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Any chance someone has an extra power supply for this wave maker?  Thought I’d check here first before ordering one

Mine found half a silverside 

Are the ppm numbers you posted correct?  If your di is before your RO membrane, it doesn’t make sense that it’s only 2 out of the di but goes up to 7 out of the RO, unless there’s something in the RO membrane that needs to be flushed out, or you took the RO reading after the DI was exhausted. Also, if you just replaced the RO membrane as well, I would double check that it’s installed the right way, and seated properly. Even without the DI, you should only be reading maximum 1 or 2 ppm

I meant, in the picture it looks like he has the di right after the carbon. The RO membrane should be right after the carbon, and the DI should be after the RO membrane. Although, his tds numbers would indicate that the filters are in the correct order. The biggest issue I see is that his 23ppm Tap is only down to 7ppm after the RO. It should be near 0

Ok, so just to be clear, it should go sediment, carbon, RO, DI. The RO should drop your TDS down to almost 0 before going through the DI as the last step, otherwise you’re going to fly through the DI. Looking at your picture, it should be 2 sediment and a carbon, or 1 sediment and 2 carbon. The DI should be in a separate canister after going through the RO membrane

What water supply is it connected to?  If it’s a dedicated water line, orange sediment filter could be excess rust that flushed off the pipes with the extra water flow when refilling the canisters?  The tds on your RO seems high compared to your tap. That’s only a 70% rejection rate. And it’s hard to tell from the picture, but is your di connected after the carbon, or after the RO membrane?  It should be connected after the RO membrane

As far as the benefits go, a lot of people see it as a sign of a stable growing tank , but other than making the rock prettier, I would think the whole point of “live rock” would be diminished if it was completely covered in coraline. It would defeat the purpose of reef rock being porous for bacterial colonization. And, once it starts growing, don’t get lazy with keeping your glass clean. Once it takes hold, magnetic algae scrapers won’t work. As you can see, I gave up on my side panes 😅. 

You can have all of mine as well. Self service. 😅

$20 sound good?

I have a Clarkii clown, gsp, Kenya tree, Xenia, green toadstool. Located in tigard on 99w

Mine was wide open and happy from day 1 and then a torch got knocked over and fell on it 😞. 

So, I got in on the red Goni group buy and was wondering if they prefer the rocks or sand?  The skeleton is very thick. Will it slowly encrust onto a rock, or does it grow freestanding in sand?

21 minutes ago, Emerald525 said:

Jhernandez is passing on his spot so it goes to @Knuckledragger . You have an hour to pay ! Good things can happen to alternates !

Will it be a 1 hour payment window for each alternate?  I might need to take a nap and wake back up at midnight 😅

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3 minutes ago, Emerald525 said:

Me either let me change the list hold on !

yay, now I'm first......on the alternate, alternate list 😕

Weird. Ascorbic acids post didn’t show up for me until now

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Could be any number of factors. What parameters have you monitored, and what kind of testkits?  Was the tank cycled completely?  Are you using ro/di water?  How big of water changes did you do?  

I have a few rainbows available if I can motivate myself to get them off the rocks. I also need to get the baby one out from under the big ones to get some light. 

The easiest way to automate your RO/DI is to get this

https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/auto-shut-off-kit-for-reverse-osmosis-systems.html

5 hours ago, householdofpayne said:

So I moved where my RODI unit was located and now I am getting 60psi at the inlet. The production has increased but still quite a bit of waste. Would you still recommend getting a fast flush, or maybe a 2nd DI membrane? My next thing I would like to set up is a float switch for my storage container. I'm having trouble finding the solenoid that stops the waste water as well could you point me in the direction in what I would need for that? Is there any cons to keeping RO water heated? Was thinking this would make it faster to mix water in case of an emergency, but didn't know if it increased chance of bacteria or something. 

The flow restrictor is required for your RO to work properly. Looking at the pictures, it looks like you hooked it up incorrectly.  If I’m not mistaken the clear line coming out of the RO canister is your waste line.  Not sure where you got the clear tubing, but there should have been yellow (waste line) and black (inlet line from water source).  On your model, the flow restrictor is inside the yellow tubing. It looks like you used the yellow tubing as the inlet instead of the waste line.  

There should have been a plastic piece like this stuck inside one end of the yellow tubing

https://www.purewaterproducts.com/img/fr100.jpg

Still available. Waiting on a pm reply from one other person first

Have a bunch of old rock from when I hastily tore down my system 6 years.  Enough to fill a 32 gal trash can. Asking $100 or equivalent trade  in corals.