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Quote: Originally Posted by Kiefers oh yes and as for the copper...... BRING IT!! Playin with the big guns from now on! Agreed. I'm not messing with hypo anymore. While I know some people have had luck with hypo, including myself, I think copper is much safer to use.

Quote: Originally Posted by Kiefers there is nothing like coming home from going out of town for 24 hours and finding that one of your fish dead, and had looked dead for some time, and your DT is overheating (83.2 degrees). Well thats what we came home to. My Lemonpeel had went on to the big...

You don't want to be seeing any ammonia readings. What test kits are you using? If you wanted you could always use a hammer to break the rock (outside of the tank of course). I have a 12" wide tank too, and it is not fun to aquascape. And the brown algae is diatoms, which will go away with time...

Quote: Originally Posted by novahobbies Oh, and you will almost certainly want more live rock in that tank when you start moving towards adding coral. +1. More rock is a good thing.

Quote: Originally Posted by Gemmy The one that is bullying is asserting dominance and will likely become the female. +1 This is perfectly normal. It should stop in a week or two (at least it did with my Ocellaris clowns, but I'm pretty sure it will happen with yours too). As Gemmy said, the...

Quote: Originally Posted by sweatervest13 I bought the BRS 5 stage plus system and I am very happy with it. It comes with the dual TDS meter and flush kit all included. Cost a bit more but with the extras I think it makes up for it. Just my $.02 Plus it was super easy to set up. I went...

As far as installation goes, the unit I'm looking at comes with this part that allows you to install the unit directly into the water supply in the house, and it installs just above the shut off valve under a sink. I would like to do this, but am curious of a couple of things. First of all, do...

Okay. My guess would be that it doesn't have individual reflectors then. Individual reflectors greatly improve the amount of light reaching your corals. However, I'm not at all an expert on lighting. Hopefully someone else will chime in here.

Quote: Originally Posted by Bang Guy Sounds like you're on the right track. Cool. I plan on borrowing a water pressure gauge to see if I have enough water pressure to run a RODI unit.

Quote: Originally Posted by Nostradamus obviously not im saying the noise is the impeller without a doubt Ah. Have you figured out why the fish died yet?

The impeller of your filter killed you fish?

I doubt the filter making noise is related to the fish death, unless it is leaking electricity into the water (I'd be surprised). When you replaced the filter, did you get rid of all the old filter media? Is there live rock in the tank? How much? How old is the tank? What fish are in it? What...

How many watts? Does that fixture have individual reflectors for each bulb or one big reflector?

Quote: Originally Posted by Bang Guy Have you narrowed the cause of the excess algae down to Phosphate? What is your Phosphate level? Are you overfeeding? Is is possible your live rock was injured by high ammonia levels during cycling? Have I narrowed it down to phosphates, no. But I am...

What about lighting?

What equipment are you using on the tank?

Okay. The sink I would be hooking the unit up to seems to have pretty decent pressure, as it is right by where the pipe from the well is. I think it should be fine, but I'll double check with a gauge before I order the unit.

Okay, then that's the one I'll probably get. If my PSI is less than 65, can I still run the unit and just make water slower, or will the unit not work under 65 PSI?

Okay. What if my pressure is less? How does the BRS 5 Stage Plus system look?