pdxmonkeyboy

man.. not even a single smiley face for Mr. T?  Why am i even here?

and this..

I would suggest a 100% water change.  That will fix that problem, it MAY cause others. 

11 hours ago, Emerald525 said:

 

I have not heard of the Hannah meter but what I have read is people love it but it requires frequent recalibration. For 60 bucks I might risk it.

Just make sure you start a thread when it dies....

I would be willing to bet the hannah meter will be dead in a year.  Happened to mine.  Rinse and dried it as recommended.  Did some googling and it is a common problem. 

I loved it until it stopped working.  Use the milwaukie now.

I have pukani.. what is your frag inventory these days? 

what the deal on the radium bulbs?  Wattage and are the new or used. thank you !

My dragon soul is hosting my two clowns. Which is fine because i dont have an anemone. 

Congrats though, super cool to witness symbiosis in action. 

You moving to the couv Trevor?  I would help you move but i am busy that day. 

Nice.  I have a crested bastard wrasse i need to catch. 

You can make a fish trap with a 2 liter bottle.  Cut the top off, and insert it back into the bottle backwards.. after you put a rock in there to weight it down  and some food. 

I have a PC rainbow frag.  Is free too expensive? 

I would suggest polcarbonate greenhouse sheeting and clips to hold it in place. 

If your looking for colonies, cuttle fish has two really nice shortcake indo colonies. 

I still have an AI prime.... I think.   I will check when I get home. 

Much thanks.  The reset or "arming" of the float switch was really the crux.  

Did you get the moderna shot? I get my second on monday, i know of several people that said it was a but kicker. 

Thanks again! 

Float switch on roller mat. 

Want it to turn motor on, run for 3 seconds, then turn off.

i want it to stay off until the float switch opens and then eventually closes again. 

I heard he was electrocuted and died.....  

While GFCI are great, they are basically used to prevent electrical shocks from water.   So, when I am blow drying my hair while in the bathtub, I am thankful their is a GFCI involved.   For my airpump, skimmer, ozone generator, non-submersible pump, calcium reactor, co2 valve, peristaltic pump, lights, cooling fan, DC gyres, DC submersible pumps,  closed loop pump, closed loop drum, skimmer neck cleaner, fuge light.. I don't use a GFCI. 

My god these aquariums use a lot of stuff !!    

I have an AFCI on everything, but only a GFCI on my heater.  I have me one of those big tanks so my heater circuit is its only 15amp circuit.  When I need heat an inkbird closes a contactor that powers two outlets.  Each one of those outlets have their own GFCI (with separate grounds). 

If your entire circuit was protected by a single GFCI then if it pops.. EVERYTHING on that circuit goes down.  All outlets have to be GFCI protected now so that usually means the FIRST outlet in the circuit is a GFCI and then all the outlets downstream are just regular outlets by if their is a ground fault on ONE of them, then the GFCI (that is on the first outlet pops).

I guess what I don't understand is how you can have "individual GFCI" outlets.   You mean you connected the downstream outlets all to the line side of the GFCI outlet, not the load side.   That would be the only way to do it. 

Having GFCI for everything is a great way to come home to a dead tank.  

Plus when you wire one GFCI in, everything down circuit from the is also protected.  I guess you could wire them individually.   I don't know.  Maybe just get a gold fish bowl and by doge coin with the money you save. 

Where to use AFCI protection?

AFCI protection has to be installed at the electrical panel. AFCI outlets have to be installed in readily accessible locations for easy operation, renewal, or inspection. AFCI protection must be present in the following rooms in one and two-family homes and multifamily buildings:

• Family Rooms
• Kitchens
• Living Rooms
• Dining Rooms
• Libraries
• Parlors
• Bedrooms
• Dens
• Recreation Rooms
• Sunrooms
• Closets
• Laundry Areas
• Hallways

It’s important to note that AFCI protection is required in any of the rooms or areas mentioned above where branch-circuit wiring is modified, replaced, or extended.

love me some myagi.  Great colors and very hardy GLWS

What I would do.. ok, actually, what I did...  Was AFCI and a GFCI for things that are in the water.  Heater is the only thing I have on a GFCI because it is the only AC thing I have in the water.  

The only thing a GFCI does is prevent you from being shocked.  So in theory, you could install one single GFCI outlet and the only thing you plug into it would be a grounding probe and a normall open contactor.  That way when the grounding probe trips, it closes the contactor and a light or apex alert goes on telling you "hey, stick your hand in here and get shocked".

I would say that the AFCI woudl be seriously mandatory.  I do believe that in certain rooms in the house they are now mandated by code. Current running through water doesn't burn your house down.  Electrical shorts caused by...hmmm, I dunno... salty water and corrosion on outlets that you can't see .. THAT will burn your house down.  

And whose panel is that in the picture?>   those open contactors... simply covered by a sheet of plexi..  cough... cough...  illegal as hell. 

Who cares though.. until your house burns down and insurance investigators deny your claim because of user installed illegal wiring.  I'm sure that would never happen though, insurance companies are really good at just being cool and understanding. 

I would go afci over gfci.   They dont trip accidentally and will still trip if your heater breaks..

That sucks man, sorry.  It times it is really hard to understand how stressful moving fish is to them.   BTW, you can cut your ich fallow time in half by increasing the temp of your tank so that it never dips below 80.6.  If you can do that you are down to 46 or 47 days.