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Hello again everyone, well I went over to her house again today and took my TDS meter. She uses some type of RO/DI unit I just could not find the brand. I also took more pictures. Before I tested her filtered water, I calibrated my unit and tested it in some distilled water the readings were...

Sorry everyone, I was half way to her house when I realized I left my camera behind (30 min drive one way), but I promise to have more tomorrow as I will be going back. I had her order a refractometer, all salifert test kits, an electronic pH monitor and they haven’t came in yet, but as soon as...

Hello everyone! Well this is the deal, now that I have started going back to school, I recently found out that my Psychology professor has a 2000 gallon tank smack dab in the middle of her house. After speaking with her for abt an hour or so after class one day, she popped the question and...

Their is enough room in the sump for backwash in case the power goes out. I have turned the power off on purpose and it rises leaving abt an inch of room after the anti siphon hole breaks. My problem is that if the overflow were to fail, I would definitely have a flood as it would spill out of...

Hello everyone, Here are a few pictures of my current sump. Overflow to tank is on the right side of the pics, Mag 12 to tank on the left. As you can see, there is no skimmer. I have finally received my ASM G4 plus skimmer and also have a new 40 breeder tank that I am going to use as my new...

I almost forgot, if I did do hypo, what abt all of my live rock. I might have some inverts living in there, and all my coepods, isopods, all my little bugs and worms. Would it kill them all? I think I'm screwed .

Thanks a lot Beth, that makes perfect sense. From now on I will observe closely and only medicate if the need arises. Off the topic, I want to ask you a question abt Ich. I have 3 tanks, one of my tanks was set up before I knew anything abt quarantinig and when I first got into the hobby. In...

Hello everyone, On one of my 55 gal tanks, a year ago when I purchased it . it came as a unit with a stand and a dual bulb 48" Normal Output flouerscent light hood. Recently I purchased a VHO ballast rated for up to 220 watts and did a little DIY job on my light hood. I took out the NO ballast...

Hello everyone, I currently have a 20gal quarantine tank that I make use of for every new fish I purchase. I always treat the tank with Formalin per directions, Malachite Green per dir's, and either ethromycin, nitrafurazone or minocycline. I ALWAYS treat the tank this way for a total of five...

Hello everyone, I am relatively new to the hobby (7 months to be exact) and today is the first time I ran into this site. It is unbelievable, many of you really seem to know the nitty gritty specifics of the hobby. Anywas, I am hoping you guys can help me out. I currently have a 55 semi reef...