Really nervous
- Thread starter Salty Dog
- Start date
Killerdrgn
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- Location
- Park Ridge, NJ
What is your water pressure at? It may be too low. You should have already produced 161.25 gallons of water if your RODI is 90 GPD. 90 Gallons / 24 hours * 43 Hours = 161.25 gallons.
- Location
- Melville, NY
yep they sell booster pumps, but they're a little expensive.
yep pressure coming into the house is 46psi,thats great, it figures just when you thought you have mostly everything you need now this. i WILL WAIT IT out for now because the tnk should be filed by wednesday at this rate and Im not realy in the mod to play with booster pumps. I will probaly do it at sometime not just now.
This is not an absolute! My live rock was placed on top of my sand bed about 1 year 8 months ago by these great people.
And they are still there. I even had a 6" neon engineer goby that was for ever pulling the sand out from under them and still have 2 other gobies who also like to move the sand out from under them.
So for those of you who are beginning to panic because your rocks were placed on the sand bed Stop the panic. As a matter of fact I have never set the rocks directly on the glass and after over 7 years and 5 tanks I have never had an avalanche nor any shifting in them.
The only time I've had shifting is in my eels' tanks.
This is not to say that it won't or cannot happen, I am simply stating that it is not an Absolute that the rock will come tumbling down if they are placed on top of the sand bed..
I believe that what is more important is to make sure they are very stable.
- Location
- Melville, NY
Well? Is it full? Lets get some pictues up!!
Hip Hip Hurray,
Its full and the pump noise has settled, seems to be running well. I wasnt really concerened bout the temp or salinity because of the time it took to fill, I just figured it was all dead. I come home today after work and right away I just poke around looking at the tank, water is crystal clear and temp is 77.5 salinity around 1.020 and then I see movement on a rock. Im like a kid with my face pressed against the glass, Oh my god its a little crab crawwling around the rocks. This is so cool im jumping around. I love this hobby. I will get pictures for you all.
Bill
Its full and the pump noise has settled, seems to be running well. I wasnt really concerened bout the temp or salinity because of the time it took to fill, I just figured it was all dead. I come home today after work and right away I just poke around looking at the tank, water is crystal clear and temp is 77.5 salinity around 1.020 and then I see movement on a rock. Im like a kid with my face pressed against the glass, Oh my god its a little crab crawwling around the rocks. This is so cool im jumping around. I love this hobby. I will get pictures for you all.
Bill
- Location
- poughquag, ny
< never did the rock first then sand either, i push rock down into sand and twist, i would still make up about 50-100 gallons of extra ro water for top off and in case you need to mix more water
- Location
- Melville, NY
Congrats!!! The excitement gets even better over time as more and more fun things get added!
On a side note, just be careful with the crabs that hitchhiked in. If you see one, it might be a good idea to pull it out and quarantine it for the time being until you make sure its a good somewhat "reef safe crab" (I say somewhat because a lot of people still say that no crab is reef safe because they are too unpredictable, but whatever, some are generally fine. I dont really care that one of my hermits occasionally eats a snail. Such is mother nature.) But some that hitchhike in can and will feed off small fish and corals. So its best to be on the safe side and pull them out if you can and check out what it is. You can always put it back later, or throw it in your sump/fuge. Or even bring it to an LFS if you arent sure or dont want it.
On a side note, just be careful with the crabs that hitchhiked in. If you see one, it might be a good idea to pull it out and quarantine it for the time being until you make sure its a good somewhat "reef safe crab" (I say somewhat because a lot of people still say that no crab is reef safe because they are too unpredictable, but whatever, some are generally fine. I dont really care that one of my hermits occasionally eats a snail. Such is mother nature.) But some that hitchhike in can and will feed off small fish and corals. So its best to be on the safe side and pull them out if you can and check out what it is. You can always put it back later, or throw it in your sump/fuge. Or even bring it to an LFS if you arent sure or dont want it.
That is great Bill! Really looking forward to those pics.
Your tank looks great Brandi, thanks for the comment
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