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$50-500bucks. It measures Total dissolved solids..(impure compounds)..

Originally Posted by florida joe Bang I remember we had some discussion on turf scrubber filtration glade to see you did not abandon the idea any thought about posting a chronicle on your project? Sorry to highjack Dido on that, I would like to see how efficiently it works.. given the same...

Deepsandbeds + lots of lr + a good skimmer and regular waterchanges..

You dont need any special lighting for coraline growth.. I was under the impretion that all lr has at least a dime size patch of coraline.. All u have to do is scrape some of that off with a razor or whatever u prefer..this will spread pores evenly & faster.. But nothing will happend if the...

Instead of wasting money in alot of lr, i would get a detrivore kit from a sea farm... Personally i breed my own fauna . and make my own lr..

I second the Tds meter.. Dont worry about ro name brands, just get a decent 4stage ro/di unit..

I dont see anything wrong with adding extra flow and some way to run carbon to cristalize the water.. Plus , good water flow pushes the molecules upstairs so that the surface filters can pick them up and processes them quicker ...

Originally Posted by ReefForBrains Its about input from other reefkeepers, not about deeming anything right or wrong. Good luck with either way you decide. "I personally would advise against it as stated above"

I always used IO..When you have more than one tank, Salt is salt.. The secret is to have the 3 amigos handy..cal,alk,magnesium supplements (just in case).. the rest is History..

Bang i think im on the same page as you.. However, Eventhough he was treating the Tap water with prime.. Im guessing He was doing it before it went into DT and hopefully he was also aerating this treated water for at least 24hrs.. Im sure water chemistry is distorded ,Otherwise he wouldn't have...

Personally, im not fond of T5's.. Yet, some people swear by them. If i were you, i would get a different unit with two 400w mhs or even better three 400w mhs.. 1 10k-14k bulb + 1 20k bulb.. Or 2 10k-14k + 1 20k. The choice is up to you, youll just need to get at least 1 daylight flavor and 1...

Vigorous water flow abundance throughout tank + good water chemistry(especially Calcium,Alkalinity & magnesium...)

I've never heard of any Tap being that good... I know that even here in Oregon where we have one of the purest waters around we still get a few TDS.. Needless to say, Ro is better .. but Not as good as ro/di.

Why have an extra filtering unit collecting dust? When it can certainly serve a purpose. As stated in post #1.. The intentions of its use are mainly for extra flow and some biofiltration.. If the real question was wether to use it or not as the tank's primary filtration???.. Then i would say No...

I come from an Estrogen dominated family. When me and my wife got pregnant i was hoping to get a mini-me but in return a got a little goddess.. Now shes 13 and im worried about boys chasing her.. But im quick to let any pretenders know that daddy's got a sawed-off shotgun