Water Chemistry

I have a question about the wet assembly on my vortech. On one side or quarter of the wet assembly there is a section that does not have grills/it is solid. Which direction should this face or does it matter?

This has been a crazy week with my water parameters taking a hit due to the tank breakdown. The Alkalinity spiked up to 15 dKH, but I turned off the calcium reactor 5 days ago. Water temperatures have risen higher than I prefer, but I've got that normalized as well. The LR (live rock) in the barrel has been circulating and skimmed, and I've been checking it for Ammonia and Nitrite, but it never cycled. The sponges never started dying off, fortunately. I've started moving some of the rock into ...

Tap Water Filtration with PlumbingSupply.com Faucet Adapter & H2O Science Diverter Valve
Saturday, July 10, 2010

I finally received the last piece of the puzzle yesterday. My PlumbingSupply.com 15/16 Male to 55/64 Male Faucet Adapter came in which allowed me to connect the H2O Science Diverter Valve to the sink in the Half Bathroom were I setup the Water General 6-Stage Reverse Osmosis/Deionization Tap Water Filtration System. Installation took about 5 minutes with all the ...

Tap Water Filtration with Aquatec 8800 Booster Pump & Hannah Instruments Dual TDS Meter
Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Well the UPS delivery guy showed up extremely late this evening to drop off my package. Poor guy looked exhausted and I really couldn't blame him because this heat has been horrible. But I got my delivery from H2O Science. I have to say I was not extremely impressed with their packing but at least my equipment made it here in one piece. I was a bit late but I still ...

My toadstool leather that I got on Saturday is not looking so good today and yesterday.

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