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Spectrapure is the best name in the industry with 30 years experience in the same Arizona city. They are the only vendor to specially treat every RO membrane they sell to improve its performance and...

Russ builds a very good reef residential system but you can do a little better quality for less money if you don't mind spending a few minutes installing a drinking water kit on a reef quality RO/DI...

A short distance on the raw water side isn't a huge factor unless you are going quite a ways horizontally or up several floors vertically. If you think it may cause a pressure drop due to friction...

You always want to use softened water to feed a RO or RO/DI. The minimum pressure needed is around 40 psi but as you already know, the higher the pressure the higher the GPD it will produce but more...

I have been using the Via Aqua heaters. They have a separate controller and a separate temp sensor which I have found to be very accurate. A lot of reefers use the Won and Finnex brands too.

I have used only Titanium heaters in my systems for about 12 years now and would never go back to a glass heater of any kind or make.

I agree with running carbon and water changes to get things...

Place it in a low to medium flow area where it will not be too turbulent and grind the media to dust. You want the media to remain loose and tumble slightly so tie the bag so it has room to move...

When I first set my reefs up I would sit all night watching all the critters come out of the rock work and deep sand bed. Its a completely different world when the lights go down!

Anthony Calfo...

You can buy Novus polishing kits that have a 3 or 4 step process to polish the tank and remove scratches from a good LFS or any of the online shops.

Raise the MH fixture if possible to gain distance between the light source and corals. If that is not possible cut some pieces of window screen and stack several together to make a light filter. Over...

+1. Your bacteria hasn't really taken hold yet so anything you do now isn't going to make much difference to the rock as long as you keep it damp.

The vinyl tubing will not glue to the elbow even if it were the same size. You need to use a 1/2" barbed nipple fitting which inserts inside the vinyl tubing. How you adapt the barbed nipple to the...

Since the rock was live you can't fill the system with RO/DI only, you need the salt mix to keep the rock live.
At this point if you don't have any inhabitants I would completely drain it, keeping...

I would look for a 3/4" slip x 1/2" female threaded adapter bushing then screw a 1/2" male thread by 1/2" barbed nipple in the piece they sent. You would want to glue the bushing into the 90 degree...

A lot of Lowes and Home Depots have that 1/4" MIP x 1/4" MIP nipple on the wall where they have all their flare, compression and speed fittings in the plumbing area. It can be nylon, ABS or PVC as...

That silicone has antimicrobials in it to prevent mold and mildew, not good for reef use.
I used GE for Windows and Doors which was 100% silicone.

NEVER EVER rely on drilled holes. Just like a check valve they require cleaning and maintenance and will still eventually fail, almost guaranteed.
All it takes is a piece of algae, a snail, a small...

With one return your thoughts on having the overflow at the opposite end is probably best performance wise since it makes the water travel the longest distance across the tank to the oveflow and...

I like center too with a split return, one in each corner. I wouldn't lower the return as you will have backsiphonage problems to the sump when power is off, keep it as high as possible since it will...

Do a fresh water dip and use a second clean net when transferring them back from the fresh water to the display.