AquaKey

On 2/13/2023 at 8:34 PM, Brittany said:

Can I pick up the par meter this weekend?  I will take either at this point.  I renewed my mebership.  😃

Thanks

Brittany

Go ahead and make a deposit and pick up the meter. It'll need to be returned in 1 week.

Hey everyone, been offline for a bit. Unfortunately I'll be out of town for the meeting this weekend.

On 2/13/2023 at 8:34 PM, Brittany said:

Can I pick up the par meter this weekend?  I will take either at this point.  I renewed my mebership.  😃

Thanks

Brittany

Unfortunately there are a couple people ahead of you in the list. Let me work through the list.

On 2/14/2023 at 7:50 PM, nojust1 said:

I’m hoping to borrow a par meter. What’s the process?

thanks,

kevin

First page walks through the process.

On 2/7/2023 at 8:16 PM, Medical_reef said:

Paid my deposit, mind if I swing by tomorrow and grab a meter @AquaKey?

Sorry I was offline for a few days, go ahead and pick it up.

3 minutes ago, Silentjay said:

Renewed membership and made a deposit

Thanks! Go ahead and pickup the usb meter from Cuttlefish and post when you've picked it up.

13 hours ago, Leonardomanzano said:

Thank you for mentioning this!! I had no idea resin could be reused! 
I'll have to give that a try once my TDS starts going up!

I believe the cation and anion resins have to be separate to be able to recharge them. One with lye, the other with hydrochloric acid. But @pdxmonkeyboy can chime in of I have that wrong.

For anyone interested in renting the PAR meter, we have no wait on the USB version.

15 minutes ago, pdxmonkeyboy said:

It's fine for a bit. Especially if you burn through it slowly.  I go through a whole canister per 100 gallon 😞

Yikes! Are you on Portland water? What causes that?

12 minutes ago, cjmdh said:

The rusty color is the spent resin.

Yep, that part I know, just seeing what people think in terms of replacing all the resin or it still has enough useful life left.

What do you think is it time to replace or still have more useful life? Top quarter is pretty blue with a little orange, middle half is mix of orange/blue. TDS output is 0.

@Colbymac92 reminder to return the PAR meter today.

28 minutes ago, Colbymac92 said:

Picked it up!

Thanks, which one did you pick up? Please return by 1/21.

@Colbymac92was the par meter picked up?

Here is mine, thanks Dave!

12 minutes ago, Colbymac92 said:

@AquaKeyboth membership paid and deposit made

Please pickup the meter and post when you have with the type of meter you checked out.

1 hour ago, Vis said:

Please bump me out a few months. I’m thinking of getting a new light so I’ll rather wait till I have it. Thanks. 

Sounds good, just add your name again when you’re ready.

Anyone have one they’d like to sell? My COR20 return just died. I pulled my saltwater mixing station pump to run the main tank, looking to get the same one to put back into the mixing station.

Thanks!

Edit: I ended up just buying another one online.

1 hour ago, shaywood said:

I'm using a similar valve with a wifi leak detector and smart switch. Best practice is not to auto refill in the event of failure. When I receive alert I manually turn on solenoid via wifi app. 

I thought about one on my rodi setup like that, any chance the valve wouldn’t close when power to it shuts off?

7 hours ago, Medical_reef said:

Deposit is made! Anytime good to pick it up or do I need to wait for confirmation?

Please pick up the meter at Cuttlefish & Corals and post you’ve picked it up.

19 minutes ago, obrien.david.j said:

I'll have to look it up when I get home.  Was likely a vet in Beaverton.  (Admittedly, I armed my wife with all the paperwork and sent her to get a prescription.)

Nice “delegation” 😂

3 minutes ago, Cholland said:

I’ve made the deposit.

Pick up the meter at Cuttlefish & Corals and post you’ve picked it up

2 minutes ago, svt_guido said:

I’ll have to reschedule…

Thanks, add yourself back to the list when you’re ready.

Thanks everyone for the patience as we get the booking thread back up and running. I'm closing this thread and created a brand new one with everyone's place in line here: 

Hey fellow Members and future Members its IslandVibes(Rick),

The club has 2 par meters available for loan to paid members. You might want to check your Par levels for your corals. The normal ranges are:

softies 20-50par

LPS 150-200par 

SPS 200-350par

These are a general guideline and of course not all corals react the same.

Please be kind and return undamaged within 1 week so others have the ability to check out the meters.

*If for whatever reason it can't be returned in time, please reach out to whoevers in charge atm of this process and we will do our best to make things work*

Ground rules to borrow a meter:

• Must be a paid member of PNWMAS

• Pay a $50 refundable deposit, given back upon return of the undamaged meter

• Agree to fully reimburse the club if damage or loss occurs

  • Full cost of a new meter is $345 (+ $55 for the sensor wand if that is also lost/damaged)

• Pickup and drop off at Cuttlefish and Corals (6363 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR 97239)

• Return the meter within 1 week

Directions (In order):

1. Click HERE to sign up.

2. Click HERE to check your status.

3. Once your name is called below, there will be additional instructions to take one of the following steps:

• Pay the deposit and post that you have paid, if no response within 2 days, we will move on to the next in line.

  • Click HERE to pay the deposit, and post you've made the deposit.

  • Pick up the meter at Cuttlefish & Corals and post you’ve picked it up

  • Drop off the meter at Cuttlefish & Corals and post you’ve dropped it off which will then refund your deposit

Meters available:

Apogee SQ-520 Full Spectrum Smart Quantum LED PAR Sensor

This page has information you'll need, including links to software downloads for PC and Mac. You'll want to make sure you're able to use the software before borrowing this meter. Apogee has verified tech support for operating systems Windows XP through 10, as well as Mac 10.10 and higher, and they offer to help out if someone runs into compatibility issues.

Apogee MQ-200 Quantum Separate Sensor with Handheld PAR Meter 

Huge thanks to @Smann for this generous donation!

Call outs:

Loaned: