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AVAST Marine Works
http://www.avastmarine.com
We at AVAST Marine Works are not your typical aquarium equipment manufacturer. Yes, like many other manufacturers out there in the marine aquarium industry, we are passionate aquarists with a knack for building and selling high quality, precision-made products. Where we differ is in our ability to create innovative and useful devices, and rapidly deliver incremental improvements to existing good ideas. This often means figuring out ways to lower production costs, increase robustness and reliability, or make simple efficiency tweaks, all in order to do more with less. We also believe that the online marine hobbyist scene is a powerful force of innovation in the aquarium industry. To that end, we want to enable hobbyists to tinker, tweak, and experiment with new ideas in as cost-effective a manner as possible. Our do-it-yourself kits are designed to develop the beginning hobbyist's tinkering skills, while saving money on otherwise expensive equipment. Our precision-cut components and hard-to-find part inventory allow advanced hobbyists to build new devices with the hope that they will share their creations with the rest of us, here on our discussion site and elsewhere. We believe in giving credit where it is due, and are eager to work with you to turn your ideas into reality.
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AVAST Marine Works "Black Pearl" Smoked-Cone Skimmer with Neck Cleaner & Skimmate Locker
Value: $960.00
Quantity Available: 1
-Smoked cone body to inhibit algae growth in sumps with 'fuge lights
-Ability to run external
-Sicce PSK-1000 recirculating pinwheel pump
-Integrated Swabbie neck cleaner, now with 12vdc quick disconnect power supply
-smoked collection cup, to help hide all that nasty skimmate

"Davy Jones Skimmate Locker" includes:

-Pressure sensor driven switchbox to automatically cut power to skimmer when collection vessel is full. Optional digital output to send email/text when this happens.
-Carbon cap to filter exhaust air and eliminate smell from skimmate
-Large 1.5 gallon vessel to reduce frequency of emptying- combined with the Swabbie, you can go weeks to months without ever touching skimmer!
AVAST Marine Works Top-off Kit
Value: $74.99
Quantity Available: 1
Finally, a top-off control sensor that is mounted to your sump with a magnet rather than a clunky bracket!  Driven by a pressure-sensitive switch located in the relay box, a strong magnetic field won't affect its operation.  The sensor tube can't get clogged with calcium deposits or activated by wayward snails as there are no moving parts.  Our top-off system is capable of maintaining the sump water level within +/- 1/2" tolerance and features a built-in range buffer or hysteresis effect, which prevents rapid on-off switching that sometimes occurs when cheap float switches bob up and down in small waves.  The magnet bracket is capable of holding on up to 1/2" thick glass.  The slim design relay box is unobtrusive and can handle up to a 3 amp pump at 110v AC.  The green LED light indicates when the circuit is active and the pump is running.
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AVAST Marine Works Top-Down Porthole
Value: $39.99
Quantity Available: 1
Take great photos of your aquarium from the top down, the way corals are meant to be viewed!  Developed in collaboration with our friend and reef aquarium expert Tony Vargas, this handy lens housing mounts directly to the barrel of your DSLR lens, allowing you to (carefully) dip the housing in the water and get tack sharp photos without annoying lightbulb reflections or surface ripples.  Using the three thumbscrews to mount the housing on the lens barrel, you can turn the housing to zoom the lens, which can be difficult with traditional top-down photo boxes.

The "porthole" features a machined, textured outer barrel for extra grip and a front ring to protect the acrylic lens from scratches when set face-down.

Inner diameter of the housing is approximately 4" and supports a wide range of lens sizes.  Even some point-n-shoot cameras may fit; the thumbscrews tighten down to 1.25" spacing.  The housing length is 3-3/8" overall, and the barrel depth is 2.75" to the inside of the acrylic lens.
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