Stoopid Nubeee

I fed my fish last night and I turned off the pumps so the skimmer wouldn't
suck up the food. Well...I forgot to turn it back on. This morning my angel
was laying on her side on the bottom breathing. I checked the water and it
was fine but I went ahead and did a change anyway. The Angel is swimming
around now but I wonder if I caused any other damage? From now on I'm only
going to turn the skimmer off at feeding.

--
Jim

"I like this opera crowd. They make me feel tough".

"jthread" wrote in message ...
I fed my fish last night and I turned off the pumps so the skimmer wouldn't
suck up the food. Well...I forgot to turn it back on. This morning my angel
was laying on her side on the bottom breathing. I checked the water and it
was fine but I went ahead and did a change anyway. The Angel is swimming
around now but I wonder if I caused any other damage? From now on I'm only
going to turn the skimmer off at feeding.

For a small fee I can make you an electronic timer for your
skimmer pump which will prevent this happening again :-)
You just set the time the pump needs to be off for, let's
say 15 minutes and it will turn itself back on automatically
after the given time lapse :-) What do you think about this idea? ;-)

"Pszemol" wrote in message
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"jthread" wrote in message
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I fed my fish last night and I turned off the pumps so the skimmer
wouldn't suck up the food. Well...I forgot to turn it back on. This
morning my angel was laying on her side on the bottom breathing. I
checked the water and it was fine but I went ahead and did a change
anyway. The Angel is swimming around now but I wonder if I caused any
other damage? From now on I'm only going to turn the skimmer off at
feeding.

For a small fee I can make you an electronic timer for your
skimmer pump which will prevent this happening again :-)
You just set the time the pump needs to be off for, let's
say 15 minutes and it will turn itself back on automatically
after the given time lapse :-) What do you think about this idea? ;-)

What would be better is one I turn off but comes back on in three minutes.
But I think as long as I leave the motor-head and canister on I'll be OK.

I've got all my lights on timers.

I just check the angel and she seems just fine now. Quite a scare. Brought
back memories of when my wife was taking care of the tanks.

Thanks.

Jim

"jthread" wrote in message ...
For a small fee I can make you an electronic timer for your
skimmer pump which will prevent this happening again :-)
You just set the time the pump needs to be off for, let's
say 15 minutes and it will turn itself back on automatically
after the given time lapse :-) What do you think about this idea? ;-)

What would be better is one I turn off but comes back on in three minutes.

This is exactly what I was talking about.
A timer would be normally ON and when feeding you press one button
which will turn the pump OFF and starts the timer ticking...
After 15 minutes your skimmer pump will turn itself ON automatically.

I just check the angel and she seems just fine now. Quite a scare.
Brought back memories of when my wife was taking care of the tanks.

It was probably lack of oxygen due to the interrupt in water circulation.

"Pszemol" wrote in message
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"jthread" wrote in message
...
For a small fee I can make you an electronic timer for your
skimmer pump which will prevent this happening again :-)
You just set the time the pump needs to be off for, let's
say 15 minutes and it will turn itself back on automatically
after the given time lapse :-) What do you think about this idea? ;-)

What would be better is one I turn off but comes back on in three
minutes.

This is exactly what I was talking about.
A timer would be normally ON and when feeding you press one button
which will turn the pump OFF and starts the timer ticking...
After 15 minutes your skimmer pump will turn itself ON automatically.

Oh, sorry. I thought you were referring to a reg. timer. Now that's a
excellent idea.

For now I'll just use a timer to back up my failing memory. If that fails
I'll try another route

Thanks again

Jim

I think 15 minutes would be the max setting.

You should make a couple so that they are already
made, and then you would have them ready to ship out
with a price already figured.

Wayne Sallee



Pszemol wrote on 11/19/2007 4:47 PM:
"jthread" wrote in message
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For a small fee I can make you an electronic timer for your
skimmer pump which will prevent this happening again :-)
You just set the time the pump needs to be off for, let's
say 15 minutes and it will turn itself back on automatically
after the given time lapse :-) What do you think about this idea? ;-)

What would be better is one I turn off but comes back on in three
minutes.

This is exactly what I was talking about.
A timer would be normally ON and when feeding you press one button
which will turn the pump OFF and starts the timer ticking...
After 15 minutes your skimmer pump will turn itself ON automatically.

I just check the angel and she seems just fine now. Quite a scare.
Brought back memories of when my wife was taking care of the tanks.

It was probably lack of oxygen due to the interrupt in water circulation.

Pszemol wrote:
For a small fee I can make you an electronic timer for your
skimmer pump which will prevent this happening again :-)
You just set the time the pump needs to be off for, let's
say 15 minutes and it will turn itself back on automatically
after the given time lapse :-) What do you think about this idea? ;-)

Cool. I'd love one for my bathroom heater.

--Kurt

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message ...
I think 15 minutes would be the max setting.

You should make a couple so that they are already
made, and then you would have them ready to ship out
with a price already figured.

Well, after thinking about it, I am not sure it can be done this way...
You know UL, safety, etc... :-)
I am not going to get this thing UL listed and pay for all the
stupid tests $10000 just to sell you 5 in retail for $50 each, do I ? :-)

I think I will publish the simple wiring diagram instead ;-)

"KurtG" wrote in message ...
Pszemol wrote:
For a small fee I can make you an electronic timer for your
skimmer pump which will prevent this happening again :-)
You just set the time the pump needs to be off for, let's
say 15 minutes and it will turn itself back on automatically
after the given time lapse :-) What do you think about this idea? ;-)

Cool. I'd love one for my bathroom heater.

For the bathroom heater ? This is the simple one...
How much would you want to pay for it? :-)

You skimmer one should work in a reversed mode: ON all the time
and OFF for 15 minutes only, triggered with a push of a button.

Most aquarium products have not been UL approved.

And no, you would not want to waist your time
getting it UL approved.

Wayne Sallee



Pszemol wrote on 11/19/2007 9:10 PM:
"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
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I think 15 minutes would be the max setting.

You should make a couple so that they are already made, and then you
would have them ready to ship out with a price already figured.

Well, after thinking about it, I am not sure it can be done this way...
You know UL, safety, etc... :-)
I am not going to get this thing UL listed and pay for all the
stupid tests $10000 just to sell you 5 in retail for $50 each, do I ? :-)

I think I will publish the simple wiring diagram instead ;-)