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do i need to add salt to the water before i top off?

hello all, i set my 55 up this weekend with 60 pounds of fiji. i have two power heads( 190 gph each) bak pak 2r skimmer and a whisper 60 for mechanical. is this sufficent water movement? how long should the cycle tank? it is cured rock.

hello reefers, i am setting up my first reef. read all the advice and am planning on buying a typhoon ro/di. in the meantime i have decide to start with walmart distiiled water.was this a good choice? my girlfriend said that the lfs said is was fine but not to use it to long. any ideas why he...

anyone use a diatom vortex? is it worth the money? how often do u run it?

hello reefers, i took the advice and contacted the typhoon man and the unit is on the way, i set the tank up to cycle the rock with distilled water. what i would like to know is what u all do with the r/o. such as making and storing the storing the water for top offs and water changes? do i...

I will then use a ro/di. i am looking at the typhoon III. Til I can afford it, will i be safe to use a walmart brand distilled water? I am planning to cycle the rock this weekend.

hello reefers. my local reef store states that our local tap water is used by many and he does not feel that i really need an r/o. this fella has an incredible store and WOW is his tanks clean. one thing he said about our water quality is that it is hard water and that reefs like hard water. if...

hello all, i am new to the reef world and am setting up a 55 gal. Saw on a post that someone found the cpr bak pak II r for 50.00 . WOW. Anyone know of an online place that has the best deal? I found one for 110.00.