Red_Beard's 75 Tank Build

Where's the fun in a scroll saw that won't hack off fingers and leave nasty scars for awesome stories to tell future grandkids?
I tried, it was a tough sell with the wife, she was all worried about "emotional trauma" or whatever.

I could have used one of those yesterday. For real. I hacked apart a coupld of cardboard boxes, with a utility knife, to make a box to ship Rock's stuff.
Sweet!

That's more of a 5 years and older gift
The 3 year old gets in the zone, like ADHD zone, and will cut stuff into smaller and smaller pieces until there is nothing left.
 
I said MY day, not Kevin's day.
I just had to look up garbage disposals. I was not aware they were a thing until I was in my teens. Apparently, they've been around since the 30's. So, yeah, they came out right around the time that @kevgib67 came into existence.
 
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I just had to look up garbage disposals. I was not aware they were a thing until I was in my teens. Apparently, they've been around since the 30's. So, yeah, they came out right around the time that @kevgib67 came into exitence.
I think they meant the 1930's, not 1830's, sir.
 
I think they meant the 1930's, not 1830's, sir.
1530s...
Monty Python GIF
 
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The plot, like a good roux, thickens.

I have been having some very odd stuff lately. My acros are starting to 'bounce'(blister),
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my bryopsis/GHA has become untenable, and other assorted ridiculousness. I did a 25 gallon water change yesterday to try and alleviate some of that and decided to hose down my mixing drum. I let the pump and heater soak in citric acid overnight and while cleaning the pump, found that the housing had cracked :\ I really only found it because there was a white line of calcium i couldn't get scrubbed off. Thought it was a seam but it was kinda jaggedy. At least i found it i guess. Still need to replace some steel fasteners above my sump that are rusting pretty hard, hopefully that gets things straightened out.

Anyways... I have been reprinting some of the stuff for my kalk stirrer today, maybe i will post some pics of that when it is done. That second place finish really motivated me to bam it up a notch!
 
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The plot, like a good roux, thickens.

I have been having some very odd stuff lately. My acros are starting to 'bounce'(blister),
1771719287098.png

my bryopsis/GHA has become untenable, and other assorted ridiculousness. I did a 25 gallon water change yesterday to try and alleviate some of that and decided to hose down my mixing drum. I let the pump and heater soak in citric acid overnight and while cleaning the pump, found that the housing had cracked :\ I really only found it because there was a white line of calcium i couldn't get scrubbed off. Thought it was a seam but it was kinda jaggedy. At least i found it i guess. Still need to replace some steel fasteners above my sump that are rusting pretty hard, hopefully that gets things straightened out.

Anyways... I have been reprinting some of the stuff for my kalk stirrer today, maybe i will post some pics of that when it is done. That second place finish really motivated me to bam it up a notch!
Happy you found the cracked housing on the pump before it caused some major issues.

Steel fasteners? Can you not find them in aluminum or possibly print them?
 
Happy you found the cracked housing on the pump before it caused some major issues.

Steel fasteners? Can you not find them in aluminum or possibly print them?
Oh of course, quite easily. These pipe straps come in plastic. My reluctance is with how well they will actually hold the pipe from slipping down. I have a couple orded, i guess we will find out.
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1771718945677.png


The plot, like a good roux, thickens.

I have been having some very odd stuff lately. My acros are starting to 'bounce'(blister),
1771719287098.png

my bryopsis/GHA has become untenable, and other assorted ridiculousness. I did a 25 gallon water change yesterday to try and alleviate some of that and decided to hose down my mixing drum. I let the pump and heater soak in citric acid overnight and while cleaning the pump, found that the housing had cracked :\ I really only found it because there was a white line of calcium i couldn't get scrubbed off. Thought it was a seam but it was kinda jaggedy. At least i found it i guess. Still need to replace some steel fasteners above my sump that are rusting pretty hard, hopefully that gets things straightened out.

Anyways... I have been reprinting some of the stuff for my kalk stirrer today, maybe i will post some pics of that when it is done. That second place finish really motivated me to bam it up a notch!
I had that balloon effect happen to an Acro that was ironically growing well for me. Slowly lost it over a period of a couple weeks unfortunately.
 
Happy you found the cracked housing on the pump before it caused some major issues.

Steel fasteners? Can you not find them in aluminum or possibly print them?
Oh of course, quite easily. These pipe straps come in plastic. My reluctance is with how well they will actually hold the pipe from slipping down. I have a couple orded, i guess we will find out.
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Easy solution would be to add double sided tape inside the plastic holders then they wont slip... btw awesome tank 👍
 

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