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Gimmito's 450 gal L-shaped tank

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Finally got my Kold Sterile Filter hooked up. I had unions & ball valve added for easy removal. A hose bib was added for easy hook up to a boat hose.
 
I have absolutely no experience with that type of filter, but if you're getting fairly purified water coming out are you sure you're not going to get into trouble having copper on both sides of it?
 
I guess the water isn't quite as pure as when you put it through an RO/DI unit, because with that you will leech copper if its connected to the output.
 
never mind:

My tapwater contains high levels of phosphates i.e., 1.5mg/L Ortho phosphate.
Can a Kold Ster-il® remove the phosphates & silicates sufficiently to be
able to keep aquaria free of excessive algae or diatom growth?
My tapwater shows low levels of Ortho phosphate and silicates
but my reef tanks have excessive algae growth.

The Kold Ster-il® sorbs ortho phosphate + hydrolyzable phosphates + other organic bound phosphates. The 0.20µm filter bag found in the second canister will completely restrict particulate phosphates found in many types of surface water supplies. Under optimum conditions, standard Kold Ster-il® can produce filtrate containing 0.100mg/L total phosphates. If Phosphate is the major problem occurring in your water supply, we recommend slowing intake water flow down to 1-2 liters per minute. Another solution is add 1 pound of our special activated alumina to the 0.20 micron filter bag. Difficult mixing of synthetic salts (brown floc or plating) means phosphate based charged polymer water conditioners or hexa-meta, poly, tripoly phosphates (1.0-2.0 mg/L concentration) added as a corrosion or heavy metals inhibitor. We suggest a Kold Ster-il® system with our activated alumina complex. This will sorb the phosphate complex + any bonded heavy metals. Both hexa-meta and poly phosphates must be determined via hot acid digestion which converts the complexed phosphorus over into a detectable ortho phosphate. As an additional benefit silicates are fully sorbed along with the various inorganic and organic phosphates.
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ok is it just me but why does that company always use "sorb"?? Are they doing a short hand of absorb, or are they trying to skirt legal issues because it really doesn't absorb? Or are they just not very well versed in English? :D
 
JAR said:
Your kidding!
It looks like your gonna open a LFS.
That is cool.
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I was thinking that as well.
I mean it is really cool and all. But how many fish are you going to buy at one time?

On the other hand, you can have breeding tanks and other specialized areas!
 
...back to our regular scheduled programming. :p

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Gen stopped by and dropped off my qt with lids and a larger qt that fits nicely on top for larger fish. I was thinking of using it as a online or offline fuge, but thought it would be too much hassle when adding medication. He also took measurements for a light rack, not sure if I want to put a actuator on it or heavy duty drawer pulls for easy axcess.
 
rygh said:
JAR said:
Your kidding!
It looks like your gonna open a LFS.
That is cool.
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I was thinking that as well.
I mean it is really cool and all. But how many fish are you going to buy at one time?

On the other hand, you can have breeding tanks and other specialized areas!
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They always say to introduce multiples of one species all at one time. So say I want to introduce 7 royal grammas or 5 picasso clowns...this qt allows me to do just that. It is pretty versatile as you mentioned, if I decide to start breeding down the line (which I would love to try).
 
getSmarter(insert username here);

GreshamH said:
never mind:

My tapwater contains high levels of phosphates i.e., 1.5mg/L Ortho phosphate.
Can a Kold Ster-il® remove the phosphates & silicates sufficiently to be
able to keep aquaria free of excessive algae or diatom growth?
My tapwater shows low levels of Ortho phosphate and silicates
but my reef tanks have excessive algae growth.

The Kold Ster-il® sorbs ortho phosphate + hydrolyzable phosphates + other organic bound phosphates. The 0.20µm filter bag found in the second canister will completely restrict particulate phosphates found in many types of surface water supplies. Under optimum conditions, standard Kold Ster-il® can produce filtrate containing 0.100mg/L total phosphates. If Phosphate is the major problem occurring in your water supply, we recommend slowing intake water flow down to 1-2 liters per minute. Another solution is add 1 pound of our special activated alumina to the 0.20 micron filter bag. Difficult mixing of synthetic salts (brown floc or plating) means phosphate based charged polymer water conditioners or hexa-meta, poly, tripoly phosphates (1.0-2.0 mg/L concentration) added as a corrosion or heavy metals inhibitor. We suggest a Kold Ster-il® system with our activated alumina complex. This will sorb the phosphate complex + any bonded heavy metals. Both hexa-meta and poly phosphates must be determined via hot acid digestion which converts the complexed phosphorus over into a detectable ortho phosphate. As an additional benefit silicates are fully sorbed along with the various inorganic and organic phosphates.
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