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When the electricity came on, the circulation pump inside the tank came on, and i left that running. but i didn't want to overwhelm the fish. so i decided to leave the pump in the sump and the lights off. I really wanted to focus on the temp of the water, since it got down to 63. I pretty much made a plan and when i hit a certain point and everything was ok i went on to another item, so then i turned the lights on then the pump in the sump. I pretty much had to make a decision and stick with it. I've never been in this situation and i didn't have power at the house to come on to wamas and ask. I don't know if this was luck or not. But everything seems to be ok. My domino fish had white spots all over the body and now he just got a tiny bit of dots but that's it.

ok well, my girlfriend is calling me every so often updating me on the fish. Things are looking up now. I got her to get the temperature up to 77 within 4 hours. While the temperature was going up at about 70 degrees i had her feed the fish as much as they wanted. Must say they were reallllllllyyyyyyyyyy hungry. After they ate they looked more alive. So then i had her turn on all the pumps with lights. My biggest worry was the yellow tang. It was on it's side barely breathing. Now it's atleast swimming and ate pretty well. Whew, Im just hoping it continues towards the positive side. No loss of fish.

power went out yesterday at 6pm, today power didn't come on until 10am. out of 8 fish that i have, 3 look like they're going to die. water temp got down to about 63. very frustrating, feel like im about to break down any moment.

any pictures of the skimmer? and does it come with a pump? thanks

i didn't see anywhere that you've tried a refugium. it has worked for me. refugium is something i don't see that you've tried. i will tell you that it takes a couple weeks for the refugium to work. but it works.

he does do great work.

I've had horrible algae problems. then i figured i'd invest in a refugium. All algae i've had went away in about 3 weeks. Im a firm believer of refugiums.

my fault, i feel stupid. there is no decimal point. i was looking at it from a distance and it looked like there was a decimal point. so it's 002 ppm and 145 ppm. just to add on. i lessened the pressure of the water from my faucet as i did that. meter went down to 001 ppm. it makes sense since the lower the pressure the system get's more out?

i am mixing up water right now, using the ro/di system. as i am going back and forth checking on the tds meter. it's up to 0.06ppm. definitely need new filters. but now did i waste the salt? what is the threshold of ppm that when the water is no good?

my intake is 145ppm my out is 0.02ppm

TDS Meter dual In-Line made by HM Digital.

thanks for the input, really appreciate it. this is my first ro/di system. so im still trying to get used to it. hook it up the way i'll like it. which not sure if to hook it up permanently or in a way if i need to move it i can. I bought a faucet adaptor and used it that way. I live in a condo, not sure how long i'll be here.

i've got the air water ice typhoon system. it is reading 0.02, just checked it again. i'll need to see if that's equal to 2 ppm. Are there filters that are better then others? Or all take out the same junk? thanks

The TDS Meter is reading 0.02 on the filtered water. I was wondering if it's still ok to use the water for water exchanges until i get new filters.

that looks very nice

beautiful patterns

i am definitely going to try this. i guess i would need to disconnect my refugium ?

usually bottom glass of tanks are tampered. aquarium does a good job at drilling. I've had mine drilled over there. But no guarantees though. Atleast i don't remember there being any guarantees that it doesn't crack.

what time is good to stop by tomorrow to look at stuff still available?

i can help, let me know what day(s) you're thinking about doing the transfer.

it's ok. i didn't pm or e-mail you, i posted it on here. It was post #3.

Just bought a Canon T2i over the d5000. Check it out if you haven't before. i think it's a much more superior camera parts wise, features it's pretty much the same, but the features on the canon work better. i've noticed that.

Onyx, I asked if you still have the auto topoff but haven't received a response. Let me know. thanks.

Sonny, You must've received an A+ in marketing/psychology.

My refugium cracked and he fixed it. What a cool guy to chat with, and full of knowledge. Once again thanks.