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    Advice please for equipment for a 450 gal reef setup

    I have an H&S skimmer (A250 2X1260) and ca+ reactor and like each very much. There is a dealer here in Portland, and if you ever make it down I could show you mine. Also, look into Vortec pumps for circulation. Ken
  2. K

    return pump help

    Ehim 1260 Sequence Dart
  3. K

    Peninsula tank overflow options?

    Blazer, I have that overflow on my tank. 60X36X25. You WILL need the elbow in the overflow because without it you will hear the sound of sucking air (rather loud). The elbow gets the water intake low enough the air will not enter. Also, the "T" outside is necessry to tune the sustem. Without...
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    Bad Salt Mix?

    OK. How about Seachem marine salt. I was going to go with that, but the LFS was coutious about the high borate thing. We tested a fresh batch (Ocean Pure) with my bag and the numbers still came out bad. Ca and Alk down, but the Mg was OK. We opened a new bag (same lot number) and the Ca and...
  5. K

    Bad Salt Mix?

    Checked the numbers at 1.024. Alk 5.1 Ca. 270 Not much better. I will try to return this batch and adjust with buffer and calcium.
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    Bad Salt Mix?

    Just went out and calibrated my refractometer. Now reading 1.020, so I will add supersaturated salt to the water and see what I get.
  7. K

    Bad Salt Mix?

    RO/DI unit is 1 year old. Just replaced all the filters prior to making the large batch. Digital TDS: Tap=78 After membrane=4 After DI=0
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    Bad Salt Mix?

    Question...Can you calibrate refractometer with RO/DI water? Could my refractometer be that far off? Just checked with RO/DI and it registered 0.02, so it is close. My LFS calibrated it for me when I bought it, but not sure what he used Ken
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    Bad Salt Mix?

    I started Monday mixing the salt with RO/DI water in my sump. When the sump was the proper salinity and full, I would pump into display tank. Did this with a pump running in display tank and pump running in sump to keep water moving. I have a 100GPD RO which makes about 60-80 gpd (cold source...
  10. K

    Bad Salt Mix?

    OK Can you explain Lime water and how you make it. Ken
  11. K

    Bad Salt Mix?

    I am filling my new 250 gal tank with fresh RO/DI water and Ocean Pure salt mix. Salinity is 1.024 (refractometer). Just for kicks I decided to test the water. KH....4.8 CA+...270 PH 7.8 That does not look good to me. Should I dump the water (has taken me three days to make this much), or...
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    Sump/Refugium flow

    Need help designing flow in sump. Tank basics are: 250 gal with Calfo linear overflow in one end. (36 inch) Approx 2,000 GPH through sump (Sequence Barracuda from basement) Sump total size is 90 gal, but will have approx 50 gal of water. (48X24X17) Fuge portion is 24X6X17 deep, but will have...
  13. K

    If anyone wants a glass tank.

    I talked to Tom at Glass Cages today and he said he had not received orders yet from the Northwest. He is going to cancel the delivery if there are not enough orders within the next week. I am in Portland and am ordering a 250 gal tank and a 90 gal sump. If you are thinking of getting in on...
  14. K

    Help with island tank design!

    I am in the process of designing a tank close to yours. It will be 68X36X25. I wanted to go 28 high (I have a 30 tall now), but the cost of going that extra 3 inches would cost $1,500. It will be Starfire and viewable from front, back and one side. My original thought was to go with closed...
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