Sam's Oceanic 120 - DIY solutions

[Projects with Sam]

lol... Amazon keeps sending me Brightwell Aquatics products that have been opened prior... I keep returning them...
I think I've ordered MicroBacter 7 3 times, Restor twice... I'm just going to order from BRS...
Once they sent me Coral Amino instead of MicroBacter7 so I kept that... it was the only thing that wasn't opened prior...
too bad they screwed up and sent me something worth double the value. I kept it for my troubles.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Yea it’s rough getting some hobby items from Amazon. I ordered a marine pure brick because it was about $20 cheaper then average. The brick was delivered in multiple pieces….

 

[907_Reefer]

I've been trying to stay away from Amazon also.. Had good customer service from BRS last week, ordered a few items including 2 bottles of glue. USPS botched and re-taped the package, glue was missing. Sent an email to BRS after COB Friday, they shipped out replacements 2-day air UPS to Alaska before 10 AM Monday. Will be here today :)

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

Fts'!! ;)

 

[Projects with Sam]

Just made some DIY Coral Snow and used it so it may be a little hazy...

 

[Projects with Sam]

there we go! I think I need to blow off the back... starting to see coralline... don't trust ARC reef when they say to run hot... it wasn't till I dropped it down to 78 that I started seeing growth.
exile tank for all the emperor snacks...

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

Great work all around man, loving the projects and ideas you get going on! Great builds!

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Just made some DIY Coral Snow and used it so it may be a little hazy...

Be careful and make sure to test po4 when doing coral snow. It can be stripped out of the water if po4 is already low, as the po4 will bind to it.

 

[Projects with Sam]

Be careful and make sure to test po4 when doing coral snow. It can be stripped out of the water if po4 is already low, as the po4 will bind to it.

thanks for the information. Think I'll do a full work-up now.

 

[Projects with Sam]

2022-07-27 9:50 PM	Alkalinity	8.8
2022-07-27 9:54 PM	Calcium	420
2022-07-27 9:57 PM	Magnesium	1245
2022-07-27 10:04 PM	Phosphate	0.1
2022-07-27 10:08 PM	Nitrate	5

that's an ok calcium number right? I added some Mg from my BRS 2 part.
I'm dosing just shy 3/4 a gallon of kalk a day incrementally on the hour.
I will start doing 5 gallon daily water changes too (automated).

 

[Projects with Sam]

So, I got the PWM controllers and plugged them into my Galaxy Hydro light ballasts instead of their dimmer switches. I think they'll work with a 0-10V signal the only problem is my Apex variable speed ports are jacked (planned obsolescence?)

In any event, I put a voltmeter up to the ports and switched speeds from 100 to 0 over and over and found that the ports are just outputting weird values; but, they're consistent weird vales.

So, I'm going to add an Arduino-nano or pi-nano and get it to interpret the signal and output an appropriate value.

Values:
0% = 3V
50% = 2.3V
100% = 1.5V

 

[Projects with Sam]

Just took delivery of the $800 WWC box! super excited! I'm little bummed because I asked for stickers or a small poster or something for my fish closet but it wasnt in the package.
The corals are here:

Giveaway	Sunfire Grafted Monti	1​
Giveaway	Contraband Digitata XL	1​
Giveaway	Green Goblins Large	1​
Giveaway	Seasons Greetings Monti	1​
Giveaway	Jason Fox Firestarter Monti	1​
Giveaway	Yellow tips Austrea Acro	1​
Giveaway	Madman Austera Acropora	1​
Giveaway	Solomon Hairy Leather Split	1​

These are truly exquisite corals - all fully encrusted and the colors are amazing. I'll get some more detailed photos up.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

Just took delivery of the $800 WWC box! super excited! I'm little bummed because I asked for stickers or a small poster or something for my fish closet but it wasnt in the package.
The corals are here:

Giveaway	Sunfire Grafted Monti	1​
Giveaway	Contraband Digitata XL	1​
Giveaway	Green Goblins Large	1​
Giveaway	Seasons Greetings Monti	1​
Giveaway	Jason Fox Firestarter Monti	1​
Giveaway	Yellow tips Austrea Acro	1​
Giveaway	Madman Austera Acropora	1​
Giveaway	Solomon Hairy Leather Split	1​

This is going to be a hard unboxing video todo after the @Battlecorals video... Maybe I undervalued the work I did for Adam. Guess I didn't need the second shelf... I was thinking a lot of small cheap frags; not 8 $100 frags.
I'm too used to trading locally with folks.

I laughed when you mentioned the sticker because I’m a sucker for reef stickers too! My ato is covered in them

 

[Projects with Sam]

I laughed when you mentioned the sticker because I’m a sucker for reef stickers too! My ato is covered in them

I know! and I specifically Asked for one and was told yes! Was excited to put their logo up in the fish closet. One of two stickers on my car is a Battlecorals sticker the Graphic design is so good.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I know! and I specifically Asked for one and was told yes! Adam sent me like 6 without even me asking! one of two stickers on my car is a Battlecorals sticker the Graphic design is so good.

Hah nice dude. Octoaquatics makes a really cool one too. I put it on my sump I liked it so much

 

[tbrown]

I love me some stickers but my daughter always grabs first dibs... Her laptop has my good ones.

 

[Mschmidt]

I love me some stickers but my daughter always grabs first dibs... Her laptop has my good ones.

My 3ife wants them for her bike. Not sure if she'd put coral stickers there, but bike ones for sure.

 

[Projects with Sam]

My brother has a refrigerator at his ski place that we've completely covered in skiing stickers.

Its just fun. especially when you find a place that's just right for them.

 

[Mschmidt]

My brother has a refrigerator at his ski place that we've completely covered in skiing stickers.

Its just fun. especially when you find a place that's just right for them.

Also, those coral look great.

 

[907_Reefer]

Nice bounty!!!

My stickers go on the laptop or stand-up freezer in the garage :)