wontonflip
I failed Kobayashi Maru
Sorta skipping around topics with my posts :) I've resolved to do a refugium to lower my nitrate problem.
Ok...a couple of things. I already posted on the diy section about pros and cons of making my own ro/di, but the idea got shot down LOL which is fine. Right now, with my nitrates being off the charts as it is and having nitrates in my tap, I will need a better source of water to do my partial changes to get rid of my nitrates. I thought of just buying the water from my lfs...over the course of doing daily changes due to my bad water, it would probably cost me about $30. Then I was eventually going to buy my own ro/di. What I'm confused about is do most people use their ro/di as PART of their aquarium, or just to filter out the tap before putting in the tank? Do some people integrate an ro/di into their system?
Next...my lr placement. I'm going to be getting more and more live rock once my water changes are done. I noticed a lot of pictures of peoples' tanks, and I noticed their lr's are heavily concentrated on the base of the tank (maybe they have more surface area space? My tank is a 45 HIGH, so it's quite tall...34L X 10W x28H, roughly). I arranged my lr in sort of a row, stacked them up (see image -- I will be getting more pre-cured lr's once my nitrates are in check). Is there a "rule of thumb" when arranging the lr's? Looks so barren compared a a lot of seasoned tanks I've seen :) I'm takin' it slow!!!
Ok...a couple of things. I already posted on the diy section about pros and cons of making my own ro/di, but the idea got shot down LOL which is fine. Right now, with my nitrates being off the charts as it is and having nitrates in my tap, I will need a better source of water to do my partial changes to get rid of my nitrates. I thought of just buying the water from my lfs...over the course of doing daily changes due to my bad water, it would probably cost me about $30. Then I was eventually going to buy my own ro/di. What I'm confused about is do most people use their ro/di as PART of their aquarium, or just to filter out the tap before putting in the tank? Do some people integrate an ro/di into their system?
Next...my lr placement. I'm going to be getting more and more live rock once my water changes are done. I noticed a lot of pictures of peoples' tanks, and I noticed their lr's are heavily concentrated on the base of the tank (maybe they have more surface area space? My tank is a 45 HIGH, so it's quite tall...34L X 10W x28H, roughly). I arranged my lr in sort of a row, stacked them up (see image -- I will be getting more pre-cured lr's once my nitrates are in check). Is there a "rule of thumb" when arranging the lr's? Looks so barren compared a a lot of seasoned tanks I've seen :) I'm takin' it slow!!!