Turtle's Deep Blue Sea

SashimiTurtle · Apr 20, 2018

Real quick before I leave for work(three more night shifts and I get a week off!!!)

Poly filter has been in the tank for about 2 weeks. Corals are starting to look progressively worse. The ones that were showing STN are bare skeleton. The digis have less polyp extension and the acans are even showing signs of not being happy. I replaced the polyfilter and sent some photos to the coral master... I thought it was just detritus, but he says that color is heavy metals. It doesn't feel like its bound up with a bunch of fish poop... next week we are probably most likely completely tearing this tank apart, thoroughly inspecting EVERYTHING, and putting it back together. That is unless the metal problem is coming from RODI.

Fudsey · Apr 20, 2018

EDIT: About 1st post not last one...

LOL

;Hilarious;Hilarious;Hilarious

sfin52 · Apr 20, 2018

Heavy metals should be removed by ro. How whould metals bypass the ro system. I highly doubt that. Did you test for copper could the metals be in the tank already.

sfin52 · Apr 20, 2018

Meaning coming from the tank itself. You got this tank used so could the metals be released back into the water via tank or sump.

SashimiTurtle · Apr 20, 2018

sfin52 said:
Heavy metals should be removed by ro. How whould metals bypass the ro system. I highly doubt that. Did you test for copper could the metals be in the tank already.

All will be revealed by the ICP test.

I still think that polyfilter pulled nothing but detritus...

sfin52 · Apr 20, 2018

Maybe Fido he’s jealous of the fish.

SashimiTurtle · Apr 20, 2018

sfin52 said:
Maybe Fido he’s jealous of the fish.

He really hates when I'm working too. I have to lock him up in his crate because he's got separation anxiety really bad. He's destroyed so much stuff... laptop charger, tv remote, cell phone chargers, flip flops, shoes, sheets on the bed, mattress pad... when I'm home he's perfect and the most obedient dog I've ever had. My dad said he's probably the smartest and most obedient dog he's ever seen. If I leave, he panics and chews up everything.

So for almost 14 hours he's in his crate, then I come home and let him out feed him, play for a little bit then its time to go to bed. Night shift is worse... I come home, feed him and let him out, shower and pretty much go straight to bed. I'm usually am up around 1500, then we go outside for a minute play, relax until 1700 then I get ready and leave for work.

I just realized I get way more sleep on nightshift than I do day shift. Lol

Brew12 · Apr 20, 2018

Robin Haselden said:
He really hates when I'm working too. I have to lock him up in his crate because he's got separation anxiety really bad. He's destroyed so much stuff... laptop charger, tv remote, cell phone chargers, flip flops, shoes, sheets on the bed, mattress pad... when I'm home he's perfect and the most obedient dog I've ever had. My dad said he's probably the smartest and most obedient dog he's ever seen. If I leave, he panics and chews up everything.

So for almost 14 hours he's in his crate, then I come home and let him out feed him, play for a little bit then its time to go to bed. Night shift is worse... I come home, feed him and let him out, shower and pretty much go straight to bed. I'm usually am up around 1500, then we go outside for a minute play, relax until 1700 then I get ready and leave for work.

I just realized I get way more sleep on nightshift than I do day shift. Lol

I used to do rotating shiftwork. It can wreck havoc on your system.

Polyfilters turn brown when they absorb nitrates. I agree with you that it may not be heavy metals. Can't wait to see the test results.

SashimiTurtle · Apr 20, 2018

Brew12 said:
I used to do rotating shiftwork. It can wreck havoc on your system.

Polyfilters turn brown when they absorb nitrates. I agree with you that it may not be heavy metals. Can't wait to see the test results.

After 10 years... I'm can't figure out why someone would want to work a 9 to 5. I get a whole week off every four weeks. 13 whole weeks off a year, without taking any vacation time.

Yea, the package says that they turn light tan and progress to dark brown with organic matter. Red, orange, yellow I think was metals... oh yea, I took a picture.

Oops, its sideways. I'll fix that later... ok fixed, no longer sideways.

Scurvy · Apr 21, 2018

The 13 weeks off is definitely a perk! When i did overnights i was a useless example of a human being. Could never sleep more than 3 or 4 hours during the day time which led to me walking around like i came off set from “the “walking dead” For 4 years i was total junk. Never had as much time off as you get but id never willingly go back to graveyard shifts.

najer · Apr 21, 2018

I did 10 years of 12 hr days and nights, loved the time off but I also would never go back to it.

SashimiTurtle · Apr 21, 2018

Slept from 0700 to 1400 today... yea, got home early. Two more night shifts.

Moved these duncans over from the nano when I shut it down. They seem to be happy. They may get glued down. About the only flowy sway-y LPS I like.

SashimiTurtle · Apr 21, 2018

Checked alk... finally dropped. 4-12 it was 8.8, 4-21 it is 7.9. That is a 0.9 drop over 9 days, which comes out to a 0.1 drop per day.

So, uh... 2 part or kalk? I think I'm leaning towards the, "do a water change" method right now. Need to buy more salt.

Scurvy · Apr 21, 2018

Do a 5g change and see how big an impact it has. If 5g doesnt get you back where you wanna be then i say Kalk. I say 5g because it can be done so quickly/easily. 10g gets a tad heavier/harder which is less likely to occur on a set schedule... At least for me.

SashimiTurtle · Apr 21, 2018

Scurvy said:
Do a 5g change and see how big an impact it has. If 5g doesnt get you back where you wanna be then i say Kalk. I say 5g because it can be done so quickly/easily. 10g gets a tad heavier/harder which is less likely to occur on a set schedule... At least for me.

5g is really convenient because that is the size of a 5g bucket, and also the size of my BioTek totes. It's also close to 15% of my tank volume.

Tested nutrients... we got some nitrates back by removing the chaeto, but boy have we got some phosphates. 5ppm NO3 and >0.36ppm but way <0.64ppm PO4. Cyano still trying to grow here and there, acans still looking ticked. Gonna be close on time to go to work, but I'm making water now for a water change.

I may add just a pinch of GFO to the bag in the sump.

SashimiTurtle · Apr 21, 2018

Actually, now that I look at it outside I'm going with 0.3ppm PO4.

Scurvy · Apr 21, 2018

Thats what, about 100 on the ULR? I saw 200 on mine testing the 18g the other day which came out to .61 !!! I was laughing since that tanks kind of experiment. The zoas in there are loving life!

SashimiTurtle · Apr 21, 2018

My zoas are actually growing like crazy right now. Pretty much the only thing happy. Hermits keep knocking their little rocks off the main rock scape. I gotta glue them eventually. Tired of picking zoas out of the sand.

Added 1tbsp of BRS bulk GFO to media bag in sump. Got about 2g of water made with enough salt for 5g dissolved. Should have 5g of fresh salt water before I have to leave.

SashimiTurtle · Apr 21, 2018

Question for you guys... have you ever seen orange coralline algae? I think this is coralline... can not be blown or rubbed off the rock. There are a few specs growing here and there on my rocks. Looks just like coralline growth, but I've always seen pink and purple, some red... even green when its new. Never florescent orange.

Or... do I have some orange encrusting coral(like that pavona we killed months ago) that somehow came back from the dead and has taken hold on the rocks in a few places?