Nick Zarlinga
Aquarium Biologist
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
216.661.6500 ext 4485
"Who hears the fishes when they cry?"
Henry Thoreau--1817-1862
><)> -----Original Message-----
><)> From: owner-nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
><)> [owner-nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org]On Behalf
><)> Of Crail, Todd
><)> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 9:53 PM
><)> To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
><)> Subject: NANFA-L-- Precipitate
><)>
><)>
><)> Hi gang,
><)>
><)> Has anyone ever seen where a "precipitate" forms
><)> when too much dechlor has
><)> been added to a system? Alk and pH are fine.
><)>
><)> I think I've done this, and it seems like it's
><)> binding up with fats from the
><)> food. You can watch it happen after the food has
><)> been put in. It looks like
><)> I'm on stage-in-a rock concert. It's been going
><)> on like this for about 3
><)> weeks now, but with steady water changes using
><)> only a whole house filter (one
><)> of the $20 ones, and this time I'm counting
><)> gallons) to rid chlorine, and it
><)> seems I'm finally getting back on the other side
><)> of the amount of reagents.
><)>
><)> I've always liberally dosed it, but not when I've
><)> been using this lipid rich
><)> mysis. I had a similar problem in a tank using
><)> Stress Coat (turned the water
><)> blue smoke woooo!) and the mysis. I was able to
><)> reverse the situation by
><)> water changing (although it sucks this is a 100
><)> gallon and not a 30). I
><)> thought it was the aloe or something, and not the
><)> sodium thiosulfate or
><)> whatever it is... I've been using it straight
><)> (just a cap full or two or three
><)> per 30 gallon barrel!) and I think I need to find
><)> a happy medium.
><)>
><)> Thoughts, comments, <nelson>Ha ha!</nelson>...?
><)>
><)> I'd take a picture... but my camera ain't working.
><)> I think I shorted out the
><)> shutter lol. Glad I bought that "no questions
><)> asked" insurance thingie from
><)> Ritz when I bought it. She said without knowing a
><)> thing about me:
><)>
><)> "Even if you did something that probably would
><)> never happen, like drop it into
><)> a lake or something".
><)>
><)> I was like "How many years can you sign up for at
><)> a time?" ;)
><)>
><)> Kinda stinks too cause I set up 100 gallons of
><)> native fish in our teaching lab
><)> along with photographs of every species found in
><)> the Ottawa River that runs
><)> through campus. More on that soon.... We're going
><)> into another outreach
><)> phase, 'cepting this time, I'm not alone :)
><)> Maybe I'll have to bust out the
><)> ol' 950 while the 4800 is on hiatus.
><)>
><)> Todd
><)> The Milky White Madness, Toledo, OH
><)> It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
><)> http://www.farmertodd.com
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