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    Got eggs

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    I grabbed a Pom Pom crab and as she was being bagged I noticed that she was carrying eggs. Has anyone ever heard of anyone hatching any?660022e470a78b0959c44790b90b63b8.jpg

     

     

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    June 2016 PNWMAS Meeting!

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    Thanks for throwing the meeting. It was nice to hear more about seahorse and how they can handle flow and are suitable for most of our tanks.

     

    I also lucked out and won a gift card to zoanthids.com and a marineland canister filter.

     

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    These guys are also stoked that they are soon to get some puffers in the house now that I have a filter for a new tank

     

     

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    Need help with new saltwater mixing station.

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    About 4 months ago I added tap water to my fresh tank only treating it with prime. Something changed for the worse in the tap because it killed 90% of my fish in the two tanks that I had within a few hours. I tested the water and couldn't find the culprit with any of my kits. After that my new theory is don't trust any water until it's been completely filters and retested with a TDS meter before hitting the tank.

     

     

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    Need help with new saltwater mixing station.

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    Thanks for the replies. I'll get to work on it this evening.

     

    Sweet setup! How did you do the auto flush?

     

    The autoflush came with the RODI it a small electrical solenoid that senses when the system turns on and will automatically dump the first couple of gallons. It is installed right behind the RO membranes. I was reading that it helps with TDS creep. I believe that BRS sells a retrofit kit that will work with most RODI systems.

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    Need help with new saltwater mixing station.

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    I got tired of driving to the LFS to get RODI and saltwater. Well going there wasn't bad but lugging around 40 gallons of water sucks. I lucked out and found a SpectraPure RODI unit with all the bells and whistles for cheap on Craigslist. Now that it is all set up I have a few questions about mixing the salt.

     

    The chart on the back give you lbs of salt per gallon to add. Do people actually weigh out their salt then add it or is there a better way? I don't have a scale handy so I was thinking about tossing some in that I thought was less and coming back after it was mixed to add more till I got there. This route seems tedious and time consuming also I might toss in too much and have to drain out some water so I can dilute it with fresh RODI which is a waste of money.

     

    Also the chart has a specific temperature listed. Do I need to throw a heater in the water and bring it up to the temp? How much difference does it make with the SG when the temp is different. Might also pose a problem during the summer as the water is in my garage and might heat the water up past that point.

     

     

    Here's a photo of my mixing station. I'm really happy I decided to go this route. I have it plumbed directly into the plumbing with float switches and an automatic flush on the unit. So far it's all automatic which is much easier. I'm not sure why it too me so long to invest in one of these.

     

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