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[Üter]

That mountain laurel is beautiful! I'll be searching on where to buy one of those.

the other one I have is a bubble gum pink. I think it's Sarah but not sure. they both stay 3-4 feet in size. The pink one blooms about 2 weeks earlier than the darker color.

 

[Üter]

I've had good luck with them, mine are the PC-100As from American DJ. I have six of them around the house and have used one or two on every tank in the last 20-some years. Never had one fail (knock on wood). I use a plug in Self-Resetting Outdoor-rated GFCI plugged into a wall plug that has an outdoor cover over it.

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Forgot to add Tripp-Lite makes really good power equipment. It is all I use at our parish, except a few legacy APC units.

they are really nice to just flip the switch on what you want. I mostly only turn off the skimmer to clean it out. About every 10 days. nothing else really gets shut off anymore. my MP's are below the water on a 10 gallon WC so I just leave them on but need to turn the ATO off. I've been using a pitcher for a long time now. much easier and less messy than siphoning. 10 scoops out and dump on the weeds out the front door then pour mixed water from containers into the pitcher so it's the same amount. I can do it pretty quickly and less of a burden on the back.

 

[kevgib67]

So, when you say ‘Good night, Walker,’ what’s going on in your mind?

Zombies from the series Game of Thrones were called Night Walkers.

 

[kevgib67]

What do you have blooming today?

Beautiful zoas in the first picture, pink playboy bunnies? Here’s mine.

 

[Üter]

I've had good luck with them, mine are the PC-100As from American DJ. I have six of them around the house and have used one or two on every tank in the last 20-some years. Never had one fail (knock on wood). I use a plug in Self-Resetting Outdoor-rated GFCI plugged into a wall plug that has an outdoor cover over it.

Edit---

Forgot to add Tripp-Lite makes really good power equipment. It is all I use at our parish, except a few legacy APC units.

I had bought that same outdoor cover box to do that but don’t remember why I didn’t. Probably a hospital visit hit in the way. I just taped white ice rink liner I had over the outlet for accidental splash and have a water alarm below that area where a leak would mistakenly come from pipes.

 

[Rocks reef]

Thanks, it is like that for about an hour in the morning (9 till 10 am) then the Primes and Blades start to cycle up and the Meridian starts to go brighter and bluer. By 2pm the tank is Windex-city. I'm actually trying to shift the balance a little more daylight slowly.

Here is the tank just an hour and forty-five minutes later (also unfiltered).

You did say the Meridians can go more white right? I do NOT like a heavy blue tank. I run my two Kessil a360x at 40% color during peak hours which is about 14K. Even on my ramp up and down I have whites added. If not, I will be selling my brand new, never used Meridian 35 and either getting another Kessil or go back to halides.

 

[kingranch2003]

Thanks, it is like that for about an hour in the morning (9 till 10 am) then the Primes and Blades start to cycle up and the Meridian starts to go brighter and bluer. By 2pm the tank is Windex-city. I'm actually trying to shift the balance a little more daylight slowly.

Here is the tank just an hour and forty-five minutes later (also unfiltered).

I love the look. I definitely lean blue on my tank with a little more white in the day. I love my radion. I was thinking of supplementing with An AI glow or meridian uv bar eventually. Killer setup Tom. You should be extremely happy with it

 

[kevgib67]

You da man Luis! Have you tried the crispy chicken taco or burrito yet?

 

[Rocks reef]

the other one I have is a bubble gum pink. I think it's Sarah but not sure. they both stay 3-4 feet in size. The pink one blooms about 2 weeks earlier than the darker color.

Wow!

 

[kevgib67]

I'm just poking fun sir, I'm not that far behind you I don't think. I'm 53

Hey, I was 53 once! Oh to be young.

 

[Rocks reef]

Zombies from the series Game of Thrones were called Night Walkers.

Yes! That's where I remember it from.. oh and Khaleesi!

 

[tharbin]

they are really nice to just flip the switch on what you want. I mostly only turn off the skimmer to clean it out. About every 10 days. nothing else really gets shut off anymore. my MP's are below the water on a 10 gallon WC so I just leave them on but need to turn the ATO off. I've been using a pitcher for a long time now. much easier and less messy than siphoning. 10 scoops out and dump on the weeds out the front door then pour mixed water from containers into the pitcher so it's the same amount. I can do it pretty quickly and less of a burden on the back.

They were my main acquiescence to automation. I use them every time we do a water change to turn off the return, flow, heater, uv and skimmer.

 

[Üter]

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Beautiful zoas in the first picture, pink playboy bunnies? Here’s mine.

ever dawned on me how much they look like zoas before.

 

[kevgib67]

What do you have blooming today?

Still waiting for the rhododendrons my wife’s coworker gave her to bloom in the last picture.

 

[Üter]

Hey, I was 53 once! Oh to be young.

and a still freshly appointed member of AARp ;-)
And YES, they keep bothering you for ever once you pass 49!

 

[tharbin]

I had bought that same outdoor cover box to do that but don’t remember why I didn’t. Probably a hospital visit hit in the way. I just taped white ice rink liner I had over the outlet for accidental splash and have a water alarm below that area where a leak would mistakenly come from pipes.

Very effective, probably more effective than my fancy box. I also have a water alarm on the floor

 

[Rocks reef]

Still waiting for the rhododendrons my wife’s coworker gave her to bloom in the last picture.

I think those bud rather than bloom sir!

 

[Üter]

Still waiting for the rhododendrons my wife’s coworker gave her to bloom in the last picture.

those last ones look very familiar

 

[Rocks reef]

Very effective, probably more effective than my fancy box. I also have a water alarm on the floor

I'm assuming it would be hard to source ice rink liner locally in Arizona. Maybe that's why you decided on the box.

 

[Üter]

Very effective, probably more effective than my fancy box. I also have a water alarm on the floor

what alarm is that one? Is that wifi?