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Higher Thinking

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  1. John posting my Apex moves on the Neptune forum?! That's like Connor McGregor asking to post my MMA videos on his ig account. 😆. By all means, thanks man! And I'm sure you know, but I just used the universal 24v input to wire the magnetic lock and a breakout box for the bottom.
  2. Exactly! Cords, water, so much good stuff to explore unsupervised! Thanks!
  3. Yup. Definitely super convenient just having the two doors that connect to each other. Thanks man!
  4. Anyone who knows me, knows that I'm not one that gets too caught up in over reacting to various fears and hysteria. What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger, right? 😉 I have to mentally work hard to not just shrug off a lot of common dangers. Not sure if I'm reckless or just really easy going. However, if there is something that is the LEADING cause of death amongst young children, I feel like I should probably take that seriously. Drowning. Not only is it the leading killer for young children, it is totally preventable. My little baby will be crawling around exploring soon and having an open sump water source seems more on the reckless side. So this is my solution to keep the kid from falling into the sump. I didn't want something that was dependent on me remembering to flip a lock. I'm far too forgetful for that. I wired a magnetic lock and programmed it through the Apex to open when I push the unlock button. It's a pretty simple setup. When I push the button, the lock disengages for 10 seconds and then re-energizes. So whenever I close the door, it automatically is locked. Simple, clean, and effective (assuming I close the doors when I'm done, of course). The locks are rated for like 400 pounds, but those little screws will rip out way before that. What it will do is prevent a curious little hand from managing to pull open the doors. And here's a couple baby pictures, just because.
  5. Welcome to the club! Nice little operation you got there!
  6. My unit did the very same thing. Super high calcium upon first being set up. After calibration it was right where I expected.
  7. Nice work! As long as the sump can hold the overflow volume during power outages, you're good to go!
  8. That's crazy. You actually reprogrammed the Trident to run tests on whatever schedule you choose? That's some next level stuff. Do you test more or less than the "required" intervals?
  9. Yes, breakfast burritos were 🔥. When I got home I was so happy I took an extra one to go. Perfect afternoon snack. Thanks Kim for organizing that. Smooth operation!
  10. Excellent explanation. Apex wizardry, indeed. Thanks!
  11. So could you use a Sicce pump with variable speed? E.g. run at 10% when the return pump firsts turns on and then slowly ramp up. Or even slow down if the sump starts running dry and a float valve is triggered.
  12. My real good friend across the street works for First Call. They did everything for me. Installed ductwork (use to have cadet heaters), put in furnace, and did AC. Fantastic work. If you're in Portland or surrounding area I'll give you a contact number. They're definitely not the cheapest, but their reputation and work is rock solid. Google them. Unfortunately, I can't add anything to the list you provided.
  13. I'm a little out of my league with Oscars, as to tank size, temperament, etc. You might Google around and see if you see the same advice from multiple sources. If there's a common thread of advice that is usually more reliable than testing something off just one website. Of course checking in with a local freshwater shop will be helpful as well.
  14. I second checking if The Wet Spot. They typically have an incredible selection. The majority of folks on here have saltwater tanks, but I know there's some of us with both 🙋. https://www.buildyouraquarium.com/oscar-tank-mates/ That's a link I found that seems to have some good intel (full disclosure, I didn't read all of it). You may want to add some decorations in there to help break up the space. That might alleviate some aggression when trying to add new tank mates. Best of luck!
  15. The calcium reactor is now gone! Now I gotta deal with that old car battery...
  16. Ok, world. Y'all drive a hard bargain. Free or I'll just throw the whole thing in the ocean with my old car batteries. 😆
  17. Sounds good. I'm around all day tomorrow, after about noon and most of Sunday. Other than that, most any weekday evening works too.
  18. I don't know how much is there. Could be 40 feet, maybe 30, who knows? At any rate, this stuff is usually more than $1.5 per foot, I think. Free to a good home. If you got a frag to offer I'll take that, but nothing required. Contact pickup in Scappoose (people need handshakes!). 😁
  19. Welcome to the club. What are your goals and plans with the new tank?
  20. You could use a bottom to pause your dosing (if you dose, of course). There will be times when you want to make sure that the system doesn't dose anything (like swapping out solutions). You can set you button to pause dosing for X minutes. Or similarly, and this is what I do, you can use it to pause an auto water change system. Whenever I replenish the 50 gallon drum and batch up new salt water, I push a button and then the DOS pauses auto water change for 4 hours. This gives the new saltwater time to mix thoroughly before going into the system.
  21. I have the most highest endest ever birds nest coral. 1.25"!
  22. Text sent on cardinal fish, file fish, and yellow tang.
  23. Felix gave me $50 in cash because he doesn't have PayPal. I've sent in the funds to our account.
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