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From: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: Aquarium Design equipment -- rubbish?
Summary: unrelated
Message-ID: <3765@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Date: 3 May 88 05:56:48 GMT
References: <21623@pyramid.pyramid.com>
Reply-To: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA
Lines: 37

In article <21623@pyramid.pyramid.com> csg@pyramid.pyramid.com (Carl S. Gutekunst) writes:
>I have a 20 gallon setup using entirely Aquarium Design equipment -- tank,
>heater, pump, UGF, light, even the (plastic) plants. The price was right ($70)
>so I kindof ignored the exceptionally cheap construction. Now I'm not so sure.


AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !

$70 for a 20 gal setup ? GAK.

used 20 gal tank - $10
gravel              $3

if you really need it

pump               $10
filter              $5

>My second heater in six weeks is now dying -- contacts arcing so badly that
>they don't stay closed long enough for the element to get hot. I can replace
>it under warranty (again), but I don't want to risk thermal shock to my fish
>(again). So I'll probably throw out the AD heater and replace it with the Rolf
>Hagen submersible that has worked so well in my other tank.
>
>Is all Aquarium Design stuff like this, or am I just unlucky?

Whats the heater for ? I didnt even use them in canada.

I guess if you need a good one, spend a of money on one of those
digital jobs, but you just may want to try it without one for a while
just to see what happens.



-- 
               "Words of wisdom Lloyd, words of wisdom"
richard@gryphon.CTS.COM                          rutgers!marque!gryphon!richard