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Thanks! I love scrambling conventional wisdom every chance I get:jester:
lucky you, sadly I was cursed to be 5'8" on my tippy toes :(
Thats a great place for a remote DSB. You want 5 to 6" deep sand or many of us have 4" of reef mud/or clay kitty litter covered by 1 to 2" of fine...
well, that certainly sucks. :( This just reinforces the reason I started with 100% dry rock.
PH rock? are you talking about dolomite rock?
I think a quick 2 minute soda water bath might help, it's just carbonated water and should not hurt the mussels etc since they will just close up and...
I got mine in Home Depot. It's in the lighting area by the floresent light fixtures and coveres - sold as light difuser The dead spots are easy...
ok, now I have another question for you. whats your Magnesium and calcium readings at? I think your Alk is just a bit higher than most keep it at,...
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Patience and Planning my young friend ;D
Initial unit costs vary widely but you can get an excellent unit for about $150 like the one mentioned at the begining of this thread. RO = reverse...
http://www.3reef.com/forums/filters-pumps-etc/high-performance-4-stage-spectrapure-proplus-ro-di-82590.html#post822923...
hey Red, how did things with RE work out?
The fizzing means it's dissolving and releasing who knows what into the tank. Why take that chance?
reefmonkey is working on a sump project, I like the way he did this: [IMG]
very cool project, added it to my public aquascape list :)
once it's clean put in in some vinigar, if it fizzes don't use it. edit: As an alterative you could use your mag float glass cleaner to hold it
+1 even if you have plenty of live rock I would not take more than 25% per week while doing your regular maintenance.
Some alkalinity conversions for quick use. 7dkh=2.50meq/l=125ppm 8dkh=2.86meq/l=133.9ppm 9dkh=3.21meq/l=160.7ppm 10dkh=3.57meq/l=178.6ppm...
keep in mind that the mangroves will grow just fine with indirect light as long as it has a good 10 to 12 hour light schedule.
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