sillygoose
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The big 300g show tank suffered stand failure and cracked last night. They lost it all. July has been rough. Hang in there guys.
good wishes to our buddies at SEA
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forrestcook
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holy crap... was that a home built stand or did a manufacturer put it together?
fishaholic911
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That stinks, Sorry to here that :'(
brettinteriors
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Ummm, wow. That reallllly sucks
bigfish520
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***, talk about bad luck. If anyone from SEA reads this I would be glad to build you a quality stand at little to no cost, you guys have always hooked me up. I have built a stand for a 125,240,300, and 450 and they look wayyyyy better then any commercially available stand I have ever seen so far. LMK
xpertrifle
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That is one of my nightmares, after seeing SEA's troubles I even called my homeowners ins company to see if they would insure my system. They do not......jerks.
They do insure the equipment but not the thousands in livestock in my 180.
They do insure the equipment but not the thousands in livestock in my 180.
bigfish520
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Im looking in to getting a standby generator after all the horror stories I heard this month. Im looking at about 1400 bucks, sucks but I would be an utter mess if I lost my fish. I have had some these guys since I got into the hobby about 3 yrs ago.
xpertrifle
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You could get a small genny at harbor freight for less than $200. It only needs to run a couple times a year. China can manage that.
Plus your NRA magazine's have 20% off coupons.
Plus your NRA magazine's have 20% off coupons.
bigfish520
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Im never home though and If my power went out I may not be there to start it. The stanby types turn on by themselves in the event of a power outage, and they are ALOT more expensive. Would there be a way to rig up some sort of relay on a cheap electric start generator to make it start by itself?
xpertrifle
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The expensive part it the automatic start. If you run a gen and just hook up the output to an outlet it will power the whole house, make sure you flip the main breaker so you are not powering the whole block.
I've seen those computer batt back-ups hooked in series with a larger batt, such as a marine batt. This will come on automatically and recharge. You could run some power heads or something for O2 for days.
I've seen those computer batt back-ups hooked in series with a larger batt, such as a marine batt. This will come on automatically and recharge. You could run some power heads or something for O2 for days.
bigfish520
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Yeah I was looking at the batteries, that may be an option. wayyy cheaper
jjk_reef00
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Let us know what you find out bigfish. I really need to look into something like that also...
Tucson Reef
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Dam, hope they caught it early, thats a mess to clean up. They'er due for some good luck, they've been hit bad this month.
Tunze or the Vortex can be set up on battery back up, that's all you need till you get home to crank up the Gen.
Please don't back feed a Genrator, it's illegal and might kill a lineman trying to get your power back on. Could also burn down your house. If you don't want to run the line straight from the generator to you stuff, get a transfer panel. I have one with 6 breakers, 3 pos breaker, up=line, center=off and down=Generator. I crank up gen and flip the switches and run the whole house (70 amp gen)
Tunze or the Vortex can be set up on battery back up, that's all you need till you get home to crank up the Gen.
Please don't back feed a Genrator, it's illegal and might kill a lineman trying to get your power back on. Could also burn down your house. If you don't want to run the line straight from the generator to you stuff, get a transfer panel. I have one with 6 breakers, 3 pos breaker, up=line, center=off and down=Generator. I crank up gen and flip the switches and run the whole house (70 amp gen)
bigfish520
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Great idea I need to upgrade my powerheads anyway.
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