SirVilhelm
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Speaking of TDS, I just installed an inline meter on my RO/DI and I am reading 1ppm. I have a five stage filter, should I replace all of them or just a particular filter?
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wartskin
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The problem with having just one TDS monitor on a system us is MONITORS the whole system and not each individual filter. Generally speaking you should change your Sediment Filter 3500 gallons or every six months I think the same is true for carbon blocks( I would check) your RO filter is said to last three to five years, I change mine every year. Your DI you will only get about 400 gallons of usable product before it needs to be changed. Now if you would rather not try and keep up with all of that them you can do what I did and get a TDS meter for every filter, that way you know which one needs to be changed and not spend the money to change every one of them when your PPM goes up.
EleganceMan
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ok.....i canceled the crosshatch.... i am humbly taking your advice. It is a very hard thing to cancel that fish....so beautiful and I really want something that is unique.
dancewithethan
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I currently own a Spectrapure RO/DI unit and have been very happy with it. as to waste water, it's not a waste at all. you can correct it and use it for other purpose such as watering plants, wash a car, or any household items (just don't drink it).
as for the filter, it'll last you for a long time before you have to replace them.
IMO those water conditioning solutions are OK for the fish only tank, but it will not filter out other harmful chemicals that is killing corals and clams.
you have a very expensive live stocks which cost more than hundreds of dollars, so investing in RO/DI unit which cost less than your live stocks world make sense. good luck!
You will be much happier in the long run. Get the tank up and running smoothly, add a Crosshatch down the road if you wish. They arent that hard to find, and they really are beautiful fish, I had a pair in my 210.
On another note, I noticed in a different thread you were trying to combat ich by taking all your fish out and putting them in QT. But, then i saw you mention you put a few in the sump. Are they still in the sump?
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dance...
thanks for the info....i will put the money from the crosshatch into a good rodi unit.
creade...
i only had them in the sump until i could move them to my LFS...i caught them during a huge blizzard so i put them in the sump until it passed. can you show me some pics of your triggers? What other fish do you have with them, and any shrimp? Do they bother any of your corals or inverts?
thanks for the info....i will put the money from the crosshatch into a good rodi unit.
creade...
i only had them in the sump until i could move them to my LFS...i caught them during a huge blizzard so i put them in the sump until it passed. can you show me some pics of your triggers? What other fish do you have with them, and any shrimp? Do they bother any of your corals or inverts?
I do not have any pics of the triggers.
Even in the 210 they are BIG fish.
Housed with - Purple Tang, Flame Angel, a school of threadfin cardinals, maroon clown, lots of gobies, lawnmower blenny, and a few flasher wrasse.
I did not experience any aggressive behavior whatsoever. HOWEVER, when its feeding time, dont stick your finger in the tank, sometimes fingertips apparently look like silversides to triggers. One of my clown gobies was actually grabbed by the male crosshatch in his feeding frenzy one day, luckily he was spit out and lived happily ever after.
As for shrimp, once upon a time there were peppermints added to the tank. Never really saw them before or after the triggers, so cant really say for sure.
They did not bother any corals, but they do blow sand from time to time, so if you have any colonies on the sandbed, they may need to be blown off now and again.
Great fish, just give it sometime.
Even in the 210 they are BIG fish.
Housed with - Purple Tang, Flame Angel, a school of threadfin cardinals, maroon clown, lots of gobies, lawnmower blenny, and a few flasher wrasse.
I did not experience any aggressive behavior whatsoever. HOWEVER, when its feeding time, dont stick your finger in the tank, sometimes fingertips apparently look like silversides to triggers. One of my clown gobies was actually grabbed by the male crosshatch in his feeding frenzy one day, luckily he was spit out and lived happily ever after.
As for shrimp, once upon a time there were peppermints added to the tank. Never really saw them before or after the triggers, so cant really say for sure.
They did not bother any corals, but they do blow sand from time to time, so if you have any colonies on the sandbed, they may need to be blown off now and again.
Great fish, just give it sometime.
EleganceMan
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wow... sounds like a nice tank. I have been looking at crosshatch triggers for sometime now and that one on liveaquaria looks like it has really nice coloring.... is that just the difference in picture quality or are some a lot more colorful than others?
Some do have better coloration than others. Obviously, males have the tail coloration as well.
If by chance your considering getting a pair eventually, id buy a pair thats already housed together and not look for singles.
Our LFS had a heck of a time getting in a pair that was compatible.
If by chance your considering getting a pair eventually, id buy a pair thats already housed together and not look for singles.
Our LFS had a heck of a time getting in a pair that was compatible.
EleganceMan
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thats funny..... and yes it is a nice green :lol:
EleganceMan
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what i do think is strange is that most people are so worried when they have some algae... some of the healthiest systems are the dirtiest....i do beleive i read that from a reefer who has had his tank for over thirty years. Some people do so much work to have this pristine tank and it ends up crashing because of some mis-hap with there complex system. Sometimes simpler and more natural is better IMO. Plus I love the different kinds of algaes.... but this is hard when my favorite fish are tangs!!!
wartskin
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Most are lovers of the tangs but what we must keep in mind is that tangs are OPEN water swimmers. They need large bodies of water to be comfortable. Take the Naso Vlamingi tang, very beautiful but can reach lenghts of 2 feet. Even in a 210 thats a bit cramped. Then if you stack large fish like this you have a great load on the system which can lead to serious problems. If you are gonna choose a large tang , find the one that you really want and let that be the only one you get and introduce smaller reef fish like my favorite (not hardy and not suggested until your system is much healthier) the Ventralis Anthias.
They shouldn't be used as a form of alge control.
They shouldn't be used as a form of alge control.
EleganceMan
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OK ITS HERE!!! I COULDNT STOP THIS ONE!!! HOPE IT DOES OK!!
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Really not to impressed with liveaquarias packing on this one....they had it upside down and some of the coral has been rubbed off and it looks really faded in color....
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Finished acclimating
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