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Ok, so i am a habitual lurker, not big on the social medias. Figured it was time to contribute to the greater good. I have learned alot from the members / posts here and on RC and thought i could share my experience (read mistakes) and help others avoid them in the future! Long story short back story. I have had a 55g standard for probably 12 years which had african chiclids up until about three years ago when i made the switch to saltwater. Got sand, some rock from a LFS and a pair of b&w ocellaris (still with me, tough little buggers) and off i went. I have gone from hang on the back skimming, to variations of sumps in the stand to my current set up which is a plumbed basement sump room (corner of the laundry room actually - i cant get authorization for a whole room I was very proud of my little sump room set up. And that is where my problems started. Started having issues with inverts (snails, crabs, worms) and my couple of attempts to add some hammers. Nothing stayed alive long. The corals slowly receeded and died over time. Snails and crabs started lasting a day or two after being added. But my tank was sparkling clean! No algae, clean white sand. Then the cyano started taking over, everywhere. I was stumped. Richard at ERC even tried to help (we are neighbors) but no luck. I eventually ordered up a testing kit from Triton labs. I suspected copper, but wasn't sure. Well, i got the results back and it was copper and zinc, here were my results. So the lightbulb went off after i got these results. I know there have been mixed reviews on Triton Labs, but have to say it did what i expected it to and confirmed my suspicions. I had plumbed a brass gate valve in my return line from the sump room. #Hasbrown NewbMistake #1. Brass = copper & zinc, and um corrodes in saltwater. Needless to say was pretty pissed at myself for basically nuking the tank. I figured my sand and rock were pretty much ruined for a reef tank at this point. So time to hit the reset button and might as well go bigger, right -
From the album: 120g Build
Overflow mounted in tank