sfsuphysics
Supporting Member
After my little tank mishap, and having seen others as well, the number one thing that happens is said tank owner typically freaks out a bit(or a lot) and tries to find a way to remedy the situation, in doing so often forgets to do something that might be helpful or what not. Because sometimes bad things happen and it's not always something that's really your fault.
Feel free to add if anything else that you feel are essential, I'm not talking doubling up on equipment either, I realize if a heater fails having a spare is useful, or if you need to empty your tank, having a spare tank can be quite nice. Specifically I'm looking for items you might not ordinary use but could get you out of a pinch in a hurry.
Carbon - Probably high up on the list of things to have, the ability to "purify" water is quite useful. I realize some run carbon all the time, me however its sitting around for emergencies.
Reactor/Canister filter - Having any media that cleans the water is nice, however something can be said about the effectiveness when running actively through a canister or reactor as opposed to just tossing it in a "high flow area" of the sump.
Polyfilters - Before my issue, I've really never heard of these, apparently these things are the wonder absorber, sucking up organics and heavy metals, ammonia too supposedly but you need a low pH for that to occur.
Water! - Specifically enough spare RO/DI water so that you can do at least a 30% water change on your system or so. My problem is that my system is too large (180g) for any single can to hold sufficient water. I'm looking into maybe a couple 44g brutes plumbed together somehow.
I also picked up some Cuprizorb, but there apparently wasn't any copper or other heavy metals in my system that I really needed it, so don't think I'd consider this a "necessity" item.
Feel free to add if anything else that you feel are essential, I'm not talking doubling up on equipment either, I realize if a heater fails having a spare is useful, or if you need to empty your tank, having a spare tank can be quite nice. Specifically I'm looking for items you might not ordinary use but could get you out of a pinch in a hurry.
Carbon - Probably high up on the list of things to have, the ability to "purify" water is quite useful. I realize some run carbon all the time, me however its sitting around for emergencies.
Reactor/Canister filter - Having any media that cleans the water is nice, however something can be said about the effectiveness when running actively through a canister or reactor as opposed to just tossing it in a "high flow area" of the sump.
Polyfilters - Before my issue, I've really never heard of these, apparently these things are the wonder absorber, sucking up organics and heavy metals, ammonia too supposedly but you need a low pH for that to occur.
Water! - Specifically enough spare RO/DI water so that you can do at least a 30% water change on your system or so. My problem is that my system is too large (180g) for any single can to hold sufficient water. I'm looking into maybe a couple 44g brutes plumbed together somehow.
I also picked up some Cuprizorb, but there apparently wasn't any copper or other heavy metals in my system that I really needed it, so don't think I'd consider this a "necessity" item.
