The House of Orange

[tbrown]

Are you soliciting votes on my thread?!

I wasn't soliciting yet. No leg was shown at all.

 

[tbrown]

 

[mjszos]

 

[Slocke]

I'm seeing some suspicious early voting patterns

I'm not winning

 

[Slocke]

I am winning something! And I didn't even make this thread for a contest entry

 

[Fish Styx]

I'm seeing some suspicious early voting patterns

I'm not winning

We are tied. I don't care if I win, only that I beat you.

Muhuhahahahahaha

 

[Slocke]

We are tied. I don't care if I win, only that I beat you.

Muhuhahahahahaha

I see we voted for each other though.

 

[mjszos]

I figured you all would get a kick out of the safety hazard I created in my house today…

Not pictured is the 75 feet of garden hose going from: my laundry room, through the basement, up the stairs, along the kick plate of the kitchen cabinets, and precariously balanced on a bar stool

It’s like a dang Rube Goldberg machine in here right now. All because I was too lazy to drive to Home Depot to buy a splitter to hook up to my kitchen sink.

 

[Fish Styx]

I figured you all would get a kick out of the safety hazard I created in my house today…

Not pictured is the 75 feet of garden hose going from: my laundry room, through the basement, up the stairs, along the kick plate of the kitchen cabinets, and precariously balanced on a bar stool

It’s like a dang Rube Goldberg machine in here right now. All because I was too lazy to drive to Home Depot to buy a splitter to hook up to my kitchen sink.

Nicely mangineered, good sir.

 

[mjszos]

Nicely mangineered, good sir.

I’ll have you know my wife only scoffed 13 times!

 

[Fish Styx]

I’ll have you know my wife only scoffed 13 times!

The requisite fifteen scoffs not being met means that I must rescind my compliment.

 

[mjszos]

Also let me know if you all think I’m overdoing this…

I leak tested with tap water, I couldn’t find a chemical treatment list for my city whether they use chloramine or not. I wasn’t able to get 100% of the water out of the tank (the weir is a little tight, couldn’t fit my hand in to sop it up with a towel, nor my shop vac), and the main overflow plumbing/heater compartment also couldn’t be totally emptied.

With this in mind, I was thinking of putting some Prime in when I fully fill up the tank.

There’s less than probably 2 cups of tap water remaining at the absolute most, in a 150gal system.

Is the Prime even necessary? I’ve never used the product, but all of my research indicates that it’s totally reef safe, I’m not worried about it lowering oxygen in the tank as there won’t be anything living in it for a few days after it’s been filled.

 

[mjszos]

The requisite fifteen scoffs not being met means that I must rescind my compliment.

Days not over, bud!

 

[Fish Styx]

Also let me know if you all think I’m overdoing this…

I leak tested with tap water, I couldn’t find a chemical treatment list for my city whether they use chloramine or not. I wasn’t able to get 100% of the water out of the tank (the weir is a little tight, couldn’t fit my hand in to sop it up with a towel, nor my shop vac), and the main overflow plumbing/heater compartment also couldn’t be totally emptied.

With this in mind, I was thinking of putting some Prime in when I fully fill up the tank.

There’s less than probably 2 cups of tap water remaining at the absolute most, in a 150gal system.

Is the Prime even necessary? I’ve never used the product, but all of my research indicates that it’s totally reef safe, I’m not worried about it lowering oxygen in the tank as there won’t be anything living in it for a few days after it’s been filled.

I would use the prime and err on the side of caution.

 

[AquaNanoNZ]

I would use the prime and err on the side of caution.

I agree with this. Won't hurt, might help

 

[mjszos]

I would use the prime and err on the side of caution.

I agree with this. Won't hurt, might help

This is how I’m feeling as well. It might be overkill, but if there’s no negatives to using the product seems silly not to…

 

[tbrown]

Prime is dechlor? Dechlor is only necessary when chloramines are used. If you don't know if chloramines are used (or created mind you - chloramines can be naturally created during chlorination when chlorine combines with ammonia in the source water) it never hurts to dechlor as a safety precaution. Such a small amount probably won't do anything but it still doesn't hurt to dechlor.

 

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That was a lot of chlors..

 

[JoJosReef]

Prime is dechlor? Dechlor is only necessary when chloramines are used. If you don't know if chloramines are used (or created mind you - chloramines can be naturally created during chlorination when chlorine combines with ammonia in the source water) it never hurts to dechlor as a safety precaution. Such a small amount probably won't do anything but it still doesn't hurt to dechlor.

Chloramines? More like BORAmines!

 

[mjszos]

Prime is dechlor? Dechlor is only necessary when chloramines are used. If you don't know if chloramines are used (or created mind you - chloramines can be naturally created during chlorination when chlorine combines with ammonia in the source water) it never hurts to dechlor as a safety precaution. Such a small amount probably won't do anything but it still doesn't hurt to dechlor.

Yeah, apparently it removes chlorine and chloramine. It allegedly also detoxifies ammonia but I have yet to see that substantiated.

My concern is simply the fact that I’m not 100% sure if my city uses chloramine or not. There was a pretty heavy scent of chlorine in the tank/sump after filling it from the tap, so just erring on the side of caution.