Acoustic Posted May 4, 2003 Author Share Posted May 4, 2003 I am stupid and have used catalina water. I am now switching to deionized water and a good salt mix (Haven't decided). Link to comment
Joxer the Mighty Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 I also think your mini looks great! You sound unhappy with Catalina water, do you think that's the source of your cyano? I've been battling cyano for the longest time and have wondered if Catalina water is responsible. I'm too darn lazy to mix my own, but if that's what it's gonna take... Link to comment
Acoustic Posted May 8, 2003 Author Share Posted May 8, 2003 Ya I think the Catalina water is the source of the problem. I will post pictures of my filtration when I get batteries for my camera. Link to comment
ravenlot Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Sorry to hear your problems with Catalina water. To be quite honest, I think you're in the minority. I use Catalina (Real Ocean) water all the time and haven't had any problems with it. I hope you're not topping off with tap water? If you are, I would think that's the source of the problem. Otherwise, the other explanation I can think of is that the LFS that you're getting Catalina water from is contaminating it. Perhaps they're using tap water to top off their supply of Catalina water. At one LFS, I noiticed that they have some sort of valve that's connected to their livestock tanks. They sometimes fill customers containers from this valve rather than directly from their Catalina water reservoir (out of laziness I guess). That store has a lot of cyano in their tanks but even if they didn't, I wouldn't buy my Catalina water from them since it cycles through their livestock tanks. Link to comment
ravenlot Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Oops. I forgot to mention the reason I followed this thread. Acoustic, do you have any tips on using the macro feature of the Olympus C-4000? I just got one ($250 at Costco) and have been trying to get sharper pictures out of it. I was thinking about getting one of those close-up lens kits that I've seen on eBay. I've already asked for recommendations on another thread http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/showthread...?threadid=31157 but I'd like to get your opinion. Link to comment
Acoustic Posted May 12, 2004 Author Share Posted May 12, 2004 Ravenot- Holy Crap! This is one of my oldest threads! I will pm you with the settings I use. Link to comment
Chris687 Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 I just realized how old this thread is too. lol I would like to see updated pics. How many tanks do you have Acoustic? I like all your tanks you do a great job stocking and aquascaping... I was thinking about setting up one of these alife 7's I saw them on clearence at a LFS for only $50 bills. Not bad for a tank and lights.. IMO Link to comment
Acoustic Posted May 12, 2004 Author Share Posted May 12, 2004 This tank is no more.......... Here's the new one: http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/showthread...&threadid=31076 Link to comment
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