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Posted: **Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:44 pm**

Anybody got any experience with this one?

http://www.draquarium.com/

Posted: **Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:45 pm**

Hi
Never seen it before. Not sure on the benefits over water testing and looking at your temp thermometer, another time saving gadget.

Posted: **Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:48 pm**

i always look at the fish while checking the temperature etc if i wanted a hobby i could do from a desk then it would not be fishkeeping!!!

Posted: **Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:43 pm**

well... if you ever experience your fish being cooked overnight by a runaway heater while you sleep, you might apreciate a warning that wakes you up

Posted: **Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:55 pm**

McEve wrote:well... if you ever experience your fish being cooked overnight by a runaway heater while you sleep, you might apreciate a warning that wakes you up

That's why i purchased this one:

http://www.dennerle.com/HG09UG02.htm

I've got a 75 watt heater cable and a 300 watt heater with it.
The 75 watt heater cable is in my sump and keeps my system on temp 99% of the time, my 300 watt heater which is in the tank almost never comes on.
I keep the temp probe in the tank in case the pump fails.
This device has a acoustic and optical alarm and has also the feature where you can lower your temp during nighttime.
Cost me an arm and a leg, but so did the zebs.

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:09 am**

I use a software called Aquarix... believe me... if you want to depress yourself get an expense tracking software... you never realise how much you spend on the hobby till you start tracking it all... lol

Mind you it doesn't cause me to spend any less

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:33 pm**

That looks interesting McEve, prices would be handy though. I have no real interest in aquarium software but if I can combine hardware/software with my tank that would be brilliant...
At present I'm using some system 2000 equipment, which works well but the company has gone into receivership so getting spare parts is getting harder and harder...

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:06 pm**

McEve wrote:well... if you ever experience your fish being cooked overnight by a runaway heater while you sleep, you might apreciate a warning that wakes you up

Never thought of it like that although i space heat the fish house and this is on two timers in case one should fail, ok if it sticks on but not good if it goes off although the insulation would keep them warm until i did notice.

I also use Aquarix but dont log cost i dont want to keep evidence of costs !!!

Posted: **Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:18 pm**

Looks like more people have experienced what happened to me:

http://aquaweb.pair.com/forums/archives ... read=80275

Same filter

Posted: **Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:27 pm**

McEve wrote:Looks like more people have experienced what happened to me:

http://aquaweb.pair.com/forums/archives ... read=80275

Same filter

I got sent a thermo instead of the normal one without a heater....

Im just going to turn the heater off and go with a normal heater that i've got after reading those.

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