Jasonanatal's 120 Gallon "Advanced Complexity" Reef Aquarium.

Jasonanatal's 120 gallon "Advanced Complexity" Reef Aquarium Update.

Equipment: American Marine Inc. Calcium Monitor II (Taking the Time and Color Matching Out of Testing)

Well I decided that I should start improving everything from the groun up. So what better place to start then replacing my liquid test kits with a more efficient, economical and faster method of getting the results of the varies water paramters of my aquarium. So I decided that my LaMotte Liquid Calcium Test Kit was the first to get upgraded. I purchased the American Marine Inc. Calcium Monitor II. This new version comes with a new solid state probe which does not need to be stored in liquid when the monitor is not in use, improves accuracy and longevity of the probes lifespan.

The American Marine Inc. Calcium Monitor II can be operated from a 9 volt battery, giving you 150 hours of continuous use or using an AC Adapter (sold seperatly). Also calibration is simple using 100 and 100 Calcium Liquid provided when you purchase the monitor. All that is needed is to dip the probe into the solution, set your monitor to calibration mode and wait until the number 100 or 1000 respectively stop flashing and hit enter after calibrating to each solution. The American Marine Inc. Calcium Monitor II has a resolution of 0.2 PPM and an accuracy of +/- 2% of the reading after calibration. The Americna Marine Inc. Calcium Monitor II retails for an average of $259.00. Overall the American Marine Inc. Calcium Monitor II is a great, especially if your testing your Calcium levels on a weekly basis or more. Please keep in mind this is recommended for spot testing as oppossed to continuous monitoring according to the folks at American Marine Inc.







Photographs - Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - My American Marine Inc. Calcium Monitor II with 100 and 1000 Calibration Fluid and new Solid State Probe.

 

Jasonanatal's 120 gallon "Advanced Complexity" Reef Aquarium Update.

Do-It-Yourself: Customer Aquarium Stand (Doing My Bob Villa Thing)

My wife wants my son to be able to explore the rest of the house to further his development and I want to be able to keep his curious little hands from exploring and adjusting my equipment while I'm not home. So I thought I should complete the aquariun stand this past weekend. I made a trip to home depot and picked up all the necessary supplies and began doing my Bob Villa thing. The end result a sturdy stand that doesn't shake at all for about $150.00 in supplies and my son starting to explore the rest of the house. I think I did a pretty good job for my first stand. Next is the canopy.
















Photographs - Monday, March 09, 2009 - Me building my custom aquarium stand.

 

Great job on the stand Might consider a locking mechanism of some sort as the little tyke gets older and more curious.

The algae is ugly though Eeeeeeeew.

 

For all the awesome gizmos and gadgets on that bad boy...that is some nasty algae!!! hehe

 

Now let's be nice. That could just be typical tank cycle stuff, no?

 

i just want to know how you afford all that stuff drug lord or brain surgeon not even sure if they can afford it

 

Reply to Jwin.

Jwin, thank you for the compliment on my aquarium stand. I actually have child locks that I will be installing this evening to keep the little guy out. The algae is disgusting and I'm having another battle with that as I will talk about shortly.

 

Reply to Ermano.

Ermano, that is actually do to some incorrect dosing advise dispensed from an individual from Prodibio customer service. I'll speak about that shortly. I have some measures in place that should assist in getting rid of the algae.

 

Reply to Matt Rogers.

Matt Rogers, not really. The algae is my fault since I didn't bother to read some of the Prodibio dosing instructions and use on the ampoules. I listened to a customer service representative at Prodibio and appearantly the conversion from French to English was confusing. I'm currently working on correcting the issue.

 

Reply to MTips18.

Mtips18, I'm a Computer Systems Engineer aka Computer Geek.