Hi Randy and everyone else too
I have just restarted an aquarium with cycled dry rock ( cooked in a trash can for 2 months after being cleaned with acid and bleach ) I also used lanthanum to lower any remaining phosphates. I thoroughly rinsed the rocks prior to adding to the new tank.
I started the tank with 0 TDS RODi water and Tropic Marin salt which gave excellent initial readings of Kh - 7.7dkh Ca - 440 Mg -1290.
I sent Triton the initial starting point with the water straight from the tank the same day as it was filled. The results are attached below Basically, I have very high Iron Manganese and Zinc.
The recommendation is 6x 15% water changes, yet the water was 100% fresh to start with, so I'm not sure why the problem.
Now my questions.....Are these levels harmful? How can I reduce them to acceptable levels?
(6x15% is a reduction of 62.3% contaminants. I was thinking of 2x40% water changes using another salt (gives 64% reduction in contaminants)? The tank only has rock and fish in at the moment)
I have just restarted an aquarium with cycled dry rock ( cooked in a trash can for 2 months after being cleaned with acid and bleach ) I also used lanthanum to lower any remaining phosphates. I thoroughly rinsed the rocks prior to adding to the new tank.
I started the tank with 0 TDS RODi water and Tropic Marin salt which gave excellent initial readings of Kh - 7.7dkh Ca - 440 Mg -1290.
I sent Triton the initial starting point with the water straight from the tank the same day as it was filled. The results are attached below Basically, I have very high Iron Manganese and Zinc.
The recommendation is 6x 15% water changes, yet the water was 100% fresh to start with, so I'm not sure why the problem.
Now my questions.....Are these levels harmful? How can I reduce them to acceptable levels?
(6x15% is a reduction of 62.3% contaminants. I was thinking of 2x40% water changes using another salt (gives 64% reduction in contaminants)? The tank only has rock and fish in at the moment)
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