72x30x18 DIY build thread

[Mschmidt]

That space invader pectinia is doing amazing!

 

[Nate Chalk]

Sump dusters are taking over. Love these

 

[Nate Chalk]

Weirdly... Water change made my nitrates raise? could be testing error as well...

Going to leave tank as is i think. Nitrate feels high but i know others run high. I'd like it to be a little lower... 30s. Tank seems settled. Calcium also seems high, but I did recently add. So it should come down, as KHG replenishes Alk.

Alk is where I want. Phos where I want.

 

[Nate Chalk]

New Acro frags tomorrow , a contest I think I can actually compete in finally. Things are actually growing.

 

[tbrown]

Weirdly... Water change made my nitrates raise? could be testing error as well...

Going to leave tank as is i think. Nitrate feels high but i know others run high. I'd like it to be a little lower... 30s. Tank seems settled. Calcium also seems high, but I did recently add. So it should come down, as KHG replenishes Alk.

Alk is where I want. Phos where I want.

Sometimes salt has ammonia sources in it so it could be nitrates from the salt or source water.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Sometimes salt has ammonia sources in it so it could be nitrates from the salt or source water.

Well that seems to defeat the purpose now ... lol

I want to cut 20 ppm and added +2

 

[tbrown]

Well that seems to defeat the purpose now ... lol

I want to cut 20 ppm and added +2

You run RO, right? Check your water you're mixing and make sure it's not your filtration.

 

[Nate Chalk]

You run RO, right? Check your water you're mixing and make sure it's not your filtration.

100% run RO lol that made me laugh I didnt have an emergency tag in my post

Good thought.... does the Hannah HR Nitrate work with regular water lol

 

[tbrown]

100% run RO lol that made me laugh I didnt have an emergency tag in my post

Good thought.... does the Hannah HR Nitrate work with regular water lol

I think Hanna said it works on salt and fresh.

 

[tbrown]

Or, hear me out here... You might want to sit down for this...































RIP CLEAN!

 

[Nate Chalk]

Or, hear me out here... You might want to sit down for this...































RIP CLEAN!

No shot. I ever rip clean.

1.4N on source water. So not adding. Should've subtracted. Assuming testing error. Will test tomorrow.

 

[Nate Chalk]

i couldnt imagine source water being 50n ppm.... or is it. lol

 

[tbrown]

i couldnt imagine source water being 50n ppm.... or is it. lol

The MCL (maximum contaminant level) for nitrates in drinking water is 10 mg/l

 

[Nate Chalk]

The MCL (maximum contaminant level) for nitrates in drinking water is 10 mg/l

what if its a well? lol

 

[tbrown]

what if its a well? lol

Is it your well or a well operated and maintained by a company? If it's a personal well, you're not necessarily required to filter, but if you sell to someone else you probably are.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Is it your well or a well operated and maintained by a company? If it's a personal well, you're not necessarily required to filter, but if you sell to someone else you probably are.

Its my well

Wonder what its N level is. We have a house filter, and I RODI to 0-2 tds currently 1. 8 stage if you count then many canisters of di resin i use

 

[Projects with Sam]

Its my well

Wonder what its N level is. We have a house filter, and I RODI to 0-2 tds currently 1. 8 stage if you count then many canisters of di resin i use

I read you shouldn't deionize your drinking water unless you re-ionize it afterward. It'll make you incontinent and will weaken your gums among other side effects.
I was doing it for awhile till I read up on it and found I should only RO the drinking water.

 

[Nate Chalk]

I read you shouldn't deionize your drinking water unless you re-ionize it afterward. It'll make you incontinent and will weaken your gums among other side effects.
I was doing it for awhile till I read up on it and found I should only RO the drinking water.

O the drinking water is kinetico

the fish get bad gums

 

[tbrown]

Deionized water wants to reionize and can pull minerals from you supposedly.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Deionized water wants to reionize and can pull minerals from you supposedly.

so when we put deionized water in our tanks, it wants to pull minerals