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Just so you understand SnowMan's confusion here... the directions on bulkreefsupply.com say to add all the Mg at once: The theory is that using up a whole gallon of the 2 part solution should leave your Mg depleted to a certain level (based on chemical equations). The bag of MagFlake is...

Apologies for contributing to the threadjack here... Computer fans sound like a decent idea if your light fixture is already setup to use 12 volt DC fans.

I found this little modification and used it on my Remora Nano. It's still not silent by any means, but it's a definite improvement and didn't cost anything.

Seems to me that using that method will only tell you if your measuring device matches somebody else's measuring device... not necessarily if it is accurate or not.

The phrase alludes to Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” in which a sailor who shoots a friendly albatross is forced to wear its carcass around his neck as punishment. edit - Doh, I see Wazzel already posted that...

Usually, if there's a hose attached to the output it is there to allow the powerhead to mix air into the water that is being sprayed out. So instead of just water, it pumps out air and bubbles. It's mostly useless (especially for saltwater) and I assume ~99% of people don't use it. There's...

The more frequently you top-off, the more stable your salinity will be. As the water evaporates, the salt concentration gets higher... So when you top-off the salinity goes back down - back to where it started (in theory). The longer you go between top-offs, the larger that swing will be.

Salinity Calculator for evaporation: http://www.saltyzoo.com/SaltyCalcs/EvapSalinityCalc.php Since you're doing the opposite of evaporation, enter a negative number in the "Gallons evaporated:" field. Looks like 1.025 SG for 100 gallons = 1.023 for 110 gallons (Now if you're taking out 10...

Where are you going to keep it for 4 days while you fill the tank? It needs to stay wet, or in 4 days it will be dead/dying rock. Sort of... some stuff will live in both places, but there are a lot of things that live in sand that don't live on rocks & vice versa. This also would depend on...

Yes, the aerator is the little screen thing that is screwed on to the end of the faucet. As for the under the sink hookups... If your sink is connected with flexible lines/hoses, then all you need is a "T" fitting that will essentially split the water line and allow you to run your RO unit off...

DrBig = My Hero Thank you!!

Now you're just trying to confuse me with truth & facts. :wink:

Just out of curiosity, I did a pH test on my RO water and it also tests out in the high 8's (the color chart for my pH test only goes up to 8.8 ). My normal tap water appears to be even higher, and the published analysis from my water company says my tap water should be ~9.1. So it appears to...

So was I... :lol:

I appreciate the reply, and I did actually try that first... more than a week ago. However, I still haven't heard anything back from them and I'm beginning to suspect that I never will. So since that didn't work, I thought I'd take a chance here to see if anybody else has the same test. (And...