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  1. jimroth

    Must I plumb in RO waste in front of P Trap?

    If it's convenient, some people fill up thir washing machine tub with the waste water and use it that way, it works fine. I may jusr route mine out to the lawn, seems a shame to waste it, especially in such hot weather.
  2. jimroth

    First Bear of the Season

    Back again. Stoopid neighbor let his yellow lab loose and the dog separated the mom from the cubs, who were up a tree. So of course then she wouldn't leave the area for two hours. That guy is lucky the mama bear didn't rip his dog a new one. Eventually the cubs started to cry (a kind of groaning...
  3. jimroth

    Jimroth's Big Ol' Tank

    Got about 100G of saltwater made so far. I figgered out you could use a traffic cone as a funnel to get salt into those little bungholes on the plastic drums. My neighbor is a town worker (and a hobbiest) so he got me a nearly-new cone. Worked like a charm. I got the idea when I heard that...
  4. jimroth

    First Bear of the Season

    We had our first bear visit of the season, a huge female, with two cubs! Time to hide those pick-a-nic baskets!
  5. jimroth

    EcoAqualizer

    Yeah, and if you bolt it to the fuel system in your car you get 100mpg! Snake oil, nothing in water for magnets to act on. Versions of devices like this are sold (and largely believed in!) for keeping scale off pipes. I've seen the tests (in Consumer Reports). They do nothing. One important...
  6. jimroth

    My Still up and running 180g

    Really beautiful corals!
  7. jimroth

    Acttinics Yes or No?

    No it's a regular IceCap VHO ballast, so I think I'm good. And hey, I grew some fairly righteous Green bali Slimer and Blue Tort under my 6500K MH...after a while, the yellow tank looks normal!
  8. jimroth

    Tunze or Vortech for 90g w/DSB

    I agree with what Phil said about wavemaking. I was just reading in a book that wavemaking will make you sump levels go up and down driving your ATO system crazy.
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