u/GordonRammstein

What kind of handheld chlorine analyzers are y’all using?

I need a high-ish range handheld/bench meter to verify our online hach probes. It looks like the high range Hach DR300 only goes up to about 10mg/L, but our residuals can get up to 20 in our reclaim system.

Our district uses the Palintest Kemio, which is a cool little system that uses strips instead of powder/other reagents. BUT, their customer service has been abysmal. Our test strips are expired(and using the wrong range) and I’ve been trying to order some for almost 2 months now with no luck. I received a quote within the first two days, but there were errors and I asked for them to be corrected, since I could not submit what I had received. Since then, silence from the company. I’ve emailed the quote sender and their general sales email multiple times with no response.

If I can find a third party kemio reagent vendor, I’ll take it. But I wouldn’t mind going with a different brand that has more trustworthy customer service.

I’ve also been eyeballing the Hanna colorimeters, which I know are fairly trusted in the reef/fishkeeping community. But I’m not sure how well they stand up against more commercial brands

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u/GordonRammstein — 4 days ago

Running multiple instances at once, what happens?

I’m working on the dash kill quest and need a bunch of giant materials, so I left the game running on my computer with a right click auto clicker. What happens if I log onto the mobile version and play while it’s running separately on my computer? Will I lose progress from one of the instances or will they somehow combine?

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u/GordonRammstein — 1 month ago

60 cube no WC for 18 months, any tips to improve the setup?

The smallish scape is somewhat intentionally recreating some reefs I dove in Indonesia(without the area specific livestock). I know it isn’t everyone’s favorite scape, but it reminds me of my trip and brings me peace. I have a simplicity skimmer, filter sock changed every couple months, fuge chamber, activated carbon split from return pump, and dosing around 12mL All for Reef daily.
I’m starting to get some cyano in the sand because my skimmer wasn’t doing its job for a couple months, so we’re slowly getting her dialed back in. Otherwise, I have pellets on an auto feeder and occasionally feed mysis or “emerald feast”. It’s pretty dang low maintenance these days but there’s always room for improvement.

I’d like to rearrange the sump guts somehow to make service easier(I don’t change socks because it’s just annoying to get in there). I have a ton of acrylic and was considering doing a custom build with the ATO reservoir built in, but that’s a project for another day(though ideas/plans would be helpful for the future). Anyway, rate my setup!

u/GordonRammstein — 3 months ago