00W's AIO Smorgasbord

tharbin · Feb 17, 2026

Calmwaters said:
Could any of you guys make something like this to hold my ATO hose in my tanks? It need to be wider so it will fit over the rims. I need at least 3 of them but a couple of extras would be nice as eventually I would like to get atos for all my tanks.

Have you looked at these from Tunze. They are good quality and can be used individually.

Calmwaters · Feb 17, 2026

tharbin said:
Have you looked at these from Tunze. They are good quality and can be used individually.

Oh my gosh that's perfect!!! Thank you!

tharbin · Feb 17, 2026

Calmwaters said:
Yummy!!!! Are they different than donuts?

To me the dough is different, lighter and more, I don't know, maybe buttery.

Calmwaters · Feb 17, 2026

tbrown said:
Cool fish, yes. Highly edited picture, yes.

For example, here's what I see when I look at my Scoly - as true to colors and brightness as I can get with my camera:

Here's the same picture if I wanted you to think it's more amazing:

It definitely brings out all the colors better with higher saturation and higher contrast but my Burning Banana (top right) and my Dragon Soul favia colors are nowhere near what you see. I run heavy blues so my sand is blueish. The mouth of the Scoly is bright orange, just like the top picture. The red streaks, however, are more pink than orange or red as in either of these pictures.

The more contrast and saturation I add also, the grainier the pictures get - zoom in on the winning photo and look at how grainy that Yellow Tang is...

Too much color, too much noise, not a great picture, just a good subject of the picture.

I agree the ones that are over edited shouldn't win because they aren't the way they really look.

Calmwaters · Feb 17, 2026

Posted a new video on my build thread.

Calmwaters · Feb 17, 2026

tharbin said:
To me the dough is different, lighter and more, I don't know, maybe buttery.

Yes I definitely need them in my belly...

tbrown · Feb 17, 2026

NanoSteam said:
I just want to know who told you monkeys taste like humans.... I have a lot of questions.

It was a line from Hannibal.

NanoSteam · Feb 17, 2026

tbrown said:
It was a line from Hannibal.

It was a test... you passed.

kevgib67 · Feb 17, 2026

kingranch2003 · Feb 17, 2026

NanoSteam said:
Lawnmower Blenny, all mine does is munch away at algae all day.

I completely forgot about those guys. My wife had one in her tank, and you're right. He was the man at algae eating

kingranch2003 · Feb 17, 2026

Calmwaters said:
Bear liver is amazing. I havent tried any other part.

Whale flavored bear liver would probably be good too!

kingranch2003 · Feb 17, 2026

tbrown said:
Cool fish, yes. Highly edited picture, yes.

For example, here's what I see when I look at my Scoly - as true to colors and brightness as I can get with my camera:

Here's the same picture if I wanted you to think it's more amazing:

It definitely brings out all the colors better with higher saturation and higher contrast but my Burning Banana (top right) and my Dragon Soul favia colors are nowhere near what you see. I run heavy blues so my sand is blueish. The mouth of the Scoly is bright orange, just like the top picture. The red streaks, however, are more pink than orange or red as in either of these pictures.

The more contrast and saturation I add also, the grainier the pictures get - zoom in on the winning photo and look at how grainy that Yellow Tang is...

Too much color, too much noise, not a great picture, just a good subject of the picture.

To me the top picture looks better. Way better...
Getting awesome corals like that one, save you from having to do that!

kingranch2003 · Feb 17, 2026

tbrown said:
Bear will either taste like garbage if it lives near town and eats out of trash cans, sweet if it eats lots of berries and nuts in the forest, or more spicy if it's more of a scavenger and eats more dead animal carcasses.

In other news, I hear monkeys taste like humans.

Apparently horses eat whales then