Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / February 2004

Anyone have any practical uses for all the water going down the drain when
making RO?  Would the RO waste support a fish-only setup....brine shrimp
hatchery...freshwater setup...etc?  Just curious.

Anyone have experience with a return manifold system?
Got some ideas from the plumbing section at http://www.wetwebmedia.com/.
Searched online but not too much other info available.
Chris

Tank bioload interesting concept
I know this is a somewhat common question, but I am looking for a
little more detail if possible. We have all heard of ratios of inches
of fish per gallon, for example 1 inch per 5 gallons of water.

ANYONE WITH EXPERIENCE WITH ANY POMACATHUS ANGELS IN A REEF AQUARIUM
THAT DON'T EAT CORALS. IF SO WHAT ONES. IVE READ A LOT ON THIS SUBJECT
BUT I GET A DIFFERENT ANSWER EVERYWHERE I LOOK. I HAVE TWO BRAIN CORALS
TWO CLAMS SOME MUSHROOMS A LEATHER CORAL AND TWO BUBBLETIP ANENOMES.

opps sorry i didt mention the size..its a 48x18x12.
picked up a bit of live rock.. and 4 pieces of ocean rock...i brought a
RO unit as i figured its cheaper than buying it from the lfs.
so at the mo my tank stands with the water at 75f..2 pieces of live

I just installed a intank skimmer and was wondeing why after just a
few hours the collection cup fills up with water and the foam is
bleeding out the top vent hole.  Anything I'm missing.  Using a
airlift skimmer

I have noticed Amquel+ is advertised as to deal with not
only amonia (which is explained as to form a non-toxic
compound accessible to nitrifying bacteria) but also
good to deal with nitrite and nitrates...

I have an RO attached to a float valve for evaporation water replacement to
my sump.  I noticed that when the water source is on, the pressure is at
70-75 psi however when the float valve closes the line, the pressure drops
to around 30-40psi and there is a large amount of ...

I am in the process of designing and building a new sump (inspired by
Marc ;).
I'm trying to head off a potential disaster:  I have several sets of
wires running into my tank:  wires for top-off float valve, PH

Looks like I won this months Reefer Rock drawing. How unusual, I rarely win
anything
Ken N.
35 lbs of base rock and some charcoal and some filter media.  Cool!

Are Bubble Traps really necessary in a sump?
Can't I just isolate the return pump with a 'cage' to keep out the critters?
Is the trap to prevent cavitation in the pump or to stop bubbles from
getting into the main tank and if so, what's wrong with small bubbles in the

I'm getting back into this wonderful hobby again after about 15 years.
Amazing how things change. I am planning on a fish/invert tank but
would like to plan for some SPS in the future. I have a couple of
questions I'm sure some of you can answer. I am planning on utilizing

I have been looking at the Icecap 660 Ballast, running 2 48" URI 50/50
110W and 2 48" URI Blue Actinic 110W for my 75 Gal reef. Is it
possible to time the Actinics separately using the single ballast or
will I need 2? Also, does this VHO solution seem ok? Am I overlooking

I was moving some rock tonight and pulled one from the bottom back so I could get the
overflow out and came across this coral.  The pic is posted in A.B.A
I know I've seen it before  but can't place it. sorry about the cloudiness
but the rock has only been in the tank for 10 days

Can you spell out A.B.A. for me, thanks?
alt.binaries.aquaria
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