Need help

[roy]

hi

my 4ft x 2ft x 2.5ft tank

my LR tune colour to white and mushroom not growing and tube worm

look like enten by some thing i had test all kit i had copper 0.3mg/l

and i got copper control add to my sump also carbon...

is my sump ok...and DIY chiller

[roy]

my 4ft tank

[ben]

DIY chiller? can it be the problem? How did u made it? any pics? maybe parasites too.

[roy]

DIY chiller

[Morgan]

Hi Roy

1st thing ...welcome to SRC.

You have to resize your pic, it way too big.

And I 'm not sure what you are trying to say in your post.

[roy]

sump

[DeepBlue]

wat's this? yuma or leather?

looks limp.....

[roy]

sorry my 1st time in SRC

[DeepBlue]

anyway DIYed chiller leaking copper???? ...dun hear fellow reefers talk much abt copper in the water.....

[roy]

are my mushroom die

[Morgan]

Roy

you have to state out your tank water parameter clearly

eg Ammoina, Nitrite, PH, KH, etc

If not nobody can advise you on what to do.

Does your tank have copper? If yes then you have to find the source.

could it be from your diy chiller......what kind of cooling pipe did you use?

[DeepBlue]

yup...your mushroom looked in trouble.......

have you found the source for the presence of copper in your tank??

copper and corals....not good frenz........

a little suggestion....dun get anymore corals until you solve the copper problems

[roy]

my sump ok

[Morgan]

Nothing is Ok if you got copper......

[roy]

my Ph 8.0

KH 11 dkh

No2 0.3mg/l

No3 12.5mg/l

CA 380

I did add phosphate/silicate control

[nicholasloh]

what is in ur DIY Chiller?

Can give me the formula of making it?

[DeepBlue]

my Ph 8.0

KH 11 dkh

No2 0.3mg/l

No3 12.5mg/l

CA 380

I did add phosphate/silicate control

sometimes it may not be the addictive or control that matters....... finding th source and preventing it could help....

suggestion: can try disconnecting your chiller and monitor your tank parameter for a while...

[FuEl]

There is no need to switch on the chiller when the tank is cycling. Switching it on during cycling can lengthen the cycling period.

I don't see where else copper might have got into your tank except from the D.I.Y chiller. What are the pipings made of anyway?!

[roy]

thank deepblue

u r right

my DIY chiller is make by my bro

i and 1st tester by him

cost about $700 for 3ft to 4 ft tank.

[roy]

using copper

about i ask suppiers they say is coated

[ah^siao]

coated also not much use.. they will get eaten in.. best if u change..

[ryz]

COPPER = BAD!!! ALL INVERTS HATE COPPER. even a trace amount would most definitely kill all your inverts in your LR and all. Vertebrates however can tolerate copper. Get rid of your copper before you add any more things. Get rid of your DIY chiller and get copper remover ASAP. save whatever life you can.

Saltwater corrodes almost every coating. Even stainless steel rusts in saltwater. So the coating is rendered useless in saltwater aquariums