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What brand unit do you have ? many of the better ones have a capillary waste flow re-stricter that is temperature sensitive and will expand and or...
Actually it should always be open so when you are making product water you have to have waste rejection water . and the rate is 4 gallons of water...
That would be my major concern and calcium release, Unless its a An African Cichlid tank that requires saltwater elemental levels less the salt....
Look I seldom just say out of the way stuff to people on the computer or phone , But if you where standing right here with me I'd say this to you ,...
For what ever its worth if you did not have NO'3 then you have a real problem. You have to understand the entire process of de-nitrification...
That expansion tank won't fix the problem you don't have enough volume and that tank will give you about 3 gallons of pressurized water P/M me or E/M...
I based my mixture on a old source of mixing your own saltwater , It may have been or be considered old school ? But guess what either those few...
I'd add some carbon and even a metal sponge will pull any heavy metals out of the water.. The ballast is just steel shot EPA approved for hunting...
What size main pump do you use and most times with working with a lot of these I find that if the bubbles build up past a certain point then the pump...
Yes well thats the way of the world (: Fluids like Gases and as you know electricity current all move i way's that have been dictated long before we...
I'd not worry about it and the shots now used for ballast are mostly steel rather then lead , as for the murcury not many ise that either anylonger ....
Its more about even smooth flows then noise But the smoother and easier the water flows the less sound it makes you will be creating a gurgling...
If it where me I'd lay it out on a plastic sheet and blast it with a garden hose and then allow it to set out a few hrs to aloow any pest to crawl...
Even that special fox face or rabbit the LFS gave us to try that was supposed to love it maybe thats why he died LOL he ate of the forbidden fruit (:...
My Magnesium is at 2700 now down from 3400 and it never effected the stuff we had I use Tech M and Pure Mag Chloride I told someone here the other...
Looks good a little overly complicated for me (: I never saw the need for baffles and wasting all that space that could be better used but thats me ....
As Geek said They are mouth brooders and if you have lots of rock shelfs with tiny crevices Like I use then they will go into hiding had several...
What is Nitrate , where does it come from and what does it do ?
Ever use a Diatom filter ?
Never used Phosban I don't think ? But ferric oixde well set up like a ball of rust unless its kept fludized .. I have seen it riun more then one...
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