Micah

Yeah, short of gearing it up.... eek.. A couple questions: What is the axle of the retrieval spool riding on? What's the diameter of the spool axle? What's the estimated diameter of the full dirty roll? Do you have any rollers along the fleece path?

Go for it man. You're good.

Hah! Sorry, didn't see that. My. Notification cut that off for some reason and didn't give me the ... Like there was more. Oh well. Missed it.

How used? Does it come with the extra head?

I never said NOT to use it.... Just didn't know the person's confidence level not using an out of the bottle product. In my experience, advising something that doesn't have directions on the container and the amount dosed could be misinterpreted, is more risky. Which is why I suggested the fritz stuff.

I think a lot of people are having LFS's hold things and/or friends you can trust.

Yeah, I mean.. it's no columbian bang-bang, but it'll work.

Haha. Probably fine. I don't think there's a good local source for lab grade baking soda. Either way, the fritz stuff is pretty cheap, pre mixed and has formulas for alk increase right on the bottle.

Pretty sure "arm and hammer" isn't top shelf. Hahaha

I think you should qualify that it's the controller you don't like.... the heaters themselves are rock solid and have been used reliably for many years under the schego brand name.

@CuttleFishandCoral has the Fritz RPM Elements brand of Alkalinity almost always in stock. They had a few the last time I was in there.

This is how I'm using the inkbird's on my setup. I let them manage the temp (so yeah, 1 deg swings, bleh), and the APEX handles out of norm conditions. ie, turns off inkbird if temp gets too high and alarms if temp gets too low or turns off the inkbird if it gets drastically lower (probe fell out/probe error). I'm actually mocking up a PID controller for temperature control at the moment. With the super simple titanium heating elements (no circuitry, just a coil of wires) it should allow me to reliably keep within 0.05 of a degree in my tank. I just need to source a more reliable solid state relay and I'll have it done-ish. The one I have I'm unsure if I'd trust it on my tank. I'm still trying to find somebody who's done this or can tell me why it isn't the normal method for controlling heaters.

Interesting.. They seem to have pulled the "Controller only" option. https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/titanium-aquarium-heater-system-bulk-reef-supply.html That's the product I'm referring to. They used to sell only the controller as an option, but I'm not seeing that anymore. You could just get a whole set and not use the heater... or get the right heater element and call it an upgrade? I'm using their titanium heaters and they seem to be legit.

Its okay, I have a couple of them for random stuff. My only gripe with the aquarium is the smallest hysteresis between on/off is 1degF. So, your tank will constantly swing 1 degree up and down. The BRS version of this (which is slightly more money) is 0.3degF, which is significantly better.

With great power, comes great responsibility.

Dibs! I'll take it!

I've got just the thing for your problems,@pdxmonkeyboy

Run out of tide pods? I think @pdxmonkeyboy had some recently. You may want to hit him up.

I have a bunch that I "sterilized" from @Bicyclebill's tank a couple weeks back. It's been bleached and muriatic acid'd.... If you're interested, shoot me a pm and I'll give you some pics. Most of it is florida reef rock, but some are some pretty sweet pieces.

Wait, disregard that. I actually have quite a bit. I remember having to replenish and getting the powdered form. I think I have enough for like a 1,000 gallon. :-) PM me for details

How big of a tank? I think I have a little bit left but would only be enough for a 40 gallon or so.

I'll take 40lb-ish of it off yours hands.

Got hooked up! Thanks monkeyboy. This can be closed.

Green turf algae is no match for hydrogen peroxide or bleach... Ill gladly take it off your hands and "process" it for future use. It's the perfect weather to have a brute can full of bleach in my driveway. Hahaha.

Dang! Guess this threads notifications got bumped off. I was wondering why it was so quiet! I'm all good on rock! I got the mad hookup from @Higher Thinking . Thanks bud! Thanks for the kind words@ChrisQ