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Well I set up the new 55 gallon home for the 3 green spotted puffer fish only to find that one of the green spotted puffer fish had committed suicide and jumped out of the tank and onto the floor roughly 5 feet below. I watched one of them do it when I was home, figured he was dead from the fall but I got him back into the tank and was fine a few hours later. Not sure if it was the same one or not so now the 2 puffers have 55 gallons to play in.

Going to use one of my 96 watt Power ...

Ok so the lady brought home the "75G tank" which actually turns out is the same size as my 55 g.... so its a 55 g.... anyway not to bad condition there are some scratches on it and it appears that the bracing on the top has some small cracks but still in tack.

I filled it with water outside to test it and the top seems to hold fine but there is obvious bowing in the middle of the front and back panes.... Is this normal for acrylic? Never owned one but assume since its plastic ...

o I have the 55gallon freshwater,

im working on a 55gallon salt water tank now

I also had a 5g tank that was for a quarantine tank.. but the woman called and said set it up I am bringing something home.... ok

SHE COMES HOME WITH 3 GREEN SPOTTED PUFFERS!

I cant put them in my 55 g freshwater cause they will terrorize the rest so they go into the 5 gallon for now.

The woman today finds a 75 gallon used acrylic tank for like $40.... ...

So I have to admit I did not buy a RO/DI from Melev, but to my defense I bought mine before I knew he sold them.

But I have some questions.

So I am thinking I will put the unit in my garage, and use trash bins or the like for storing the water. One for waste and one for pure.
Now my thought was to have a float valve control when the ro unit stops producing water so I dont flood the garage. I didnt know at first but most units produce 2-4 times the amount of waste ...

This message is directed at melev but if anyone else knows great.

I am building an over flow box from his design here http://www.melevsreef.com/acrylics/overflow.html

so the siphon hose from the top will go to my maxi jet 900 that will be in the tank, now from my understanding of how it works the maxi jet will pull the air out of the enclosed area to create a siphon and cause the water to flow into and through the over flow box.

My question is that once the ...