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Forum: Do It Yourself 12/05/2007, 02:26 PM
Replies: 325
Views: 54,524
Posted By aka_BigRed
Good to hear! Last week I got my UPS...

Good to hear!

Last week I got my UPS (Uninterpretable Power Supply) talking to the controller. I monitor it with the free UPS tool NUT (http://www.networkupstools.org/). I can log power outages...
Forum: Do It Yourself 11/15/2007, 08:37 AM
Replies: 325
Views: 54,524
Posted By aka_BigRed
Perl is pretty easy to pick up. I've never...

Perl is pretty easy to pick up. I've never really done anything with it before this. I haven't ventured into the TK world, I've used it only as a scripting language and have left the GUI stuff to...
Forum: Do It Yourself 11/15/2007, 08:13 AM
Replies: 325
Views: 54,524
Posted By aka_BigRed
Re: WRRC

If you are looking for something pre-built, I'd go with one of the commercial controllers because they are tested and ready to go.

There's several different aquacontrollers from...
Forum: Do It Yourself 10/27/2007, 10:00 AM
Replies: 325
Views: 54,524
Posted By aka_BigRed
I didn't take anything from the original...

I didn't take anything from the original firmware, I just installed the components from native ubuntu packages, or compiled from source.

Since this was my first setup of a linux machine, I tried...
Forum: Do It Yourself 10/09/2007, 06:48 AM
Replies: 325
Views: 54,524
Posted By aka_BigRed
Your setup is sooooooooooooooo cool. I have a...

Your setup is sooooooooooooooo cool. I have a serious case of tank envy.
Forum: Do It Yourself 08/13/2007, 09:49 AM
Replies: 325
Views: 54,524
Posted By aka_BigRed
Awesome - keep us informed on how this goes. I...

Awesome - keep us informed on how this goes. I bought dimmable T5 ballasts as well and have it on my feature wish/todo list. Any schematics/code would be very useful!
Forum: The Reef Chemistry Forum 07/22/2007, 10:08 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 482
Posted By aka_BigRed
OK, but how about in the situation where you...

OK, but how about in the situation where you don't know exactly how much was added?

I recently had a mishap where my system had RO dumping into it to driving down the salinity to 1.015 from...
Forum: The Reef Chemistry Forum 07/22/2007, 09:30 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 482
Posted By aka_BigRed
Calculating how much salt to add to get desired SG

I've been trying to figure out exactly how much salt to add to my mixing bin to reach a desired salinity.

Basically I have a bin with a known volume, and I know the current SG of the water...
Forum: Reef Discussion 07/21/2007, 07:53 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 365
Posted By aka_BigRed
This works well for spot treatments, but if...

This works well for spot treatments, but if they've infested, removing and toasting the rock may be the drastic, but needed solution.
Forum: Reef Discussion 07/21/2007, 07:51 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 533
Posted By aka_BigRed
Exclamation How fast to increase salinity after a crash?

I had a big salinity mishap! I came home today to the tank and noticed all my corals were closed up. I thought it was weird and went to the basement to find the RO line filling it with freshwater...
Forum: Do It Yourself 07/11/2007, 09:40 AM
Replies: 325
Views: 54,524
Posted By aka_BigRed
C4Vette, your link comes up 404 not found.

C4Vette, your link comes up 404 not found.
Forum: Do It Yourself 07/05/2007, 08:52 AM
Replies: 325
Views: 54,524
Posted By aka_BigRed
That looks awesome! Would you consider sharing...

That looks awesome! Would you consider sharing the backend code to that web interface? I'd be interested to see what your database schema looks like too. My perl scripts are pretty basic, but I'll...
Forum: Reef Discussion 07/03/2007, 07:29 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 2,406
Posted By aka_BigRed
Question What's your backup power plan?

Ok, this installment in my "What's your..." series I find out what sort of backup power systems people have. For some reason I've been in a contingency planning mood the last couple months so I...
Forum: Do It Yourself 06/03/2007, 06:35 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 4,448
Posted By aka_BigRed
Yeah, I love them. Truly one of my better...

Yeah, I love them. Truly one of my better ideas! I see my mandarin hunting around them all the time. I think she's learned that there's always good pickin's near them :)

BTW, Kentanner11 -...
Forum: LPS Keepers 05/31/2007, 11:37 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 348
Posted By aka_BigRed
LPS ID help please

I'm terrible with coral ID and can't for the life of me remember what species these are. I thought they were something along the lines of a trumpet or candy cane coral.

Can anyone help?

When...
Forum: Reef Discussion 05/30/2007, 06:50 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,049
Posted By aka_BigRed
I'm surprised how many 82+ votes we've had. I ...

I'm surprised how many 82+ votes we've had. I had my tank get up to 82/83 one weekend before I had the A/C on, and had some pretty angry looking corals.
Forum: Reef Discussion 05/27/2007, 08:21 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,049
Posted By aka_BigRed
Question What's your tank temperature?

The next poll in my "What's your..." series has to do with tank temperature. I'm trying to figure out what most people run their tank temps at.

Rock the vote and share with us what your target...
Forum: Other Invertebrates 04/30/2007, 10:12 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 329
Posted By aka_BigRed
Cool. Thanks!

Cool. Thanks!
Forum: Do It Yourself 04/30/2007, 08:58 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 473
Posted By aka_BigRed
Dynamic Water Level monitoring (not just float switchs)

I'm trying to monitor the water level in my sump and want to do so using more than just a float switch. In my sump water comes in from the tank on the left side, then baffles with filter fiber in...
Forum: Other Invertebrates 04/29/2007, 06:44 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 539
Posted By aka_BigRed
sweet!

sweet!
Forum: Other Invertebrates 04/29/2007, 06:43 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 329
Posted By aka_BigRed
Baby Snail ID

I'm trying to ID some tiny snails I found in my tank last night after dark. I'm not sure what they are. Does anyone have a link to a good snail reference where I might get a good list of snails with...
Forum: Reef Discussion 04/23/2007, 10:00 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,014
Posted By aka_BigRed
What's you tank's salinity?

I'm trying to get a feeling for what most people run as a "normal" salinity.
Forum: Do It Yourself 03/19/2007, 07:17 PM
Replies: 325
Views: 54,524
Posted By aka_BigRed
Bean, That's probably what I'll do long term. ...

Bean, That's probably what I'll do long term. I've got an old PC power supply that will be wired up to the bus. I get 5v and 12v both nicely regulated and more than enough to go around.

I'm fuse...
Forum: Do It Yourself 03/19/2007, 01:10 PM
Replies: 325
Views: 54,524
Posted By aka_BigRed
I have a quick general question for you other...

I have a quick general question for you other guys running 1-wire devices: Do you supply 5v Regulated & 12v+ Unregulated on your network as seems to be standard?

...
Forum: Do It Yourself 03/19/2007, 10:11 AM
Replies: 325
Views: 54,524
Posted By aka_BigRed
I'm a little curious how much head something like...

I'm a little curious how much head something like that would add to the pump and restrict flow. It might be pretty substantial.... just a thought w/out looking at a spec sheet or anything.

I'll...
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