muddybluewater

Looks like the start of cyano

Dan if you want to jump in with my order you can. Any one else in Gtown want to combine orders?

Bulk Reef Supply has some inexpensive models also. I have their combo carbon/gfo reactor. It works good. Just happens there is a group buy going on until Monday

It's on, order away

That doesn't look anything like a saxophone. Very nice.

Try using the attachments, below the text box, instead of add photo. Click on browse. Find the pic on your computer. click on it and then click on attach this file.

I'm in. Will send info

Not to the same extent. I have mine plumbed in after my water softener and my tds before my RoDi is still 200+

One more thing if it is used plan on buying new filters. Probably $50-60

Di resin It is really the only way to get your tds to 0

As above, add Di but if you are going to drink the water also, I would put a T in after the tank to go to the DI so that you don't drink the DI water. It is so pure that it will lower the amount of electrolytes in your body. You might want to add as second carbon filter before the Ro membrane.

Sure there is, it will not look the same in 2 weeks though.

I had a small yellow goby that I lost for 4 months and found alive in mine. He died about 2 weeks after returning to my tank.

I would let the skimmer work for a while and see how it helps with export. Live sand is kind of a crock. It sits in a bag for months and really does not have much if anything alive in it. I think a good investment would be a Ro/Di unit. Having the ability to make your own water helps to keep up with water changes and general husbandry of your system. It is an investment that will save you money in a very short amount of time if you just figure the time and gas going to and from the stores.

I also use the minced garlic from HEB. I just put a few drops of the juice on the food as it thaws, then use the pieces of garlic for me.

If you feel you need more than ro water you can add a little vinegar to the water

With out a skimmer and a significant other source of nutrient removal, ie. refugium with remote dsb, it is recomended to do 50% water changes weekly. You have to weigh the options, mico bubbles vs. extra time and troble of water changes.

I would not use that pump, it is a septic pump and not made for a sw tank. A 1 1/2" drain pipe will handle up to 1200gph. Stick with pumps designed for aquarium use.

I don't go very often, once a month? I had a job no far from RCA a few month back and went there some when I was close. I go when I need something.

Good to hear from you. What ever happened to your 240g

Welcome. We may have to start a Gtown chapter of ARC.

The exact amount is not that critical. Crush the pill divide it into 4 parts (100g each). Then use the amount you need based on your total volume

Cyano is a bacteria that is feed by the by products of waste in your tank. It does seem to have photo type properties about it.I don't know if that is due to it using Oxygen during the day and producing CO2 and then using CO2 at night or what the correlation is. It would seem that if you increase the amount of beneficial bacteria in you system to compete with the cyano for the nutrients you would lessen it's ability to thrive. This seems like it could easily be accomplished by using a product like Stability or by carbon dosing(vodka dosing). Vodka dosing creates an over abundance of one dominant type of bacteria that will choke out other types of good bacteria and requires the addition of other bacterial strains. It seems that it could have the same effect on cyano. Just one of those things running around in my head

I have 250w XM 15k and vho 110w super actinics

The only fish that I know of that eats red bugs is the Dragonface pipefish.