So I started up my fancy pants RO/DI filter this past weekend in the hopes that I could start filling the aquarium with good "pure" water. I let it run for a bit then go test the water with my trusty TDI meter (see previous post if you are wondering what that is) and find out the water coming out of the tap and the water coming out of the filter are about the same! I had heard that some of these need to be "broken in" so let it run for a while but to no avail.
Thanks to the people at the reef central forums, (http://www.reefcentral.com/forums) it seems my filter came plumbed incorrectly. I will try again when I get home and hope to get water flowing into the aquarium!
On a bright note I did drain all the fresh water out from testing all the plumbing on the tank, and I added all the sand and the base (read not live) rock.
Only a few minor things remain.
1) Silicone a water trap around the bulkhead, so that surface water falls in and then out the bulkhead and into the sump. Most proteins and other non desirable stuff floats on the surface of the water.
2) Add the water, and mix the salt.
3) wait a few days then buy live rock.
4) let the rock aquarium "cycle" what this really means is let the life cycle get underway and give the bacteria time to grow so that it can handle the waste from the inhabitants to come.
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