melev

yea i was gonna say, the jr with a dc8 should be able to control practically everything you need correct?

I was planning on the dc8 setup and eventually going to an under the tank sump so I could use a SCWD. Right now I have the 8 outlet coralife digital power strip and am using every socket on it :-\

The plan is to basically get myself situated in a stable enough setup for sps corals in my current 29 before I upgrade... which I think when I do upgrade it'll probably be a 72 bowfront

How many I/O ports does it have?

Nice Score I have to admit I thought it was a hoax.

That is a really nice score for 35$!

The ports on the base of this unit are Power, Phone Jack, Serial Port, Temp, & pH. It lights up nicely for easy reading of the display.

Originally Posted by fchidsey

Nice Score I have to admit I thought it was a hoax.

Why, is it April Fools day where you live?

No but a good prank can take place any time.

I personally think for the lost sleep and mental anguish he put some of us through that he should purchase us all aquacontroller jr's and sell them to us for $35... who's with me on that?

How do I lock the comments now?

You made your bed, now lay in it!

I'd say SCORE!! I just sold one (with DC-8) for $150... well got $150 credit for it in a trade on a Profilux but dang for $35 .... are you sure it wasn't stolen? Did you get it from some guy on the streets selling it out from under a dark over-coat? Did he had ROLEX watches for $100 too?

I purchased it from one of the sponsors that advertises on Melev's Reef actually. That was nice, giving them a little business.

While I was at my LFS (yes, my local fish store as in the one closest to me), I asked if he had a DC8 in stock and picked one up this evening. Now I need to get busy building my new quarantine tank in the near future, now that I have most of my toys amassed.

Cringing slightly, I thought I might as well see what it would have cost me to order the Aquacontroller Jr with DC-8 on Marine Depot. I'm happy to report I saved a lot of money after all. You know how you can save money purchasing online, so I was wondering what could have been. What I have now would have cost $229. Instead, I paid $137 total.

Marc, that's pretty sweet. Here's the controller I want to use on my next set up. I took a class on setting up and programming these little industrial controllers a couple years ago, and I'm really impressed with their versatility.

Whenever you do that Phil, I totally want to read all about it here.

Don't worry, you will.

Wow! I knew you saved BIG on that unit! Like I said I sold mine (and it was 3 years old) for $150 with the DC-8. It's nice to be in the right place at the right time. I'm usually the guy who comes in right AFTER the lucky guy LOL!

Phil that's pretty cool. I worked with some PLC's "back in the day" ... well I was around them and we had MT to actually work with/ON them. Once you get all the modules and get the hang of the logic you can do almost anything with a good PLC. That's basically what more controllers are except they are overly simplified. I LOVE My controller