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ive used scripps on and off for about six years ,no complaints, i heard about it from ron at octapuss garden, lots of local merchants use it to transport fish also, only problem i ever had was the weight of the 55 gal. , 55 x8lbs, bringing it in the house was a pain, but if your on a budjet...

i suck at this

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both rubbermaid containers i looked at homedepot yesterday are maid of the same material, at least the main part is ,ldpe, low density polyethalene. but is there anything else diff. the brute can (usda) is a thicker can then the roughneck, is this the only diff.?

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ive had my two rubbermaid,roughneck cans about a year , i was told by aqua fx that they have heard from numerous custamers that there storage tank (garbage can) has melted, or released compounds into the r/o water, i emailed rubber made and they said that the cans i use wouldn't release anything...

ive had my two rubbermaid,roughneck cans about a year , i was told by aqua fx that they have heard from numerous custamers that there storage tank (garbage can) has melted, or released compounds into the r/o water, i emailed rubber made and they said that the cans i use wouldn't release anything...

i was told by my r/o manufacturer that r/o water can deteiorate garbage cans, i use a 20 gallon rubbermaid roughneck,i was told the container has to be food grade or it might melt from straight r/o water.i emailed rubbermaid ,but no response yet anybody heard of this. i'm having trouble with...

o.k. my ph meters batteries died about two months ago added new batts. now i get a ph of 7.6 in my tank ,yikes!? what do i do now, just get some buffer and slowly add over a couple days or will it be bad to do it in one day??? all other para, are normal ;alk,ca,temp, sp.gr. what went wrong?

THANKS thats what i thought it was. nitrate kit must be bad

basically whats the ph of r/o d.i. water? and r/o removes nitrates correct? i'm getting a low reading of nitrates in my r/o water

o.k i'll try to be as short as possible. 1 month ago removed and added variuos coral. added second 175w. m.h. to my 50g . monti in top of tank for several months doing excellent! then after 2nd light, monti turns from dark brown to white.three weeks gone by, still white, not dead just white...

i have a barracuda r/o d.i. unit . my ques, is how do you tell if the membrane needs to be replaced, my tank has had a hair and cyano outbreak for the last 3 weeks ,i replaced the di cart, about 2 weeks ago , but still the cyano persists, i rarely feed at all, the tds monitor (inline) reads...

no, i use seachem products, my ca. is +500ppm alk is 9 dkh

help, my sand bed is clumping, what causes that?