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Your Welcome. If you decide to upgrade from ro to ro/di, then the first thing you should do is try to get a copy of the water quality report from your water company. Then contact the manufacturer's representative of ro/di products and tell him how much chloramine...

You may need to upgrade your water purification system to remove chloramines if your ordered prefilters do not remove enough. See my post chloramines in tap water.

Here is a link to an article authored by Randy Holmes Farley, a chemist by trade and marine aquarist who has submitted many articles to reef magazines and has helped many reefers with their water quality issues in tap water and the marine aquarium. Chloramine and the Reef Aquarium by Randy...

I do not know anything about the distilling process, but from what I heard years ago, distilled water can pick up metals as it travels through the process. If the distilled process involves copper or iron fittings, then it may be in the water you purchase. The only metal that ok in the aquarium...

Do the rock first including any new pieces. The ammonia and nitrite tests should be zero before you add any marine life. Once they are both zero, you can add one fish. A cleanup crew may be premature if your rock is clean and has no algae on it including the glass. You did not say what your...

Nine years ago, when I wrote the above article, I had dismissed the notion of using indoor plants to help remove carbon dioxide because I felt that they would not be able to keep up with the production of carbon dioxide. I just did some research and found out that in an 1800 square foot house...

Try this url instead. http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...2002/short.htm

Your old rock will re-seed itself as the tank recycles. Whether adding additional live rock will speed up the process, then I'll let others chime in on that as I never had the experience of losing my entire tank. Wait for the ammonia and nitrites to reach zero. Leaves your lights off and run...

Am I reading this thread right? I am surprised that no one mention that by heating the water on the grill, you lowered the oxygen level of it. Also I assume you used a metal container. Even if you raised that temperature to 75 degrees overall, the water on the bottom while heating would be much...

Lizard, An airline tube pulling air from the outside and directed to the intake of a skimmer will help some but the effects may not be noticable due to its small size compared to the cubic foot space of your fishroom but also the rest of your house. You will have elevated CO2 in those...

If you just want a low cost sump with no bells and whistles; you can use any of the square opaque containers that are available at the Home Centers. You will need to drill the sump if you plan to use a non-submersable return pump. You will need an overflow and flexable hose for waterflow to the...

When I first got into the hobby, I soon noticed that I was losing fish. At the time, I blame water quality and lack of experience. But I did not know when I purchase my live rock that crabs came along with it. It took a while before I noticed one of them crawing under a rock. I set a trap up and...

Thanks all, I just posted an interesting thread on the Chemistry forum about pH and carbon dioxide.

Is buffer the answer for a dropping pH. Not always. Dosing on a daily basis can mess up your tank chemistry. Overnight drops of 0.1 to 0.2 can be considered normal. The pH should climb back up during the day. What is not known or considered by many marine aquarist's is that the "carbon dioxide"...

Hello, I had 10 years experience in reef keeping and have been out of the hobby for 8 years. I just discovered this site and will be dropping in from time to time to share my experiences with new reefers. Some of my experiences may be outdated by the introduction of new equipment. Like...