And here is the after!...
now one thing that also drove my wife crazy was emptying the protien skimmer.. she freakin hated that.. and I dont blame her, this was my hobby and it stinks.. so one thing I failed to mention in earlier posts is that my garage is opposite this wall and I had issues with my tank overheating. So I bought a chiller, but I wasnt about to have that thing inside running all the time so I drilled a 3 inch hole through the wall behind the cabinet.
Fast forward and now I have 3 all at a perfect level for one main reason.. I needed it below the collection cup on my protein skimmer.
Now I run a hydros and on that hydros is a 12v power plug directly on the hydros. So I ordered 2 of those plugs and man was it hard to cut the end off that perfectly good plug but I had an idea and I was praying it would work..
So I ordered a 12v ball valve that was normally closed.. now this valve if its open once you turn off the hydros it closes under its own power, and that was important because the hydros and only turn off or on so I vould open the valve but how would I close it.. so this was perfect.. I put a 1/2 union of the dump hose and ran the line through the wall and outside. As well as power and set up the app and bam to my surprise it worked... all in a boot and crutches mind you lol..
And the app
Both problems solved so now no more wife complaints lol
Fast forward and now I have 3 all at a perfect level for one main reason.. I needed it below the collection cup on my protein skimmer.
Now I run a hydros and on that hydros is a 12v power plug directly on the hydros. So I ordered 2 of those plugs and man was it hard to cut the end off that perfectly good plug but I had an idea and I was praying it would work..
So I ordered a 12v ball valve that was normally closed.. now this valve if its open once you turn off the hydros it closes under its own power, and that was important because the hydros and only turn off or on so I vould open the valve but how would I close it.. so this was perfect.. I put a 1/2 union of the dump hose and ran the line through the wall and outside. As well as power and set up the app and bam to my surprise it worked... all in a boot and crutches mind you lol..
And the app
Both problems solved so now no more wife complaints lol