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Mike, are you talking about Phil G......if not, I think his setup was basically "push a button" as well.

Is that saw also known as the Chef Emeril Lagasse saw….Bam! :p I fully agree, either a "bam" saw or hack saw. You can cut it in place using one of these mini hack saws, flush to the nut: Actually the plastic cuts so easily you could simply wrap some tape around the end of a hack saw...

You only need to replace the top…..using ¾ ply. If you wish (or the gap is that big), simply shim the gap with a wood shims. As far at the edge trim on the plywood, you could use that corner trim. However you’ll now have that raised portion on the top of the stand…..a lip. I’ve always...

Dimensional lumber (2 x 4's) is like nitroglycerine as well…..that’s why you top with plywood. Again, use ¾ ply as your top and it will level everything out.

You can use that nice looking aspen to trim the edge. You rip that at 1 inch wide and use it to go around the plywood to hide the plywood edge. Here's a top view:

Nice looking stuff! Now rip it off and put on plywood! Natural woods look real pretty, but are as unstable as a stick of nitroglycerine at a rock concert. They will warp, twist and contort in all different directions Again, stick on some plywood, with a solid wood edge to make it...

That’s not good. I went back and looked at your build It looks like you topped the stand with maybe ¾ ply….so I can't figure how or why the tank wouldn’t sit flush. Something is not kosher. That tank needs to be sitting flush to the top.

George, the hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide are “consumed” during the regeneration process. However note that David is still suggesting using the same amount of acid or base per amount of resin….so the stoichiometry is there. What occurs (and I’ll only show this little picture...

David, I answer with some reluctance. It most likely will work by using twice the concentration for twice the amount of resin……but I’m not 100% sure. Ion exchange resin beads are typically polystyrene or some “rubber,” such as styrene-butadiene-styrene. For the most part these compounds...

OMG! I believe Darwin termed this Natural Selection. :angel:

Sounds like a plan.....good luck with the etching! As far as your nipple, I had the same break on one of my units, and purchased a brass nipple at HD to hold me over until the plastic one arrived. If my feeble mind remembers, I think I purchased my plastic nipple from BRS as well.

Matt, just checking on this….muriatic acid is a diluted hydrochloric acid…but still pretty strong. It is much stronger than vinegar (acetic acid). It will start to dissolve calcified rock. I’m hoping you have a recipe to do this “etching” using muriatic acid. You are right about wearing...

I’m not sure how long those shrimp will last with the trigger. I have a blue throat, and use to have a very large coral banded. It use to be amusing watching the coral banded square off to the trigger. Those little claws would go way out, making him look big, as the trigger would come...

George, I must say, I wasn’t thinking cooties with your above comment, but was thinking that you were going cookoo on this one. I had to re-read this thread three times before I finally saw the picture that I think you are referring to. I never actually looked at that picture for...

I think what he’s talking about is using a rigid J tube as his return line, that would be hooked over the top lip of the tank. I see no problem with that, as long as you have a siphon break in there. I come up over the back of the tank as well, but I used rigid PVC with Loc-Line pieces on...

Very nice Jose.....although that stand looks more like a bar.....I'll have a scotch on the rocks! :p

Oops! You're right....You'll have to excuse my mental slip, it's been over 30 years since I did this kind of stuff. All that I know is that I recently went to buy a 100 foot of wire and had to sell my first born to afford it. Man, has the cost of wire gone through the roof! It use to be...

John, if you have room in the box, go for a 20 amp / 14 gauge wire.

Get rid of the pH probe....or don't look at it. This is taking the ostrich approach to things, but I feel folks focus too much attention on what otherwise is a normal pH swing, especially during the winter. As already said, this isn't bad...and 7.9 is just fine. You can try what Mike...

I'm also looking at those bulkheads....why do you want new ones. I'd figure out my plumbing plan and cut that existing pipe to put in unions....and go from there.