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03-22-2010, 02:30 AM
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Myka, we missed you! Glad to hear you're working but so sorry about your dog. $400/mth...that's insane.
One thing to look at is the BRS or Drew's dosers at BRS. I've heard some really good things about them and price wise, they make a lot of sense as another option. Take care. Mark.
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03-22-2010, 07:03 AM
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Hey thanks Mark.
 I have thought about the Drew's dosers and BRS dosers, but with something as important as dosing I want to buy one of the best dosers I can. I can just imagine the havoc a doser could wreck if it got stuck on or something - eep! I also like the fact that the Profilux and LiterMeter dosers are digitally controlled. This makes it easy to adjust dosing amounts, and easy for me to instruct a caretaker on how to change the dosage when needed as well as ease in them being able to tell me exactly how much change they have made. Much better than, "Well I turned it up a 1/4 turn...up is clockwise, right?"  Ya, $400/month is rather steep. If I get the dosing and top ups automated, then I can get by with 3 visits per week to feed the fish (most of my fish will only eat frozen so I can't automate that), and do Saturday water changes. That will bring it down to about $250/month. If I get my work schedule to way I want it to be (21 days on, 10 off) I will be able to be home for 2 Saturdays per month to do the water changes, and that would bring it down under $200/month. I think any less than 3x per week would be a bit scary if something was to go wrong in that time. In fact, 3 visits per week is little enough to scare the jebus out of me! In the end, I figure though that I'm earning way more than an extra $400/month by working up here, so even though $400 sounds like a lot it's still worth it. 
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03-22-2010, 07:20 PM
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Myka, I'd get a Profilux controller and a slave doser - get the Profilux with the LAN card so you can monitor things over the net and change dosing/whatever as required remotely.
FWIW, the Profilux pumps have been rock solid for me since April last year. Set and forget. You could probably even set up automatic water changes with enough Profilux pumps. You can certainly do the ATO with the controller and pumps too linking it to float or optical level sensors on the Profilux.
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03-22-2010, 08:48 PM
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Mindy why don't you ask around I'm sure that there is somebody there could help you out.. see move here and me and Doug could strip your tank ..
I mean take care of your tank.
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03-22-2010, 11:05 PM
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see that is a problem I getting out of the SPS and going softies and lps im amazed that you havent asked about any of them
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180 starfire front, LPS, millipora Doesn't matter how much you have been reading until you take the plunge. You don't know as much as you think.
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03-23-2010, 05:42 AM
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Haha, you guys are hilarious!! No one is stripping my tank! I have worked hard on that thing for like 4 years, and it is finally starting to become respectable.
Me not ask about SPS? Huh, what? I miss something? dreef: I have frags for you too. Quote:
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