goldenbasketreef

On 10/8/2022 at 10:06 AM, JC7 said:

Looking for a small chunk of oregon tort. 

https://shop.goldenbasketreef.com/products/acropora-oregon-tort?_pos=1&_sid=0955e09b1&_ss=r

Golden Basket Reef has plenty of clean dry rock any sizes

Please pm

Thank you all for coming, it has been a pleasure for I and Jean.

Thank you Sirena for the incredible burger it fills my tummy good 🙏

Thank you also to Kim and Club Officials that organizing this event.

Till next time, stay reefing!!!

After 35years in the business I will be semiretire and moving to a shop at home. It will be only 10% the current size, trying to make it lean and mean 😄.

This will be the last club meeting and to see the set up before I move.

Cheers!

Don't miss club meeting / blind frag swap on Sunday 8/21 plenty of aquaculture frags at discounted price

If you don't come to the club meeting / frag swap this coming Sunday you can't win these super nice frags that Golden Basket Reef donated for the blind frag swap.

Wish all the best luck to win!!!

1. ECC Slimeball Grafted Digitata, value 199.00

2. GB Incredible Tenuis, value 199.00

3. JF Outer Orbit Chalice, value 95.00

I will have most of the zoa at the meeting

Chemiclean & Ciprofloxacin with small powerhead, overnight / 12 hours treatment

All new import euphyllia need to be treated in QT

Look for #9740 on Tigard Street, a dog boarding house, Golden Basket Reef / Java West Aquatics is building behind

Local pick up available.

Plenty of quality aquaculture frags on the website at discounted price.

https://shop.goldenbasketreef.com/

#goldenbasket #goldenbasketreef

On 5/20/2022 at 11:02 AM, obrien.david.j said:

Thanks!   Did I find the right event?

https://www.reefworx.com/

 

Reefworx this year still in the planning for later in the year, a weekend in November.

Location usually around Southgate Center near Seatac Airport.

I'll be sure to update when there is a fix date

Last year there were about 300 people came and some from Portland area.

Definitely one of good frag swaps in the pacific northwest

Introducing GB Alien Star

https://shop.goldenbasketreef.com/collections/zoa/products/zoa-1-polyp-gb-alien-star

This collector blastomussa just hit the website

https://shop.goldenbasketreef.com/collections/lps/products/blastomussa-2-heads-gb-tropic-storm

17 hours ago, Blue Z Reef said:

That system sounds good and relatively sound in principle, I just don’t see the need for most reefers who run maybe 100-200 gal tanks to need all that. I run a Spectrapure 99% rejection membrane 90gpd , considered one of the better ones out there and it’s $65. It gets replaced every few years? I swap carbon blocks/pre filter every 6 months (~$25). Rarely worry about resin as the membrane typically outputs between 0-1 tds. The waste water is arguably insignificant in cost as a unit of water around here low (748 gals is roughly $2). As a whole, my semi standard 3 pre filter, RO, 2 DI unit probably cost me somewhere between $50-100 max per year to run. I recently did an ATI ICP and my fresh water was literally perfect, 0s across the board.

 

Again, I'm not a shop so the factor of water usage is much different, this strategy just seems a bit overkill for most is all.

OP was asking for a diy system that I am sharing all the information of what I use

It is certainly not to compete with any system or to discredit what system you have, the information I provided is just for diy purpose

Any system can be scale down and scale up or completely different set up, each to their own

5 hours ago, Blue Z Reef said:

@islandVib3s did you ever check your tap TDS? The system Rudy is using really depends on what your initial TDS is. Where I’m at in Camas, I get somewhere in the 60-70 TDS range from my tap. When I lived in Vancouver it was 120. If you do a filter/DI only system with those numbers that resin would only probably last 1 month, not 6. Considering resin is one of the most expensive parts of running the system you may want to consider that.

True.

As I explain above it is all depend on TDS to start with and how much water needed.

Even at up to 150tds the system that I used will still be more economical than ro/di

We always think that RO is the last filtration that we need, RO is actually the final step to lower tds before going to final stage which is DI filter.

DI filtration only last as long as the ro unit can bring down tds to the lowest much the same as other prefiltration without ro

So if tds that we start is up to 150 tds which is the tds around OR and WA for the most part, other prefiltration beside RO can bring it down the said tds level to a single digit tds level before going to mixed bed di. 

Another thing also between 10" vs 20" media container, it is not only just double the media but larger filter housing can process better with more surface media and last longer more than 2ea of 10" media can

This is a link that explain what DI is all about, quality vs quantity

https://www.total-water.com/blog/quality-vs-quantity-use-mixed-bed-deionizer/

For our application mixed bed DI is for quality water that we require

10 hours ago, youcallmenny said:

@goldenbasketreefWhat is your GPD with this setup? Definitely interested myself. In Salem we have very clean water so this might be a great option down here. 

My system run for 6-8 months, no limit GPD. It is all depend on size of filter and tds out of tap.

If you set up good prefiltertrarion with catalytic carbon and kdf, the di resin will last longer

6 hours ago, islandVib3s said:

Ok after pricing its coming out to nearly $240 2(3 stage housings 2.5x10in),4 cto 1 micron filters,4 5 micron sediment filters,5# nuclear di mix,cartridge insert,1/4 fittings,3 point tds meter.  Save on no waste water,and still have a new RO membrane and cartridge in case I need it after all that filtration. Also I still need to head to HD to make mounting brackets. @goldenbasketreefdo you think I need a pressure Guage? I know pole use it to diagnose filter clogging but ill be able to monitor tds(tds after 2 sediments,tds after 2 cto,tds after nuclear di. Im curious to what the output will be lol

I don't think there will be high pressure and get the housing with pressure release button

You also need catalytic carbon after the prefilter

What media are you using because your effluent media very low PH

I use reborn media that require 6.8-7 to melt it so my effluent may be about 6.8

When I use other media that is more dense and hard I have to melt at much lower ph 6.0-6.3