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[Scott Christenson]

Reply when you are NOT busy:
What do you think about this experiment?
Take a gallon of distilled water and add my CoraLife salt, then test alk at 35 salinity. This will tell us what I will be putting in for salinity once I have my RODI system up and running.
Thoughts?

 

[MnFish1]

Sorry maybe the comment was not clear.
I wanted the op to avoid
- iron based phosphate removers like gfo cause these leach iron and barium.

- As well as avoiding al based phosphate removers like phosguard cause these leach Al.

Because of the above reasons I personally use rowaphos which not only can reduce phosphate but also reduce al and barium..

Make sense?

I was just talking about this: Most of the common gfo leach Al because it's all Al based that's how they bind po4 to the media then this media start leaching back al and even po4 once it reach capacity.Rowphos is not.
I thought perhaps you were using the word leaching wrong (because of English) - but GFO I dont think is 'Aluminum based':)

 

[road_runner]

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[road_runner]

Reply when you are NOT busy:
What do you think about this experiment?
Take a gallon of distilled water and add my CoraLife salt, then test alk at 35 salinity. This will tell us what I will be putting in for salinity once I have my RODI system up and running.
Thoughts?

Oh yeh nothing wrong with this. It will indeed tell you what levels your salt at.

Go for it.

 

[road_runner]

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[Scott Christenson]

My ATO is me :rolleyes:
That's on my list of items to add

 

[road_runner]

My ATO is me :rolleyes:
That's on my list of items to add

Ha ha ha. Well we gotta get you an ATO. This will be my gift to you..like house warming will do tank warming ha ha.
Send me a PM with your address, will send you one I have couple laying around.

 

[road_runner]

My ATO is me :rolleyes:
That's on my list of items to add

Btw, if I to turn off the return pump..how much water will fill the sump? All the way to the end?

 

[road_runner]

PM recieved. Will prep something and send you monday. If you can answer my earlier question would be great.

 

[Scott Christenson]

 

[road_runner]

This is with return pump off? Or this is normal operation?

 

[Filthybum]

Looking good keep up the good work

 

[Scott Christenson]

This is with return pump off? Or this is normal operation?

Return pump off

 

[Scott Christenson]

Looking good keep up the good work

Thanks Filtybum, nice to hear reassurance!!

 

[road_runner]

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[Scott Christenson]

I do, that will have an impact on the skimmer, correct?

 

[Scott Christenson]

Did you want me to do this within the next day or wait one week?

 

[road_runner]

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[road_runner]

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[Scott Christenson]

SPECTACULAR!!!
This is why you're my mentor ;)