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Here is a little known fact for API CA kits. Open the box in the store. On each of the bottles on the front on the top right of the label is the date of manufacture of the reagents. They don't put an expiration date but a manufacture date. With their CA kits, they can be horribly inaccurate if...

Sounds like you are using B Mode, try "A" mode, then the difference in the water depth refill is only the height of the float. The other float then goes into you storage container so if its empty the unit won't start. If you don't want to put it in the container, then just disconnect it.

What kind of test kit are you using and how old is it. 600 is impossible to obtain without signifcant dosing (either 2 part, Kalwasser, or Calcium reactor. Take a sample to your LFS and let them check it. For CA testing, Salifert or API are pretty good (with Salifert being the most accurate)

A fresh batch of Reef Crystals made up to 1.026 will be at about 1260-1320 worth of MG. You can still use IO salt, just at 6 oz of MG suppliment for every 25 gallons made and it should get you close.

I would suspect your test kit, 640 is almost off the scale on the low side, even IO salt has more than that. You can buy MG in bulk and get gallon packs alreay mixed (MG sulfate and MG cloride) from...

What is your actual MG from a test? It can take a ton of MG to intially raise it (at time almost a gallon if below 900), but once its up there, then it can take as little as 20 oz a month to keep it there.

I have the same thing, sump in basement going up 14 feet to display. I use a Gen-X PCX-40 (MAK4), it is very inexpensive and uses little power. It is not the quiestest pump, but you don't here is when its in the basement.

yep, that is with styrofoam board on 3 sides and the bottom.

My sump is in the basement - that is normally like 60 degrees in the Winter. We keep the house temp at 68 during the day and 60 at night, so it has to work hard to keep it at temp. I could remove 1 and get down to 400 watts but then it will just run constantly. At 600 watts, the warm backup time...

Keep in mind that smaller tanks cool much faster than large tanks. With a 90 gallon tank and a 30 gallon sump, I need 600 watts of heaters to keep them at temp, where a 180 could probably have no problem at all with 600 watts. So here is a case of the 3-5 watt rule doesn't help. I use 3 heaters...

I charge by the Martini....

Though not supported by Neptune - their official policy is 10ft is the limit - many people (including myself) have successfully extended the distance from the DC8/DC4 to the AC JR or AC3 by using a Network Cat 5 twisted pair cable that has been wired like an standard RJ11 phone cable. I made...

Thanks Bruce.....

We have lots of friends in Mt Royal...

Paulsboro, NJ (10 minutes South of Philadelphia) 295 South Exit 18, Turnpike Exit 3

And I have no problem paying for quality, I am just having a tough time finding someone that is quality.

Hot water and a tiny amount of bleach. Air drying will remove any clorine residue. If they are felt socks, you will only get about a 10 or so washing before they start to fall apart. Nylon Mesh or monofilimant socks are good for 100 washings. The key is to soak BRAND NEW NEVER USED socks in RO...

Yep, and my reliable chimney sweep company is going to reflash the chimney after they clean it (We have a lot of fireplac evenings).... now still have to find someone to do that wood work cleanup.

Re: Salinity way to high Thata huge amount of RO water for a tank of that size, your tank inhabitants are going to be upset with a change that fast..

Usually only with a brand new filter sock and/or the first time you are using filter socks. You are changing the surface tension of the water and the amount of residual air in the sump water supply. The problem is not seen much if you are a sock user and just changing the sock, but if your tank...