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11-05-2007, 04:22 PM
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| Neon dottyback  | water level In a SW tank when the water level drops you have to pour in some freshwater right? This is what I've thought for a while I"m pretty sure that's what the guy from the LFS told us. But Ben thinks that when the level drops you have to pour SW back in it. So what are you suppose to do?
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11-05-2007, 04:23 PM
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| Yoda Poohbah~   | Re: water level you are a woman,,,,you are always right~
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I think you're gonna like it, I think you're gonna feel you belong. A walk to vacation, A necessary sedation, You wanna feel at home cause' you belong. i say this as my best advice to a beginner. do not,,,and i repeat,,,,,DO NOT look at my tank as an example....i have a well practised eye, decades of experience, and a trunkload of failures to allow me to force the issue and get away with things most cannot~ | |
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11-05-2007, 04:24 PM
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| Yoda Poohbah~ | Re: water level see ive been trained~
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I think you're gonna like it, I think you're gonna feel you belong. A walk to vacation, A necessary sedation, You wanna feel at home cause' you belong. i say this as my best advice to a beginner. do not,,,and i repeat,,,,,DO NOT look at my tank as an example....i have a well practised eye, decades of experience, and a trunkload of failures to allow me to force the issue and get away with things most cannot~ | |
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11-05-2007, 04:25 PM
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| Yoda Poohbah~ | Re: water level when water evaporates,,,only the H2O leaves. salts, carbonates, calcates, and every evil nasty stays....RO water or kalk water to top off
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I think you're gonna like it, I think you're gonna feel you belong. A walk to vacation, A necessary sedation, You wanna feel at home cause' you belong. i say this as my best advice to a beginner. do not,,,and i repeat,,,,,DO NOT look at my tank as an example....i have a well practised eye, decades of experience, and a trunkload of failures to allow me to force the issue and get away with things most cannot~ | |
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11-05-2007, 04:25 PM
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| Reef Addict (hopeless)   | Re: water level No ONLY FW evaporates so you add FW for top off. IF you add SW you'll very quickly raise your salinity to toxic levels. FW for top-offs and SW for water changes ONLY!! 
__________________ Allen Allen's testimonial . . ."Let Me help you help YOURSELF" (Click Here)with a SW set up there is one basic fundamental rule that we ALL should follow When in doubt... wait it out. This means take it slow and let the tank "develop" and don't rush it. Time is your friend Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!  Big Al's 10g BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Reef Balls & Cakes Debt Free & Change your Family Tree!!  |
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11-05-2007, 04:26 PM
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| Neon dottyback | Re: water level Thank you very much Gah I love being right....well when it comes to me and ben discussions.
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11-05-2007, 04:27 PM
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| The Wand Geek was here. ;)   | Re: water level Yep, top off all evaporated water with fresh water preferrably twice a day. Topping off affects the salinity and ph so make small adjustments.
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11-05-2007, 04:29 PM
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| Yoda Poohbah~ | Re: water level Ben is gettin another purple nurple tonight~
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I think you're gonna like it, I think you're gonna feel you belong. A walk to vacation, A necessary sedation, You wanna feel at home cause' you belong. i say this as my best advice to a beginner. do not,,,and i repeat,,,,,DO NOT look at my tank as an example....i have a well practised eye, decades of experience, and a trunkload of failures to allow me to force the issue and get away with things most cannot~ | |
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11-05-2007, 04:30 PM
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| Reef Addict (hopeless) | Re: water level ipeedmypants.com AGAIN~
__________________ Allen Allen's testimonial . . ."Let Me help you help YOURSELF" (Click Here)with a SW set up there is one basic fundamental rule that we ALL should follow When in doubt... wait it out. This means take it slow and let the tank "develop" and don't rush it. Time is your friend Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!! Big Al's 10g BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Reef Balls & Cakes Debt Free & Change your Family Tree!! |
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11-05-2007, 04:36 PM
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| Neon dottyback | Re: water level But since we just set it up the tank my arm has been in the tank everyday a couple times a day....I'm either moving rocks, direct feeding, setting up the powerhead or flipping snails over. See it's in there a lot. So when it does that the water comes out of the tank onto my arm. That's what Ben is saying.
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11-05-2007, 04:38 PM
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| Angel Girl's Daddy  | Re: water level Promoting Leather Lingerie and pop ups BigAl? LOL.
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11-05-2007, 04:39 PM
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| Yoda Poohbah~ | Re: water level Flowers, Roses, Plants, Gift Baskets - 1-800-FLOWERS.COM - Your Florist of Choice ben,,,learn it, live it. its easier, and cheaper than Zales when you dig in too deep
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I think you're gonna like it, I think you're gonna feel you belong. A walk to vacation, A necessary sedation, You wanna feel at home cause' you belong. i say this as my best advice to a beginner. do not,,,and i repeat,,,,,DO NOT look at my tank as an example....i have a well practised eye, decades of experience, and a trunkload of failures to allow me to force the issue and get away with things most cannot~ | |
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11-05-2007, 04:39 PM
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| Reef Addict (hopeless) | Re: water level That's SW but it's negligiable to say the least. That's why we "check" salinity when we do water changes and make small adjustments to our new water accordingly. Yes if you "drag" the water out of "splash" it out it's SW but that's very little in the BIG scheme of things. Just check it and adjust slowly with your WC water. so actually BEN was right too! You BOTH get what Wit suggested
__________________ Allen Allen's testimonial . . ."Let Me help you help YOURSELF" (Click Here)with a SW set up there is one basic fundamental rule that we ALL should follow When in doubt... wait it out. This means take it slow and let the tank "develop" and don't rush it. Time is your friend Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!! Big Al's 10g BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Reef Balls & Cakes Debt Free & Change your Family Tree!! |
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11-05-2007, 04:41 PM
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| Angel Girl's Daddy | Re: water level Quote:
 Were awesome!I doubt your taking that much out. I would just top off with fresh water and keep an eye on the salinity.
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11-05-2007, 04:54 PM
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| Yoda Poohbah~ | Re: water level Quote:
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its simple mind over matter they dont mind letting us "win", cause it really doesnt matter.
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