Megabite's 180 Reef - Round 2

[That Crusso Kid]

Just dropped in to say a quick hello as I've been running around. Hope you all are doing great!

Tank's looking great and everything continues to do well. Here are a couple of pics.

Meet Hercules. This thing has gotten huge!

And a couple of fish pics. I'm trying to get a decent wrasse picture for the photography contest this month.

Very nice pics!

Give Hercules a few more months and he'll go nicely with some warm butter. lol

 

[skey44]

Love the Coris. You still have the cute juvenile colors. When they grow and morph to adult it happens in no time. Mine is a complete pig and forming terminal
Male coloration. Love the double ocelli, I think they only keep one of those into adulthood. Great fish. What a wonderful yellow pop and very personable.

 

[MegabiteOG]

Thanks guys. Yeah, I love the yellow pop and it's a great fish and reasonably priced too. Good luck finding one Offroad. Shouldn't be too hard to find. Pretty popular fish.

This one was a replacement for my original that jumped out when I was transferring to the new tank. I really like the Coris.

Right at the 5 second mark.

 

[MegabiteOG]

Very nice pics!

Give Hercules a few more months and he'll go nicely with some warm butter. lol

No kidding, right?! Man, and I love to eat crab!

 

[That Crusso Kid]

Thanks guys. Yeah, I love the yellow pop and it's a great fish and reasonably priced too. Good luck finding one Offroad. Shouldn't be too hard to find. Pretty popular fish.

This one was a replacement for my original that jumped out when I was transferring to the new tank. I really like the Coris.

Right at the 5 second mark.

Hey, I don't mean to alarm you, I really don't, but it looks like a homeless guy broke into your house and started rearranging some of your things.

 

[MegabiteOG]

Found this thing (barnacle") what seemed to be munching on an acro? I put it in a tray in the sump for now, but is it friend or foe?

 

[skey44]

I think that’s a limpet. Looks like their diets can vary from herbivorous to acropora eating. Here’s an old thread. I bet they’re mostly harmless, probably get a bad rap. Decide for yourself
Further reading definitely looks like they have been blamed for a bunch of SPS munching. But others say they’re just cleaning up. Pretty classic good guy bad guy CUC stuff. It also sounds like there are a lot of species. This one lines up somewhat with keyhole limpet, commonly brought in on live rock. Furthermore there are many species within the keyhole limpets.

Build Thread - Limpets good or bad?

Anyone know if limpets are good or bad for a reef tank?

www.reef2reef.com

 

[MegabiteOG]

I think that’s a limpet. Looks like their diets can vary from herbivorous to acropora eating. Here’s an old thread. I bet they’re mostly harmless, probably get a bad rap. Decide for yourself
Further reading definitely looks like they have been blamed for a bunch of SPS munching. But others say they’re just cleaning up. Pretty classic good guy bad guy CUC stuff. It also sounds like there are a lot of species. This one lines up somewhat with keyhole limpet, commonly brought in on live rock. Furthermore there are many species within the keyhole limpets.

Build Thread - Limpets good or bad?

Anyone know if limpets are good or bad for a reef tank?

www.reef2reef.com

Thanks for the info Scott. The only bald spot on that acro was where I picked him off of. I don’t think it was just polyp retraction. I wasn’t around today to look. I will check it out in the morning.

Thanks again!

 

[MegabiteOG]

Hey, I don't mean to alarm you, I really don't, but it looks like a homeless guy broke into your house and started rearranging some of your things.

My wife has been trying to get rid of that ****** forever. Just can’t get rid of him!

 

[That Crusso Kid]

Found this thing (barnacle") what seemed to be munching on an acro? I put it in a tray in the sump for now, but is it friend or foe?

I think you have your answer if it was munching on an acropora. But, yeah, limpets are mostly harmless.

My wife has been trying to get rid of that ****** forever. Just can’t get rid of him!

I fix problems like this for people for a certain fee.

 

[MegabiteOG]

@That Crusso Kid

I wanted to be like you and returned the Bambu P2S and got the Combo P2S. Micro Center got 9 in and sold them out in a day. Made a couple of Media Baskets for the tank to put rubble rock in. Besides that, stuff for the wife and stuff for the printer like the riser for the AMS and the desiccant boxes in it.

 

[That Crusso Kid]

@That Crusso Kid

I wanted to be like you and returned the Bambu P2S and got the Combo P2S. Micro Center got 9 in and sold them out in a day. Made a couple of Media Baskets for the tank to put rubble rock in. Besides that, stuff for the wife and stuff for the printer like the riser for the AMS and the desiccant boxes in it.

Your set up is looking pretty sweet!

I like the look of that riser. Did you design it or grab it off of MakerWorld or another site? Mind sharing it with me?

Also, did you print out the connetors to hold the internal filament feed tube to the track that attaches to the printhead? If not, you may want to look into it as without it the feed tube rubs the bottom of the top plate glass,

Additionally, did you check that your bars are lubricated properly. There are many instances of Bambu shipping PS2s without any lube on the bars. Mine was one of them and I lubed it up pretty well. After all, I am pretty handy with lube!

 

[That Crusso Kid]

@That Crusso Kid

I wanted to be like you and returned the Bambu P2S and got the Combo P2S. Micro Center got 9 in and sold them out in a day. Made a couple of Media Baskets for the tank to put rubble rock in. Besides that, stuff for the wife and stuff for the printer like the riser for the AMS and the desiccant boxes in it.

Never mind. A simple search, on MakerWorld, pulled up the riser and many other cool ones. Choices... choices.

Did you make any type of poop chute for your machine?

Also, what is the BambuLab device sitting to the left of your machine?

Additionally, are the two containers, in the cabinet, rechargeable desiccant?

 

[08TRDOFFROAD]

@That Crusso Kid

I wanted to be like you and returned the Bambu P2S and got the Combo P2S. Micro Center got 9 in and sold them out in a day. Made a couple of Media Baskets for the tank to put rubble rock in. Besides that, stuff for the wife and stuff for the printer like the riser for the AMS and the desiccant boxes in it.

I want this exact set up so bad!!!! My wife told me she almost bought me one for Christmas...not sure what stopped her!

 

[MegabiteOG]

Never mind. A simple search, on MakerWorld, pulled up the riser and many other cool ones. Choices... choices.

Did you make any type of poop chute for your machine?

Also, what is the BambuLab device sitting to the left of your machine?

Additionally, are the two containers, in the cabinet, rechargeable desiccant?

The riser is from Makerworld ( AMS Riser V3 for P2S ) I started printing another one and did not like how it was printing and moved to this one that printed great and fits perfect. This one used less filament as well. Used PETG space grey and black.

Yes, second print was a poop shoot. Need to get magnets to keep it in place. I have it taped now.

The device to the right is a cheap dryer I got off amazon since I didn't have the AMS. Holds 2 roles and works really well. I think it does a better job than the AMS drying and it's only $60. ( Comgrow Filament Dryer Box )

Yes the 2 containers are rechargeable desiccant.

 

[MegabiteOG]

Your set up is looking pretty sweet!

I like the look of that riser. Did you design it or grab it off of MakerWorld or another site? Mind sharing it with me?

Also, did you print out the connetors to hold the internal filament feed tube to the track that attaches to the printhead? If not, you may want to look into it as without it the feed tube rubs the bottom of the top plate glass,

Additionally, did you check that your bars are lubricated properly. There are many instances of Bambu shipping PS2s without any lube on the bars. Mine was one of them and I lubed it up pretty well. After all, I am pretty handy with lube!

Thanks man. I'm really happy with it and really like the cart I bought for it as well. Fits everything pretty well and relatively cheap at $170 ( 3D Printer Stand ). Fits forty 1kg roles and I put a gun safe dryer in there to keep things dry.

I have printed the connector. Wanted to see if the riser (since the riser moves the glass up about an inch) would fix that. It still rubs a bit and will likely print it.

Per usual, mine is lubed up.

Here are some pictures of the riser. I really like having a the view from the top and access.

 

[MegabiteOG]

@That Crusso Kid - "Also, what is the BambuLab device sitting to the left of your machine?"

If you weren't referring to the dryer, it's the poop shoot I printed.

 

[MegabiteOG]

I want this exact set up so bad!!!! My wife told me she almost bought me one for Christmas...not sure what stopped her!

My son has been wanting me to get one for a looooooong time. I was thinking what the heck do I want one of them for? Now that I have one, I see the appeal. Lots of fun and looking forward to getting into designing.

You should pick one up on the way home from work one day and tell your wife, "Do you remember what you meant to get me for Christmas? Well, here it is and THANK YOU"

 

[08TRDOFFROAD]

My son has been wanting me to get one for a looooooong time. I was thinking what the heck do I want one of them for? Now that I have one, I see the appeal. Lots of fun and looking forward to getting into designing.

You should pick one up on the way home from work one day and tell your wife, "Do you remember what you meant to get me for Christmas? Well, here it is and THANK YOU"

I sent her a text today while I am at work and told her I really want a 3d Printer, specifically the P2S Combo. Her response was "Okay!"

Would you take that as permission??

 

[MegabiteOG]

I sent her a text today while I am at work and told her I really want a 3d Printer, specifically the P2S Combo. Her response was "Okay!"

Would you take that as permission??

ABSOLUTELY! I'd leave work early and go get it if it's locally available.