Melev's new 280g Starfire tank thread - Page 38

selgado · 08/16/2006, 10:05 PM

makin babies?!?!

I started the download, don't know if I want to finish it though.

melev · 08/16/2006, 10:15 PM

So I had to do a water change today...

It really helps when you have the right equipment.

jnarowe · 08/16/2006, 10:21 PM

No kidding!

55Reef · 08/16/2006, 10:39 PM

Right on Melev!!

And I thought my water changes were in pain...

Snakebyt · 08/16/2006, 10:51 PM

cool vid...

BrianPlankis · 08/16/2006, 11:25 PM

Nice work on the video Marc! So are you going to raise the babies? Maybe after you finish the woodwork?

Brian

BrianPlankis · 08/16/2006, 11:44 PM

Marc,

I thought you might be interested in this. I just received my digital temperature recorders and they are very slick! But I took one with me today as I drove around town. I kept it out of the direct sunlight, but did not put it in anything (such as a thermos). Can you guess when I stopped for lunch?

The last red dot is when I stopped at McDonald's for dinner and even then the temperature got up to 115 in the car.

I linked to a smaller image here:

The larger image can be found here (it is a large file!):
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y45...atCarTrip1.jpg

Brian

melev · 08/16/2006, 11:45 PM

I'm going to take the lead that someone else showed me today. I'm going to plant an oak tree tomorrow.

melev · 08/16/2006, 11:47 PM

That is a nice graph. Did you try shaking it hard or dropping it a couple of times to see if it will cause a false reading? This is exactly why we have a/c in all of our vehicles in Texas!

BrianPlankis · 08/17/2006, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by melev
That is a nice graph. Did you try shaking it hard or dropping it a couple of times to see if it will cause a false reading? This is exactly why we have a/c in all of our vehicles in Texas!

Considering I'm currently on a graduate student salary, no I did not try to damage the expensive recorder

Seriously, I think the tags are pretty accurate at the moment. If you look at the flat section before 10am, that was when it was sitting in our upstairs office which is kept at 80, so pretty good. But I want to run a series of tests first that are non destructive and then I'll get into shaking them.

Brian

Cuby2k · 08/17/2006, 12:12 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by CirolanidHunter
Marc,

I thought you might be interested in this. I just received my digital temperature recorders and they are very slick!

Brian

Hey I like that recorder output. I have never seen a digital recorder but I have had experience with the old mechanical wheels that go around. Well they were from a long time ago. They belonged to my . . . father, yeah my father and he let me . . . use it. Yep that's right my father had an old analog mechanical round read-out temp recorder that he let me use. ahem.

So anyway, where did you get that unit, I'd like to look into getting one.

melev · 08/17/2006, 12:22 AM

Brian, I didn't mean drop it on the concrete, but maybe drop it on the car seat a couple of times, or wrap it in padding in a box, and drop the box like USPS or FedEx would.

You know, to test gravitational fields.

steve68 · 08/17/2006, 04:44 AM

hey how come u dint include UPS?
oh i know
it would have never made it !
LOL

shullat · 08/17/2006, 07:21 AM

lol....love the water change shots. Haven't seen that in any of the reefkeeper 101 guides.

jnarowe · 08/17/2006, 07:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by melev
I'm going to take the lead that someone else showed me today. I'm going to plant an oak tree tomorrow.

Skip the oak and go for teak or sappelle dude...

Brian: can you post a link to where you got the recorder?

BrianPlankis · 08/17/2006, 07:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jnarowe
Brian: can you post a link to where you got the recorder?

Jonathan,

I posted a link in the project Community Issues forum, if you had, cough cough, checked that

Mark: It was bounced around the car a little, I had to brake hard to avoid another idiot driver yesterday and it flew off the seat onto the floor, didn't seem to bother it at all. But it will be going through the shake tests probably later this week.

Cuby2k: This is where I purchased the temperature recorder:

http://www.microdaq.com/logtag/trix-8.php

They have LOTS of choices though, I just went with what would work for what I wanted to test and it was one of the cheaper ones

Brian

RocketSeason · 08/17/2006, 07:53 AM

I'll gladly give you two dollars tomorrow, for a 24 meg video today.

jnarowe · 08/17/2006, 08:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by CirolanidHunter
Jonathan,

I posted a link in the project Community Issues forum, if you had, cough cough, checked that

Mark: It was bounced around the car a little, I had to brake hard to avoid another idiot driver yesterday and it flew off the seat onto the floor, didn't seem to bother it at all. But it will be going through the shake tests probably later this week.

Cuby2k: This is where I purchased the temperature recorder:

http://www.microdaq.com/logtag/trix-8.php

They have LOTS of choices though, I just went with what would work for what I wanted to test and it was one of the cheaper ones

Brian

Don't choke!

Well I don't get email notifications from the entire DIBS project...is there a way to subscribe to that section of the forum?

Thanks for the link!

melev · 08/17/2006, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by RocketSeason
I'll gladly give you two dollars tomorrow, for a 24 meg video today.

I know it wasn't amazing, but it was something that was happening yesterday and I thought I'd share it.

melev · 08/17/2006, 04:01 PM

Today when I awoke, the sound of the Tunze alarm was going off. That means one of my Stream pumps wasn't running. I flipped off the switch to that one, and tried to visually inspect the problem just by staring through the glass. Nothing obvious was seen.

So I grabbed the water and muriatic acid I had sitting on the back porch, poured some in a 6g bucket and dropped both Tunzes in the solution. (Kids, don't try this at home). First, I removed all snails that were on the pumps, putting them back in the reef. Both pumps are running in that solution, cleaning up the innards, destroying any algae and softening up the coralline. Next, I'll dissassemble & clean them in rinse water, and reinstall the flow in the reef.

Coincidentally my VorTech was off (both green and red light were on), and a snail is still inside that housing. I think the snails were trying to shut down the reef last night.

As soon as the Tunzes are in, I'll clean the VorTech.

RocketSeason · 08/17/2006, 04:07 PM

thats what happens when you add a hundred thousand snails to your reef.

gkarshens · 08/17/2006, 04:08 PM

Got to love snails! I had one inside the intake of my return pump the other day. Don't ask me how he got there.

melev · 08/17/2006, 04:09 PM

The funny thing is I'm in the mood to order another 100 snails. I was just thinking about that an hour ago. Mine seem less inclined to work for some reason.

jnarowe · 08/17/2006, 05:00 PM

My snails never get involved with the overflow or any equipment other than trying to hitch a ride on the Hammerhead magnet.

andyjd · 08/17/2006, 05:52 PM

I've had a snail in my Vortech, pump was still running and it made a racket, both snail and pump seemed to survive ok

08/16/2006, 10:21 PM	#928
jnarowe Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 14,710	No kidding! __________________ Jonathan--Recovering Tankaholic. Current Tank Info: 70g fresh planted

08/16/2006, 11:25 PM	#931
BrianPlankis Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,956	Nice work on the video Marc! So are you going to raise the babies? Maybe after you finish the woodwork? Brian __________________ Currently redesigning my 90 gallon tank system to support coral and invertebrate breeding. Click on my red house to see the thread with the progress. Current Tank Info: 75 Gallon Reef with 29 gal sump and 8 gal Clownfish species tank

08/16/2006, 11:44 PM	#932
BrianPlankis Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,956	Marc, I thought you might be interested in this. I just received my digital temperature recorders and they are very slick! But I took one with me today as I drove around town. I kept it out of the direct sunlight, but did not put it in anything (such as a thermos). Can you guess when I stopped for lunch? The last red dot is when I stopped at McDonald's for dinner and even then the temperature got up to 115 in the car. I linked to a smaller image here: The larger image can be found here (it is a large file!): http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y45...atCarTrip1.jpg Brian __________________ Currently redesigning my 90 gallon tank system to support coral and invertebrate breeding. Click on my red house to see the thread with the progress. Current Tank Info: 75 Gallon Reef with 29 gal sump and 8 gal Clownfish species tank

08/17/2006, 04:44 AM	#938
steve68 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Piscataway,NJ Posts: 4,058	hey how come u dint include UPS? oh i know it would have never made it ! LOL __________________ "Never Give Up Never Surrender" Current Tank Info: 50 Breeder with 250w MH 10k XM bulb & 2 24inch VHO atinic 03,210 gallon Reef tank. 3 250 W MH,MRC CR-2 Reactor & MR-2 Skimmer,150 gallon sump,125 gallon refugium,75 Gallon Frag Tank & adding more water volume every t

08/17/2006, 07:21 AM	#939
shullat Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: in exil Posts: 588	lol....love the water change shots. Haven't seen that in any of the reefkeeper 101 guides. __________________ Nick Current Tank Info: a small fishbowl

08/16/2006, 10:05 PM	#926
selgado Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Toledo, OH Posts: 1,526	makin babies?!?! I started the download, don't know if I want to finish it though.

08/16/2006, 10:15 PM	#927
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	So I had to do a water change today... It really helps when you have the right equipment.

08/16/2006, 10:39 PM	#929
55Reef Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 779	Right on Melev!! And I thought my water changes were in pain...

08/16/2006, 10:51 PM	#930
Snakebyt Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Lubbock Tx Posts: 2,141	cool vid...

08/16/2006, 11:45 PM	#933
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	I'm going to take the lead that someone else showed me today. I'm going to plant an oak tree tomorrow.

08/16/2006, 11:47 PM	#934
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	That is a nice graph. Did you try shaking it hard or dropping it a couple of times to see if it will cause a false reading? This is exactly why we have a/c in all of our vehicles in Texas!

08/17/2006, 12:22 AM	#937
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	Brian, I didn't mean drop it on the concrete, but maybe drop it on the car seat a couple of times, or wrap it in padding in a box, and drop the box like USPS or FedEx would. You know, to test gravitational fields.

08/17/2006, 07:53 AM	#942
RocketSeason Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Peoria, IL Posts: 601	I'll gladly give you two dollars tomorrow, for a 24 meg video today. __________________ There is no such thing as a "Nemo fish". PBITAWA Current Tank Info: 37 Gallon Oceanic Cube, Various softies, 95 lbs of LR, 6 gallon cryptic fuge. Planning my 75 gallon upgrade.

08/17/2006, 04:01 PM	#945
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	Today when I awoke, the sound of the Tunze alarm was going off. That means one of my Stream pumps wasn't running. I flipped off the switch to that one, and tried to visually inspect the problem just by staring through the glass. Nothing obvious was seen. So I grabbed the water and muriatic acid I had sitting on the back porch, poured some in a 6g bucket and dropped both Tunzes in the solution. (Kids, don't try this at home). First, I removed all snails that were on the pumps, putting them back in the reef. Both pumps are running in that solution, cleaning up the innards, destroying any algae and softening up the coralline. Next, I'll dissassemble & clean them in rinse water, and reinstall the flow in the reef. Coincidentally my VorTech was off (both green and red light were on), and a snail is still inside that housing. I think the snails were trying to shut down the reef last night. As soon as the Tunzes are in, I'll clean the VorTech.

08/17/2006, 04:07 PM	#946
RocketSeason Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Peoria, IL Posts: 601	thats what happens when you add a hundred thousand snails to your reef. __________________ There is no such thing as a "Nemo fish". PBITAWA Current Tank Info: 37 Gallon Oceanic Cube, Various softies, 95 lbs of LR, 6 gallon cryptic fuge. Planning my 75 gallon upgrade.

08/17/2006, 04:08 PM	#947
gkarshens Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Corona, CA Posts: 2,382	Got to love snails! I had one inside the intake of my return pump the other day. Don't ask me how he got there. __________________ Gabriel It's about time!

08/17/2006, 04:09 PM	#948
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	The funny thing is I'm in the mood to order another 100 snails. I was just thinking about that an hour ago. Mine seem less inclined to work for some reason.

08/17/2006, 05:00 PM	#949
jnarowe Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 14,710	My snails never get involved with the overflow or any equipment other than trying to hitch a ride on the Hammerhead magnet. __________________ Jonathan--Recovering Tankaholic. Current Tank Info: 70g fresh planted

08/17/2006, 05:52 PM	#950
andyjd International Nomad Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Dunedin, NZ Posts: 1,147	I've had a snail in my Vortech, pump was still running and it made a racket, both snail and pump seemed to survive ok