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Old 01-28-2010, 09:04 PM
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WHHHATTT!!! Greg If I were you I would be having one nasty phone call with the customer service department. Thank you for the heads up though, I will never use product from that company again. (I really hope everything perks back up for you, do you have any plans to pull the metals out of your water?)
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Old 01-28-2010, 09:11 PM
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Greg, I don't know if you've ever tried polyfilters/polypads? I've had success with them before, you might want to look into getting some to remove the metals in your water.

Heres a link to them, maybe you can find them locally:

http://oceanaquatics.com/store/produ...7/Poly-Filter/
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Before you throw it all out, run a magnet through it. If any sticks take a picture and email it to the company.
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Old 01-28-2010, 09:26 PM
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This stuff might work as well...

http://www.jlaquatics.com/product/sc...r+-+500ml.html

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Old 01-28-2010, 09:39 PM
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That's pretty nasty. Hopefully you found the source and not the cure, I know carbon isn't very effective at removing iron and other heavy metals but it does does remove small amounts. Is it possible you have an iron overdose somehow? Did you test for iron?

If you have some unused carbon remaining from the batch you could soak it in RO water and test for iron.
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Old 01-28-2010, 09:51 PM
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Yikes!!!

Thanks for the heads up!!
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Old 01-28-2010, 10:04 PM
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Here is a pic of mine from my discus tank.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rossmct/4311914729/

I bought at OC, and Golds. Big Als was listing it online, but I didnt look in the store.

Looks like $30 worth of litter to me...or plant filler or something like that.


This could be why I now have slime algae all over my plants since adding it. Thankfully my SW tanks are not using it.
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Old 01-28-2010, 10:20 PM
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Small Claims Court... works wonders. 100 bucks to file.. for $1000 claim its not really worth hiring a lawyer to contest it.. you'll win automatically.. and even if they do file a defence, you've got a pretty good case.
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Old 01-28-2010, 09:43 PM
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can you send me a pm letting me know where you got it just in case , i don't want you to say it openly unless your ok with it.

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Old 01-28-2010, 09:46 PM
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I did the magnet test and it's metal. The store is located on the south side of 16 Ave NW. Thanks for the links. I'll try that.
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