Trinituner Fish Keepers, Aquarists & Aquascapers...

[ryan99tt]

hey, quick question....any of u guys use RODI water in your tank?

[sharkman121]

hey, quick question....any of u guys use RODI water in your tank?

thats all i use in my tank..

[ryan99tt]

wat brand and how many stages? lookin at one to order in...where yuh get urs and how much yuh pay?

[ARES0610]

Makes a big difference. I started with tap and saw a huge improvement when I switched. I got the spectrapure cspdi-90. I came up to around $2200. It was US$199 on spectrapure when they had a sale. This page shows special prices.
http://www.spectrapure.com/email/custom ... ation.html

[sharkman121]

this is mine, got it from melevsreef.com for $169 + shipping came up to about $2100 roughly with shipping and taxes.
Its a 5 stage 100gpd

[foss]

looking good sharky

[HondaB20B]

^^ anybody bought the tester to check the purity (PPM) on it or does it have a gauge on the DI unit. Saw one by Raj and it had a built in digital readout on the DI unit.

[sharkman121]

looking good sharky

tanx meng

^^ anybody bought the tester to check the purity (PPM) on it or does it have a gauge on the DI unit. Saw one by Raj and it had a built in digital readout on the DI unit.

theres a TDS (total dissolved solids) meter u can buy for them. They can either be in-line or stand alone. To make sure yr finished product reads 0tds ppm. They not very expensive online though.

[sharkman121]

this is one of the average ones that alot of ppl have..
about $30 on amazon

[HondaB20B]

ok, cool. have to buy one.

[HondaB20B]

Was passing tru St Lucia yesterday and the is a place next to the Airport called Egret bay, all along the waters edge (in less than 2ft of water) i saw over 100 featherdusters of different sizes. biggest one i saw was about nearly 4in dia. Saw a couple different wrasses and small angels living amounst the damsels. it have nice lil coral too....................................
i was like Dat would look good by me.
If dat was in trini.................. you would tell somebody it had yesterday, Ah man come an take all.

[sharkman121]

u cant transport ermm... specimens?

[ryan99tt]

nah, deycdoh let u bring anything on the plane...i was looking at a rodi system like this one though...

http://www.amazon.com/iSpring-6-Stage-R ... 757&sr=1-2

[sharkman121]

looks good, Bulk Reef supply.com has some very good ones though. Most of the guys on reef central got theirs from there. The storage tank is not totally necessary as u could buy a trash bin from a hardware as most ppl do and u could store larger amt of water than the small storage tank they sell u with that one.

[ryan99tt]

yea, i plan on doin that but it would be gd to know that i have ah lil extra ready whenever i need..

[sharkman121]

i have a 150 gallon garbage bin full of ro-di water as extra in case i need. Trust mih dat 3 gallon tank aint gonna make much difference. No probs though..

paid 200 for the bin in one a dem chinee store and dem

[ryan99tt]

bess i check u for some...lol

[HondaB20B]

i have a 150 gallon garbage bin full of ro-di water as extra in case i need. Trust mih dat 3 gallon tank aint gonna make much difference. No probs though..

paid 200 for the bin in one a dem chinee store and dem

is ah 150 gallon garbage bin yuh say yuh know?? where you get dat
ah normal oil drum is 50 gal.

[sharkman121]

sorry 50gal..typo

if was 150 dat woulda be more volume than the tank i have now

[ryan99tt]

sharkman121, yuh have the tds tester? yuh ever check d local pipe water and bottled water to see wat yuh getting?

[UML]

^^ Santoo in diego, he could give you better directions. 689-7227

Thx

Sky, u can try a piece of clear plastic bag (3inch x 3 inch).....it will float on the surface and the male with blow his bubbles under it....you can thank me later

HondaB20B, ah hear u always mentioning Santoo. Where is he located and directions and can you give me a contact number.

About "donations" when selling fish.....I wud say the fish free but u have to buy the water!!!

I did that back then when I first did it. IT worked, but I prefer the lettuce/patchoi leaf. It'll feed them later on.


So the fries hatched and papa ate them all by accident.

Gonna try another pair. tomorrow I'm gonna boot out the clumsy pops and put the male there for about a week until he properly builds a nest. Then I'll introduce the female. I'm using two yellow/pearls.

STILL LOOKING FOR HALFMOONS!!!

yea i like the idea that they can feed of the leaves.

Some pics of my build from inception till now

hope these pics dont slow up the page loading too much

looking good man...great work, bit of stupid advice.......try and hide your water height....i personally dont like seeing it and it gives a better "deep" effect if u dont see it.

love the black background and the effect it gives. it brings everything out to the fore, some ppl prefer blue though...i had blue last time.

yea I have black background in my tanks...i find it looks better and brings out the colour more in fish.


will try and post some pics of a partner nano tank (first attempt at salt). I find it looking good.

sharkman121, yuh have the tds tester? yuh ever check d local pipe water and bottled water to see wat yuh getting?

I would really like to know this as well.

[UML]

partner first time salt....is yearssssss we waiting lol

[ARES0610]

My unit has the dual tds meter on it. I checks the water before the ro the after the di. It doesn't check the tap water though. output is 0.

[ryan99tt]

always wanted to setup a nano tank...lookin gd so far...

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Sharkman if I build d stand for the 8 ft tank out of plank wud dat wrk 2" thick plank????

[sharkman121]

sharkman121, yuh have the tds tester? yuh ever check d local pipe water and bottled water to see wat yuh getting?

actually i bought the ro-di unit, never bought a tds meter yet.. i really should though, its more laziness than anything that i havent gotten it as yet.

looking good man...great work, bit of stupid advice.......try and hide your water height....i personally dont like seeing it and it gives a better "deep" effect if u dont see it.

thanks man....

the point of the whole picture frame finish is not to see the water level at all, i agree that doesnt look good.
However the plumbing for the overflow down to the sump and back up is not yet complete, so i cant have the water at the height i want it too till the sump plumbing is finished or else theres gonna be a whole lotta water on the ground in that room.

[sharkman121]

Sharkman if I build d stand for the 8 ft tank out of plank wud dat wrk 2" thick plank????

Cant really comment for sure on what the thickness of a wooden stand should be cuz remember 8 feet of aquarium alone, plus water weight and live rock etc. we talkin well over 2000lbs here when filled. Most guys go for overkill with their stands so as to have peace of mind. If u have a builder who's competent and has experience not only in wooodworking but aquarium stands as well, then full steam ahead.

If u interested in metal stands at all. u can check out this thread, i got some good ideas here and eventually patterned mine after one i saw here.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showt ... eel+stands

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Sharkman as for metal stand I Tinkin bout usin I beam

[ryan99tt]

sharkman, wat kinda goby is dat? meh lil bro wanted one of those ah wile now and i never see dem...how much yuh pay for it?

[sharkman121]

u check out the link?