More leaks, waiting game
Posted 05/26/2010 at 10:11 AM by sacremon
Chris came over and fixed the leaky bulkhead on the sump. After he left, I fired up the skimmer pump, which led to finding two more leaks - one from where two pieces of PVC were glued together and the threads leading into the skimmer pump. Put glue around the seam on the PVC yesterday, will test how well that holds tonight. The threads were a bit loose, I will probably want to keep an eye on both pumps initially, to see if the vibration of the pumps running loosen things up more.
The skimmer had some water that had been sitting in the base, and when it was turned on for a short time (less than a minute) that was washed into the system. Whatever was in there looks like it was decaying, because the nitrate in the tank has gone from around 0.1 ppm to over 2 ppm. Nitrate has shot over 10ppm. Impressive for what had to be around a quart of water, into roughly 300 gallons. At least the bacteria that convert nitrite to nitrate have some food now...
The skimmer had some water that had been sitting in the base, and when it was turned on for a short time (less than a minute) that was washed into the system. Whatever was in there looks like it was decaying, because the nitrate in the tank has gone from around 0.1 ppm to over 2 ppm. Nitrate has shot over 10ppm. Impressive for what had to be around a quart of water, into roughly 300 gallons. At least the bacteria that convert nitrite to nitrate have some food now...
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