Just between us girls
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Oh yes, please stop posting these amazing photos! I can't stand it anymore!
As soon as I saw the group photo around the rock there I thought "I love those rocks! I wonder how he keeps them so clean?" And then you answered me! lol How often do you remove rocks for cleaning?
Thank youOh yes, please stop posting these amazing photos! I can't stand it anymore!
As soon as I saw the group photo around the rock there I thought "I love those rocks! I wonder how he keeps them so clean?" And then you answered me! lol How often do you remove rocks for cleaning?
The answer to that question has been changing (for the better). I had been plagued with brown algae (diatoms) and they made house cleaning miserable. I had since declared war on diatoms and read everything under the sun trying to gather the intel needed to understand this adversary. So, I have dramatically reduced the problem and today, the nuclear option arrived in the mail: a RO DI System
The source of the diatom problem is very high silicates in my tap water. So, by eliminating the food source, the diatoms should start disappearing forever. Future plans include creating some sort of planted tank (refugium) piped to my display tank that will consume 100% of my nitrate load (actually, it will out compete the nitrifying bacteria for the ammonia so nitrates are not even made). That's the goal anyways
Sorry for geeking out, I'm just excited that the RO DI arrived today.
I completely understand! I too have a RODI unit. I rarely use it now that I moved onto a different/better, yet way more expensive solution, a dedicated iron filter to remove just the iron, not add salt to the water (like my water softener) and leave all the goodness my plants DO like. Had to make that switch when I added the 5k gallon pond, RO wasn't gonna cut it. hehe
Glad you found your problem AND a solution, that's a great thing! Hope it works out for you!
I rarely use it now that I moved onto a different/better, yet way more expensive solution, a dedicated iron filter to remove just the iron, not add salt to the water (like my water softener) and leave all the goodness my plants DO like. Had to make that switch when I added the 5k gallon pond, RO wasn't gonna cut it. heheGlad you found your problem AND a solution, that's a great thing! Hope it works out for you!
Huh? Please tell me more about this iron filter? Is it like a whole house filter that you might plumb just upstream of the where the water softener would normally be?I completely understand! I too have a RODI unit.
Glad you found your problem AND a solution, that's a great thing! Hope it works out for you!
I was reviewing my folder from this series and noticed a few more that I'd like to add. While he is not "one of the girls," I though Tsididi (the tank Beta male) should make an appearance
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