Mattgsa 315 gallon build

[mattgsa]

I went through 400 gallons of salt water and it didn't make any difference on the PO4 levels.

That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I mean, if your tank was like 5,000 gallons, then yeah.

Anyways, why did you move away from the AWC originally?

The automatic water change system ran continuously for several weeks. During that time, I went through multiple boxes of 200-gallon salt mix while changing roughly 30 gallons per day. Despite the volume of new water, phosphate levels remained largely unchanged, fluctuating only slightly between 2.5 and 2.4 with no meaningful reduction.

 

[mattgsa]

Since I took the day off of work I decided I better get some work done.

How's that AA hybrid sump holding up? I'm waiting on the basically identical but 84" version for my 420g build. I was supposed to get it a couple months ago

So far great, there were a few design issues, but I think that’s mainly due to the way I have it set up not necessarily the way they made it if that makes any sense.

 

[mattgsa]

I forgot, I added some pod homes I printed, there are three of them in the sump.

 

[lubeck]

I went through 400 gallons of salt water and it didn't make any difference on the PO4 levels.

From what I read water changes won’t fix PO issues as it is bound to the rocks and releases to equalize. You will need to run GFO or Lanthium.

 

[That Crusso Kid]

 

[mattgsa]

I went through 400 gallons of salt water and it didn't make any difference on the PO4 levels.

From what I read water changes won’t fix PO issues as it is bound to the rocks and releases to equalize. You will need to run GFO or Lanthium.

I already tried lanthium it didn’t do anything, I’ll order some gfo

 

[85173]

I already tried lanthium it didn’t do anything, I’ll order some gfo

Don't forget that things might drop the phosphate level faster now that you've done the sump cleanout.

 

[That Crusso Kid]

@mattgsa - Ok, buddy, it's been over a month since your last update. I suspect that life has been busy.

I, for one, would like to hear about how the PLC project is coming along.

 

[mattgsa]

I wish I had more of an update, but things have been a bit crazy. Between a full-time job, three businesses, and four kids, time is hard to come by. That said, I do have a small update. First, I received my inline pH probe with the reference probe and flow cell. It will be used to control the calcium reactor by feeding data through a PLC module into Node-RED, and eventually it will be monitored by my in-house AI.

I also got a new delivery form Marine Collectors.

I made him bed, since I have a bare bottom tank, he went right in like he lived there for years.

I will say this. He was by far the easiest fish I’ve ever introduced to the tank. I put him in, and it was like he’d been there for years. He didn’t care at all about the other fish or the new environment. He just started swimming around, pecking at the rocks. It was amazing to watch.

I’ve also been working on a local AI assistant specifically for aquarium use. Right now it’s running fully on-prem, integrated with a knowledge base and starting to support OCR and image analysis for things like test kits, equipment labels, and logs.

The goal isn’t to replace experience, but to have a reliable second set of eyes for tracking stability, trends, and reminders without chasing parameters unnecessarily. Still very much a work in progress, but it’s starting to become genuinely useful.

 

[That Crusso Kid]

I wish I had more of an update, but things have been a bit crazy. Between a full-time job, three businesses, and four kids, time is hard to come by. That said, I do have a small update. First, I received my inline pH probe with the reference probe and flow cell. It will be used to control the calcium reactor by feeding data through a PLC module into Node-RED, and eventually it will be monitored by my in-house AI.

I also got a new delivery form Marine Collectors.

I made him bed, since I have a bare bottom tank, he went right in like he lived there for years.

I will say this. He was by far the easiest fish I’ve ever introduced to the tank. I put him in, and it was like he’d been there for years. He didn’t care at all about the other fish or the new environment. He just started swimming around, pecking at the rocks. It was amazing to watch.

I’ve also been working on a local AI assistant specifically for aquarium use. Right now it’s running fully on-prem, integrated with a knowledge base and starting to support OCR and image analysis for things like test kits, equipment labels, and logs.

The goal isn’t to replace experience, but to have a reliable second set of eyes for tracking stability, trends, and reminders without chasing parameters unnecessarily. Still very much a work in progress, but it’s starting to become genuinely useful.

Thanks for the update!

I would not say that wasn't much of an update. Especially with everything else you have going on in your life. Three businesses? What the what! What kind of businesses are they?

The little wrasse bed is great and it's fantastic that he took to it right off the rip!

The AI assistant sounds very cool!

 

[mattgsa]

Thanks for the update!

I would not say that wasn't much of an update. Especially with everything else you have going on in your life. Three businesses? What the what! What kind of businesses are they?

The little wrasse bed is great and it's fantastic that he took to it right off the rip!

The AI assistant sounds very cool!

I’m currently starting an AI business, I run an MSP, and I have a real estate investment company. On top of that, I’m the head of IT at a local hundred-million-dollar company.

I was really happy with the bed. It’s one of those small things that reminds me why having a 3D printer is so useful. My oldest daughter even made a tank topper that covers about a third of the tank using screen frame and mesh from BRS, and it turned out really nice. I even let her cut it using my 12-inch sliding miter saw. While I was working on adding memory to my local AI, along with OCR and image analysis.

Right now I’m waiting for my nutrients to come back under control before doing much more. I did add some GFO the other day. The funny part is that I threw away the pump for the reactor months ago, so I had to rig up a Royal Exclusive pump to run it. After a little tweaking, I got it dialed in so the GFO moves but doesn’t tumble too aggressively.

 

[That Crusso Kid]

I’m currently starting an AI business, I run an MSP, and I have a real estate investment company. On top of that, I’m the head of IT at a local hundred-million-dollar company.

I was really happy with the bed. It’s one of those small things that reminds me why having a 3D printer is so useful. My oldest daughter even made a tank topper that covers about a third of the tank using screen frame and mesh from BRS, and it turned out really nice. I even let her cut it using my 12-inch sliding miter saw. While I was working on adding memory to my local AI, along with OCR and image analysis.

Right now I’m waiting for my nutrients to come back under control before doing much more. I did add some GFO the other day. The funny part is that I threw away the pump for the reactor months ago, so I had to rig up a Royal Exclusive pump to run it. After a little tweaking, I got it dialed in so the GFO moves but doesn’t tumble too aggressively.

You certainly aren't lacking for things to keep you busy! All of the things you do are very interesting to me.

Quite cool that your daughter is getting into the 3D printing and tank. Plus, operating the miter saw. I am sure you were/are proud and she felt proud too!

I cannot recall if I mentioned it, or not, but I bought a 3D printer in early December. I started learning FreeCAD and have had the printer running pretty much nonstop since I got it set up.

 

[mattgsa]

You certainly aren't lacking for things to keep you busy! All of the things you do are very interesting to me.

Quite cool that your daughter is getting into the 3D printing and tank. Plus, operating the miter saw. I am sure you were/are proud and she felt proud too!

I cannot recall if I mentioned it, or not, but I bought a 3D printer in early December. I started learning FreeCAD and have had the printer running pretty much nonstop since I got it set up.

That’s great to hear. I really love my 3D printer. It never fails to amaze me how many doors it opens up. And yes, I’m incredibly proud of her. Not to brag, but she’s in one of those early college programs in high school, so she’ll graduate with an associate’s degree. She’s currently a junior. We actually found out from the principal that she’s less than half a point away from being at the top of her class. She definitely takes after her mother. She wants to go to Texas A&M to study AI chip engineering.

 

[That Crusso Kid]

That’s great to hear. I really love my 3D printer. It never fails to amaze me how many doors it opens up. And yes, I’m incredibly proud of her. Not to brag, but she’s in one of those early college programs in high school, so she’ll graduate with an associate’s degree. She’s currently a junior. We actually found out from the principal that she’s less than half a point away from being at the top of her class. She definitely takes after her mother. She wants to go to Texas A&M to study AI chip engineering.

That's all fabulous! Proud papa for sure!

I do hope Texas A&M accepts the work and credits her properly. Our daughter did the same thing and we discovered some schools do not recognize all the work put in and only give partial credit. All about the money for them, if you ask me. Then again, just about everything is anymore.

It is funny that you have a high school junior as, in my mind, I thought you had much younger kids. No idea why.

Anyways, I'd love to hear more about the MSP and AI businesses but, if you're up for it, that might be done best through a phone call.

 

[mattgsa]

 

[That Crusso Kid]

Has this tank gone defunct? Over a month with no updates?

Hello? Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me.

 

[1ocean]

I am here .....
just poured a bourbon creme drink...

 

[That Crusso Kid]

I am here .....
just poured a bourbon creme drink...

Oh yeah? What? Do you want a cookie?

 

[mattgsa]

Over the past few weeks, I built my own AI assistant called Jarvise. It runs entirely on hardware I already own. No cloud, no subscriptions, no sending data off to someone else’s servers. It’s basically my own private version of ChatGPT, except it lives in my closet.

It runs on a pair of high end GPUs I had sitting around, and together they power a language model that’s honestly on par with the stuff people pay for. When I ask it something, it doesn’t just respond, it actually thinks through the problem and takes action.

That’s the part that changes everything. Most AI tools tell you what to do. Jarvise just does it.

If I ask it to build a web app, it writes the code, tests it, and deploys it on my network without me touching anything. I already put that to the test. It built a fully working task manager from scratch and shipped it on its own.

It can also handle images. Drop in a screenshot, photo, or diagram, and it switches to a vision model, figures it out, and switches back in a couple seconds. It feels seamless.

On top of that, it has access to my other machines. It knows all five computers on my network and can log into them, run commands, move files, restart services, basically act like an automated sysadmin while it’s solving whatever I asked.

Everything streams back in real time through a clean chat interface. It supports file uploads, formatted output, images, and it keeps track of my setup so it always has context.

Short version: I built a fully private, self hosted AI that runs on my own hardware, understands my environment, writes and deploys real software, and never sends my data anywhere else.

 

[85173]

Over the past few weeks, I built my own AI assistant called Jarvise. It runs entirely on hardware I already own. No cloud, no subscriptions, no sending data off to someone else’s servers. It’s basically my own private version of ChatGPT, except it lives in my closet.

It runs on a pair of high end GPUs I had sitting around, and together they power a language model that’s honestly on par with the stuff people pay for. When I ask it something, it doesn’t just respond, it actually thinks through the problem and takes action.

That’s the part that changes everything. Most AI tools tell you what to do. Jarvise just does it.

If I ask it to build a web app, it writes the code, tests it, and deploys it on my network without me touching anything. I already put that to the test. It built a fully working task manager from scratch and shipped it on its own.

It can also handle images. Drop in a screenshot, photo, or diagram, and it switches to a vision model, figures it out, and switches back in a couple seconds. It feels seamless.

On top of that, it has access to my other machines. It knows all five computers on my network and can log into them, run commands, move files, restart services, basically act like an automated sysadmin while it’s solving whatever I asked.

Everything streams back in real time through a clean chat interface. It supports file uploads, formatted output, images, and it keeps track of my setup so it always has context.

Short version: I built a fully private, self hosted AI that runs on my own hardware, understands my environment, writes and deploys real software, and never sends my data anywhere else.

A business opportunity right there!