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10-05-2010, 04:40 AM
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Holy Hanna!
In early July I ordered one of them fancy schmancy new Hanna phosphate checkers. I ended up using it quite a but during the "event" that ripped through the tank as I frantically checked all my parameters pretty much every other day. I have to say it is pretty slick. I wish ALL test kits were like this!
  This is what you get in the box..  The checker itself, two test tubes, a stack of 4 (maybe 5 - i forget exactly) regents, AA battery. NOTE: The blue box to the left was an extra box of regent that I purchased. It does not come with it! It is quite simple to use. First you fill both tubes with tank water. You then empty one packet of regent into one of the tubes and gently stir/mix.  The instructions say to wait 3 minutes before checking the tube with the regent in it. At about the 2.5 minute mark I turn on the checker by pressing the button. It'll display "Add Press C.1" once it is ready for you to insert the tube that only contains the tank water.  Once the tube is inserted press the button. The Phosphate Checker uses this sample as sort of a zero calibration. Once it is ready it will display "Add Press C.2".  This is when you take out the water only tube and insert the tube that has the regent in it. Then press the button again. In a pretty short amount of time (like a few seconds), it gives you a reading. voila!  Nice and simple. I do have two gripes about it though. 1. I find the openning of the test tube small and tricky to get all the regent out of the packet and into the tube. There may have been some spillage so I had to do a couple of tests  2. The display only stays on for a few seconds. After that it completely shuts off. If you press the button again it starts from scratch which means it expects you to put the water-only tube back in for calibration. Mildly annoying when you're trying to line it up for a photo shoot.
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10-05-2010, 05:11 AM
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Kien your photos are too good, the quality is actully burning my retnias and making me feel inadiquite in all of my posts
 !!Tanks are looking wonderful as always buddy!
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10-05-2010, 05:21 AM
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Nori time is a great time to see ALL the fish at once. No one can resist Nori on a stick!      Sadly this does not work in the 131g aggressive tank since most of the fish in there have sworn off Nori for some reason. A scallop or clam on a stick maybe. I'll have to try that. Last edited by kien; 10-05-2010 at 05:42 AM.
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10-05-2010, 05:30 AM
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Hopefully I don't jinx myself.. but I think the "event" is behind me now. Corals are all looking good, growth is back on track and colours are returning.
This is a "skyberry" stag which is normally a baby blue that had completely browned out during the event. As you can see it has regained much of its colour.  I've also put in some new frags to see how they faired and they have all done well.      
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10-05-2010, 06:04 AM
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 .........ya......pretty much what Levi said!.....awsome pics man!.......good to see and hear that you are happy with the tank again
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10-05-2010, 07:18 AM
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Good to see things are on the up & up Kien. Found the same thing with the Hanna meter, you don't have much time between the 2 tubes during the test. Great pic's also
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10-05-2010, 07:26 AM
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You could take a photo of a turd and somehow expose some hidden beauty I swear. Great shots and really good to hear you're back in the realm of growth and colour. How much is the tester and 25 reagents?
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10-08-2010, 10:19 PM
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Photos
What kind of equipment are you using to photograph your corals? They are fantastic shots!
Looks like a nice macro lens.... or perhaps a point and shoot with great macro setting! I hope to rival those shots once my tank is complete!! LOL!
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10-08-2010, 10:40 PM
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Most macro photos were taken with the Canon 5D Mark II with 100mm macro lens. In water photos were taken with the Olympus Stylus Tough 6000 in macro mode.
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