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Juan, that doesn't sound right. I don't know your total volume, but 2.4 tsp might be alright for a very small nano tank. With the BRS calculator, assuming you cooked the baking soda, you want to pick "2 Part Alkalinity (soda ash)." The other consideration is that you don't want to raise...

Praveen, you are close enough, you are welcome to stop by and see it in person. Here is the FTS from the page before....full lights, white balanced:

I just posted a FTS in post 274. Here’s one from tonight….blue lights only, white balanced, with my crappy little point-n-shot camera.

James, I suffer from Algae Clip Obsession Disorder (ACOD). I’m in a 12 step program right now….ACA (Algae Clip Anonymous)….and I’m on step 4, building your own personal algae clip holder. This is therapy. Please don’t pick on those of use who have a disability. :o :grin:

Algae Clip Holder Out of site......The clutter of the algae clips laying around was bothering me....I have eight clips. I quickly found a solution with scrap acrylic and wood. Screwed the acrylic strips to the wood with stainless steel screws: And here it is mounted in the...

Looky here: Baking Alkalinity Solution

Same here....BRS pellets. I purchased the gallon size, which normally sells for 160, for 128 in a group buy. You will want to start the reactor with 1/4 - 1/2 a cup and then increase to maybe somewhere in the area of 1 1/2 to 2 cups. EDIT TO ADD: Jim and I were typing at the same...

Ed, this is up my alley. The problem is that the alley is filled with too many projects right now. But I am confident that you can do this. This is not that complicated. It just looks that way because this guy included every little step in the process.....very detailed and well made...

I can only guess that my invitation to this barbecue must have been lost in the mail. :o Looks delicious.

PM sent on WP10.

This is the general simplistic rule of load......40 lbs live, 10 lbs dead...on a 16" OC floor. And by the way, the tank would be considered dead weight. This general rule doesn't take into account the type of wood the joists are made of, the type and amount of sheathing, the span, etc. I...

Dan, I will tell you that it is not a simple calculation of knowing that you have 2x8 joists 16 inches on center. You either have to wing it (like most of us have done), add additional bracing (typically overkill), or get a structural engineer in there to do the necessary calculations.

Edwin, that doesn't look good. I don't know anything about fish diseases, but that looks parasitic. Here are two references I have on fish diseases....hope this helps. Pictorial Fish Disease Guide Parasitic Diseases in Marine Aquarium Fish

Looking good Brandon. Sure makes washing the filter socks pretty easy. :grin: You've also turned into quite the DIY'er, building those stands, and the plumbing, and the drilling of glass.....great job.

Thank you everyone. The fish and I had a simple party with cake and ice cream and party hats.

I’ve received many remarkable nature photographs over the years but this photo of a nesting Falcon is perhaps the most remarkable Nature shot that I’ve ever seen. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Nature is truly breath-taking! I've sent this to most of my older friends. The younger ones...

Jim, thanks for the offer, but I'm going to go the route Brian suggests. After reading the reviews on the BRS site, I've added one of these to my BRS shopping list. Really looks like this is the way to go:

Yes, I do, and I still get elevated TDS for the first few minutes after I shut this off. I think it's water that has permeated the membrane while sitting without pressure, and just needs to be flushed out on the "clean" side. The membrane flush kit flushes out the "dirty" side of the...

I'm looking to see what other people are using to bypass their DI unit on start-up for the first couple minutes. When I start my RO unit, the TDS is high (80 or so) for the first couple minutes. So what I've been doing to extend the DI is to manually pull out the tubing and flush the RO for...

Well no, it was bought after Bach and I colaborated on the Toccata and Fugue in the early 18 hundreds. Many think this toccata and fugue as an organ piece, but Bach and I first composed this as a paino piece. Bach worked on the fugue, while I focused on the toccata. HERE you can see me as a...