I just went thru this whole thread! Amazing tank congrats!! I was really anxious to see when you switched over to the radions being that I have a160we’s on mine.
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I just went thru this whole thread! Amazing tank congrats!! I was really anxious to see when you switched over to the radions being that I have a160we’s on mine.
Vinegar and water to clean the test vials. Tested this morning
Alk 8
Calcium 390
Magnesium 1280
Phosphates .07
Nitrates 2
Salinity 1.025
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Hmm - I would be concerned with glass vials scratching up against glass vials in the bucket. Here is my process for cleaning. Scratching can lead to errors as it will affect light transmission to Hanna sensor.
Here is my process;
Immediately after doing a test, I remove the vial and run it under cold tap water to flush it out. Then I fill it out with tap water, cap it give it a good shake then decant the water. Then I fill it half way up with rodi water (that I keep in a squirt bottle). Cap it. Give it a good sake. Then while it is still capped, I hold the cap and squirt rodi water on the outside of the vial. Again still holding the cap, the use a bounty sheet to wipe the outside of the tube dry. Then holding the vial with the bounty sheet, I remove the cap, hold the vial upside down and immediately place the vial into the case. This leave the vial clean on the inside and outside and ready for use in the next test.
When running a new test, I either use a bounty sheet or a lint free towel to hold the vial while filling it to avoid getting thumb prints.
Sounds like a lot written down but it only takes a couple of mins and it keeps the vials clean and scratch free for a long time.
thanks - I should mention that this process is not my idea; I purchased @PSXerholic 's sps guide a while back and he had a little writeup on how to clean hanna vials, which I adopted.Scratching is a good point I didn’t even think about! This Powerhead didn’t move the vials around in the bucket, the caps did though! I tested alk this morning it was dead on 8, like it was yesterday. Actually after I cleaned all the vials for the Hanna checkers the majority had the lines missing. I bought extra vials a long long long time ago. So I threw all the vials out for the Hanna that I cleaned and put new ones in the test kits!
Great suggestion again, I never even thought about that!
Hey Pelphry, I recall a post of yours where you got some custom things for your lights to shield them a bit. Who made them for you? If I were to search the web, what search terms would you use?
No not those. It was something that hid the bulbs over the tank when viewing the tank from afar. Might have been simple velcro strips IDK.I don’t own this, was just sharing it. I assume this is what you were talking about?
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/223442645277
No not those. It was something that hid the bulbs over the tank when viewing the tank from afar. Might have been simple velcro strips IDK.
I am just not finding the right words to describe what I mean, and google is therefore failing me. I believe you said you had someone that you complemented for his work create these simple rectangular "shields" that were placed on your lights so that you couldn't see the bulbs when viewing from the side. Ring a bell?
Sorry it doesn’t. I don’t think I’ve anything like that made, at least not that I can remember.
Hi Pelphry, Butuz uses these. I think "bleed" was the term I was lacking. What do you think?
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