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Old 02-20-2016, 12:54 AM
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Wow those racks fit nicely! Nice setup!

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Thanks Alex! They fit perfectly. Can't wait to get all these parts together and get these tanks wet.
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Old 02-20-2016, 01:10 AM
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Well I picked up a Rodi unit today from a local reefer who shut his tank down. I am very happy not to have to lug water from the grocery store anymore!



It came with a tds meter. I have had a few tufts of hair alge popping up in my display and what looked like detritus on my sand bed I have been trying to vacuum out every water change. I cut back feedings and upped water changes to no avail, and started to suspect the source water a month or so ago. Tonight armed with the new tds meter I took a reading on the bottled water I have been using. This is what I found:



I am fairly certain that this might be the cause of my struggles with the blooms of algae. I feel like when you are running your water through an Rodi unit and coming out with 0ppm that 76 is quite high. Am I wrong?
I unfortunately have to work tomorrow (these 60 hour weeks really eat into Reefing time lol) so I likely won't get the unit online until Sunday. If I am coming out with 0ppm out of the unit I think I might just dump the 10gals of mixed water I have on hand for my next water change and make new. Would you, if you knew it was mixed with 76ppm water??
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Old 02-20-2016, 10:55 AM
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.....few tufts of hair alge popping up in my display and what looked like detritus on my sand bed...
I don't know what I was thinking when I typed this but I meant diatoms.
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Old 02-20-2016, 12:54 PM
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Tank is looking great frag tank is awesome! I would like to borrow that tds meter to test my ro water aswell also once you get the frag tank going I got a few things I want you to hang on to for me in your tank just incase mine ever did go I read someone's comments on this and I think it's a great idea
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Old 02-26-2016, 11:46 PM
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The sump and stand have arrived! Here's a quick sneak peak. More to come!


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Old 02-28-2016, 01:19 AM
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I brought the tank down to mock up on the stand so I can do some measurements for the panels I will build to close in the stand. Once I'm done measuring it will be going back up the stairs to the spare room. The tank is super heavy, my wife was a little ticked I conned her into helping carry it lol
Here's a couple pics of the tank mocked up on the stand.

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