A clear misunderstanding...

[emeraldking]

In a Facebook group dedicated to aquarium keeping, I discovered that a Belgian member thought I had passed away last year. He initially believed I was explaining something that, in his view, applied only to livebearers. I pointed out that the explanation actually covered various fish species. He then assumed my name was simply a case of two different people sharing the same name, a homonym—thinking the other person, who operated under the name "Emeraldking-aquatics," was the one who had died last year. I replied that I am, in fact, the very same person who owns the "Emeraldking-aquatics" name, and that while I am ill, I am still very much alive. Weird, huh...?

Sorry, it's all in Dutch...
The topic was about how many unnecessary fish tank supplies were on the market and the many generalizations there are in aquarium fish keeping that needed the attention. And also about the differences there are in the hobby in the present in comparison to about 40-50 years ago. For in this group, there are many youngsters who only work with what they find on the internet and with all the unnecessary novelties. And especially those where one needs an app for. And I know that a lot of Millenials and Gen Z's have been raised in a digital era and like things they can do on their cellphones. But I still like to choose the old school approach instead...

 

[TwoTankAmin]

O am the reverse. O dpo not own a smart phone and I try to avoid any product that used an app. They cost more and I do not like paying for what I do not want and will not use. I have some equipment running well now for over 20 years.

Here is why I dislike digital. Over the years we had to buy new dish washers. These became digital. previous one which had a circuit b

ard which had to be replaced while still under warranty. That one broke in a couple of years and we had to pay for the replacement as the warranty had expired. A few years later the machine broke again due to the digital parts. So I decided to het a new machine rather than pay the cost of fixing it again,

I went to out local appliance store and there was only one salesperson there and he was on the phone, so I went down the line of washers to see what was available. As I passed each machine with digital parts and high prices I was getting depressed until the last machine. It had buttons and a dial and nothing digital. The sales person finished the call and came to help me. I told him I wanted that analog machine. He tried to sell me one of the others but I said I wanted the basic machine. That was well over 12 years ago and the machine is working perfectly today and has never needed a repair of any sort.

The only aquarium related equipment I have used were my 3 way continuous monitor for hardness, Temperature and pH. I no longer use it but it works fine. I gave uo the fish I needed it for so it is on the shelf. The curren model allows one to use and app to work it and to get remote readings. I would never buy one of these, but I can still find some of the older type models like I have on Ebay.

My temperature controllers are digital but as basic as possible. They have only one button which has an up arrow on it. it operates very simply. When plugged in it displays the temperature. It can be set from 20 - 34 C. I work in F. So it being in C is that gives it a bit of a range in F above and below the C setting, above and below the setting. So I do not need to set any range. So the fanciest part is the single button operation and the display is digital. Once I have cet the tank using the up arrow all I have to is stop pushing the up button when it hits the desired temp, it then
blinks the display 3 times and that temp. is set. After that the display shows the current water temp. This means I do not need a thermometer in the tank. But I use one anyway.

Azoo describes the controller as an easy, one-button operation and it displays the current water temperature digitally to give you a quick visual reading. Simply set the unit with the temperature you need and the on-board microprocessor does the rest maintaining the water temperature within ±1° Celsius of the temperature setting. The unit also features an alarm and shutoff when water temperature exceeds 35°C (around 95° Fahrenheit) and automatic heater shut off. The Azoo Micro Temp Controller measures 2 1/2 x 1 x 4 1/4 inches with a separate 29 in. temperature sensor probe.

The warmest I have ever had the tank temp. in a tank is about 92 or 93 at the peak of a dry/rainy season simulation.
The coolest I have used in any tank is 76F (24.4C). While I do use an assortment of digital items in my life, I am still basically analog at heart. ô¿ô