Anyone have a picture of a milky tank from a limewater overdose?

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

My next article is on precipitates of various sorts: what they are, why they form, etc.

I'm looking for a picture, to accompany the article, of a tank experiencing a limewtaer overdose, that is cloudy/milky.

Anyone have one that I can use in the article?

Thanks in advance.

[Froggy]

Hi Randy. I had a precipitation event a couple of months back that resulted from a combiation of too much Kalk and B-Ionic at the same time. I hope this will help. Here is a pic a couple of hours after the event and a follow up pic of the tank. I did not lose any livestock during the incident and the tank was clear again by the next morning. I could easily see the individual particles that looked like a snow storm swirling in the current. Here are the pic's and I hope they help you.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/robertsonjoe/DSC00545.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/robertsonjoe/DSC00533_edited-1.jpg

[Ereefic]

Is this what your looking for? :lol: Hope this pic works. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/ereefic/blizzard2.bmp

[Ereefic]

This is the JPG form, don't know if it's better than the BMP file above.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/ereefic/Blizzard123.jpg

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Those are great, guys, thanks. :)

[Ereefic]

I'm glad we had to screw up to help you out Randy. :lol:

[Joboo]

I would have taken a picture of my snow storm but I was too busy crying like a baby!! :)

[Ereefic]

What you don't see in my picture is me lying on the floor in the fetal position sucking my thumb, wimpering. :lol:

[Froggy]

Glad to help Randy. I remember crying on the floor as well thinking I had just killed everything. As Ereefic said, at least our screwup now can be useful. :)

[Joboo]

Originally posted by Ereefic
What you don't see in my picture is me lying on the floor in the fetal position sucking my thumb, wimpering. :lol:

Its amazing how in this hobby it takes months/years of good husbandry to achieve perfection but it only takes a couple seconds for total destruction!!

[fishinchick]

Joboo can I use that someday as a sigline? Thats so perfect!

[Joboo]

Originally posted by fishinchick
Joboo can I use that someday as a sigline? Thats so perfect!

Absolutely! :)

[Shoestring Reefer]

If I have a picture of white deposits on the glass (like, you can't see the lower half of the aquarium) that I halted by raising magnesium, would you be interested in that?

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Sure. Can you post it?