SuncrestReef

On the Eighth Day of Giving my reef club gave to @marquee82 ... Auqa Gadget ChaetoMax 2-n-1 Refugium LED!

Congratulations!  Your prize is available at Cuttlefish & Corals.

The next drawing is tomorrow at 5:00pm.  I am leaving for vacation, but @Kerbash will be posting the final four winners in my absence. 

On the Seventh Day of Giving my reef club gave to @Rhapsody Reef ... Red Sea Reef Foundation Pro Multi Test Kit (Ca, Alk, Mg)!

Congratulations!  Your prize is available at Cuttlefish & Corals.

The next drawing is tomorrow at 5:00pm.

I’ve written several posts about this topic over at Reef2Reef.  See:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/just-updated-my-apex-issue-with-heater-afterwards.850833/#post-9253161
 

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/inkbird-control-apex.810503/#post-8677429

On the Sixth Day of Giving my reef club gave to @Webbed Feet ... Red Sea Salt - blue bucket!

Congratulations!  Your prize is available at Cuttlefish & Corals.

The next drawing is tomorrow at 5:00pm.

On the Fifth Day of Giving my reef club gave to @Alexrpolk ... a $50 Gift Certificate to the LFS of your choice!

Congratulations!  Send me a PM to coordinate which store you'd like for the gift certificate.

The next drawing is tomorrow at 5:00pm.

4 hours ago, obrien.david.j said:

Is the idea that cables may corrode in time, and not make reliable connections?

Yes, corrosion can cause random issues like reboots, missing modules, abnormal operations, etc.  But don't just check the cables.  Corrosion inside any AquaBus port (even without any cable plugged in) can cause problems since all the ports are on a single bus.

On the Fourth Day of Giving my reef club gave to @WeBeReefin ... Coral Frag Rack with Plug and Slide Locking System!

Congratulations!  Your prize is available at Cuttlefish & Corals.

The next drawing is tomorrow at 5:00pm.

11 minutes ago, shaywood said:

Excellent response! I'll check the fallback states for each item.  Now I have to figure out why it rebooted.  Is there a log anywhere?

In Fusion, you can go to the Diagnostics screen which may show some relevant info, but there's really no way to know why an Apex reboots unexpectedly.

When an Apex reboots, (whether intentionally or due to a failure), each output on your EnergyBars will behave according to their Fallback setting.  If Fallback is set to ON, then that device will continue to have power until the Apex completes rebooting.  If the output is set to Fallback OFF, then that device will shut down and only power back up when the Apex is back online if the programming calls for it to be on.  The best practice is to configure each output to behave appropriately during an outage.  For example, if your heater has its own built-in thermostat, then setting that output to Fallback ON makes sense since the heater will turn itself on and off as needed based on temperature, but if your heater does not have any thermostat, then you'd want to set it to Fallback OFF so it doesn't accidentally overheat your tank when the Apex is offline.

For full details on the Fallback setting, see this article:

https://forum.neptunesystems.com/showthread.php?8510-All-About-FALLBACK

On the Third Day of Giving my reef club gave to @Lance Dulay ... Julian's Thing Multi-Purpose Feeding Tool!

Congratulations!  Your prize is available at Cuttlefish & Corals.

The next drawing is tomorrow at 5:00pm.

On the Second Day of Giving my reef club gave to @pinoyreefer ... Coral Tweezers - Carbon Fiber w/ Neutral Buoyancy!

Congratulations!  Your prize is available at Cuttlefish & Corals.

The next drawing is tomorrow at 5:00pm.

Remember, the prizes start out small, and get bigger and better each day.  And even if you win a prize, you are still eligible for the next day's raffle.

Good luck, everyone!

On the First Day of Giving my reef club gave to @coyote ... Coralline Purple Ceramic Frag Plugs!

Congratulations!  Your prize is available at Cuttlefish & Corals.

The next drawing is tomorrow at 5:00pm.

Winners will be announce on this thread:  

Welcome to the Twelve Days of Giving!!!

Prize winners will be announced each day at 5:00 PM beginning December 1, 2023.  Revisit this thread each day for the latest winner announcements!

On the Twelve Days of Giving, my reef club gave to me...

Day	Prize	Description	Winner
1		Coralline Purple Ceramic Frag Plugs	@coyote
2		Coral Tweezers - Carbon Fiber w/ Neutral Buoyancy	@pinoyreefer
3		Julian's Thing Multi-Purpose Feeding Tool	@Lance Dulay
4		Coral Frag Rack with Plug and Slide Locking System	@WeBeReefin
5		$50 Gift Certificate to the LFS of your choice	@Alexrpolk
6		Red Sea Salt - blue bucket	@Webbed Feet
7		Red Sea Reef Foundation Pro Multi Test Kit (Ca, Alk, Mg)	@Rhapsody Reef
8		Auqa Gadget ChaetoMax 2-n-1 Refugium LED	@marquee82
9		$100 Gift Certificate to the LFS of your choice	@melanie
10		5 Stage Premium 75 GPD RO/DI System	@Tiny Reef
11		Nero 3 Powerhead	@lurch
12		VorTech MP40mQD Powerhead	@Esheafer

Prizes will be available for pickup at Cuttlefish & Corals in Portland, or if you are outside of the Portland Metro area, send me a PM to coordinate shipping your prize.

Congratulations to all the winners!  Thank you for supporting PNWMAS.

Time's almost up.  Less than one hour to go until this thread is locked.  We currently have 72 valid entries.  Hurry up if you want in on this event!!!

Tomorrow at 5:00pm I'll announce the first day's winner and prize.

1 minute ago, Brittany said:

Does a family membership get you 2 entries?  Can I pay for the family membership now?

Yes, a Family membership gives you two entries in the raffles.  Follow the instructions in the 12 Days topic to sign up for membership and to enter the raffles.

So far we have only 58 entries in our 12 Days of Giving raffles, so the odds of winning one of our 12 prizes are pretty good.  If you haven't entered yet, be sure to visit this thread before the deadline:  

15 hours ago, Lifer said:

I am a supporting member.

@Lifer Your subscription will expire on November 27, 2023, so you will need to renew in order to be eligible for these raffles.  Renewal instructions here:

You need to keep your pH and ORP probes (the blue and red ones) stored wet, otherwise they will be ruined.  If you don't have a proper probe storage bottle, just use a plastic bag of water and wrap a rubberband around the probe to hold it in place. 

1 hour ago, Blazing5 said:

I am a supporting member. 

Your account is not currently a Supporting Member.  You can start your membership here:  

3 hours ago, DaveZ said:

I grew up playing with a table but haven’t played in awhile. I’m more of a darts guy for the last few decades..takes up far less space. Got a board up in the garage/office/reef room. 

I included a dart board and shuffle board table in my construction plans along with the billiards room!

I’m looking to sell a high-quality Drexel Heritage dining room table, chairs, and lighted display cabinet set.  Selling full set for $1500, retail price is over $10,000.  See my Craigslist post for full details:

https://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/fuo/d/beaverton-drexel-heritage-dining-room/7686320309.html

Just posting here to get more traction. 🙂

25 minutes ago, shaywood said:

I see the tablet on the wall. Are you using Home Assistant?

I’m not using Home Assistant.  I have a couple of billiards scoring apps on the iPad and can mirror it to the TV for tournaments.  It’s particularly handy when playing snooker since the scoring is tough to keep track of:

I spent the first half of 2023 doing a big construction project to add several new rooms onto my house, including a dedicated billiards room.  My new 9 foot Diamond table was just installed a couple weeks ago, so now the room I envisioned has become a reality.  I play BCA league 9-ball and 10-ball each week at Legends in Beaverton.  Any pool sharks out there?