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Lemon, not sure if this method will work for you.. use your hands to stir the water again.. i'm sure these residue are now collecting at one spot on the bottom of your tank... if you stir up the water and mix them again, it should clear up quite fast... Hope it works for you if you try!

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Gorgeous mesoleucos butterfly, from the pic looks like a nice size too. Elongatus is a rare anthias from japan. Taiwan may be catching these anthias but they dun sell cos most likely those caught

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Whilst tearing down my old tank, have been planning my new tank with reddevils. The initial thought was to take a short break from chionging LFS, reefing etc. The break will only last 2 months sadly,

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Lemon, not sure if this method will work for you.. use your hands to stir the water again.. i'm sure these residue are now collecting at one spot on the bottom of your tank... if you stir up the water and mix them again, it should clear up quite fast... Hope it works for you if you try!

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nope. tried everything. the residue is calcium carbonate caused by mixing too much salt at one go.

because i dumped one whole pail of salt into the water, momentarily the pH and calcium levels will increase dramatically and not slow enough for it to diffuse and reach saturated levels.

this caused the calcium to precipitate out of solution. like how it will happen when you dose too much calcium and buffer at once. it's called the "snowstorm" effect.

calcium carbonate is very poorly soluble in water (if it's soluble at all...). the only way to remove it is to do so manually as it won't go away by itself.

so i've emptied my sump, scrubbed it clean, and remove all traces of calcium carbonate from there. now the problem is the main tank lol. it's still a winter wonderland.

well, it's a very tedious and expensive lesson to be learnt :P cost me 1 oceanic bucket..

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I thought you know that the ppt is Calcium Carbonate... They wun dissolve.. Siphon out or direct the wavemaker at the ppt and run untill all get trapped by your wool..

i did. u know how much ppt there was!?

THIS MORNING. SUMP TANK 2CM THICK. and my wool SOAKING in ppt. damn man, i just cleared the sump of all the ppt.

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i did. u know how much ppt there was!?

THIS MORNING. SUMP TANK 2CM THICK. and my wool SOAKING in ppt. damn man, i just cleared the sump of all the ppt.

Eeee... Okay.. Didnt know it was that BAD.. You might need to check your parameter if it is within range...

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Eeee... Okay.. Didnt know it was that BAD.. You might need to check your parameter if it is within range...

right no i don't care about parameters first. get rid of the ppt first priority.

besides its for cycling. as long as the basic parameters like salinity, ph within range, is fine. if calcium, mg abit high or low, i will let it slide.

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right no i don't care about parameters first. get rid of the ppt first priority.

besides its for cycling. as long as the basic parameters like salinity, ph within range, is fine. if calcium, mg abit high or low, i will let it slide.

You will get ionic inbalance if any of the parameter fall too low and everything start going haywire... PPT best solution is siphon liao.. no choice..

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You will get ionic inbalance if any of the parameter fall too low and everything start going haywire... PPT best solution is siphon liao.. no choice..

got ppt usually means the parameter ###### up liao. otherwise won't have ppt in the first place.

worse come to worst drain everything out and re-salt. PROPERLY.

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got ppt usually means the parameter ###### up liao. otherwise won't have ppt in the first place.

worse come to worst drain everything out and re-salt. PROPERLY.

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No need... Just test den see.. LOL...

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i bet lemon is going ==> :yahoo:

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I never thought the day will come whereby I will look at a COMPRESSOR and think to myself : YUM!!!!:wub:

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i bet lemon is going ==> :yahoo:

actually no. i accidently spill a big pail of saltwater and my house is flooded now. so is my kitchen. and all my rugs are drenched in saltwater.

need to go find some rugs somewhere and use lol.

I never thought the day will come whereby I will look at a COMPRESSOR and think to myself : YUM!!!!:wub:

:yeah::yeah::yeah:

it's nice isn't it?

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nice and neat work of the trunking... for the main tank, have you turn off the wave maker?? i suppose if you stop all forms of current the ppt (since insoluble) will "gather" at the bottom which makes it easier for siphoning?

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