Jack-the-reefer

Someone buy my camera. It’s like new, we just never use it. 
it’s a cannon rebel t1i. Comes with case, and extra zoom lense.

Asking 125$

I couldn’t find a decent place in my house to keep this, so Jeff was nice enough to let me set it up at the shop. 
Stop by and take a look while you’re shopping for corals. 

She’s up and running. I still want to tinker with the drain a little and hopefully quiet it down. It’s not terribly noisy, but it sits right by my head when I’m sleeping. 

Pervert. 

9 minutes ago, obrien.david.j said:

I'll admit it, I love the look of gsp.   I haven't kept them for a Long time, after learning what they can do in a tank.  but I still love them.   I wonder if I could keep them in a Aux tank (like the size you setup), plumbed into the main water system.    Hmm, I better not risk it.

If I had room by my main tank, I would totally do that. 

I’m also lucky to have a place that I can let this thing grow in while I figure out the rest of the setup. 
The base is an old cutting board I cut to fit.  I wanted something I could easily remove as one piece when the gsp needs a trim. 

Yep. I didn’t want to drill more than one hole.
The drain is 3/4”, and I have 1/2” vinyl tube running up the inside of the drain. 

Reworked the plumbing today. This is definitely the most time and thought I’ve ever put into plumbing a tank. Which seems silly considering the stupid thing is less than 3 gallons total volume. 

Kim just needs an excuse to come see Jorge. 
 

I have a 4g waterbox you can have. At the first sign of trouble, you can just carry the whole thing outside to the dumpster. 

Got it up and running today. I think this might actually work!

4 minutes ago, Blue Z Reef said:

What are you gonna use for a light? There is tons of cool little nano lights these days.

I have a kessil a160 sitting around. Total overkill for gsp in 3” of water, but it’ll do. 

Getting closer. 

2 hours ago, spectra said:

Have any acrylic lying around ?

 

I may have some pieces of UHMW lying around. Used to use it for protecting the glass on the bottom of the tank.

I Thought about acrylic, but I don’t know if I could cut it into a circle without breaking it. All I have to work with is a table saw. 

11 hours ago, Blue Z Reef said:

Now I see it’s 9”, trim down a 12” floor tile

Like a vinyl tile? That could work. 

I need some advice. 
My plan is to cut something that will sit on the bottom of the bowl. I want something that I can grow the gsp on, but is easy to remove so I can trim to keep it from growing up the sides. 
I just need something that sinks, is easy to cut, and is thin. 
I’m sure someone out there knows exactly what I need. 
 

It’s not perfect, but it works!

A little progress today.  
It took a few tries, but I finally got the pvc overflow cut and drilled the way I want it. I glued a 1/2” pvc fitting into the overflow for the return line. 

1 hour ago, TheClark said:

Haha, of course you are building a new PICO!  I could have bet on that.  As usual, love watching these builds, thanks for sharing!

 

I’m nothing if not consistent. 

1 minute ago, Burningbaal said:

that'd be perfect! no one to get out, even with an infinity bowl!  It'd be amazing, IMO

I’m seriously thinking about doing that now.  

16 minutes ago, Burningbaal said:

What are you going to put in there? I think this right be really cool as an infinity bowl if you don't have to worry about fish jumping, out this in a dish so the overflow is just over the rim of the vase

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I’m thinking just a carpet of gsp with sexy shrimp and porcelain crabs. 

After a day and a half of quarantine, I started looking around for something to tinker with. 
I found this vase in the garage. It’s 9” across, and 3.5” deep. The overflow is some pvc I cut to fit. 
that’s as far as I’ve gotten so far. I need to scrounge for more random parts for the return. 

I need a small acrylic project built for me. I need a 9” wide, 14” long, 3” tall tray. 1/4” acrylic should be totally fine. It doesn’t need to be perfect. 
 

If this sounds like something you could make, please let me know what it would cost. 
 

Xoxo

I can bring some by tomorrow. I have a service account down the street from you. 

Does anyone have any left over fluke tabs? I just need enough to treat a 20 gallon system. 

On an unrelated note. A while ago, when I posted asking for blue clove polyps, there were a few people who warned me that it was a terrible idea. If you were one of those people, now is a good time to say  "I told you so"!

I wonder if I can call in sick, then come to the party.