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Check the pressure of your water supply. If the pressure isn't high enough, it will not make RO water as quickly or as efficiently as it should. If the pressure is too high, it could damage the membrane. The instructions that came with the unit should tell you what the pressure should be.

I use the "el cheapo" brand timers. I have several of them plugged into a surge protector that is plugged into a GFCI wall outlet. That outlet is the only thing on that electrical circuit. I ran it especially for the aquarium. GFCI is a must. Electricity and water mix way too well together. UL...

That's funny that you posted that. I was just thinking about the exact same thing. I was topping off my tank and ran out of water. I was thinking that I needed to make more (buffer some of my RO water). At the same time contemplating an auto top off unit and wondering about people that have...

I had the same thing a few weeks ago. I assumed it was copepods. They are gone now.

Welcome. Where in Ohio are you?

Whereabouts in Ohio. I'm about an hour east of Columbus. Close to Zanesville.

My emerald crabs don't bother my cleaner shrimp or my peppermint shrimp. Actually they don't bother anybody. They will posture if somebody gets too close during feeding time but they have never done anything more that try to look mean.

I can't speak for clove oil in terms of euthanasia but I know firsthand that it works as an anesthetic. I carry it in my SwatMedic bag for dental injuries. If it will make a 200+ pound mans broken tooth not hurt anymore, I would guess that it would kill a .5 gram fish.

Here is a guide to hitchhikers. Maybe it will help. http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/

They look like isopods to me. Google that and see if that is what they are. Some isopods are ok and some are pretty bad. Definitely do some research before putting them into your system. I don't want to seem like one of those "OMG thats a ______, kill it!" people but that is one that if I had...

Oh, well that is a good possibility too. If so, congrats. Awesome freebee. I have a colony of zoas that showed up one day. I noticed two little "things" that ended up being zoas. They have now grown into 15.

That is my favorite part too. The fish are great, the coral is cool but the little life is the fun part. Every day I look in there not knowing if today I'll find something new and amazing.

No way to really identify it without a picture. Quite possibly aptasia.

I have emerald crabs, peppermint shrimp and blueleg hermits all in the same 75 gallon tank. Actually it has a CBS, cleaner shrimp and Halloween hermit as well. No issue amongst anyone. The emerald crab will occasionally posture towards the other inhabitants if the get too close during feeding...