I use a 9x12 Tuff SHed in my backyard for a fish room/yard storage area. I don't have a garage, which sucks. Nice install work 8Ball. Nice and clean.
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Ty1e
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This should help you out some more. http://www.aquariumcontrollers.com/aquarium-equipment-comparisons.php
the excell chart is great.
the excell chart is great.
devgru
Premium Member
hey dave,ive read your posts on DA forums.nice setup.
one of my first ideas was to put my DT in my office and build a shed on the outside of the wall but due to easment rights the city wont let me.
hey Ty1e,ive seen a comparison chart awhile back.does the one you posted have the RKE on it?i dont have office on this PC right now(had a nasty virus and reformatted)
one of my first ideas was to put my DT in my office and build a shed on the outside of the wall but due to easment rights the city wont let me.
hey Ty1e,ive seen a comparison chart awhile back.does the one you posted have the RKE on it?i dont have office on this PC right now(had a nasty virus and reformatted)
The Aquarium Controllers site has pretty much every controller ever made. Some of them I've never even heard of. All of the products from DA, Neptune, GHL, Aquatronica, Elos, etc., are on that chart. It is very well done and should answer any question you have when comparing controllers.
devgru
Premium Member
i just left my LFS after picking up some bulkeads.
there was a guy in there picking up an order he placed.huge pile of stuff.
my wife noticed his watch,a $75,000 rolex.i noticed his equipment,mainly boxes of DA.i asked if he bought the RKE.
his reply "whats an RKE?"
i said "the DA boxes he had"
"oh i dont know what i bought,im setting up a reef tank and i pretty much just bought alot of things"
that just kills me.a guy that has a wealth of money to spend and he doesnt even now what he spent it on!
i asked my friend(owner) and he said the guy just dropped over $8k on livestock and equipment.
needless to say almost all the livestock and corals in the store had a "sold" tag on the tank.the guys tank doesnt even have water in it to start the cycle!
there was a guy in there picking up an order he placed.huge pile of stuff.
my wife noticed his watch,a $75,000 rolex.i noticed his equipment,mainly boxes of DA.i asked if he bought the RKE.
his reply "whats an RKE?"
i said "the DA boxes he had"
"oh i dont know what i bought,im setting up a reef tank and i pretty much just bought alot of things"
that just kills me.a guy that has a wealth of money to spend and he doesnt even now what he spent it on!
i asked my friend(owner) and he said the guy just dropped over $8k on livestock and equipment.
needless to say almost all the livestock and corals in the store had a "sold" tag on the tank.the guys tank doesnt even have water in it to start the cycle!
devgru
Premium Member
OK i did it I made a decision and placed my order.
i bought an ACIII setup.i finally went with the AC after hearing problems with firmware and updates,so i went with the tried and true.
i also received 20% off so i was able to get the complete setup.
im glad i already read the programming threads here in the neptune forum.im sure ill still have Q's but will post in there as its more appropriate.
thanks to everyone who had input in this thread.it helped in my final decision.
i bought an ACIII setup.i finally went with the AC after hearing problems with firmware and updates,so i went with the tried and true.
i also received 20% off so i was able to get the complete setup.
im glad i already read the programming threads here in the neptune forum.im sure ill still have Q's but will post in there as its more appropriate.
thanks to everyone who had input in this thread.it helped in my final decision.
devgru
Premium Member
i was debating this for some time,even before i started this thread.i wanted more automation and control to simplify things.
for some time i had been looking at all the posts in the 'neptune' forum and getting ideas and code examples.
i just hope that neptune will add more expansion in the future(wavemaking module that supports more than just Tunze,salinity for the ACIII and longer programming options)
ill keep my fingers crossed
for some time i had been looking at all the posts in the 'neptune' forum and getting ideas and code examples.
i just hope that neptune will add more expansion in the future(wavemaking module that supports more than just Tunze,salinity for the ACIII and longer programming options)
ill keep my fingers crossed
an411
Active member
Gotta love it that is the type of guy that will be tearing his tank down in less then 6 months and sell his 8k worth of stuff for 2k. I hope that I have money like that to blow someday. I think I am leaning toward the RKE I been doing some research lately and plan on using tax returns for one of these. The only thing that I wish that they had that maybe in the future will add is the controller for the tunzes and dosing pumps like the profilux has. I would go for the profilux in a heartbeat if I didnt have to drop 3k on the setup I would like. Gotta love the exchange rate for that high cost of that unit
an411
Active member
I think that I just found another +1 that would work and save money. I was thinking since there are individual timers on each outlet on the RKE you can hook up the doser pumps from BRS and have your alk and CA dosed for 180 bucks extra which is alot cheaper then the aquamedic or littermeter.
Harry_Fish
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Another Plus is that since it is moduler if you have a module
go bad you only have to replace that module, the rest of the
controller should be mostly unaffected.
To me that is a real plus.
go bad you only have to replace that module, the rest of the
controller should be mostly unaffected.
To me that is a real plus.
That is how I am dosing alk and calc. I have my RKE driving two dosing pumps and I just adjust the time that each of them stays on as my alk and calc needs change. Works great.
