Recent content by DavidY

Consider this too...what evaporates from your reef system is pure H2O. Therefore you really want to top off with as close to pure H2O as possible, thus the need for RO/DI water. Using tap water will eventually degrade your system's water quality over time. In a FOWLR however it's probably not a...

Thanks, guys. Sounds reasonable to me.

New RO membranes contain a chemical preservative coating so you have to throw away the first batch of product water. My question is, how much do you throw away? And do you bypass the DI cartridge while your breaking in the new membrane, or does the DI cartridge need to be "broken in" as well?

The LFS's I visit said they had some delays getting stuff in right after the new year because collectors had to get new CITES permits or something like that. But one of them has been getting some nice stuff in recently.

Yea, isn't it funny how one type of coral can be a challenge for some tanks but a plague to another? Apparantly my red mushrooms are only a problem for me, but everyone else around here can't get enough of them. That's why the LFS keeps buying them off of me. They even give me their LR rubble...

Is the GSP harming or inhibitting any of the other corals? If not, I would personally leave it. It looks nice IMO. On the other hand, if they're bothering the other corals... I had a major outbreak of red mushroom corals and they would sting other corals or smother them. Eventually they covered...

I just placed my order with my regular supplier before I saw your post. I'll check them out anyway for the next time. Thanks for the link!

Ah, that's probably why I still haven't heard back from Kent yet. :roll: I'll look into the SpectraPure. Thanks for the info!

Cool, so it sounds like they all use the same housing then. So it should work. Does SpectraPure have better quality membranes than Kent?

Did you originally have a lower rated TFC membrane? That's my main question, is if the Hi-S membrane will fit and operate correctly in the same housing that they use for the TFC membranes. Thanks all for the replies. :)

I asked them about it through their website's support page but I haven't heard anything back yet :( . They do sell a 35gpd Hi-S membrane replacement though. I believe their Hi-S units all use the same prefilters as the TFC units. When I hear from Kent, I will post their reply.

Does anyone know if I can replace my Kent 24gpd TFC RO membrane with one of their 35gpd Hi-S membranes? I know that you can use a higher flow membrane if you also replace the flow restrictor, but I wasn't sure whether or not the Hi-S membrane would fit in the same housing as the TFC.

Cool. Thanks! That puts my mind at ease. Those 'shrooms were a real PIA. They're great for trading though. :D

Hey nice setup you got! I like how it started out as a "cheap" low-cost project. Amazing how quickly the bug bites, eh? :twisted: Yea, I'll get some pics up soon. I wish I had done a start-to-finish photo doc like you did. Actually, I might have some (started building my setup in '98!). I'll...

Yes, that helps. Sounds like a similar situation. I finally had to pull everything out of my display tank and scrape all the mushrooms off the sides 8O . Then I bought some fresh live rock locally and restocked the tank. I sold a ton of the rocks with the mushrooms and moved the biggest pieces...