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  1. AZDesertRat
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    need help with return pumps

    Ocean Runner 2500 or Eheim 1260.
    Post by: AZDesertRat, Dec 13, 2010 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
  2. AZDesertRat
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    Big problem with di resin

    The tap water should first enter a prefilter or possibly a carbon block which acts as both sediment and carbon if you do not have a prefilter. From...
    Post by: AZDesertRat, Dec 12, 2010 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
  3. AZDesertRat
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    Big problem with di resin

    To troubleshoot a RO/DI you need three TDS readings, tap water TDS RO only TDS before the DI and the final or RO/DI TDS. Without all three you have...
    Post by: AZDesertRat, Dec 12, 2010 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
  4. AZDesertRat
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    Big problem with di resin

    ANY RO/DI should produce 0 TDS water, at least for a little while. What are your tap water and RO only TDS numbers?
    Post by: AZDesertRat, Dec 12, 2010 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
  5. AZDesertRat
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    Big problem with di resin

    If you have new DI resin you should be reading 0 TDS. What are your tap water and RO only TDS readings? You may have a bad membrane which is passing...
    Post by: AZDesertRat, Dec 12, 2010 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
  6. AZDesertRat
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    How do calcium reactors automatically keep up with coral growth?

    Every reactor media is different, some will turn to much at 6.5 while others wil be fine. Mine is best at about 6.7 and its Aqua Media HydroCarbonat...
    Post by: AZDesertRat, Dec 12, 2010 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
  7. AZDesertRat
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    Big problem with di resin

    New DI resins need a couple gallons to rinse up. You will get a TDS reading initially until the solution it is stored and shipped in gets rinsed away.
    Post by: AZDesertRat, Dec 12, 2010 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
  8. AZDesertRat
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    inline TDS meter duel..instilation procedure ?

    The OUT goes in the blue line on the last canister to the right in the photo and the IN goes in the line on the back side of that same canister. With...
    Post by: AZDesertRat, Dec 12, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
  9. AZDesertRat
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    How do calcium reactors automatically keep up with coral growth?

    They keep up with a steady demand, not a changing or increasing demand. I would still take a reactor over dosing any day since the adjustments are...
    Post by: AZDesertRat, Dec 9, 2010 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
  10. AZDesertRat
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    Basics setups of Saltwater tanks

    If you want a functioning deep sand bed, do not rinse the sand, its the fines that support the most colonizing bacteria. Remember, all good things...
    Post by: AZDesertRat, Dec 9, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
  11. AZDesertRat
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    How do calcium reactors automatically keep up with coral growth?

    Could be more CO2 but more likely it will be an increased drip rate or effluent rate. A reactor sits and recirculates the saturated water around...
    Post by: AZDesertRat, Dec 9, 2010 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
  12. AZDesertRat
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    How do calcium reactors automatically keep up with coral growth?

    They are not automatic, you may need to adjust the drip rate or bubble count as you add additional stony corals. Its all based on your test results...
    Post by: AZDesertRat, Dec 9, 2010 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
  13. AZDesertRat
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    Alternative heater to prevent bad things fom happining?

    Yes and yes. They have been very accurate, what I set it on is within a few tenths of a degree of what my RKL controller says and what my high $$...
    Post by: AZDesertRat, Dec 8, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
  14. AZDesertRat
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    Spectrapure Sale

    Good question, you would have to contact them though for an answer, it does not look like they have a Sponsor page here anymore? Looking at their...
    Post by: AZDesertRat, Dec 8, 2010 in forum: SpectraPure
  15. AZDesertRat
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    Need to warm up a lot of water quickly?

    I keep an old Mag 7 and Mag 9.5 pump around for heating water in the winter months. They run pretty warm and will raise the temp in my 30 gallon...
    Post by: AZDesertRat, Dec 7, 2010 in forum: Water Chemistry
  16. AZDesertRat
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    The temperature debate

    I am at 78-80 using a RKL and fans for cooling. I sold my 1/4HP chiller two summers ago after I realized I could manage with fans and an ATO. Nothing...
    Post by: AZDesertRat, Dec 7, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
  17. AZDesertRat
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    Not an RO unit but does pretty good..

    The purpose of an RO membrane is to remove TDS or total dissolved solids. TDS is in the 0.0001 micron range, much much smaller than any filter you...
    Post by: AZDesertRat, Dec 6, 2010 in forum: General Reef Topics
  18. AZDesertRat
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    how do reverse osmosis systems work?

    The FILTERS section of this write up explains what each piece of an RO/DI systems does and why it is there. GENERAL INFO ON REVERSE OSMOSIS I also...
    Post by: AZDesertRat, Dec 6, 2010 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
  19. AZDesertRat
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    need opinion on my RO/DI connection

    Do you have a drinking water kit, by that I mean a pressure tank and drinking water faucet? If not it will not work well for drinking water unless...
    Post by: AZDesertRat, Dec 6, 2010 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
  20. AZDesertRat
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    RO/DI Question

    The mark of a quality RO/DI system is how long the membrane and DI resins last. Lower end units may make 0 TDS water for little while but usually...
    Post by: AZDesertRat, Dec 5, 2010 in forum: Filters, Pumps, etc..
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