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I wonder if that is my problem. Sometimes when I am refilling the tank when doing a water change, I pour in too much at a time the water disturbs the sand bed. Could that unleash nitrates back into the tank? I am just dumbfounded that I have done 3 20-30% water changes for three consecutive...

I had it tested by my LFS with the same results before I started doing the larger water changes. Maybe I will have it tested again. I have a sump, but not a fuge. I assume Chaeto is a plant that goes in a fuge. Can I just put it in my sump? I don't have room for another tank for a fuge? Do...

Well I bumped up my water change to 15 gallons, which I did twice since the last post. My nitrates are still not going down according to my API Nitrate Test. Any ideas? I tested the RODO saltwater that I mixed and it has a 0 nitrate reading. Could I be doing something else wrong?

Do you pump it into the sump or the display? Also, maybe it is related to how I change my water, but I neglected my tank for a month or so and my nitrates spiked. I have been doing 15-20% water changes about twice a week for the last month or so and I still don't see my nitrates going down. All...

Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 In my large client tanks, I draw a line on the sump that shows me that I have pumped out X% of the water, and then pump in the same amount of fresh aged saltwater into the sump then turn the pumps back on. Though, before you start emptying the tank, make sure...

http://www.lilviv.com/pets/fish/ocean180/filter/ This link shows a picture of what it looks like. Mine is empty where they have the bio balls.

I have the same skimmer and the same issues. I always have to adjust the skimmer dial. I am looking into an auto top off also. I am thinking of getting a plumber to install my RO unit under my sink with a storage tank and facuet hook up and also install a T valve that will go to my sump with...

trippkid, thanks for the info. There is another box on top of the other box that is supposed to hold the bio balls. This other box holds other filter media. Right now I have a pura pad there. So the hose that feeds the water stops at the top of this box and the water trickles down to the...

It is coming from where the water first enters the sump. there is a black box that is supposed to hold the bio balls but I don't have any bio balls. What else can I do?

I have my tank in my family room where we watch TV and the noise from the sump makes it difficult to watch TV sometimes. The tank for the sump came with a glass top, but I have my protein skimming in the sump and the top is taller than the sump so I can't use the top. I was thinking of getting...

So if I get a new plastic garbage can from the store I can use that as is? Do I need to clean it in some way? So you fill that with RO and mix the salt and then fill the 5g buckets to bring it to the tank?

Does it matter if I do a large one or several small ones? What do you use to mix up 15 gallons of water in?

I posted a problem I was having with nitrates last week. I found that my RO water had nitrates coming up with it and it caused a spike in the nitrates in my tank. Well I got new filter cartridges and I retested my RO water for nitrates and it comes up 0. The nitrate level in my tank is 80ppm...

Ok, I am a little new at this so please excuse the dumb questions! Do you just fill the bucket periodically with RO water or do you run a line from the RO unit to the bucket to automatically fill it? I would think you would need some sort of shut off valve for the RO unit to do that? Thanks...

But would you connect it directly to the RO unit or a bucket of water?

I am also thinking about an Auto top off system. does the JBJ Auto Top off hook up to the RO unit? Can I put a bucket of RO water on top of my sump and run a line to the top off into the sump? How do people usually do it? My tank is in my family room and I usually hook my RO unit to my...

Ok, that makes sense. I already ordered the new filter cartridges along with the DI attachment. I also got the TDS meter. While I wait for the stuff to come in and since my nitrates are so high, I am going to get some of the ***** real ocean water for a 20% water change tonight. Thanks for your...

I will check it, but why does the amount of Nitrates in my well water matter, shouldn't the RO unit take it all out?

Thanks, I will order the filters. How about using the natural seawater in a box in the meantime?

The filters are over a year old. I also have well water, which I will test tonight.