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vinnyraptor
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a buddy of mine has a newly cycled tank. AMMO 0 Nitrate 0 TRite .20 PH 8.0 Temp 80 Grav. 1.023. he added a few snails, hermits and a cleaner shrimp as his initial CUC. dripped them correctly and as soon as the snails and shrimp hit the water they were dead within 10 minutes. the crabs are fine. he did a partial water change and tried another snail, this one from my 3 yr old system and a healthy speciman. dead instantly. two weeks crabs are still fine and 3 attempts at snails and a firefish all dead within minutes.
stray voltage none, Copper none. the only thing is high phosphates how high im not sure he had it tested at a verygood LFS and they told him they were really high, but other than that his water was good. no Copper, Ammo, Nitrate and .20 Nitrite. he used bottled RO water from a giant chain store and has never used tap.
questions are where did the high Phosphates come from and is there a lethal amount that can actually kill inverts within minutes? i know they cause algae and ironically he has none so what gives?
stray voltage none, Copper none. the only thing is high phosphates how high im not sure he had it tested at a verygood LFS and they told him they were really high, but other than that his water was good. no Copper, Ammo, Nitrate and .20 Nitrite. he used bottled RO water from a giant chain store and has never used tap.
questions are where did the high Phosphates come from and is there a lethal amount that can actually kill inverts within minutes? i know they cause algae and ironically he has none so what gives?
