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Well, I liked that RO unit enough that I ordered one. I hope I don't regret the extra work! I got my first saltwater tank to replace a 5 gallon freshwater tank. That tank took 10 minutes of maintenance per week. This new tank is over an hour now! It takes an hour just to do the testing. I...

Yikes! I looked at a few RO systems. Sure, I could deal with the cost and the chemistry. But, it takes them an hour to make a gallon (the better ones), and I have to discard the first 10 hours! There's no way my parents would let me hook that up all day. Plus, you're supposed to wall mount...

I got a new test kit for phosphate today. My 12 gallon nano cube is a month old and had had 6 tiny hermit crabs (only animals so far) for almost two weeks. I've gotten pH, alkalinity, and salinity under control and come to find there's a phosphate problem. It's 2.5 ppm in the tank and 1 ppm...

Ok, thanks. I have the nano reef book, and it suggested Hector's goby. I think I will stick with the clown fish at first and see how they do maybe trying a firefish later. I have a tank with a full lid, so full in fact that I am worried about gas exchange. Water that evaporates condenses at...

Hi, I will be adding fish to my 12 gallon nano cube sometime in the next month. I planned to have 3 total fish eventually - a regular Oscellaris clownfish, one black and white one, and a firefish. Then, I read in my book that the Hector's Goby is great at sifting sand and eating hair algae...

I ordered a refractometer and also a salt mix that says it's for RO water OR very soft water which is what I have. If I test my tap water, I can't even test the hardness or alkalinity because it won't register it's so low. I'm hoping that new salt mix (says gives 450 ppm Ca and my well water...

Thanks Alex. I will probably get that refractometer with my next order. I run complicated equipment at work, some worth $200,000. I think I can handle a refractometer. How long does it take to do a test with it? Here is a link to a photo of my tank after I put in the live rock two...

Guys, I'm sorry. I didn't realize I was getting responses to my posts. I opted to be e-mailed when I got a response which it did for the first response and then not again. I haven't been back recently thinking I wasn't getting responses. Well, bad me got tired of looking at diatoms and...

Thanks for replying Alex. How did you rig the Maxi-Jet to the tubing it comes with? Did it just fit as is? I made an error. Looking at my notes, the 12 gallon nano cube took 7 gallons in the main area and 1 gallon in the filter for 8 gallons total (not 7). Still, not 12 gallons! I put...

I just set up my new "12 gallon" nano cube. I put in 7 gallons of saltwater and 8 pounds of live sand. The tank is totally full. So, how is it 12 gallons? I'm a chemist and measured very accurately. It makes a HUGE difference in how much of various things to add if the tank is 6 gallons in...

I'm sort of an expert on all sorts of animals, freshwater aquarium animals, and ponds but I've never had a saltwater tank. I've always been too petrified. Yet, I'm a chemist so the chemistry part of it shouldn't be scaring me off. I just don't want to be killing lots of rare animals. I...