Equipment

I purchased an additional EcoTech Marine Vortech MP10w ES pump for my aquarium to most address the issue of additional surface agitation/water flow in the aquarium. I have been unable to raise the first Vortech I purchased without stirring up the sand bed to get the required flow I wanted. So the second Vortech was purchased and placed on the right of the aquarium just offset to the rear slightly. The pumps are not synchronized wirelessly since I still have to purchase the RF Card for the first ...

Up until this point I have been utilizing Poland Spring water as top off freshwater for my aquarium. This probably has brought on most of the algae issues as I use Nutri-Seawater for my regular salt mix. It utilizes an Aquatec 8800 Booster Pump since the main water pressure is only 35 PSI. This unit requires a minimum 60 PSI to function properly. I am pretty happy with the system so far. I made my first batch of top off freshwater and I'm hoping to see some phosphate levels drop in the next few ...

As I've explained previously, when my skimmer's cup gets full I end up with a wet mess on and around the sump. Prior to MACNA I set up a waste collector tied to the Apex to avoid the clean up. While away, my tank sitter had to empty it out once, but until today I'd not seen first hand how it worked. I knew in theory what should happen, but it's nice to see a plan work out as expected.

The Phosphates measured .33 yesterday.

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I was looking to replace the Innovative Marine Protein Skimmer because it looked like such an eyesore in the new aquarium. At this point I am not interested in running a sump on the system. So I purchased a Reef Octopus BH-2000 Hang On Back Protein Skimmer from Reef Specialty a few days ago. Unfortunately, I was told it would be shipped the same day or the next day. Well three days later it still wasn't shipped. I called to get an inquiry on shipping and each time I called I was told I had ...

So I may just have been extremely tired but I have been looking for a vendor that sells Deltec Equipment here in the United States and I'm not having much luck. I have some expansion ideas for my aquarium but they are mostly dependent on finding the Deltec equipment. Any thoughts?