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I got the replacement filters today, and now I see 30 after RO stage and 0-1 after DI stage.. I dont know if I should even care about high TDS after RO stage anymore tbh, since after DI stage it is close to 0 now, which is what matters. Going back to why it crept up from 0 to 35 within a month...

Thanks to @MichaelB for helping me with 30g RODI water yesterday, I added 10g to my ATO and use 20g for water change.. I tested my water params today: Alk - 6.4 ph - 7.8 nitrates - 15 phosphates - 0.6 Salinity - 1.025 temp - 78 Ammonia, Nitrites - 0 Maybe low alk and ph are also the...

Err.. didnt get any emails from BAR so didnt check the thread.. thank you all for your comments, very valuable.. The PBT was laying down on the side last night and going close to the wavemaker to help with the irritation.. but has been swimming and eating since morning.. I added nori to the clip...

230 gallons Thanks @Turkeysammich and @SupraSaltyReefer I did check with all available AI agents as well as folks on R2R.. My PBT has a similar but a little less sever case than this one here: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/mucus-plugs.1129758/ This is not flukes/ich/velvet otherwise: 1...

R2R folks confirmed its Mucus Cones/plugs based off size of those spots.. Besides PBT, only Hippo tang shows it in small numbers, and fish is eating well and not hiding which usually implies its not ich/velvet.. Thanks Coral Reefer, yeah the temp factor was tried to be taken care of, but my...

I got most of the fish (except yellows and clowns) from a tank breakdown but needed them to be fish-sit for a month at my LFS coz my tank wasnt ready.. they were in Copper for some time during that entire month, but wouldn't say they were QTed.. Yes, you are right about high TDS just being a...

thanks @Kensington Reefer , I looked up your messages and I see "Feed everything with every feeding No single feed has all needed nutrients, but “everything” does! A fish’s stomach is ABOUT the size of 1 of its eyeballs “Appetizers” 4-8 times each day Aside from frozen feeds, my tanks get...

Thanks @MichaelB for the offer, you are awesome.. I will give message you to talk about it in a bit! @Turkeysammich here is a better video shared on Drobox (not sure why Youtube blurs some part of the video, but at times its better to watch the video on YT instead of embedded video on BAR)...

Hello All, A week back I did a 20% water change and noticed that the following day, my PBT showed mucus cones on its body.. I checked TDS in my RODI water and it was at 35.. I added Carbon Rox 0.8 in the tank and it appeared to make the mucus cones go away from my PBT, though my hippo tang...

GPT concurs that it looks spent! but as @Alexander1312 said, need to find out the root cause of the problem and thats most likely happening before the RO stage..

this is how it looks like right now.. not sure how to read this haha.. will check online or chat with gpt too

Thanks @Alexander1312 .. are you suggesting just add a DI stage to bring the TDS down and not worry about adding Activated Carbon stage? or do both? I dont know if there is Chloarmine present after DI stage since I never tested that, I just know that my tap water is treated with it by SJWater!

that's a really useful data point you have shared here for your setup.. I will share a pic of how it is looking right now in a bit.. Though that doesn't explain why RO water had a high TDS (over 50) before DI stage

So the water was added to the tank for over 2 weeks before livestock was added.. I got live rock so maybe they took care of the extra Ammonia added as part of the Chloramine in water? Just a guess.. my Hippo tang is still scratching itself every 10-15 mins, though PBT is alright now after I...

thanks for your reflection on this @PjFish .. RODI was the 1st thing I ordered after I ordered my tank and didnt truly understand how important a role this will play.. I was told RODI is RODI system, just throw and replace it after an year.. I started looking at BRS 5 stage now, which I believe...

Thanks, this is a good test.. I believe this is what would fit my system if I need to go activated carbon route: https://www.amazon.com/Aquatic-Life-Filtration-Particulate-Chloramine/dp/B0CZVM5HJ9 But I guess its better to see why TDS is so high after RO, so will just replace the Carbon for now...

Just went through your thread.. thanks @Alexander1312 .. do you think the membranes are already damaged within a month which might be causing the increase in TDS? Do you think adding another Catalytic Carbon stage will help fix the high TDS issue or do you recommend upgrading the entire setup to...

Hello All, I have a month old RODI setup, nothing too fancy, just a simple 4 stage RODI setup I got from Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Aquatic-Life-Changing-Deionization-Cartridge/dp/B00204CQF6/).. At the time of install I checked my TDS after the entire RODI process was around 1-5, compared to...

got this cute pair of clowns from @Woeday .. Bigger female was constantly nagging the male counterpart, guess somethings remain the same everywhere around the world :p Added them to the DT, staying in 1 part of the tank closer to the top of the overflow chamber).. hope they settle down soon!

Since I didnt have the tank cycled, Ed was helping to fish-sit all my fish.. These 5 died at his store (2 jumped out, though only 1 body was found)