tgreene
Reefer
I own a aquarium custom design, install & maintenance company, and have a client w/ a 1000g system that has finally come to the point that I've had to break down and buy SCUBA gear to work on the system.
Too keep things as simple as possible, I ordered a 25' LP hose so that I can keep the bottle out of the reef tank. I also bought a used set of regulators and gauges from the local dive shop.
After spending 5 hours underwater, and going through (2) 80cf bottles last Saturday, my jaw was about to fall out of my head due to all of the weight that I was having to deal with, so I upgraded my regulators to the Cressi-Sub Ellipse Titanium Alaska/MC7 setup w/ a 360* swivel. After several days of research looking for the lightest weight system that I could find (and afford), every road seemed to lead to this setup.
Being that I have the hose dropped in from above center, I needed the swivel in order to keep the hose weight down to a minimum.
I've wanted to learn to dive for years (since snorkling in Cozumel a few years ago), and fully realize that I'm going about it in the most backwards way possible, because I figure that by the time I get around to taking classes sometime during the winter, I will likely have all of the gear to be ready for open water diving. I'm very close to the Ozark lake region in northern Arkansas & southern Missouri, so the regional diving is quite plentiful.
Because I'm not yet certified, the local dive shop has been very careful and initially reluctant to sell me anything, but after getting to know me a bit better and KNOWING what I'm doing, they have been a great help, and they will fill tanks for me on my honor that I will only use them at this point for the stated purpose of working under 4 feet of water, and also that I never enter the tank w/o someone else present in case of emergency.
Have any of you ever had an opportunity to swim an aquarium..?
-Tim
Too keep things as simple as possible, I ordered a 25' LP hose so that I can keep the bottle out of the reef tank. I also bought a used set of regulators and gauges from the local dive shop.
After spending 5 hours underwater, and going through (2) 80cf bottles last Saturday, my jaw was about to fall out of my head due to all of the weight that I was having to deal with, so I upgraded my regulators to the Cressi-Sub Ellipse Titanium Alaska/MC7 setup w/ a 360* swivel. After several days of research looking for the lightest weight system that I could find (and afford), every road seemed to lead to this setup.
Being that I have the hose dropped in from above center, I needed the swivel in order to keep the hose weight down to a minimum.
I've wanted to learn to dive for years (since snorkling in Cozumel a few years ago), and fully realize that I'm going about it in the most backwards way possible, because I figure that by the time I get around to taking classes sometime during the winter, I will likely have all of the gear to be ready for open water diving. I'm very close to the Ozark lake region in northern Arkansas & southern Missouri, so the regional diving is quite plentiful.
Because I'm not yet certified, the local dive shop has been very careful and initially reluctant to sell me anything, but after getting to know me a bit better and KNOWING what I'm doing, they have been a great help, and they will fill tanks for me on my honor that I will only use them at this point for the stated purpose of working under 4 feet of water, and also that I never enter the tank w/o someone else present in case of emergency.
Have any of you ever had an opportunity to swim an aquarium..?
-Tim
