well before using it. These things r designed to help, not cause more problems. There is something else plaguing ur tank. Dead/dying livestock?

On a side note, Do you have an adequate flow source? Does your tank have dead zones? do you run a sump? anything dead in there? Canister filters are nitrate factories IMO so maybe look into that? Swap out filter socks or filter mediums? too much liverock? Not enough? Skimmer? working properly or don't have one period? Look into UV sterilization?

Just some thoughts into your "fixable" problem.....

canadianbudz604 · #10 05-29-2013, 08:16 PM

I live not far from bear creek as well. Feeding schedule is once every 2 days (1/4 cube of mysis, and nls pellets) I don't over feed. Only as much as the fish and crew eats. No sump, a small Biocube skimmer , running only a small bag of fluval carbon in an aquaclear 70. For flow I've got the aquaclear, 425?gph koralia, and a koralia nano. My tank was doing very well before the API filter. Crazy amounts of growth. Only thing I've changed up was the water source. If I change 50% of the water will it shock anything? I always match my water up before using it. I don't want to go digging in the sand to find the nassatius snails, but I will if I have to. On a side note my hammer coral and soft corals look great