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From now on I'll be using my RO water! I just have a 2 gal holding tank on my unit. I bought it to use for watering my orchids. And it's fine for that. I can probably get 10 gal a day from it. What would be a good container type to store it in and for mixing up my salt? Another "expert"...

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I have already added more live rock, I'm up to 77 lbs now. Why does the canister filter cause nitrate problems? I did read somewhere that it would require more maintenance to avoid that. I have just retired after 26 years from a position as a environmental microbiology supervisor. My lab...

I don't have anything yet besides 4 mollies I put in to help with cycling my tank, but I was looking forward to doing coral and other invertebrates. I guess I will just hold off with the coral till I do enough water changes to bring down the kH. That's was I get for following the advice at the...

My kH is 15 dKH, I know this is high, I just put the salt in my tank yesterday, no3 is 0, PO 4 is 0, Ca is 480, salinity is 1.0026. I made my salt water with tap water as my home unit has a really slow output. How do I lower the .kH and do I want to. I will probably do the test again today...

Hi folks, just in the process of setting up a new tank, for a reef setup. Idid a marine aquarium back in the late 70's with good luck, but sold my set up after my house burned down. I have a 60 gal tank with a Fluval 306 and CPR BakPak2 skimmer, no sump. Is this a big problem? I have just spent...

Hi folks, just in the process of setting up a new tank, for a reef setup. Idid a marine aquarium back in the late 70's with good luck, but sold my set up after my house burned down. I have a 60 gal tank with a Fluval 306 and CPR BakPak2 skimmer, no sump. Is this a big problem? I have just...