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Unread 12/02/2011, 02:58 PM   #11
jrpark22000
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Originally Posted by CalmSeasQuest View Post
I've used an 1800mW (the largest output I've seen tested in marine aquaria this far) on both glass tanks (both flat glass and a slight bow front) and an acrylic tank. I don't have a IR thermometer, but I was unable to detect any temperature change. I don't beleive that heat transfer will be a problem.
I do and I did test. The IR thermometer read no change in temperature through ½ starphire glass.


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Originally Posted by CalmSeasQuest View Post
I'm excited about the use of lasers in our tanks, but watching it slice through cardboard almost instantaneously has me treating it with the utmost respect.
A small part of the reflected beam burnt my exposed wrist. I have no idea where the reflection was the rest of the time I was using the laser. While wearing the glasses you cannot see any part of the laser beam other than the focal point. Just as with a firearm, one mistake could permanently affect yours or another’s life.


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