High Antimony found on Triton ICP

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A fast response from the CS rep:

"Thank you for your input – this is very valuable. We don’t want to compromise anyone’s aquarium, even for a small pin.

I am going to recommend the switch to a higher chromium stainless on this pin asap. The cost difference should only be pennies.

Please advise if I can send you a new pump. Sorry for your difficulty and thank you for your help.

be well!"

Hopefully the higher ups make the change!
How did you get ahold of them? I emailed [email protected] on Tuesday but they have not yet responded to my email.
 

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ok got my ati results back. Antimony zero. both in tank and rodi. I did a 20% wc and also do 1 gal/ day Awc. also I changed out Rox carbon twice. never ran polyfilter this time. definately green machine was the cause
 

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hey by any chance have any of you used triton detox to remove antimony? Being that it removes other metals?
 

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Some chinese plastics have antimony/lead. I wonder has anyone busted one of these open to see how degraded the plastic was inside near bulb. I find it hard to believe just the impeller could cause those levels. Maybe that's part of why they tell you 6 month lifespan?
 

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Some chinese plastics have antimony/lead. I wonder has anyone busted one of these open to see how degraded the plastic was inside near bulb. I find it hard to believe just the impeller could cause those levels. Maybe that's part of why they tell you 6 month lifespan?
My thought exactly.
Degraded plastic from UV exposure.

I know where my GKM is going once i dig it out of my spare parts box :)
 

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I know not from taking this gkm apart but another made in china. That it was severely degraded. Never did any icp test. I only ran it for a few days and junked it because of that.
 

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***sorry for the necro***
I wish that I had found this thread before it went in to my tank as it has only been in there for 3 days to clear up a bacterial bloom.
Need to have a sticky posted so people can avoid this machine at all costs
 

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