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Post by jasonandsarah on Aug 14, 2014 10:04:02 GMT -5
I was just saying I liked the sound of the look of the tank:) don't think I've seen anything like that? Haha shows you I haven't been around long....
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Post by BriMc on Aug 14, 2014 10:35:49 GMT -5
I think for me when I say old school what I am saying is I am using what I have learned from experience to make my tank better, it has nothing to do with modern or old equipment. As someone stated skimmers are skimmers, have they evolved to make them better, absolutely original skimmers were square and used a lime wood air stone. DC pumps I was not commenting negatively about DC pumps as I think DC pumps are great. I had a question about the metal clamp holding the impeller to the shaft. In the past I had a few pumps rust because of improper metals used and now a few of the manufacturers are having issues with this clamp rusting in DC pumps.
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Aug 14, 2014 10:38:30 GMT -5
stainless has copper in it. slate has impurities hang on filter I dont even have to talk about lol Only specific types of stainless steel contain copper to make the steel more malleable in situations where that property is desired. That said, the vast majority of stainless steels only contain carbon, chromium and nickel to resist corrosion and resist wear. I agree with slate though, there's no real way of knowing just what impurities are contained within its structure. I will say, if the old school method is the Keep it simple method then realistically that's where I'm at. The less electronic or mechanical things to go wrong the better. I do like to keep things simplified but updated though. The methods stay the same for me but the equipment making those methods possible is what gets updated for me. |
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Post by jess on Aug 14, 2014 12:27:47 GMT -5
Ok old school with the exception of leds. Forgot about that little upgrade lol
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Post by gotareef on Aug 14, 2014 15:11:04 GMT -5
stainless has copper in it. slate has impurities hang on filter I dont even have to talk about lol Only specific types of stainless steel contain copper to make the steel more malleable in situations where that property is desired. That said, the vast majority of stainless steels only contain carbon, chromium and nickel to resist corrosion and resist wear. I agree with slate though, there's no real way of knowing just what impurities are contained within its structure. I will say, if the old school method is the Keep it simple method then realistically that's where I'm at. The less electronic or mechanical things to go wrong the better. I do like to keep things simplified but updated though. The methods stay the same for me but the equipment making those methods possible is what gets updated for me. learn something new everyday! I always thought stainless was nickel with some copper, and bronze was copper with some nickle... |
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Post by gotareef on Aug 15, 2014 4:08:22 GMT -5
I was just saying I liked the sound of the look of the tank:) don't think I've seen anything like that? Haha shows you I haven't been around long.... look up metaframe, some of them look sweet! I have had 10g slate bottom and 5g ribbed glass bottom tamks. some pic's are of 50g tanks with slate bottoms and putty holding them together |
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