Hi folks - been a while... I hope all is well with all y'all and your tanks are thriving.
I had been neglecting benjieland for quite sometime - and that all ended a few weeks ago when I made a serious plunge.
A while ago, when riding my motorcycle with a group the topic of fishtanks came up. In the end I befriended a guy who told me about another guy who has a shop by the "airport" that does "fishtank stuff" and I should go see him. One afternoon on my way home from a meeting near the airport, I thought about that encounter and looked up the email.
Turns out he was talking about RapidLED here in SF. Super good guys - made me a killer cash deal on an Apex system, which I have up and running online. I have not yet had enough time to dedicate to sitting down and program it within capacity, but as soon as I get some float valves and figure out how to mount them I promise you I will. I will mention that it was a real treat to have this functionality last weekend. I was traveling in Chicago and my normal waterer called and told me he was well out of town enroute to his destination and had forgot to fill my sump. Normally; catastrophe. Not this time - logged in, flipped two switches - skimmer off, return off. Done and I was home in 65 hours.
Last night I tried to plug in my lights to the Apex and they won't work (wrong kind of ballasts, I understand now). I can do something or another DYI to make it work, but I stopped back in to talk to the guys about it. Needless to say I want to buy an LED system from them, which will end up being a cash-n-carry-or-scratch-n-dent deal.
Since I have been removed from the community for quite sometime, I'm curious where the best place to sell my existing gear would be? I've got a handful of 250W ballasts, Hamilton fixtures, a couple of unused 175W ballasts new Phoenix bulbs and a whole T12 set up that I'd love to see up for sale.
Thoughts?
I had been neglecting benjieland for quite sometime - and that all ended a few weeks ago when I made a serious plunge.
A while ago, when riding my motorcycle with a group the topic of fishtanks came up. In the end I befriended a guy who told me about another guy who has a shop by the "airport" that does "fishtank stuff" and I should go see him. One afternoon on my way home from a meeting near the airport, I thought about that encounter and looked up the email.
Turns out he was talking about RapidLED here in SF. Super good guys - made me a killer cash deal on an Apex system, which I have up and running online. I have not yet had enough time to dedicate to sitting down and program it within capacity, but as soon as I get some float valves and figure out how to mount them I promise you I will. I will mention that it was a real treat to have this functionality last weekend. I was traveling in Chicago and my normal waterer called and told me he was well out of town enroute to his destination and had forgot to fill my sump. Normally; catastrophe. Not this time - logged in, flipped two switches - skimmer off, return off. Done and I was home in 65 hours.
Last night I tried to plug in my lights to the Apex and they won't work (wrong kind of ballasts, I understand now). I can do something or another DYI to make it work, but I stopped back in to talk to the guys about it. Needless to say I want to buy an LED system from them, which will end up being a cash-n-carry-or-scratch-n-dent deal.
Since I have been removed from the community for quite sometime, I'm curious where the best place to sell my existing gear would be? I've got a handful of 250W ballasts, Hamilton fixtures, a couple of unused 175W ballasts new Phoenix bulbs and a whole T12 set up that I'd love to see up for sale.
Thoughts?
