Krux Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 (edited) The deal with the wife was she got to pick the fish. I am happy to report that Lil Wayne has made it through his first 72 hours and is eating voraciously! Edited April 17, 2018 by Krux 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Krux said: The deal with the wife was she got to pick the fish. I am happy to report that Lil Wayne has made it through his first 72 hours and is eating voraciously! Lil Wayne...lol! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youcallmenny Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 That's a good fish name. Bigly, even. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
503reefland Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 The apex ato is as redundant as it gets! Defiantly gives me some peice of mind with the 5 or so failsafes. I have nothing negative to add about it after a few months of use. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krux Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 Ok, got a few more pieces of equipment together. A day will come when I get this all unpacked, hooked up, programmed, and the tank becomes fully automated... today is not that day. Time to start working on building a control board... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youcallmenny Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Nice. Where'd you get the 1st party cover? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyK Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 I was never a controller fan but enjoying learning the ins and outs of mine as well.... still trying to figure out a layout for my control panel seems to be the trickiest part. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krux Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 15 hours ago, youcallmenny said: Nice. Where'd you get the 1st party cover? Nobody stocked it locally, had to grab it from Amazon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krux Posted May 9, 2018 Author Share Posted May 9, 2018 I am sad to report that Lil Wayne lost the epic rap battle with RZA sometime today and decided to move on to new turf... the carpet. Seems I need to accelerate my plans to get the screen top constructed for the tank. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krux Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 (edited) Got the Radion set up today, dang this thing is bright, even at 50% Happy to get away from FOWTL (fish only with track lights) and on the way to reefing! On another note, I can't get a reasonable photo of the tank with the settings on CorallabAB, I think I need to find an iPhone app that has a white balance feature. Any suggestions? I would prefer to not need to use photoshop every time I want to post a photo... I know gel filters are an option, but there has to be an app for that! Right now I get blue potato when this looks more like a 14k color in person. Edited May 14, 2018 by Krux 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krux Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 Miter box found, now that all of the over the top accessories are in place I can cut the netting for the top, hopefully, I will have that as an update tomorrow. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youcallmenny Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Loving that rockwork. Very nice use of space. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krux Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 Lightroom gets it closer, but this is still too much work. Maybe I need to spend like $1.99 on a better camera app... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrc Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Welcome back Krux. I've also been offline for ~12 or so years. You helped me out back in '05 when I was setting up my first tank. Glad to see you back online. Nate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 21 hours ago, Krux said: Got the Radion set up today, dang this thing is bright, even at 50% Happy to get away from FOWTL (fish only with track lights) and on the way to reefing! On another note, I can't get a reasonable photo of the tank with the settings on CorallabAB, I think I need to find an iPhone app that has a white balance feature. Any suggestions? I would prefer to not need to use photoshop every time I want to post a photo... I know gel filters are an option, but there has to be an app for that! Right now I get blue potato when this looks more like a 14k color in person. Yeah picture taking is an art anymore with Leds. Rock work looks bad [language filter] though! Can’t wait to see this thing full. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krux Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 2 hours ago, nrc said: Welcome back Krux. I've also been offline for ~12 or so years. You helped me out back in '05 when I was setting up my first tank. Glad to see you back online. Nate Thanks Nate, good to be back again and still recognize some folks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krux Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 1 hour ago, R-3 said: Yeah picture taking is an art anymore with Leds. Rock work looks bad [language filter] though! Can’t wait to see this thing full. I picked up a tiny hammer today to “test the waters” on how the tank is maturing. If all goes well I should be ready to start stocking in June. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krux Posted May 16, 2018 Author Share Posted May 16, 2018 (edited) Going to try to get a new beat going, GZA (snowflake #3) joins RZA, Method Man, and Ghostface Killah, hopefully he gets featured and let him join the Clan. Photo shoot tomorrow. Also, is anyone experienced building Apex control cabinets? This pasta buffet of wires and cords cannot stand, and doesn't even have the Ecotech drivers in the way. Life goal #847: get this fixed before Trident hits. Edited May 16, 2018 by Krux 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krux Posted May 17, 2018 Author Share Posted May 17, 2018 (edited) A minor victory, after hours cursing the miter box and saw I got the screen top completed. If someone has a chop saw with a fine tooth blade they could make a killing as a side business buying these kits and cutting them for people, I would have easily paid 30 bucks to have someone save me all the time cutting and deburring the aluminum. The wave in the netting bothers me, and I need to shorten a piece by about 3mm, so at some point I will take it apart and fix the thing, but for now I will drink beer. Edited May 17, 2018 by Krux 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youcallmenny Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Looks really good! I used a pvc cutter on mine. Worked pretty well. Mines a little wavy too but I'm not sure I'm going to make it better because it's just too big. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krux Posted May 18, 2018 Author Share Posted May 18, 2018 2 hours ago, youcallmenny said: Looks really good! I used a pvc cutter on mine. Worked pretty well. Mines a little wavy too but I'm not sure I'm going to make it better because it's just too big. You cut the aluminum frame with a pvc cutter? I would have never guessed that would work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youcallmenny Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 It squished it a little, but no burrs. I would have used my hacksaw but it was still packed from the move. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 On 5/15/2018 at 11:17 PM, Krux said: Going to try to get a new beat going, GZA (snowflake #3) joins RZA, Method Man, and Ghostface Killah, hopefully he gets featured and let him join the Clan. Photo shoot tomorrow. Also, is anyone experienced building Apex control cabinets? This pasta buffet of wires and cords cannot stand, and doesn't even have the Ecotech drivers in the way. Life goal #847: get this fixed before Trident hits. @Exodus has a bad [language filter] control panel for his Apex setup. Hopefully he chimes in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodus Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 5 hours ago, R-3 said: @Exodus has a bad [language filter] control panel for his Apex setup. Hopefully he chimes in Thanks for the compliments, but my setup was designed specifically for my tank and setup not to mention I'm using an Apex classic opposed to the '16 with EB32, and the bulk of the setup appears to be the DOS & DDR. If looking for inspiring Ideas I would checkout the Neptune Apex Community Forums under the Sub Category of "Mounting/Installation there are some threads with filled with people posting their organized setups. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krux Posted May 18, 2018 Author Share Posted May 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, Exodus said: Thanks for the compliments, but my setup was designed specifically for my tank and setup not to mention I'm using an Apex classic opposed to the '16 with EB32, and the bulk of the setup appears to be the DOS & DDR. If looking for inspiring Ideas I would checkout the Neptune Apex Community Forums under the Sub Category of "Mounting/Installation there are some threads with filled with people posting their organized setups. My real question is, who did you get to make that sweet cabinet for you? I can work on a layout that will work, but the construction is beyond my hand tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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