Scott's 270g aka Project Mayhem

[Myka]

Originally Posted by Scythanith

Gallons you meathead

Ok good. In my line of business I've learned to not make assumptions.

Originally Posted by Scythanith

Hans-Werner Balling himself has been emailing back and forth with me and has given me some good feedback. Like you said Myka, there is Boron in the form of boric acid in the K+and Molybdenum in the A-. The only reason I am concerned about the Bo levels is the Triton test analysis flagged it as dangerously high. Supposedly it will hit the fish and mobile inverts before the sessile ones. My fish, snails and conches are fine so far.

Triton makes up their own ideal and dangerous levels, so you have to take it with a grain of salt.

Originally Posted by Scythanith

I will be switching over to a new Ca & Alk test kit once I get home. And to make Myka happy I will change out my RODI filters I get that the 12ppm could be affecting the Ca test. But if 12ppm is causing the RTN/STN problem... I will eat my socks. I used to use treated tap water quite successfully.

I never said the 12 ppm TDS from the RO/DI caused the RTN problem. I'd like you see you or anyone else eat your socks though. For arguments' sake depending what that 12 ppm is, it could cause complete tank loss, but the chances of that happening from typical city water are pretty much next to null. The biggest issue with burned out DI resin though, as the article descripbes, is that the resin may suddenly dump ions that it has attracted, so theoretically this could be a really bad situation. In reality, it's not good, but it's typically not all death and destruction either.

It's probably the LEDs. (kidding)