Reminder Service

[Europhyllia]

Okay for all the 'I never test, dose, change water people this will look pretty silly but:

I've been logging my test results in a little book and it's nice to be able to look back and see any trends.
I also make a note when I add something new (filter media, etc.) with the date.

Works well when I want to check back on something but not so well when it's something that needs reminding.

I just signed up for a free email service and I think this will make it super easy.

For now every 5 weeks I'll get a reminder email to change the GFO. I'll test first of course and if it seems I can go longer I'll adjust the interval on that.

I was going to add a reminder for light bulbs but then I remembered I got LEDs now. :D
So I just set up up to remind me every six months to increase intensity by 2% since that would be equivalent to the average loss of intensity.

Anyway If you are bad about forgetting stuff (maintenance/bulbs/etc.) those email reminders might be nice.

I am using memotome.com but I am sure there are tons of them to choose from

[Teeb]

Google calender + Android phone is awesome for this.

[justahobby]

I used to have a widget (made by current I believe) that would track a lot of things like media, bulbs, etc.

http://www.marinedepot.com/marine_depot_current_usa_nanoplanner-ap.html

Karin, have you seen the RC thread that used a phosphate meter to test the longevity of GFO? The phosphates began dropping instantly. He tested every hour and saw a significant decreas. The reduction tapered off until it stopped reducing any measurable phosphates around day 2. I believe he did the experiment a couple times. It's been hypothesized that carbon has the same life expectancy.

I'm looking for the thread, but looks like it will be hard to find.

Woohoo... found it!

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1182318

[Europhyllia]

yes post it. that will be interesting. I knew aluminum reduces quicker than GFO but needs replacing faster. Sounds like there actually may be little difference between iron based and aluminum then?

I use a digital phosphate meter as well and it's currently at undetectable levels (probably due to my iron dosed cheato -just teasing. lol) but I'm not going to replace it until it's up to 0.05ppm. Hopefully it will take at least 5 weeks to get to that point :)

[justahobby]

Oh... you should test it out for us since you have a meter :D I was very surprised at how quickly the PO4 was reduced from a substantial level. Definitely ain't no snake oil lol

[Europhyllia]

I only have a really small curve though. Started at 0.06, got as high as 0.10 and then down to 0.00 so it's not too exciting to track. But I might check at shorter intervals now just to see how it matches up with that guys findings

[d3rryc]

Google calender + Android phone is awesome for this.

I set up a google calendar just a couple of months ago. It's got my carbon, GFO, bulbs - you name it. Anything and everything in my tank that needs periodic maintenance or replacement.