Recent content by Canada_Dry

I used an air driven skimmer in my early reef keeping days. But as, danmhippo mentioned changing the wooden air diffuser every week or so was a real pain in the @*. Not to mention the cost of buying quality wooden air diffuser gets to be expensive. Also like danmhippo mentioned, every air...

Even if you don’t seem to see any stress on your live stock, a temp swing from 72-79 seems pretty harsh, especially for a nano system. The swing in temp would be much faster in a small nano, compared to a large tank. I think I would be looking to finding the cause of the temp swing and fix it...

I get wicked results with a $300.00 digital Kodak. I have seen many reef/coral pictures on the forums from digital cameras that cost as low as $150.00 that look as good or better than most professional pictures I have seen. So If you can’t get a half decent picture from an $800.00 camera, then...

If you get paid the same with or with out a photo attached to your article, then why do you need the photos? There must be a reason for you to go threw all the trouble setting up everyone who submits a photo to you with the publisher. It seems to me that the “photos” will help you “sell” your...

I agree with Baalz, the color contrast needs to be changed, too hard to read the text. Also you need to resize your tables so the viewer does not need to scroll to the right to see the whole page, a common mistake for first time web page makers. Other than that, it looks like a good start.

I would defiantly go 1/2 on that thank size. Also check with your local glass shop, you can buy 1/2 used glass for the sides and bottom (Stuff they may have removed from a department store window or something) and it will cost you a lot less. You can then buy a new piece of glass for the front...

I built a few tanks over the years. What I did was go to my local glass shop with the dimensions for the tank and had them cut it for me. (Very cheap I think around $1.00 a cut back then) I also asked them to use used glass for the sides, back and bottom. (Most glass shops keep glass that is in...

Same here I have used both for years with no problems, allow it to dry over night to be sure it is fully cured before you use it, and you should be ok.

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by plankton123: <strong>Mike, I've been actually toying with the idea of setting up a temperate/cold water tank ..... [ April 09, 2002: Message edited by: plankton123 ]</strong><hr></blockquote>...

Thanks Mike and Donna, Fredfish, plankton123 and everyone else who replied. The input helped us a great deal. Any other suggestions or comments you may have would be greatly valued, once again thanks. Mike

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by plankton123: <strong>Mike, 2,4,6,... fixed temperature points are too restrictive. Think about it. Let's say you were to poll enough people to gleem the most common set points for 80 percent...

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by plankton123: <strong>Mike, If you are designing this controller slash environmental control system for aquaria then I think the feedback is quite clear. Folks want variable set points so they...

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Mike and Donna: <strong>Assuming you are doing this as a commercial venture, I think you are painting yourself into a corner. While many reefers target 80 degrees as the "ideal" temperature...

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Mike and Donna: <strong>I'm being dense here... First, why do I need two set points each for high and low. One high set point and one low set point would do it. Then, I wouldn't design the...

Hi, we are currently in the final design stages of our digital display temperature controller. We need some input from fellow members, as to the temperature in which most would consider "Safe" and which temperature you would consider "Low" to activate an auxiliary heater. And which temperature...