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I thought it came out as brine and so assumed the salt would kill my plants. If not you might have something good going, in the summer I spend a pretty penny watering my yard and garden

I connect the waste water to the drain so to be honest I have no idea what the ratio is. I live in GA so even in winter it's not THAT cold. I fix 5 gallons in around 4 hours I guess?

The pressure from the tap runs it but I guess it all depends on where you live, I guess I would the water pressure in my city "normal" it seems much the same as anywhere else I have lived. It's worked out well, it was cheaper than some other units around and they sell the replacement resin for...

I battled with this stuff for a long time, months later I got it under control

I'm sure there has to be a place you can buy RO/DI water somewhere near by. Are there any LFS around? Most of them will sell it by the gallon then you don't have to buy a unit right away. You could use distilled water but I have heard that it can contain copper which could be bad.

I don't think you'll see anything right away. I would give it a few days then start testing for ammonia once a day. I keep my in an excel spreadsheet so I can show a graph over time which helps

Yes, absolutely positively a must. I got my 5 stage unit from bulkreefsupply.com and it's been working great. before that i would buy my ro/di at the LFS 10 gallons at a time which got old really quick!

I'll order a new set this afternoon. Advertised they were said to last for 12 months but better to place it safe I guess!

These lamps are about 8 months old, I don't have any way to test them that I know of. I guess I could replace it

Exactly, it might last over a month. Nothing good happens fast in this hobby.

Great looking corals, how much did they run you?

You could do that but it will settle on it's own after a day or so.

Are you sure it isn't cyano? Looks like it's growing in and around your cheto

How many years have you been doing this?

My wife is the opposite, she wants a bigger tank. She thinks our freshwater tank and my nano are boring. She wants 100+ gallon with a yellow tang but we can't afford to do that atm.