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  1. dngspot
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    A cheaper way to heat your tank.

    We just received the gas bill. I know that we did not use the house heater in the past two months but cannot explain why my bill is lower than the...
    Post by: dngspot, May 18, 2010 in forum: I made this!
  2. dngspot
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    A cheaper way to heat your tank.

    First electric bill came in. It reflects about 50% with the electric heaters. It went from $270.00 to $190.00. Now we wait for the gas bill to show...
    Post by: dngspot, May 13, 2010 in forum: I made this!
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    A cheaper way to heat your tank.

    I have installed the new counter and it looks like the pump has switched on 23 times in the first 24 hours. The pump runs for 2 minutes. I have the...
    Post by: dngspot, May 2, 2010 in forum: I made this!
  4. dngspot
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    My Attempt at An Algae Scrubber With Pics

    Did it again wrong thread
    Post by: dngspot, May 2, 2010 in forum: I made this!
  5. dngspot
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    A cheaper way to heat your tank.

    I have only the Ranco. I will get another and run it as a redundant.
    Post by: dngspot, Apr 28, 2010 in forum: I made this!
  6. dngspot
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    A cheaper way to heat your tank.

    I brought home my inferred temperature gun and took a few readings. I turned up the Ranco 1 degree and found the pump took 3 minutes to raise the...
    Post by: dngspot, Apr 27, 2010 in forum: I made this!
  7. dngspot
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    My Attempt at An Algae Scrubber With Pics

    Posted in the wrong thread...sorry
    Post by: dngspot, Apr 27, 2010 in forum: I made this!
  8. dngspot
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    A cheaper way to heat your tank.

    All of my fittings are clearly visible. I will keep an eye on them all and if anything seems to be out of normal I will post.
    Post by: dngspot, Apr 25, 2010 in forum: I made this!
  9. dngspot
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    A cheaper way to heat your tank.

    3/4 inch pvc working pressure is rated at 480 psi at 73 degrees. this rating is pipe temp not liquid temp. At 140 degrees it is reduced to 22%. I...
    Post by: dngspot, Apr 25, 2010 in forum: I made this!
  10. dngspot
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    A cheaper way to heat your tank.

    I used pvc. As for the power usage, most of this information is covered in the RC thread. I will leave that break down to that thread. I will say...
    Post by: dngspot, Apr 25, 2010 in forum: I made this!
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    My Attempt at An Algae Scrubber With Pics

    The tank is HA free. I have been fighting this for 3 years and this is the first time I can say my tank is HA free. This algae scrubber rocks!!!...
    Post by: dngspot, Apr 25, 2010 in forum: I made this!
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    A cheaper way to heat your tank.

    Summer time water beds rock. I can also tell it is working becaust the water line to the sump is 140 deg and coming out it is 90 deg. Yesterday...
    Post by: dngspot, Apr 25, 2010 in forum: I made this!
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    A cheaper way to heat your tank.

    All of the electrical is finished. Not much to show just a couple of cords connected. The Ranco is located in the same place and the probe is in the...
    Post by: dngspot, Apr 24, 2010 in forum: I made this!
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    A cheaper way to heat your tank.

    Last year when I moved the Sump into my down stairs fish room I struggled with keeping my tank temp warm, especially in the winter. I was using...
    Thread by: dngspot, Apr 24, 2010, 40 replies, in forum: I made this!
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    My Attempt at An Algae Scrubber With Pics

    Thanks Sparky I am glad to say the tank seems to be HA free. It was a tough battle but the algae scrubber seems to be a great success. Here is...
    Post by: dngspot, Apr 8, 2010 in forum: I made this!
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    My Attempt at An Algae Scrubber With Pics

    I was away for a week and thought I would take a pick of the rock that would grow the most HA. Over all the tank has seen a noticeable reduction of...
    Post by: dngspot, Mar 27, 2010 in forum: I made this!
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    My Attempt at An Algae Scrubber With Pics

    :oops:I decreased the time the bucket rotated to 8 seconds from 30 seconds
    Post by: dngspot, Mar 14, 2010 in forum: I made this!
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    My Attempt at An Algae Scrubber With Pics

    I now have some results. For a couple of months I did not see any progress for the scrubber except the $100.00 pad of turf algae die. I will even say...
    Post by: dngspot, Mar 14, 2010 in forum: I made this!
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    DIY 400 watt Metal Halide

    Sorry to reply so late. I used relays. They were double throw double pole (dpdt). On my ballast I had two common wires and one 240v wire. One of the...
    Post by: dngspot, Jan 24, 2010 in forum: I made this!
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    My Attempt at An Algae Scrubber With Pics

    Have you ever wanted to know how much turf algae you could get for $93.86? I guess I can now validate your guess if you had...a 12X6 inch screen....
    Post by: dngspot, Dec 15, 2009 in forum: I made this!
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