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Exactly what i wanted and to support a local business I think i'm going with GHL again with lighting, but with four(4) Mitras Lightbar 2's controlled by my ProfiLux 3.1T. This'll be great place to house those impulse buys and a coral holding tank before they enter my display.

Shhh... I was told to go grocery shopping. But, of course i was on the hunt for a frag tank.

As this month is coming to a close.. I'm waiting for my father to allow me to use his fancy table saw to complete my acrylic sump. My little tabletop saw just isn't going to cut it, literally. I usually inquire to Avast Marine for Weld-on solvents and applicator bottles, pending order.

Ha! There's a bit of tech but it's quite simple.

Apex has an audible alarm or would you need something more frightening Lol Interesting.

Breakout box via a AquaController Apex? I was going to go that route with my GHL ProfiLux but i didn't have much use for the remaining inputs. However, adding two more sensors or door contact switches is possible as it recognizes the last switch command from different points.

Cabinet Lighting I've seen hobbyist use a particular type of motion sensor LEDs and they seem to be a bit cumbersome as the lights timeout after a period of time, not here. This kit allows me to have my light or lights on/off indefinitely. This modular system offers a endless amount of configurations Parts list: Hafele Surface Mounted Puck Light, 12v Coolwhite 5000k Hafele Modular Switch Lead Hafele Touch Free on/off Sensor Switch Hafele 20w 12v LED Driver .GIF(23.8MB) Better not have dial-up Lol

No worries - I'll catch you at FragFest ! I have an extra piece that you can try out if you like. Very nice ! Sounds like a worthy upgrade for your systems.

No Problem - Are you looking to start a fish room or add to a existing one? Great meeting you the other day !

Origami, Good question - This background is somewhat opague. Light does not transmit through the film unless you place a strong light source directly behind it.

I wasn't kidding when i mentioned "a new tank or two" from my first post. I'm starting to acquiring the equipment for my frag system I just need to make a decision on which tank to get... Roughly 40 gallons. Skimz will be my brand of choice for equipment. Skimz CM113 Calcium Reactor Skimz SM163 Skimmer

Applied a Blue Life Water Colors Aquarium Background , which didn't take too long(10mins) and a much better choice than painting the back of your aquarium, especially when you have a high quality tank.

You have a clean system yourself, scape looks familiar too!

Ha! Thanks !? You're running a calcium reactor and two different dosers ?

Welp, attended today's meet and i must say.. I was feeling a bit down because i couldn't bring home any of those photosynthetic gorgonians, acro's and stags from our sponsor Pacific East Aquaculture. This was quite difficult as i haven't been near corals in years.. I'm ready to dive straight in

Gotta love cable management .. I'm going to attempt to hide most of these cables within the BlueLounge Mini CableBox, along with a Apple Airport Express. The Doser and ProfiLux are held by blind shelf supports https://www.woodcraft.com/products/blind-shelf-supports-pair Did you notice the 1/2" hole located on the right of the shelf? Can you guess what i'm working on to control my cabinet lighting

In the process of setting up my ProfiLux 4 to monitor ambient temperature and humidity. This requires a PLM Humidity+Temp expansion card (PL-0278) and a Humidity+Temp sensor(PL-0279). The plan is to have my ProfiLux send me an email(capability- coming soon!) when my room temperature reaches a point to where it affects the water temperature. I can set my controller to react by turning on a cooling fan for evaporative cooling, supplementation to my programming for water temperature control.

Apogee Instruments has pushed out a few firmware updates regarding my SQ-520 quantum sensor these past couple of weeks, one of them being a fix for "Random but significant data spikes" and that did affect readings. The sensor appears to be more stable after the update.. So- Why not test my GHL Mitras pendant !? Quantum Sensor positioned eight inches below the light source Pendant configured to High-Output All nine color channels operating at 100% All nine LEDs are operating at 100% Readings Around 950, 8 inches Around 720, overflow weir Initial impressions.. It appears that the reflectors within the pendant do an amazing job at maintaining a balanced(quite natural) output of light, regardless of which kelvin temperature/illumination program you are trying to achieve. You'll also observe how the light is focused and not unstable by illuminating a whole room.

ProfiLux Online - I trust you're speaking of MyGHL Cloud? I'd say MyGHL is a work in progress that currently offers monitoring and basic functions, manipulate/override switch channel outlets, change assigned sensor settings, initiate maintenance modes, pump control (Except Vortech EcoSmart Modes. However, ProfiLux has custom profiles to create waves/surges/variable flow) GHL Control Center- Windows Operating system(No MacOS Support) is required to run this software. This is where you have full control of your system or systems. GHL Control Center *Only* QD VorTech pumps communicate via a Vortech Controller(11 pump configuration) and EcoSmart modes can be assigned throughout the day, including flow output... Vectra pumps are not supported - EcoTech would need to supply GHL with an updated firmware to add support. I doubt that will happen, even for Apex. ----------------- I'll have to test a few of my Tunze DC pumps to see how they operate under wave function.

You must have talked to Marco and Cristina at the GHL booth? I'm fairly involved with offering support regarding GHL equipment 'ProfiLuxOS' on Forums - Official GHL, ReefCentral and Reef2Reef. I really like the system but there is no coding involved. It's quite simple as selecting your programming via a drop-down dialog box and inputting numeric values. Is there something specific that you'd like to know? I plan to create a lot of content regarding setups and programming on this thread. My ProfiLux 3.1t and Doser 2 has been online for about three years on a dummy system(Test Bench). Ha- I like technology too? Don't get me started..

Much appreciated ! I'll see if I can make a time lapse of the Barrel Tender functioning within a couple weeks. The install and programming will be done tonight.

Origami, I appreciate your manner of hospitality. You'll find that I'm quite generous when it comes to providing content

Why, thank you !?

Today, working in the gunk section of my basement - You know.. The area where you have Christmas ornaments and stuff that has accumulated over the years. I think it's time to move the stuff on out and position my aquarium equipment(The Lab). Relocated my eleven year old SpectraPure RO/DI unit Installed the new Avast Marine Barrel Tender V2, which needs to be wired to my ProfiLux 3.1T Controller via a DB9 'Female' Terminal Block and PLM-ADIN Expansion Card. I'm curious to see the amount of control i have with this unit.

This will be quite the showpiece, and indeed.