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Can you eloborate on this? This seems like a novel statement I have not heard before, which is interesting. Yes, I tend to agree. I guess there are some basics over the (recent) years which seem to have turned out to be more broadly applicable or advisable, but the rest comes down to ‘it...

They do not seem to like what you are cooking :). But I believe I had similar issues, until I found the right food. Now there is always a frenzy no matter how often I feed.

Yes, I do, because of exactly this problem. I tried different ways, strong flow, no return, no flow, but landed on keeping a light flow, return off while feeding frozen food. For pellet food/auto feeder, everything stays on as normal.

There were only two people in this thread who claimed there is such a thing as overfeeding. I was one of them, so here is my response: By having higher than desirable nutrient levels in the tank which unnecessarily pollutes the water while the animals do not seem to benefit from the additional...

I used to have all types from them, but looks like I gave them away. Still have these - will bring them to the swap.

If you are in the rare situation where your nutrient export is higher than your import - then feeding is the better choice, agreed. This is not common and folks mostly have not that ‘problem’ in standard (large) reef tank setup where multiple large fish are housed even with heavy coral livestock...

Welcome :). I am admittedly not a meta fan, but thanks for sharing the link. Always great to get different perspectives. Looks like they have quite a big club in Boston and some famous supporters. Feel free to share any best practices they had at this club we could consider adopting, as we are...

Why DKI pellets? Any particular ones? I still have quite a few if you come to the swap. Do not add nitrate or phosphate supplements. Slowly increase feeding pellets if phosphate are too low or good quality frozen food (LRS, rods, PE mysis) if you are looking to increase nitrates. For pellet...

Semi translated into English, haha. The conclusion is that flakes are not great, and I would say Artemia aka Brine shrimps neither. Brine shrimp being grown in China next to fish farms are particularly concerning so I do not feed brine shrimps. And should probably stop feeding flakes, which I...

I do believe we seriously overfeed in the US and I do not share the sentiment that you need to feed 8 times daily. We are an outlier compared to other countries in this regards. I can show you tanks with well fed and great looking (large) fish who are being fed twice a day with high quality...

Close :). I need to take a video. She is probably the fattest YT you have ever seen, thanks to the dandelions.

We are vegetarians. Only beans in the house. You should have not asked, I tend to answer truthfully.

Interesting. I assume the RO membrane is setup before the DI stages.

Are you saying you have the membrane at the end? This is highly unusual. Any reason for this?

Some initial conclusions on how to resolve my concerns related to detectable chloramine post RO, following several chats with Chris/Airwaterice. He founded his RODI company 43 years ago, so I bet on his knowledge being accurate. Overall, Chris thinks the test shows a false positive result. He...

Since you live in the same area as @spuri87 , just trying to understand your system again - I assume you have 0 TDS vetted with two different TDS meter? In terms of sequence, can you confirm your system: Stage 1 - Sediment Stage 2 - Sediment Stage 3 - Catalytic carbon Stage 4 - RO membrane...

Lawrence, I would highly recommend buying one. I am really looking at indoor air quality differently since I use them, not only for reef tank purposes - specifically if you have guests in your house.

I believe you have to rethink your RODI needs. An RODI cannot be too big but too 'small', in my opinion. I have 8 stages for 27/28 TDS, and still need to make some adjustments. I think you should talk to someone who does this for a living, so you are not spending more money than needed, but...

It is clear that the DI is exhausted. But this is more likely just a symptom, not the root cause. For comparison - I have 27 TDS water and I am at 2500 gallon on my three-stage DI and they are used by less than 30%. Let's not forget his carbon does not filter out chloramine, as stated on the...

So maybe going back to the drawing board on what you are trying to resolve. You have a) relatively high TDS and b) chloramine in the water which needs to be removed, depending on your water suppliers reports, if high also PH, might be even harder to remove than it is already compared to...