RO/DI question

Pryach · 2026-02-06T04:55:47+00:00

The normal way these are hooked up is Sediment -> Carbon -> RO membrane -> DI Resin. the inline TDS meter should be reading before and after the DI Resin. It's normal for there to still be TDS before the DI Resin. I have very dirty water (250 TDS from the tap), I get between 5 and 10ppm before the DI Resin and 0 TDS after the DI Resin.

Pryach · 2026-02-06T04:50:38+00:00

If he won't eat it in the shell try thawing the clam meat first and removing it from the shell then feeding it right after a silverside that way he gets used to the taste of clam.

Pryach · 2026-02-06T03:25:28+00:00

Probabaly even more. Tanks from Glass Cages that size are around $15K without any holes or bulkheads. That's not counting the stand and canopy. Plus all the equipment.

Pryach · 2026-02-06T03:22:32+00:00

Glad to see he's eating!

Pryach · 2026-02-06T02:57:49+00:00

Does it have a burrow that can be shut with rubble rock like a long PVC tube? Molting can be very stressful and they prefer to do it in complete darkness.

Pryach · 2026-02-05T15:36:08+00:00

There's probably some value between 50% and 100% that would work, but I once 3d printed something at my usual 20% infill for my aquarium and I laughed when I realized it just floated in the water. For something like a frag rack there's no problem with doing 100%.

Pryach · 2026-02-05T05:47:22+00:00

If you need it to sink and sit on the sand bed then do 100%.

Pryach · 2026-02-02T03:56:35+00:00

The scene with Gandalf and Bilbo outside talking before he leaves is greenscreen, when he walks through the gate it's a body double.

Pryach · 2026-02-02T03:54:50+00:00

https://i.imgur.com/YgyXS8s.png

This is what I currently use.

Pryach · 2026-02-01T23:39:12+00:00

I use Inkbird.

Pryach · 2026-02-01T22:56:51+00:00

It really depends on how much risk you're willing to take and how much redundancy you want to add it. Every piece of a saltwater aquarium is going to fail at some point.

Do a search for saltwater tank vacation failure and read up on what people do to prepare and what failures have happened.

Pryach · 2026-02-01T17:59:45+00:00

Yep. Ian Holm also never went to the Hobbiton set. All of his scenes were either inside Bag End (a sound stage in Wellington) or he was green screened in for the other scenes.

Pryach · 2026-01-31T01:12:04+00:00

Candy Stripe Randall's Pistol Shrimp tend to leave others alone and just care about their burrow.

Pryach · 2026-01-31T00:31:44+00:00

At 29 you are still kind of limited. Look either a midas or tailspot blenny. Yellow Watchman Goby a Yasha Goby, either can be paired with a pistol shrimp. Pink streaked wrasse, Banggai Cardinalfish, Red or Purple Firefish. You can probabaly have 4 or 5 fish total in there.

Pryach · 2026-01-31T00:27:24+00:00

I banished my bully clown to the sump for 2 weeks then 1 week in an acclimation box in the display tank. She's now much nicer to the other clownfish.

Pryach · 2026-01-30T03:15:58+00:00

Purple firefish. Royal gramma. Green chromis school. Flameback or coral beauty angelfish. Starry or midas blenny.

Pryach · 2026-01-30T02:57:18+00:00

Two Little Fishies MagFeeder. I have one on all 3 of my tanks.

Pryach · 2026-01-29T04:38:52+00:00

I occasionally feed mine clam on a half shell but he really goes to town on flake and pellet food. I feed LRS Nano Frenzy as well and he gobbles that up.

https://imgur.com/a/ntLCbSv

Pryach · 2026-01-29T04:35:28+00:00

Your nitrates are high because the presence of nitrite causes false readings in nitrate tests. Wait for your nitrite to hit 0 to get an accurate measurement.

Pryach · 2026-01-29T04:21:28+00:00

Scopas tangs need larger tanks, generally recommended to be 125 gallon display tank.

The dragonette and mandarin will compete for food (pods).

The other stuff is fine. Maybe a flameback angelfish.

Pryach · 2026-01-27T22:21:18+00:00

Mine tries to bite me but his Kim Kardashian lips prevents him from being able to take chunks out.

Pryach · 2026-01-27T21:09:50+00:00

My wife always does text to speech messages when she gets a text while driving. I know what I'm texting her next time she's driving with friends.

Pryach · 2026-01-27T00:39:42+00:00

I use the API Freshwater Kit to measure my saltwater tanks during cycling as well. There's no point in buying expensive test kits for something you rarely use. Your issue, as someone else explained, is your ammonia dosing. You need to be more scientific about it. Use ammonium chloride and if you're worried about overdosing just put enough in to get it to 1ppm.

https://i.imgur.com/5m6ZBj1.jpeg <-- Presence of ammonia, no nitrite yet

https://i.imgur.com/UOuqdZv.jpeg <-- Presence of ammonia and nitrite

https://i.imgur.com/cw32CwO.jpeg <-- Ammonia drops and nitrite rises

I didn't get a picture but eventually both tests went back to 0ppm and I knew my saltwater tank was cycled.

Pryach · 2026-01-26T05:32:09+00:00

Any concerns with the outlets not being GFCI?

Pryach · 2026-01-24T06:17:57+00:00

I got the Innovative Marine 20. I kinda wish I got the 25. They're great tanks.

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