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| The Wand Geek was here. ;) ![]() | I wanted to start a thread for those of you with Neptune Aquacontrollers... AC Jr, AC III, and AC III Pro. Any questions, comments, suggestions or programming tips can be posted here!! I just started setting my AC 3 last night... it was a slow start but I got the hang of it and hopefully will be using it 100% tonight!
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| The Wand Geek was here. ;) ![]() | Re: **Neptune AquaController** Products Depending on how many outlets you need, you'll want to get a few DC8's, a PH probe (unless you ahve one already), maybe an ORP probe, and maybe the upgrade software Aquanotes 3.3. There is free software that may be all you want...
__________________ ~Doni Marie~ GOT ICH??? My Victorious Battle with ICH 120 Reef Chronicle ~ Breeding Picasso Clownfish~ Massive 300 gal growout~ My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~ Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~ "Energy and persistance conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ |
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| The Wand Geek was here. ;) ![]() | Aquanotes Vs. Aquanotes Lite
__________________ ~Doni Marie~ GOT ICH??? My Victorious Battle with ICH 120 Reef Chronicle ~ Breeding Picasso Clownfish~ Massive 300 gal growout~ My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~ Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~ "Energy and persistance conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ |
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| Paperlady's Vandy ![]() | Re: **Neptune AquaController** Thank you! I will save up for the software upgrade, it looks like something I will wish I had...do not own any probes yet so I will be saving up even more. Let me know how it is working for you, after setup My Phosban Reactor is on it's way, it has made it from CA to somewhere in IL. I also have a Calcium Reactor w/C0 2 tank on hold at one of my LFS, I am hoping to have everything run on the AC III Pro, my calcium has been up and down so I am hoping CR will help maintain it. Deb |
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| The Wand Geek was here. ;) ![]() | Re: **Neptune AquaController** This controller will operate float valves and co2 controlling... just about everything....
__________________ ~Doni Marie~ GOT ICH??? My Victorious Battle with ICH 120 Reef Chronicle ~ Breeding Picasso Clownfish~ Massive 300 gal growout~ My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~ Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~ "Energy and persistance conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ |
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| Harlequin Tuskfish | Re: **Neptune AquaController** I have them on two of my tanks.....a seperate tower or laptop to view the charts and modify the program comes in handy.....my SPS is totally auto thanks to my AC.......
__________________ Member "Crabs Are Evil" Society "A wise man learns more from a foolish question, then a fool learns from a wise answer" - Bruce Lee _____________________________ 75 gal SeaClear II Reef Tank (softy tank) - Coralife 125 Super Skimmer - Little Giant 2-MDQX-SC - Angstrom 2537 UV 15W - HOB Refugium - Eheim Pro 2228 - Red Sea Wave Maker w/Maxi-Jet 600 (X4) - 100 lbs Live Sand (DSB) - 100 lbs Live Rock - 260W PC lighting - 470nm lunar lights (X15) - AquaController II Custom 75 gal Starphire glass tank (SPS/LPS tank) - Custom 24 gal Refugium - Tuzne Wave box - JBJ Chiller - 390W PC lighting - 175W MH (X2) - Knop Cal. Reactor - AquaController 3 Pro - Aqua C Skimmer - Phosban Reactor - 18W Turbo-twist UV sterilizer - Sump - Sony Computer 5 gal Nano Hospital Tank - Eheim 2213 - Red Sea Prizm Skimmer - Live sand - Live Rock - Built in Refugium - 36W PC lighting |
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| The Wand Geek was here. ;) ![]() | Re: **Neptune AquaController** The programming is much easier with a laptop! I am calibrating my two PH probes right now....
__________________ ~Doni Marie~ GOT ICH??? My Victorious Battle with ICH 120 Reef Chronicle ~ Breeding Picasso Clownfish~ Massive 300 gal growout~ My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~ Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~ "Energy and persistance conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ |
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| Do I look as lost as I am ![]() | Re: **Neptune AquaController** How about an update? I'm researching this topic now and would LOVE some more input!!Allen ![]()
__________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!! Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC*.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!! Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten ![]() BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef |
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| The Wand Geek was here. ;) ![]() | Re: **Neptune AquaController** I am REALLY enjoying my AC III. I have two DC8's and one DC2 (socket expansion) that are controlling everything on my 120. I love it~ Several things I am considering purchasing are 1) LUNARSIM-- Control Modules --controller that will dim/brighten LED's to simulate the moon phases year round, and 2) IO Breakout box-- Probes ; 3) Aquanotes3- AquaNotes If anyone has any of the above, please chime in on them! ![]()
__________________ ~Doni Marie~ GOT ICH??? My Victorious Battle with ICH 120 Reef Chronicle ~ Breeding Picasso Clownfish~ Massive 300 gal growout~ My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~ Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~ "Energy and persistance conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ |
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| Smile Maker | Re: **Neptune AquaController** I love my AC III as well. My tank is almost completely automated by the AC. I felt secure in leaving town with the AC handling my tank. All the sitter had to do was feed and make sure everything was running. I know it'll do a lot more than what I have it set up for though. It's a worthy piece of equipment! |
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| Torch coral | Re: **Neptune AquaController** factor in how much you pay for timers, power strips, thermometers - you may as well buy an aquacontroller. the jr is just a skip away from all those expenses, and the aqIII is more of an investment. but what you get is a fully automated fish tank. as mentioned above, you just need to feed. i have a jr on my work tank and it's nice to know when i'm not around if it gets to hot, the lights and additional pump will shut off at designated temps so the tank can cool down. i've ordered another jr for the home tank.
__________________ Kenny 24g Aquapod, 24lb Live Rock, 28lb Live Sand, (3) MJ 900s (25.5w, 460gph), Closed Loop Circulation Nanocustoms 4.36 Series Lighting (144w), (2) 36w 10000k Daylights. (2) 36w Actinics, (1) R2 Moonlights |
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| Star Polyps | Re: **Neptune AquaController** make sure if you are going to put out the money for the AC buy the DC boxes the X10 boxes are garbage. I have the AC 2 and with a calcium reactor i find it better to run with a extra ph controller for the cr becasue then you can still keep the ph with the AC on the display. There is a point in that rambolling |
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| Star Polyps | Re: **Neptune AquaController** what would be the best add on to use to plug my dual 400w hamilton mag ballast into I was thinking the expansion sockets, because it seems everything else that they offer is only rated for 500 watts total. Any advice would be great, thanks Keith
__________________ Proud Member of the 200+ club, have upgraded from 125 with 30 refugium, to a 215 reef with 125 sump/frag/refugium and 30 tall refugium. 370g system. And a separate 125g zebra moray tank ![]() Down the road hope to be a member of the 800+ club My name is Keith and I'm a addict, reefing is so much fun! ![]() If you are interested in buying some of my corals check out my corals on this website: http://twoclowns.mycoralfarm.com |
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| The Wand Geek was here. ;) ![]() | Re: **Neptune AquaController** Control Modules The (DC4HD) Direct Connect 4 heavy duty is rated for a Max 12 Amps, total current must be less than 15 Amps.
__________________ ~Doni Marie~ GOT ICH??? My Victorious Battle with ICH 120 Reef Chronicle ~ Breeding Picasso Clownfish~ Massive 300 gal growout~ My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~ Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~ "Energy and persistance conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ |
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