Plumbing

I woke up today excited to receive my pallet from Premium Aquatics. It arrived 2.5 hours later than promised, which delayed my other project but what could I do about that? The pallet has Tropic Eden sand, both dry and many trays of live sand for the new tank. Two bags of calcium reactor media by Tropic Eden (large reef 'bones' type), Sybon reef salt, filter socks, Vertex NP pellets, bulkheads, Phosphate Control, thermometers and more. The driver had to make two trips up the driveway with his ...

Over the weekend, I tackled a relatively small project that turned into an exhausting task. The copper pipe that comes up out of the slab foundation feeds the water heater, and it had to be relocated. To do so, I had to cut out the concrete around those pipes, which allows for the necessary alterations that get the water heater completely out of the way once and for all (I hope!).

I rented a concrete cutting saw, and walled off the fishroom from the living room.

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For the past month, my toilet has been driving me nuts. I replaced the refill mechanism, but once it was full, over the next 5 to 10 minutes it would drain about 1.5" of water, and refill. The only solution to not wasting water was to shut off the water line going to the toilet. Then when it was time to use it again, open the valve, wait for it to fill up, and proceed - then close it down again. It was very very annoying.

I bought a new flapper from Home Depot, but that didn't ...

My return pump has chugged along for 1,815 days in a row, running 23.5 hours a day. Every night for about 30 minutes, the return pump is turned off while I feed the tank, then restarted once they've had their feasting period.

The Little Giant - OPGW-46, tired and wailing:


Over the past month, it didn't always want to restart. I tried spraying some silicone lubricant on the shaft, and chipped ...

Is it time to change your RO/DI filters? I date my system each time they are changed out, to help me keep track. They should be changed every six months, so I'm actually a month late in doing so. Whoops. However, the TDS reads zero, so there's no reason to worry, right?

Wrong.



After turning off the water source and opening the valve after the system to bleed off the pressure within, I removed ...