Recent content by archibaldsharper

Thanks everyone for the offers, this club is awesome. They did cancel for Monday. Probably be some time in June.

My plank is for euro braced aquariums. The bowl over filled, most the water followed into the aquarium, but some capillaried under the plank platform. It wasn't a huge amount of water but a day or 2 more would have been an issue. Having the bullet covers for the plank probably helped the water...

Thank you. Appreciate the offer and will let you know. At the moment the surgery was cancelled for Monday then maybe uncanceled. Limbo

I was wondering if there is someone that does maintenance or wants to check in on a system in the South Bay (San Jose berryessa and 680). Next week. I'm scheduled to have surgery next Monday with a 5 day hospital recovery. My aquarium system is pretty well automated but you know how stuff...

I like the idea that the maven can test 2 different systems. Looks like it wastes the effluent so I don't think there is a chance of cross contamination. Would be nice to add the quarantine system in the auto test loop. I see the SPA has some inconsistency with NO3. NO3 has been pretty mixed...

It's not out yet. Nice review of pre-production here

I will definitely buy the Mavin. I'm fully bought in on the hydros system. Everything has been really reliable besides the wifi outlets and the X10/IV alk test. I currently have the mastertronic which I wouldn't mind swapping for the Mavin, plus I'm thinking if the mastertronic is still working...

Just the tubing in the pump heads. The rest of it I would base on inspection. If nothing's growing in it don't replace. The intake filter I would change pretty often (like 2 months), just depends on how much sponge and other junk grows in the sump

It doesn't need much once setup. About ever 8 weeks it asks to calibrate. Change tubing yearly or so if you are doing 2x day testing. New pH probe 1-2 years.

When I was using it I would use a 1L graduated cylinder. 200 ml of solution 800 rodi. I also weighed it a few times. I found from bottle to bottle there was some difference and just mixed it. Ran tests for a few days then tested with hanna and made correction. I didn't think the absolute value...

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/diy-alkatronic-reagent.639360/post-6714329 That thread on r2r has some info on diy reagents. I used to use some stuff off Amazon but it weren't to the same price as coralvue. So I have mostly used muriatic acid for the last couple years. A lifetime supply is...

Thanks for doing this experiment. I kind of run the moonshiners but mix my own elements and do a lot of water changes to remove detritus. I have used the Triton and oceamo (both icp and icp/ms). For the most part the corrections seem within range. In that I might do Triton one quarter, make...

I would like one

Yes I have 2 quarantines and the main system is a couple of aquariums with lots of automation. My hope was to be able to go a couple weeks without monitoring occasionally.

I have fully bought into the hydros. And for the most part like it. 3 x8 power strips 3 x4s 2 x2s X10 + IV Wave LE Many wifi strips. The wifi strips were pretty unreliable but that's due to living in a condo with 100 other networks around. The X10 I have worked with coralvue and their forum...