AlanM

Sounds like you might try BRK first, but if they don't have it McMaster-Carr carries the stuff that the DIY aquarium folks at Reef Central like. RTV108 is the product. http://www.mcmaster.com/#7545A472 should get you there for a 10 oz cartridge of the translucent stuff. RTV103 is the black stuff if you want that. McMaster ships overnight by default. I often order in the afternoon and it shows up the next day.

I see a dual TDS meter. Turn it on. For my BRS RODI moving the switch to the left shows the TDS coming from the RO and to the right shows the TDS coming out of the DI. On mine the RO puts it out at 4 and the DI puts it out at 0. The BRS one has color coded tubing. This one is all white, so make sure you know which one is waste from the RO and which is the good stuff, hehe.

Bladder tank and a Tee off the RO line just before it reaches the DI stage is a great idea. It's what I did and the water is really tasty. Still pretty low TDS at only 4. If it's really far from your sink you could do something like a generic 10" filter housing with a high quality carbon filter cartridge in it and use a couple of Tee's to make a bypass loop through the filter to your 3/8" compression fittings for the cold supply line so you can do two valves to run filtered water out the cold when you need it and turn them back to be back to regular water.

Ok. Duh. Didn't think of an extension cord from the eb8 upstairs. Thanks. Stuff like this is why I ask questions even if I think I might know the right way to do it, because I'm usually not seeing something obvious.

Ok. I'd use ro/di tubing, so I think it wouldn't collapse, but it would be about 10 feet. It makes a difference on if I have to get another eb8 for the apex and a longish usb cable to the basement from the tank upstairs to control it.

Here it is from BRS http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/catalog/product/view/id/2024/

Saddle tap is not reversible. Why not something like this https://espressocare.com/Qstore/Qstore.cgi?CMD=011&PROD=1220548098&PNAME=John+Guest+In+Line+Valve Or google "John guest under sink tee" for more options, or the add-a-tee would work from Lowes. You'd run the supply line in with the compression fitting included.

If the 2 part chemicals were in the basement and the tank and sump were upstairs would it be better to put peristaltic dosers up by the tank pulling the chemicals up or would it be better to put them downstairs and pushing the chemicals up. I think it would work either way, and when I asked the question of Avast about their ATO deluxe they said it didn't matter, but maybe a much slower 1.1ml doser would be different?

OldReefer, I'd missed this thread. It looks awesome. Looks like you're the one to talk to if someone wants a great recovery after tank problems. YHSublime, I've seen bare bottom tank builders on RC go to http://www.cuttingboardcompany.com/custom.asp for their starboard.

You could always brush on some epoxy and glue sand to it. 8)

I did just what they say in this video. Float valve for shutoff in trash can wall works great and then you don't have to remember to shut it off to avoid a flood.

Neat. I envy folks who can leave buckets of stuff around when setting things up. My kids would be all over that and have it spread around in five minutes.

Yeah. Still thinking about that. How big will your inside box be? Was thinking glass for adhesive issues rather than structural, mostly. Heard silicone doesn't stick well long term to acrylic so was going to use it for looks around glass rather than for water holding maybe.

6mm graylite black (actually dark gray) or other dark tinted glass to see how much a glass internal overflow box would cost. 4 pieces total 4 inches tall on the sides, 3 inches tall in the front (to provide for water to fall over the front edge), 36 inches wide, 1 inch front to back (bottom piece). Then I'd probably get a clear glass box with 4 sides, dimensions of 5"x5"x36" to silicone behind the tank and I'd cut 4 1.5" holes in the back wall to link the internal box with the external box where the plumbing actually is. I've contacted Adam to build me something nice out of acrylic to cover the plumbing part in the back since it won't be in the wall.

I'm trying to contact them to get something similar cut and I only get their machine when I call and no response so far from emailing them. Maybe I'll have to drive over there.

Right. Tony is the guy from CMAS, right? I've read good stuff about his stands. Tempted to do that instead of a 3/4" plywood box for mine too.

I'd been doing searches on the same subject recently both here and on CMAS forums and a few folks recommended these guys, which are right up the road from you (and me). http://www.rockvillesteelco.com/index.html

Why wouldn't DNA from dead ich parasites from a now clean tank that had once had an outbreak show up in the sample?

Last time I was there I asked the docent standing on top of it if there was going to be real coral, and he said that as far as he knew it was all going to be fake since the setup doesn't allow the light or flow requirements needed by most of them. Most of the display tanks were fake coral except for the few that were specifically mentioned as having real coral with the types noted.

Adam, this is the aquarium I want. kthx

Do they readily eat dried hair algae that grows on the turf scrubber? I thought they were pickier and liked to eat more macro-algae type stuff like nori, ulva, gracillaria, etc.

Right, but it's possible that those brown buttons have way way more palytoxin in them than a zoa does, so be careful going around them to cut the xenia. After the recent rash of stories, I'm kind of scared to have any Palythoa in my house.

This is terrible for these folks. Davelin315 runs AFCI breakers with no problem. Coral Hind said he had to take them off because the MH would trip them when starting up. They talked about in one of my question threads a month ago, or so. Since I don't have MH, I think I'm going to install AFCI breakers and GFCI outlets on them with a ground probe in the sump. http://wamas.org/forums/topic/54314-sizing-a-circuit-for-new-tank/

Are those zoas or palys? I'm not expert, by any means, but those look bigger than I expect zoas to be.

Have you seen this guys algae scrubber? Looks like he's growing a forest in there. How can he possibly be feeding enough to grow that much algae? Maybe he confused the 2part dosing containers for his reef tank and the macro fertilizers for his plant tank. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=21103931&postcount=42