Recent content by quazi

I use a airline hose to siphon the cyno. This is a very good method for sucking up cyno with little waste water.

How are you measuring SG? I had to buy a refractometer as my swing arm hydrometer was so bad. :twisted:

Go with PolyFilter instead of carbon. I works better and will change color to let you what it is absorbing. I have had hard times with hammers. I bought a branching hammer 2 years ago, and it is very happy. However, the regular hammers have not lasted long in my tank. That being said, your...

I agree with the chemical and heat burning of these nasty little critters. :twisted: If you go with peppermint shrimp instead (my preferred method), they will live fine with a cleaner shrimp (at least from my experience.) I have a cleaner, bcs and ~4 peppermint shrimps in my 55. Everyone is...

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jasonrog, these look like good filters. However, they do not have a DI filter. You may want to purchase a de-ionizer (DI) for post filtration processing. You can add that on separately. The DI filter contains ion exchange resins which remove the last traces of contaminants from the RO...

Use polyfilters for a month. They will turn green as they abosorb copper. Once they no longer turn green, your tank SHOULD be safe. Frankly, the only part of the tank absorbing copper is the sealant. I cannot image that leaching too much copper into your tank after a month treatment with...

What happens if the electricity shuts off? Does the valve close?

My tank has been up for over 15 years. I have never broken it down. I have changed from a canaster, to a wet/dry to a LR to a SSB and LR. My sand bed is shallow, as it was added 2 years ago with the rock in place. there was a fair amount of "grunge" on the bottom when I added the sand...

It looks like the right side of the tank is not supported?? Is that an optical illusion?

Check out this guys tank setup. It is really remarkable. http://www.globaldialog.com/~jrice/reef.html

Sounds like bacteria. It is not harmful. I get a redish brown bactria that grows in my RO water if left alone too long. Do not know what they eat, but I assume that airbourne "food" makes it way into the water, and they eat it. That is probably the way the bacteria get there in the first...

My tank has been up for over 15 years. About 10 years ago, I got a RO unit and did a large RO water change (about 60%) and have never had a hair algae problem nor a tank crash again. I got a RO/DI unit 2 years ago, and now the diatoms are nearly gone. There is no doubt about it, an RO filter...

When all else fails, put some polyFilters in the sump. PolyFilters cure a lot of ails. It may be the bandaid you need to let your system stabilze and re-establish itself. I agree that a 10 gal sump is too small. I do not know how you get anything in that sump, much less an adaquate pump to...