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Old 07-15-2014, 11:57 PM
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Same carbon I used since I started up.

Temp 79.3

Salinity 1.029

So that went up +. 0004 Oops
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Old 07-16-2014, 12:05 AM
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Did you have any un- knowledgeable visitors who love to extra feed the fish or spray clean the area around your tank?
Maybe with Calgary heat within the last week got to your tank..
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Old 07-16-2014, 12:12 AM
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I run a apex, so I know it's not temperature shifts
... Maybe it's screwing up my head and leading to errors in my maintenance.
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Old 07-16-2014, 02:21 AM
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What is marine conditioner ? Do you mean tap water dechlorinator or is there actually some product called "marine conditioner" ?
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Old 07-16-2014, 03:55 AM
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Salinity is a bit high. When did you last calibrate your refractometer and how? Temperature might be a little high too. But it seems there is something in your water or salt since you say you did a water change and everything reacted negatively instantly. I'd say that's your culprit and carbon alone will likely not do the trick.
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Old 07-16-2014, 05:18 AM
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By Marine Conditioner do you mean this?

Do you use this often?
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Old 07-16-2014, 12:23 PM
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Well it's probably because you're using tap water and not checking the new saltwater salinty.

You say you're not sure if you added too much salt...... Why wouldn't you check the salinity before doing the water change?
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Old 07-16-2014, 03:43 PM
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By Marine Conditioner do you mean this?

Do you use this often?
Oh! Interesting. I didn't realize that there was such a product. Sounds like it's a dechlorinator with a bunch of other magic in it.
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Old 07-17-2014, 12:15 AM
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You have been pretty vauge about your water you use and the details of your system. Sounds to me like the water you added wasnt good. Do you use tap water or ro? Salinity is deff to high as well, that would do it.

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Old 07-17-2014, 01:03 AM
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perhaps something else is present, i.e. soap on your hands, grease, copper???
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