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    DIY Refrigerated Aquarium Chiller

    "None of the water from the Resorvior is pumped into the tank & vice versa." I missed that line in between the pictures the first time i read the post
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    DIY Refrigerated Aquarium Chiller

    I Have tons of compressors and coils at my disposal, but could never come up with an effective coating for the copper lines and coils. I played around with a few epoxy type coatings, but was unsure about their life in SW and couldnt ensure 100% coverage. I was always afraid of poisoning my...
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    salt got hard

    Add water to the bucket, it will soften up the salt... May not be useable after that. Or just turn the bucket upside down and beat on the bottom (works on cement in 5g buckets)
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    RIP Zoos

    Heres the pic of one of the remaning zoo rocks, and the bubble coral above it. sorry for the pic quality had trouble with the 50kb limit.
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    RIP Zoos

    Vegas water is terrible, usually its 2-4 ppm after the ro. Tap water is in the 600+ppm range
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    RIP Zoos

    Water is from one of 2 ro/di filters in my house @ 5ppm or less. Filters were changes about 2 mo ago.
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    RIP Zoos

    My thoughts too. ALL zoos are/were at the bottom 50% of the tank out of high flow areas. ill take pics when i get home from work. I'm hesitant to dose anything i cant test for, and my kit is fairly limited... PH AM, trates, trites AK and one other. Whats the test kit /company of choice these...
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    RIP Zoos

    Dip-yes. QT-no. Just your basic green and red zoos. All of the zoos have been in the tank for 3mo or longer. THey do not appear to be melting. No new additions to the tank in 3 months now. Untilthen- The water being too clean is something i hadn't considered. In my past tanks it was always...
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    RIP Zoos

    Hermits have already been banished to the sump. There is also a plastic bottle trap in there, bust so far all its caught is my blenny.
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    RIP Zoos

    RIP Zoos. My goal of a well stocked ZOo and LPS tank are all but done. For the last month the Zoo colonies have been in decline. Colony death has been totally random and extremely rapid. A healthy looking zoo rock will have one or two closed up and by the end of the week the they will all be...
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    Anyone seen this Crab?

    I used a fork to remove my unwanted crab, brutal but effective. I was getting frustrated trying to net him.
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    Chillers: Good, Bad or Ugly??

    Ugly, a little noisy, but for me its a must. I run a 1/3hp and its the only way i can keep my tank around 80(26c). In the past i tried fans on the sump, shunting down non critical equipment during the hottest parts of the day and it would still get to 84(29c)+. The larger chillers draw a fair...
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    wattage question

    I have 2 flood light style CFL lights on my fuge. The lights are with in a few inches of the cheato, depending on how recently it has been cut back. The stuff grows like crazy, i remove a soft ball size pice every week or 2.
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    What do you with your RO-unit waste water?

    R/O waste water waters my entire front yard, all 3'x 10' of it.
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    cooling my tank

    I would scale back a few of the non critical pumps and such during the hottest times of the day. On really hot days the tank will have a "cloudy" day with less light time, otherwise my A/C bill was over 500 a month to keep the place at 80. Now a 1/3 hp chiller solvs that problem
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