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Not familiar with that. If you place the PH correctly should get good flow with minimal spray. As stated prior nothing a wet paper towel could not handle.
15g water change done, filter dock replaced.
After adding the carbon and new GFO the skimmer calmed down last night. It's acting up a bit now after change. Will see what tomorrow brings.
Agree, have to be careful surfing the web. There are many humble enthusiasts here.
Sorry did nt realize you were not a member, the books listed there are:
Funny you posted this. In 2016 there was a thread about donating reef books but did not go far. Here is the link for reference
http://www.njreefers.org/threads/reef-books-to-donate.93590/
I read these books The New Marine Aquarium by Mike Paletta and Saltwater Aquarium for Dummies by Greg...
Tank has been up since Sep 2017 as I moved. The conditioner is to remove chlorimine mainly. It may remove some other stuff.
I use what the club had Fluval Aqua Plus. By no means does it replace an RO/DI. I would have to connect and reconnect every time I use it and the house / kitchen is small...
Here are the results of water testing. Nothing bad IMO; PH and Cal can be easily corrected.
PH - 7.7
Hardness / KH - 10
Calcium - 240ppm
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 0
Ammonia - 0
I will do a 15 gallon water change tomorrow. I also placed a bag of carbon in the sump and replaced my GFO.