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    Quick question

    purified water is passed thru a membrane to removed dissolved solids followed usually passthen passing thru a deionization resin to obtain zero tds (total dissolved solids). distilled water is water that is heated and the vapor is collected as it condenses back to a liquid state. distilling...
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    New Reef

    Checkout Youtube. simple conversion kits available to make a tri fuel - gasoline/natural gas and propane. I've done it to two gens I have here. First one 4200 watts and second 17,000 watts.
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    New Reef

    have that gen ready for natural gas connection??
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    I've got a tiny jellyfish

    what stops them from becoming filter food?
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    watch those overflows

    The sponges need frequent attention also. The sponge will retard flow, the auto fill will fill.
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    water heater is constantly on?

    Had five of these. One melted down in tank, one the electric cord seperated at the heater. Stuck my hand in tank half asleep in AM. Standing on a concrete floor. BZZZZZZZ....Lit me up. Grabbed my meter to find source. The other stuck on and found temp @ 94 deg. Lost my luna wrasse.
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    water heater is constantly on?

    If its a Stealth heater from Marineland, it is on recall.
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    HELP - Windex in my tank

    OK.. I am not the end all with crab knowledge and I concede that all crabs are not bad BUT......... Kept any snails with hermitcrabs?? I p/u 90 lbs of live rock last week from a reef tank being broke down. The reefer commented how snails would not live in his tank. Hmmmm.....when the rock was...
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    HELP - Windex in my tank

    CRABS and fish don"t mix in an aquarium. Nix crabs with fish. ANY crab. Hermits will kill snails just for HAHA's. Just the facts, noting but the facts.
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    72" coralife fan problems/power supply

    Sooo- I put an adapter for a garmin gps to operate on 120v. A 120VAC -12VDC 1AMP. Running a trial over night w/ the fans running. no lights connected.
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    72" coralife fan problems/power supply

    correction-120vac -12vdc 1A to power two fans. the fans are wired to the 10K switch/power source.
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    72" coralife fan problems/power supply

    anybody know what the long term would be when powering the 2-12vdc 014A w/ a 120VAC 1A effects may be. do I need resistors or somethin'?
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    Light Stopped working

    RE: old starters-if the light is blinking, replace the bulb. if the bulb is not lighting or at both ends, replace the starter.
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    72" coralife fan problems/power supply

    yes sparky it is. 2 fans rating above
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    72" coralife fan problems/power supply

    Acquired a 180 setup w/ a coralife 72" 50/50. When the acrylic warped out of the channel the second time further invertigation showed no fan ops. I opened up the unit and the 120vac - 12vac 830ma was not send power to the 12vac - 12vdc rectifier. I found an adapter from an old answering machine...
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