natalia_la_loca Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 friendly reminder to have a backup pump! pull the dirty one, replace it with the clean one, stick the dirty one in citric acid overnight to loosen deposits, give it a rinse and put in storage for when the other pump needs cleaning. easy! 5 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted August 10, 2023 Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 Friendly reminder to clean the gasket that’s on the lid of your insulated coffee/thermos mugs. I just cleaned mine and oh my God. 1 2 Quote Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 friendly reminder to raid your kitchen, junk drawer etc for reef supplies! you never know what random household item could become your next incredibly useful reef tank tool! (exhibit A: the turkey baster) 3 1 Quote Link to comment
Lebowski_ Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Friendly reminder to take a minute or two today to recalibrate your Hanna salinity pen or refractometer 🙂 On 8/13/2023 at 11:25 PM, natalia_la_loca said: friendly reminder to raid your kitchen, junk drawer etc for reef supplies! you never know what random household item could become your next incredibly useful reef tank tool! (exhibit A: the turkey baster) My wife absolute loves when I do this. "Honey, where are all the plastic measuring spoons" 2 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted August 15, 2023 Author Share Posted August 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Lebowski_ said: Hanna salinity pen friendly reminder to toss the hanna salinity pen. it drifts almost immediately after calibrating. 1 Quote Link to comment
Lebowski_ Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 25 minutes ago, TheKleinReef said: friendly reminder to toss the hanna salinity pen. it drifts almost immediately after calibrating. Mine has been bang on with my tropic marin glass refractometer, it's never drifted even between calibrations. Once every few months I will bring it to my buddies to check it against his more scientific tools. Honestly, never had any real drift. Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted August 15, 2023 Author Share Posted August 15, 2023 30 minutes ago, Lebowski_ said: Mine has been bang on with my tropic marin glass refractometer, it's never drifted even between calibrations. Once every few months I will bring it to my buddies to check it against his more scientific tools. Honestly, never had any real drift. i got a dud then. i calibrated it and 24h later it was like 0.05 off. Quote Link to comment
Lebowski_ Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 20 minutes ago, TheKleinReef said: i got a dud then. i calibrated it and 24h later it was like 0.05 off. Did you buy it on Amazon by chance? I hear there is a racket on some Hanna stuff where knock offs are being sold and they look very close to the actual equipment. 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted August 15, 2023 Author Share Posted August 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Lebowski_ said: Did you buy it on Amazon by chance? I hear there is a racket on some Hanna stuff where knock offs are being sold and they look very close to the actual equipment. nah. Got it from BRS. I emailed them and they said it was "improperly stored." I told them I calibrated it right out of the box and it drifted by the next day. they didn't help at all. 1 Quote Link to comment
A.m.P Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 What exactly entails improper storage of a salinity pen? Bizarre argument from the company, not very confidence inspiring lol... Quote Link to comment
Lebowski_ Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Maybe they mean like dipping it in RODI and letting it air dry after each use. Not sure. Sweet little pen, though! Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted August 16, 2023 Author Share Posted August 16, 2023 12 hours ago, A.m.P said: What exactly entails improper storage of a salinity pen? Bizarre argument from the company, not very confidence inspiring lol... you're supposed to rinse it with RODI and let dry completely before closing the pen. but i literally opened it, calibrated it, used it, washed/dried, and then used it again the next day to see what the number would be and it was really far off. 1 Quote Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 12 hours ago, Lebowski_ said: Friendly reminder that everything is transitional and we are all just specks of complicated dust on a lonely blue planet. Take a deep breath and zoom out from your stressors today. Quote I like from a book I just read by Iain Reid called "We Spread"...it's a bit of a trippy story. A moment isn't a moment. A moment is an eternity. A moment should mean something. It should mean everything. Past me when my reefbowl had dinoflagellates would have loved this (present me loves it too) Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted October 2, 2023 Author Share Posted October 2, 2023 Friendly reminder to take pictures perpendicular to the glass 🙂 Here's one of the images from my photography guide i never posted showing the difference just 20 degrees can make. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted October 4, 2023 Author Share Posted October 4, 2023 Friendly reminder that execution and functional use of knowledge is arguably more important than literally having the knowledge. 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment
Naekuh Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 Never get live stock to take care of a nuance... because that live stock ends up become another nuance if not planned correctly. Quote Link to comment
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