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I’d say enough top off water for a week is pretty good. My ATO tank is 20 gallons and it’s only good for a week. When I leave town for extended periods, I put a 45 gal brut next to my tank and pump from that into my ATO tank. It’s a Manual Top Off for my Automatic Top Off.

But more importantly to me, any tips or secrets to get them to NOT split!!??? I one that turned into four, gave away three, then turned into two, then three, and now I’m giving away another. I’d give away another if it were easier to get them off my rocks.

Looks great. Did you figure out what you’re doing for ATO?

That is a crazy RODI setup!

That’s the exact problem I had until I got a peristaltic. Then....problem solved. I have mine set up to pull water through rather than push. My reactor is super stable now. I haven’t adjusted a thing in well over a month and my alk has been right around 8.0. It’s truly set it and forget it...

Very nice. I like the bandit! What are you building now?

I don’t worry about daily swings in most metrics. I shoot for alk of 8.0 and I really don’t care if it goes down in the low 7s or high 8s. If alk is good, calcium is likely good. I check calcium every few months, but it’s always higher than it needs to be, which isn’t a problem unless it gets so...

While your concern about PH and alk consumption is reasonable, I don’t think you need to worry about daily or even weekly fluctuations. It’s not going to hurt your tank if your alk goes up and down a little. However, you should check alk at least once a week and adjust CO2 accordingly. It’s...

That $5k could have also turned into $500. You might get lucky, but your more likely to have some degree of success if you buy the market, take losses here and there, but take a few more wins. Even the best stock pickers barely outperform the market as a whole in the long run. And after you...

They publish reports.... https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/water/supp_info/water_quality_resultsandreports/comprehensive_chemicalanalysis.html

From the way I understand it, when you do them individually, you can figure out which one is getting burnt up fastest and just replace that one more often. Then you’re not throwing away the unspent other one.

The carbon block and pre filter for my drinking water RO system are opaque, so I’m sure you can find them.

Mine is mostly green when not totally happy but the orange tips come out when life is good.

I have a deep tank, so I have three of them at varying lengths. Also, here’s some pics I took yesterday.

And lots of this....

Lots of scraping with this....

Thanks, let’s see an update on your tank!

Well here you go....from one head to five since February.

Right in that hole there....which is where he’s at 95% of the time.

Hey Menard, good to see you’re still around! For some reason, none of my builds have ever been real coraline growers. I get some, but nothing major. I just love a clean look, so I keep my back glass scraped. No secrets....just elbow grease? I’m not sure what you want to trade, and as you can...