Par Meter Rental

[bluerider098]

Does anyone have a Par meter that they would be willing to loan or rent? BRS is no longer doing rentals and I just can't justify buying one to use 1 time.

I would be willing to pay shipping with insurance.

I live in Michigan.

Thanks

 

[Bj’s Reef]

Aquarium speciality rents them.

 

[bluerider098]

Aquarium speciality rents them.

It's says it's of stock. I will have to e mail them to see if they just don't have any available. Hopefully they didn't quit renting them as well.

 

[Bj’s Reef]

Give them a call, they will be happy to help you. Ask for Scott and tell him Bobby told you about them. Yes I’m there to much but I can’t help myself.

 

[fishybizzness]

Does anyone have a Par meter that they would be willing to loan or rent? BRS is no longer doing rentals and I just can't justify buying one to use 1 time.

I would be willing to pay shipping with insurance.

I live in Michigan.

Thanks

I wonder why they stopped renting them? They were always pushing it in their videos.

 

[((FORDTECH))]

I wonder why they stopped renting them? They were always pushing it in their videos.

Could you imagine the abuse and neglect these things go through from hand to hand I would never borrow mine out to anybody I would have to stand there and watch them use it especially because of the obvious price tag

 

[bluerider098]

I wonder why they stopped renting them? They were always pushing it in their videos.

Not sure. They said they were reevaluating thier rental program and were not sure that it would be coming back. He he gave no specifics. He said to check back with customer service periodically to see if they program will return.

I suspect they were getting damaged and people fought tooth and nail to not lose thier deposit. Lots of potential for mis packaging and damage in transit.

I also suspect people weren't great about returning them within the week either and then complain that they had to pay for another week. This is all speculation of course.

 

[bluerider098]

I reached out to Aquarium Specialty, we will see what they say.

I am still interested if someone is willing to loan one.

 

[bluerider098]

I was able to rent one from aquarium Specialty. Thanks everyone.

I ordered it today and I will let everyone know how it turns out.

 

[Bj’s Reef]

Good I figured they would take care of you.

 

[Devaji]

how did this go? thinking about one to.

 

[bluerider098]

Actually just received it Friday. It worked well. Here are a couple of tips.

1. Take a picture of your tank and then print it out. Write your measurements directly on the photo where you took the reading from.
2. Plan ahead by setting some presets on your light with the colors and intensities you want to measure.
3. Take your measurements with your pumps on feed mode so that there is very little water movement. I tried taking them with the pumps running normally but the par readings would bounce all over the place due to the surface of the water moving. The readings would jump as much as 30 par.

Good luck.

 

[Devaji]

Actually just received it Friday. It worked well. Here are a couple of tips.

1. Take a picture of your tank and then print it out. Write your measurements directly on the photo where you took the reading from.
2. Plan ahead by setting some presets on your light with the colors and intensities you want to measure.
3. Take your measurements with your pumps on feed mode so that there is very little water movement. I tried taking them with the pumps running normally but the par readings would bounce all over the place due to the surface of the water moving. The readings would jump as much as 30 par.

Good luck.

thanks man. all great thoughts

 

[piranhaman00]

Amazon has rentals as well

 

[bluerider098]

Amazon has rentals as well

That's cool, How do you find them? I typed par meter rental into the search and didn't come up with anything.

 

[The_Shrimper]

Just saw another thread, where the winter found an app that lets you test par on your phone.

Free PAR meter? Photone App.

So there is this free app called Photone. It's used mostly by indoor gardeners to test PAR levels. This morning I had the brilliant idea to put my phone in a plastic bag and dunk it in my tank to see how it works. I'm currently waiting for my lights to ramp up so I can try it.. When I...

www.reef2reef.com

Check it out

 

[bluerider098]

Just saw another thread, where the winter found an app that lets you test par on your phone.

Free PAR meter? Photone App.

So there is this free app called Photone. It's used mostly by indoor gardeners to test PAR levels. This morning I had the brilliant idea to put my phone in a plastic bag and dunk it in my tank to see how it works. I'm currently waiting for my lights to ramp up so I can try it.. When I...

www.reef2reef.com

Check it out

Lol, make sure your phone is waterproof, even with a plastic bag. Your phone likely costs more than a par meter of it gets water in it and ruins it. Lol.

In all seriousness it might be good for a gut check, but I am not sure how much I would trust the readings from your phone for accurately measuring par. The Apogee par meter you get with the rental was designed specifically to be used under water.

 

[PeterC99]

Actually just received it Friday. It worked well. Here are a couple of tips.

1. Take a picture of your tank and then print it out. Write your measurements directly on the photo where you took the reading from.
2. Plan ahead by setting some presets on your light with the colors and intensities you want to measure.
3. Take your measurements with your pumps on feed mode so that there is very little water movement. I tried taking them with the pumps running normally but the par readings would bounce all over the place due to the surface of the water moving. The readings would jump as much as 30 par.

Good luck.

Great tips for using par meter! Thank you!