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Can't really add much to what's already been said, but my chaeto grows pretty good so I'll make a couple comments. 1. My Chaeto has tons of pods (swimmers and crawlers) all through it, as well as tons of bristle worms. Maybe they have something to do with helping it grow? 2. I also run a dual...

<EDIT> Never mind, I just read the instructions on how this works. I don't think I'd want to run the hose that far to my sink. <EDIT>

Yea, I had a yellow watchman and he was hiding so much that he literally scraped his own fins off from darting into the rocks all the time. It was hard to lose him, he was such a great looking fish. I called him Herman as it just seemed to fit his facial features.

They do make external pumps that have a hose connection on inlet and outlets. Problem with (most of) those is that with a long intake hose you would need to prime them. That means you'd have to pour water down the intake hose while keeping the outlet closed off until there's enough water in the...

Yea, I figured as much. Not sure if I can do that with mine though. Here's a pic of what it looks like... the strainer is part of the piece that screws onto the bottom of the pump. Maybe I'm wrong and that comes off so that I can add a tube to it... I'll have to check. I'm pretty sure I tried...

I usually just use a maxijet 900 with a discharge hose that goes to my 5 gal. buckets. The maxijet has a strainer on it that will keep out bigger things like snails or hermits, but it sucks out detritis pretty good when I loosen it up and get it in the water column first. Problem is, it can't...

You probably mean asterina starfish Joejoe. Those are relatively safe with corals, but they eat coralline algae (the purple stuff growing on LR) and you don't want that! They also sometimes bother zoas and other small corals as they feed on coralline around it. Asterinas multiply like rabbits...

Thanks for the reply on my situation Phil. I figured they were just eaten, but I suppose they could have hatched and then got tossed around by the vortech or gotten eaten then. I was just wondering something if anyone knows... My new male clown is a gold-striped maroon by my female is a true...

Very cool Ed! Thanks for sharing.

Can't wait for the pics. Have fun!

Thanks for making my point Sid. ;D

Sounds good. You work out payment details with whoever wants the salt, and have the buyer(s) let me know if they want me to hold it and/or bring it to the meeting.

Without pics, I'd agree with Mike. It could be either of those based on your description. I'm leaning more towards the Spinoid based on your last post re: spaghetti worms. Both are generally harmless (won't kill or "sting" anything) but they can irritate your corals and affect their growth...

That's roughly a 2 hour drive. :o I'll be going to MBodell's on saturday also and I live in Blackwood, NJ. If anyone is interested in this, I can pick it up from the friend (I'm assuming that would be Anthony) and hold it for whoever wants to buy it. I also will be at the meeting this month...

Love the hanging pvc thing. Is the float switch just mounted to the bottom leg of the TEE? Is the float switch connected to a pump power source or is it just a gravity feed from the RO/DI? Reason I'm asking is I'm wondering how this activates the flow from the RO/DI. Is it always "ON" but just...

The amount of "waste" water will vary depending on the R/O membrane being used. For example, I have a 75 GPD (gallon per day) unit which used to have about 3 to 3 1/2 buckets of waste per 1 full bucket of clean RO/DI. Then I bought a 150 GPD upgrade kit (which is essentially just another 75 GPD...

It looks like Paul's hose has about 5' of head, but he's using a mag-18 pump in that tank. Not sure if you could do this with 5' head without a pump. If you want to just have it setup to pump to your "rain barrel" manually whenever you want, this could work. But if you want to automate it or not...

That's good to hear Bob! Glad you plan to get back in the game. ;D

I still don't believe it. ::)

I had the same suspicion Bob, but figured I'd give the benefit of the doubt.