dmolavi
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Sign me up. The last time I checked the BRS they were out of the 50 lbs box. But yay!!!!
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Sign me up. The last time I checked the BRS they were out of the 50 lbs box. But yay!!!!
Re: The RO/DI...I created an Excel spreadsheet that lets me input my townships water pricing, and then calculates the impact the use of the RODI will have on my water bill. It isn't very much. I can email you the file if you'd like to take a look at it.
The unit itself isn't that big, and sits comfortably, with room to spare, on a shelf in my laundry. Obviously, the RODI doesn't impact your electric bill, since you're using cold (vs heated) water for the system.
It's not as bad as you think. With a 100 gallon tank, you've probably only got about 80 gallons of water in there (rock and sand take up a lot). If you do 20% changes each week, that's only 16 gallons.
A 20 gallon Brute can isn't too big, and doesn't need a mega heater to heat it (and you only need to heat the water before you add it) or a large powerhead to circulate (again, I only turn it on when I add the salt to help the mix, then leave it on for a few hours to give it agitation...).
Your top off water doesn't need to be heated, since it's added in much smaller volumes.
(I don't have your email address here at work, so PM it to me and I'll get you the file).
Lost two more. One yesterday and one today. Gerrrrrrrrrrrr
Sorry to hear that. I really hope things get better!
Lost two more. One yesterday and one today. Gerrrrrrrrrrrr
:-( Don't lose hope or give up. It'll get better.
Sorry to hear your tank is giving you brain trauma, sounds like your on the right track though. When I had my nano tank I battled hair algae forever. Your a tough girl since yours is a much larger scale. Hang in there!
You've got a sweet tank. You might consider one yellow tang or a few anthias for some color. It's crazy how tanks can go wrong so fast, then other people have the luck of the Irish. I'm thinking of getting rid of my 3 occelaris clowns and getting one golden maroon, my 54corner does fine with them, but I think it would def. help with bio-load. IMO I think your tank would have been just fine with just more live rock and of course good water. Lol it's all in the water!
How's everything going?!
How's everything going?!
im sorry! Maybe think of it as starting fresh! Now you can get the stock you really want, and maybe you could start quarantining to make sure this never happens again! to me stocking a tank is always the best part!
Also, if you didn't get it during the group buy last week, I'll be doing another the first week of June; they drop the price to $179.