Sam's Oceanic 120 - DIY solutions

[tbrown]

So I was Tung-oiling my kids new workbench and I had the windows open in the basement and the tank got too hot and had to put bags of ice in it to cool it off. So, I put a fan to help with the cooling and omg its really flattening out my heating curves.

I am really surprised how much a 140mm fan will cool.

I'm going to be digging a "geothermal well" ish for the quail. I'm thinking just a little fan to draw air out of the well and push it into the bottom of the coop. It'll draw the warm air from the top, run it through a 375 gallon tote buried in the ground under the old chicken coop. I'm hoping it lowers ambient temperature in the coop enough to keep the babies alive next time.

 

[Miami Reef]

Here is that high tech fan cooling system I mentioned ;) :smiling-face-with-sunglasses:

Your fan is crooked.

 

[tbrown]

Your fan is crooked.

Crooked fans blow the air more randomly which helps with the cooling coefficient and makes the "C" Value of the pipe more effective.

 

[Projects with Sam]

I'm going to be digging a "geothermal well" ish for the quail. I'm thinking just a little fan to draw air out of the well and push it into the bottom of the coop. It'll draw the warm air from the top, run it through a 375 gallon tote buried in the ground under the old chicken coop. I'm hoping it lowers ambient temperature in the coop enough to keep the babies alive next time.

I think you'll be surprised how well that will actually work. good thinking!

 

[Projects with Sam]

The Petco near me has a tilefish for $60... so tempted to get it. They're stunning... but jumpers.

 

[Goaway]

The Petco near me has a tilefish for $60... so tempted to get it. They're stunning... but jumpers.

If I added a tilefish, 100% Eli food. It would go into shock the moment she made nostril contact.

Beautiful fish though! >.> Timmy might eat it too.

 

[tbrown]

The Petco near me has a tilefish for $60... so tempted to get it. They're stunning... but jumpers.

Mine had a Melanarus (sp?) for $30. I almost bought it... I don't know that I'm ready for one yet though.

 

[Goaway]

Mine had a Melanarus (sp?) for $30. I almost bought it... I don't know that I'm ready for one yet though.

Why not ready?

 

[907_Reefer]

We added a melanurus a few weeks back, gets along great with our clowns, royal gramma, lawnmower blenny. Tank is just 3 months old. Do it! :)

 

[Projects with Sam]

Do it!

 

[tbrown]

I can't... They're sold out. I'm staring at the tank right now hoping he pops out...

 

[tbrown]

I actually went to a different Petco today and they had one in stock. The problem is they had it labeled as a Lunare Wrasse for double the price.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

I actually went to a different Petco today and they had one in stock. The problem is they had it labeled as a Lunare Wrasse for double the price.

You can correct them via their own website and they will fix the price.

 

[tbrown]

You can correct them via their own website and they will fix the price.

I tried that once. They actually told me they didn't care - they're selling it as what they bought it as.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

I tried that once. They actually told me they didn't care - they're selling it as what they bought it as.

I would have called corporate right there lol. Yup, Grandpa Steve would have been Karen at that moment lol.

 

[Goaway]

That's major grandpa steve karren you bi...

 

[tbrown]

That's major grandpa steve karren you bi...

Better than Major Bad Grandpa Steve Karen...

 

[Goaway]

Better than Major Bad Grandpa Steve Karen...

I might have missed a few words...

 

[Projects with Sam]

oh yeah; I'da totally Karen'd that. I'm getting so stodgy when it comes to aquariums that the other day I regret to mention I got the lfs to honor the posted price of $1.49 for ridged airline tubing instead of $1.59... It wasn't until I left and was sitting in my car that I realized what I had just done.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

oh yeah; I'da totally Karen'd that. I'm getting so stodgy when it comes to aquariums that the other day I regret to mention I got the lfs to honor the posted price of $1.49 for ridged airline tubing instead of $1.59... It wasn't until I left and was sitting in my car that I realized what I had just done.

Yea but at least you didn’t try to swallow that feeling…..then released your anger by writing a scathing review……gotta work on my confrontational skills haha