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    Does anyone in the Hillsboro/Beaverton area know where I can buy a 1” pipe adapter to barb?

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    Fyi, I've talked with Leonardo and I've got the parts he needs, however, he's trying to plumb from a HOB overflow. I offered to give him a drill style overflow and even drill it for him.  I found the overflow in my parts bin and it's ready for him.   I think we can call off the dogs on this post for now.  I'm going to help him get a reliable overflow or give him one of my drilled 40b's.  If we run into supply or parts issues, maybe I'll reach out on this post. :). Community to the rescue on this one.

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    Petco fish in longview Washington

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    The sad truth is that if they die, they will just get more.  If you get them to rescue them, they will just get more.  Petco is an unstoppable cruelty machine.  If somebody has the ability to medicate/revive/quarantine these fish, then go for it - but you're only dooming the next set of fish.   The longer these fish suffer, the fewer fish have to die.  Hurts me to say, but it's the truth.

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    Blue Tang at Petco

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    If you have the quarantine tank setup to fully medicate this fish and sanitize it, then go for it I guess, but.... If you don't, let it die.  

    They'll just get another one to kill if you buy it.  The longer it "lives" in their tanks, the longer it takes untill they order a new dead-fish-swimming.  

    Petco is absolutely gross.

    Citric Acid Bucket Question

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    Exactly, that's probably just the stuff that came off of the equipment.  It gets stirred into solution, then settles out on the top.  Depending on how cheap I'm feeling, sometimes I just dump the whole bucket and start over. :)  But if you're wanting to save it, just pour off the scum and keep on using it.   I will say that the more you use it, the less the cleaning reaction will be, since most of the cleaning properties involve it being an acid and any acidic reaction neutralizes the acid a bit. 

    Portland water is poison.

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    Title is mostly clickbait, but...  I've been living on Portland water (or at least chloramine infested city water) for my 16-17 years of reef experience.  RODI takes everything out though, right?

    I call BS.  I just moved to farmland and am on a well. I just put the SAME RODI UNIT on the well water and I've been running my tank on it since.  My tank has never been more successful. I waited a month to post anything because it could have just been the 80% water change.  I moved two tanks.  All fed from the same RODI unit.  Everything is puffy, coral are all happy, anemones are nuts and not randomly splitting thus far, etc.  

    My RODI unit is as follows:

    source well water (from water softener) --> dual high flow sediment filter (cheap amazon ones) --> GE Sediment filter --> BRS universal carbon block --> BRS universal carbon block --> chloraguard carbon block --> DOW 75gpd membrane x2 (parallel) --> anion resin --> cation resin --> mixed bed resin --> product water.

    Pre move:

    source city water --> dual high flow sediment filter (cheap amazon ones) --> GE Sediment filter --> BRS universal carbon block --> BRS universal carbon block --> DOW 75gpd membrane x2 (parallel) --> anion resin --> cation resin --> mixed bed resin --> product water.

     

    TLDR is that the only change is the city water and that I removed the chloramine specific carbon block at the new location. 

     

    Thoughts?

    --Micah

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    Looking for Waterbox 10-15

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    I have a waterbox 15 peninsula that I upgraded to a 20 cube from.  Not sure what it's worth though, so you'd have to figure that out.  No scratches, pretty clean.  Includes a return pump, all of the basic stuff that came with it.  I could probably include a RedSea reefled 50 if you were interested (and my wife will let it all go).  We just moved, so it's likely on the chopping block. 

     

    Let me know.

    Long shot. RODI to borrow?

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    I really don't want to move 150+ gallons of water. :)

    I think I may be able to do it without that though... I just need to fill some buckets with top off water while i move my RODI to the new house and make some water.  The fish will be in a stock tank.  Of which I have another 100gal stock tank.  

     

    Alrighty, I think I talked myself out of needing another RODI.  Moving is confusing and sucks.

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