Recent content by bhammer

Have it and love it. One of the best tools for my aquaiums.

Sounds like the OP has the info he needs. Guess I need to be a little more critical.... :D

Yes, that is true, to be percise, you need the calibration fluid and to go further, be in a temp controlled room at the temp that the instruction say to be at. To add to this, pressure altitude (barometric pressure)will change the SG of liquids as well. All well within the margins we use in...

All the ones I have seen come with a way to calibrate. Mine has a very small screw to turn. I use my RO water as a based and adjust until it reads 0.

ROTFLMAO.... Yup, but if he spills more than one sheet worth he'll have to get paper towels. I only got one page. Gotta give it to the Chineese though, they did a pretty good job translating to English. :D

You could try swapping out one or two of the 10,000K bulbs for a super actinic or for a 420/460 bulb.

The big difference between Xmas lights and LED is the power. Xmas are AC and LED are DC. I'd go with DC anytime over AC for the moon lights... The DC we are talking about doesn't hurt when you touch something you shouldn't

Intersting!!! I had a 4" sock as well. It did help, but I got tired of buying them and cleaning them. Since removing it and adding more rock between water inlet and outlet, it worked just as well, I think. I have also thought about making a chanmer in the smaller return zone area that I could...

Yes it is. Pretty powerfull stuff. I actually designed a very weird box, it had about 3 angles and insets and outsets, that I wanted for my boat. When I went to have it made (molded), I supplied the sketchup to the plastics company and within a coule days I had my molded box. I am using this...

On my current sump, I put LR rubble in it. When I added it to my current sump, it cut down on the bubbles into the skimmer area. The bubbles and any foam floated to the top. The slats are really there to keep the LR rubble in place and not migrate out of the area.

The skimmer in the pic is a place holder. The skimmer I am looking at (reef octopus super) will take up just about the whole area.

Good question. That last chamber where the return is, actually has an opening in the bottom. that mean that that the whole "L" shapped area is a return area. The water level should not get above the top of that part under normal operation. Here is a pic of that area. It is 48X24X18 Yes, I...

Any comments are appreciated. It'll be for a 200 gallon. I made it with google sketchup free so if you want the model, let me know.

I had the same type jump when Iswitched. If is a temp correcting refrac, make sure you give the water sample a30 seconds to match the temp of the prisim. Also, I calibrate mine on a regular basis.

Yup, everyone out to give you a hard time. If you'd finish the plywood build the'd leave you alone. :rolleyes: Nice work on it BTW. Thanks. I was by my LFS and he has a tank with starphire and it will be the only way I go. I have an octopus 110 now and it works good without any mods. I...