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All of the fraggable things I have are gone now, but can bring a few free frags of Idaho grape monti to the next meeting at Stylasters if anyone is interested.


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I've never sprayed a frag; I use a bulb pipette to put a drop on the glue at the base. Not that I think it would hurt the tissue, I just have never done it.

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I have some of the BRS accelerator and it does work good. I feel weird spraying a frag with it, but hasn’t bothered anything. I rinse it off before dropping into tank.


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Ok, the two are spoken for and sent a PM to them. If something falls through, I’ll repost. I can probably put another one together, but slightly different if someone is interested. Have plenty of hammer, torch, and grape monti!


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I have two of these available. Each pack will get:

1 multi head green with purple tip torch

1 multi head hammer

1 blue stag acro

1 monti setosa

1 large Idaho grape monti frag

I’ll toss in a free orange monti cap frag and grubes gorgonian frag

First buyer will get to pick their frags!

Located near n Mississippi ave.

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Rock is gone, but ammonia reagent is up for grabs in the rare chance someone has a Hanna ammonia checker!


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Thanks for the heads up but I got a 99 Suburban that drinks it by the gallon.

I just bought the exact same BRS controller and it will arrive next week.  I've been in the same boat as you with dual heaters controlled by my Apex.  I'll fiddle with it when it arrives and let you know where I end up.

Hey Trevor, I am doing something very similar to what you are doing now with the tank controller (not an Apex) taking lead and the dedicated heater controller (not an ink bird) as a secondary.  Good question as to impact on the long term viability but am more worried about the redundancy and failsafe than anything else.  I used to do the same thing with my old style thermostat built in heaters so the secondary controller is a bit of a new arrangement (about 6 months).  Fingers crossed...

I've been a consistent heater redundancy user.   Apex turns them on and off based on Apex temp probe, heaters are set 2-4 degrees higher than desired set point to insure if apex gets stuck I don't get a boiled tank.    It's saved me at least three times in the past 20 years.   (first apex was #201 from 1997)
I used Jager heaters until May of this year, when I switched to Finnex.  Jager were great, but even new ones have been failing more often in recent years - so I've switched.   Yes, I used Finnex through a redundant controller.
My sump is in the garage, so water temp is affected by nightime air temps more than most tanks.  Also, my sump feeds a small garage frag tank AND the main tank (with the temp probe in it).   If I use too strong a heater, the frag tank gets over heated before the main tank gets back to temp.   So I use two stage heating, with setpoint difference.  If the 300W heater (blue lines below) can't get the water temp back up, then 0.3F lower and the 2nd heater kicks in. (black bars below)   I also use a second Temp Probe just sticking into the air of the fish room to get a feel for how cold it got.  It's not a perfect temp reading, just a relative indicator.
Here's the last week of tank temp.  (Orange is T-Tank, Green is T-Air of the garage fish room)
 

You beat me to it . I will take it all as we are starting a new tank and will give up that one rock for pdxmonkeyboy. [emoji4]   I   missed the last post and was not fast enough. LoL We are working   on a 20L AIO with my son. [emoji6] I will take the oil too!
 

no, I will take the rock [emoji4]
 
Can I get just the pukani piece?   I'm doing the pukani Thang' on the new tank. 
 

For the last 4 years or so, I’ve been controlling my two 300 watt finnex heaters with only my Apex and finally added some redundancy to make sure my tank doesn’t get cooked bu a stuck relay. So I picked up one of these on a BRS Black Friday sale. It’s basically an ink bird controller but both outlets are synced and perfect for two heaters. I originally intended on having the BRS unit control my tank temp by itself with Apex set higher as the backup. But after trying this, I wasn’t very happy with the temp swing despite cranking down the dead band to the lowest it would go. I let it control the temp overnight, then decided the next morning to have Apex as the primary controller and this as the backup. This has been working well for a few weeks, but my only concern is that when the Apex has the heater outlet off, the BRS controller (which is plugged into this outlet) is also off as opposed to the controller being on all the time. Under normal use, the controller would have power constantly. Maybe this isn’t a problem, just don’t know how long it’ll last like this. It seems others are using it this way. In the end, this set up may just be as or even more vulnerable to failure. I’ve got the controller set to kill power to the heaters at 81F.

What are other folks using or other configurations?

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I'll take the rock! 

About 25 lbs of brs reef saver, branch rock, and pukani. Nothing special, that’s why it’s free!

2 packages of red sea veggies. Accidentally received these while trying to order purple and my fish won’t touch it.

Another incorrect order of Hanna ammonia reagent.

All free!!

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Free sells fast! This has been spoken for.


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About 25 lbs of brs reef saver, branch rock, and pukani. Nothing special, that’s why it’s free!

2 packages of red sea veggies. Accidentally received these while trying to order purple and my fish won’t touch it.

Another incorrect order of Hanna ammonia reagent.

All free!!

Live near N Mississippi ave.

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Don’t know why exactly, but that frag screams “Statue of Liberty” to me


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I’ve got this one. Established and colored up. Starting to branch in multiple spots. About 3.5” tall. I’d be up for an acro trade or OME frag. Been looking for a reason to come see the new shop anyway!



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Good to now know! I’ve been using vinegar since I started reefing but luckily never ruined anything. Gonna make the switch!


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I’ve got plenty to share. In N Portland near Mississippi. If this is convenient for you, send me a pm and we’ll figure something out.


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Blue plus..................I ran a 6 bulb with LEDs on my last tank and ran blue plus on all the bulbs..........
 
New light is 4 blue plus and RS90s..........
 
 

Well I’ve joined the hybrid club (again). I guess I did this before with my Kessils, but this time with a hanging fixture and my XR30’s.
 
 
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This could be a good interim tank for you? But you may like it so much you could just ditch the whole idea of monster tank. [emoji38]at least you wouldn’t have to move a wall!


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Well, I think I can claim victory here, it’s game over for aiptasia in my tank. They finally made it into the overflow box and stripped it clean and have found several nudis in my filter socks that I released into the sump to get any down there. Pretty sweet to have a tool like this in the hobby......


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