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    Water top off ideas...?

    Nice reef by the way!!!!
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    Water top off ideas...?

    thanks, you don't ever worry about the valve getting stuck in the on position?
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    water?

    oops! what do you want from a newbie....
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    Water top off ideas...?

    Where do you get the float valves, the ones I've seen on ebay have stainless steel in them which I would supsect would corrode in salt water. do I need one made esp for marine environment?
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    Water top off ideas...?

    do you have 2 fans blowing across the surface of your tank? you must have alot of evaporation...
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    Water top off ideas...?

    i feed my one fish 2-3 large flakes of food a day at this time, he's a small domino damsel.
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    Water top off ideas...?

    also , I have always noted that heat and nutrients affected the need for glass cleaning on my tanks.... (besides diatom blooms which I suppose could be happenning but I'd expect a brown looking algea not green.... zero hair algae in the system....The is also a refugium full of Chaeto thats...
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    Water top off ideas...?

    do you think I can run the line from the basement up 2 flights to the tank? Thats alot of head pressure....?
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    Green Algae... I think?

    I have the same stuff , and pinks and purples are staring to over grow it...I have read elsewhere that this will happen if Ca+ levels are right. I personally love the coraline, as many different shades as I can get.... anyone want to send me their scrapings ? I have a new tank and love...
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    water?

    It is less expensive than you think to get an RO/DI unit on EBAY... check it out... I was surprized, just don't get the absolute cheapest... you'll get no customer service if you need it.....and you will need to replace filters at some point, they should give you a good deal. BoB
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    Water top off ideas...?

    I am going away on vacation for a week and am terrified about what I'll find when I get home...I have orderred a chiller but it has not come in yet... (this is a 55 gal live rock only w/ 1 fish at the moment, evolving into a reef soon)... I am using RO/DI water which is dripping in by a hospital...
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    RO/DI units;where did you get yours?

    The R/O is the membrane which precedes the DI resins. Hope this helps , Bob
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    RO/DI units;where did you get yours?

    DI is not a membrane system. Water flows through a volume of bead like resin material. the longer the pathway thru the resins, the more contact time the better.... also larger canisters ie: wider, cabn process more water faster, but at the expense of contact time... so I like thinner ...
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    tank cooling

    Check out these chillers , great pricing, the guy runs the website from home with no overhead and just buys bulk , he is a 25yr hobbyist and passess on great prices. answers the phone better after 5 pm cause he has another job daytime...I just bought this chiller, i'll let you all know how it...
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    RO/DI units;where did you get yours?

    tHIS IS THE ONE i BOUGHT, VERY RUGGED.... http://cgi.ebay.com/AQUARIUM-2-110GPD-RO-2DI-REVERSE-OSMOSIS-water-system_W0QQitemZ120002577217QQihZ002QQcategoryZ20756QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem
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    RO/DI units;where did you get yours?

    Almost all of them have auto shut off any more when any type of shut off follows, (this stops waste water from contuning to be produced when demand for R/O water is stopped.) such as a float valve or a simple ball valve. eXPECT AT LEAST A 3 TO1 PRODUCT VS WASTE WATER RATION IF NOT MORE, THIS IS...
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    RO/DI units;where did you get yours?

    I also think the differences between the 75 and 100 GPD models are negligable , especially when DI is added... you are going to get get ultra pure water from either, lab grade in fact.... Also rejection is a function of water pressure as well as pre filtration and / or water conditioning and how...
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    RO/DI units;where did you get yours?

    Why buy used when new ones are now alot less now as EBAY has made them so available....don't buy the cheapestone either...they usually don't have clear canisters, and the prefilters are usually crap... just read the feedback on the seller alot first.
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    RO/DI units;where did you get yours?

    I too bought the filters Direct (EBAY)w/ dual DI units ( made by Water General) very reputable membrane manufacurer and quick shipping. A little more expensive ( 95$), but you will like the rugged quality of the unit. I also bought the extra 18$ bag of ion exchange resins, TO RE FILL MY OWN...
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    Help?!? new tank- 22days old....

    You might want to invest in some live sand or GARF GRUNGE from GARF.org, this is full of beneficial bacterium and will seed your substrate , starting your biological filtration going,... all kinds of life, pods etc to get your bio diversity going !!! and will help all that nitrogenous waste...
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