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Wise styglobites, We've bought a farm house in the hills above Montego Bay, Jamaica, and it's got a farm's rainwater tank: ~20'x30'x 12' deep. It's also got a flat concrete cover, three internal tank/modules each with its own ~18x18" access hatch. Annoyingly, I'm being told that I need to get...

Thanks TBone. This conversation is erring me towards gasoline... damn... but so it goes- this is why there is a conversation (thanks SCUBABoard :) ) Hi Kelemvor, you're not wrong, but I'd need at least 3 systems and training and easy access to medical O2 & charcoal. Our original planting site...

Thanks TBone. My experience of companies (like Browne) is that they are inundated with do-gooders (like me) asking for discounts. Smaller operators (like me), and private operators in particular (like me) are that much easier to ignore. I'll give it a try, though. Plug-in on the dock is pretty...

Right, not to "bump" per se, but rather I'm going to hijack this thread entirely: I've got 4500 cultured staghorn corals to plant to 10~20' depth in Montego Bay (Jamaica) and I own 15 tanks and a 17' 1968 Montauk (Boston Whaler) with a new-ish Yamaha 60Hp four-banger. I have one great guy that...

Thanks Jack. 14 are Catalinas and one's a Luxfer; thanks for the link & I'll check the Cat supplier (Genesis). I don't really need them painted, but the white has proven very useful & flaking is a shame, and I'm not intending to use anything that needs heat-treatment- just Rustolium spray in...

Thanks Michael and agreed. I'll call around, but I doubt I'll have access to (trusted) powder-coating; any treatment and/or painting will likely happen in-shop. So far I'm mostly looking for touch-up options to prolong/preserve/protect the current paint. ...plus these three 'stragglers' :)

Wise Aquatists, I bought a dozen Al80s last year in white- the colour was a weak choice at the time, but I'm lovin' them: they don't heat up in the full sunshine of my little boat (like, at all) and they're super-visible both underwater and at the fill-shop. They're becoming a bit iconic to my...

Ah, Ok. I've got a half-dozen Al80s circa 1980s that I've been weighing reconditioning -vs- potted-plants. Reading through these responses re. tanks from 1995, I suppose it'll be the latter :)

Sorry Iain, Power supply's not limited per se, it's just costly. We get 110/220 at 50Hz from the mains. Outages certainly happen, too, and for larger/longer fill sessions we could/would certainly rent bottles and get fills at the Park/dive shop. Our nursery depths are less-than 20', usually...

Thanks Iain, Food for though, thanks.

Thanks Ian, I've got ~20bottles in the current collection, old and brand-spankin' new. We use 6~12 bottles/day in set-up & monitoring days and <6/week through grow-out phases. Perfect-world there'd be something at ~1cfm on some manner of quiet & high-efficiency motor (island= electricity is...

Wisdom pool, I'm wondering if there exists a little electric compressor that could fill a whip of 1/2dozen+ tanks on an overnight trickle. quiet as possible, 120 or 220V or 3phase, and 50Hz in a perfect world. I'd set an alarm to check it from time to time, and/or a baby-monitor. Andrew

Lovely- I'm off to set valves. Thanks folks. Best wishes for the mid-winter/summer solstice (drunken?) festivities season! :)

Lovely, sparkly SCUBA Folk, Brand-new tanks have arrived, still in plastic bag with little blue plastic plug. Q: Do I set the valve & fill 'em up, or is it advisable to give 'em a quick rinse-out first? Qi: If the latter, soap? Vinegar? Both? The weather's nasty so it will take day(s)...

A vital point re. lenses, Barmaglot, thanks thanks thanks. Is there any reason to choose the Meikon over the Eachshot, then? Likely a numbscull question, but just to clarify :) It's unfortunate that the one that I'll need is the ugly/bulky one, but so it goes. We'll fashion a screw-on lead base...

PS: are the Meikon and the EACHSHOT the same, but for the $25 badge? Nobody else seems to be making a housing for this SONY anymore.

Cheeky rekindling of an ancient thread as i'm coming back to decision-making crunch-time. I need a monitoring & website snaps camera for work. I'm currently on a wee workhorse Linux "Tough" (Panasonic) and it's fine for the price, but I don't trust it beyond ~20' and a few minutes...

Thanks g, this is all very useful Sherwood's offered a nice "do-gooder" pricing package, so this thing is on the short-list for us. The fast-dry is amongst my go-to interests, though I dislike integrated weights generally for small boats- easy fix, just wear a belt. Having said that, I'm not as...

G'Morning Diver-types, Any recent reviews or comments on what seems to be the newest version of this IGills IPhone-com-computer? I like having a tiny camera in my pocket (rather than carrying a bulkier cam-housing) and need a watch/computer & compass & GPS and this seems to be a low-cost...

Same question as HedgeHog. I've got an old 5R and am shopping for a housing- some question as to whether the N housing fits the R camera.