DI Resin - silicate removal

Does anybody know if there resin that specifically targets silicates?

--Kurt

Yea, aluminum hydroxide, and ferric hydroxide.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


KurtG wrote on 6/10/2007 2:40 PM:
Does anybody know if there resin that specifically targets silicates?

--Kurt

Yea Aluminum Oxide, and Ferric Oxide.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


KurtG wrote on 6/10/2007 2:40 PM:
Does anybody know if there resin that specifically targets silicates?

--Kurt

More dumbass assumptins Wayne, They are not resins, they are
actually............drum roll please....................you look it up
your own ****ing self am not your lacky. Wayne you seem to reply just
for the sake of replying, Is this a bad habit you have you know like
an addiction to drugs, you just can not resist answering a post even
if you do not have a ****ing clue!

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 15:01:37 -0400, Wayne Sallee
wrote:

Yea Aluminum Oxide, and Ferric Oxide.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


KurtG wrote on 6/10/2007 2:40 PM:
Does anybody know if there resin that specifically targets silicates?

--Kurt



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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

Actually Aluminum Oxide, I don't thing iron bonds
well to silicates :-)

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


Wayne Sallee wrote on 6/10/2007 3:01 PM:
Yea Aluminum Oxide, and Ferric Oxide.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


KurtG wrote on 6/10/2007 2:40 PM:
Does anybody know if there resin that specifically targets silicates?

--Kurt

But I would not worry about trying to take silicates
out of the water.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


Wayne Sallee wrote on 6/10/2007 4:39 PM:
Actually Aluminum Oxide, I don't thing iron bonds well to silicates :-)

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


Wayne Sallee wrote on 6/10/2007 3:01 PM:
Yea Aluminum Oxide, and Ferric Oxide.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


KurtG wrote on 6/10/2007 2:40 PM:
Does anybody know if there resin that specifically targets silicates?

--Kurt

Wayne Sallee wrote:
But I would not worry about trying to take silicates out of the water.

Well, I think I convinced myself that I have very low silicates in my
RO/DI water and tank. It looks like my tap water is about 2ppm, but my
tank seems to have undetectable levels. My test is sensitive down to
about 0.03.

My diatoms are thick and unsightly. Within a few hours of cleaning the
tank, I have a green haze back on the glass. Within 2-3 days, I can't
even see through the glass. I'm down to only two turbos, but I have 50
ordered (still). My order is being held up, but it will ship this week.

I think I'll just work on a refugium to grow chaeto and pods, and not
worry about the diatoms for the moment.

--Kurt

That's incredibly fast for diatoms. With that kind
of diatom growth, your turbos should be doing great.
Are the turbos making paths on the glass? What about
the sand and the gravel, how's it looking? What's
causing your turbos to die?

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


KurtG wrote on 6/10/2007 7:45 PM:
Wayne Sallee wrote:
But I would not worry about trying to take silicates out of the water.

Well, I think I convinced myself that I have very low silicates in my
RO/DI water and tank. It looks like my tap water is about 2ppm, but my
tank seems to have undetectable levels. My test is sensitive down to
about 0.03.

My diatoms are thick and unsightly. Within a few hours of cleaning the
tank, I have a green haze back on the glass. Within 2-3 days, I can't
even see through the glass. I'm down to only two turbos, but I have 50
ordered (still). My order is being held up, but it will ship this week.

I think I'll just work on a refugium to grow chaeto and pods, and not
worry about the diatoms for the moment.

--Kurt

Also is there something not up to par with your
algae magnet?

The better you clean the glass, the longer it will
take for diatoms to reappear. This is because
diatoms can be left on the glass, and multiply.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


Wayne Sallee wrote on 6/10/2007 9:11 PM:
That's incredibly fast for diatoms. With that kind of diatom growth,
your turbos should be doing great. Are the turbos making paths on the
glass? What about the sand and the gravel, how's it looking? What's
causing your turbos to die?

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


KurtG wrote on 6/10/2007 7:45 PM:
Wayne Sallee wrote:
But I would not worry about trying to take silicates out of the water.

Well, I think I convinced myself that I have very low silicates in my
RO/DI water and tank. It looks like my tap water is about 2ppm, but
my tank seems to have undetectable levels. My test is sensitive down
to about 0.03.

My diatoms are thick and unsightly. Within a few hours of cleaning
the tank, I have a green haze back on the glass. Within 2-3 days, I
can't even see through the glass. I'm down to only two turbos, but I
have 50 ordered (still). My order is being held up, but it will ship
this week.

I think I'll just work on a refugium to grow chaeto and pods, and not
worry about the diatoms for the moment.

--Kurt

Wayne Sallee wrote:
Also is there something not up to par with your algae magnet?

It seems fine. I occasionally clean it and it puts up billows of green
clouds when I clean. I also scrape the glass occasionally, so I don't
think it's the algae magnet.