Trinituner Reefers, Saltwater Aquarium Fish Keepers

[HondaB20B]

WOW, one or two maybe maybe came on a rock from by him or even the eggs. remember as he brings coral sometimes they may have stuff on it. I have never seen any in my tank though. I guess you may have to buy meds to wash corals first prior to adding in your tank

[thatlife]

yea probably came in some new frags that he had got

i'm seeing less today

[HondaB20B]

you going and try the wrasse?

[thatlife]

i went by raj with intentions to buy a wrasse..

bought other fishes, including a sand sifter, now my tank is cloudy lol

i decided to leave the nudis in a tank, let them populate, raj says he wants it

[HondaB20B]

Ok
You will tell me how the sand sifter works out in your tank.
To me that's the devil in disguise. Good luck with him in your reef tank.

[mojosodope]

There is a reason the pump is there. Your house pump is not sufficient. The pressure your house pump pushes water through the membranes is too slow. The water passes through at a particular rate and you end up with water that is wasted in passing through the DI resin. DI resin only makes a particular amount of water before the resin needs to be changed. With no RO pump, the water stays suspended in the membranes & DI resin longer and less water is made. I must look for the article on one of the reef sites.

Honda what brand is that RODI unit Raj selling for $3500, is it any good? BRS cancelled my order for some weird reason so I still need to get one.

[HondaB20B]

There is a reason the pump is there. Your house pump is not sufficient. The pressure your house pump pushes water through the membranes is too slow. The water passes through at a particular rate and you end up with water that is wasted in passing through the DI resin. DI resin only makes a particular amount of water before the resin needs to be changed. With no RO pump, the water stays suspended in the membranes & DI resin longer and less water is made. I must look for the article on one of the reef sites.

Honda what brand is that RODI unit Raj selling for $3500, is it any good? BRS cancelled my order for some weird reason so I still need to get one.

The brand is Chanitex. Is that $3500 with pump, the separate DI canister and the TDS meter? I Have never had a single problem with it over the 4 years I have had it. NONE.
It works great. All I use it for is my 2 tanks and that's it.

[mojosodope]

There is a reason the pump is there. Your house pump is not sufficient. The pressure your house pump pushes water through the membranes is too slow. The water passes through at a particular rate and you end up with water that is wasted in passing through the DI resin. DI resin only makes a particular amount of water before the resin needs to be changed. With no RO pump, the water stays suspended in the membranes & DI resin longer and less water is made. I must look for the article on one of the reef sites.

Honda what brand is that RODI unit Raj selling for $3500, is it any good? BRS cancelled my order for some weird reason so I still need to get one.

The brand is Chanitex. Is that $3500 with pump, the separate DI canister and the TDS meter? I Have never had a single problem with it over the 4 years I have had it. NONE.
It works great. All I use it for is my 2 tanks and that's it.

He said it's the complete package but I didn't get chance to go check him yet. He said the pump and the di canister which makes it 5 stage. I'm not sure about the tds meter but does yours have a flush for the membrane ?

[HondaB20B]

it automatically flushes for itself. As you start it, it flushes and I forgot every how much gallons it flushes again.
The life of your membranes depends on your cleanliness of your water going in the RO unit. You can buy one of those pre filters at any hardware and connect it just before the unit. That way you filters will last. And the cheap filters before can be replaced easily at a cheaper cost. The only thing you use up is your DI resin but that all depends on how much water you making.

[HondaB20B]

Also its a must to buy get a TDS meter.

http://www.amazon.com/AquaFX-Dual-Inlin ... ter+inline

I bought this one from Raj but cant remember the price. Think was like $250 or something.

[thatlife]

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[thatlife]

white sands
sand sifter is cool for the while, if i had coral on the sand bed it would have been some problems for me

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[kyhamil]

Next yr I plan on doing a 5x20x20... so later in this year id start buying and stocking stuff...

[thatlife]

i started off with a biocube 29 gal. This year would make it 3 years.
but it was too much maintenance for the size and the amount of coral/livestock I wanted

The pics that are shown all the rocks were removed and redone about a year ago because GSP and xenia had taken over all the rocks.

I have 75gallons in total, 3 tanks all linked to 1 sump
one tank inside the house and 2 outside the house in my garage. The sump with all the pumps and stuff is outside in the garage.
Water changes are easy, and I do not have to do anything for the inside house tank, just wipe the glass.

[kyhamil]

Ok help me figure out how I can do that same thing

[thatlife]

http://www.liveaquaria.com/PIC/article.cfm?aid=39

^ in the simplest form

youtube the rest, and do lots of reading

when you're ready, give it a try.

and when you do, try with the cheapest corals and fishes.

[kyhamil]

Im not into that coral life just yet... I hardly have time as is to maintain my fowlr system... but id like to have some more aggressive fish, lion fish, grouper, puffer etc... id like it all tied in to 1 sump so as to simplify maintenance

[kyhamil]

Fellas I going on vaca from friday... when you wanna go get the liverock?

[HondaB20B]

We will have to hold on that. Real busy with work these days.

[kyhamil]

No problems... I free for 9 weeks... hVe more than enough time

[HondaB20B]

Dont think i might finish by then nah. When you in the oil and gas industry, 9wks is a small project

[kyhamil]

I understand, I used to do surveying

[thatlife]

so, while moving my anemone about 2 weeks ago, i tore it in half, it went into the powerhead and while pulling it out, tore into 2 pieces


now i have 2 live anemones, in separate tanks and doing well.

never knew you could do that...

[HondaB20B]

yup................... I have cut anemones in 4 quarters already and they survived.
Thats one of the ways they multiply. just like mushrooms

[greenlime100]

Yup lots of articles on fragging those. I fragged some mushrooms just for fun last month.
Looking for a couple sps frags if anyone has

[HondaB20B]

Greenlime, we going MACNA this year?

[greenlime100]

I booked last week and cancelled yesterday. That week I have some Microsoft training... real sad vibes. If I knew I would've gone reef a palooza instead this year.
You heading up?