ClownBubbaJoe
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Ok, I'm back. ![Grinning face :grinning: 😀](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png)
Starting a new tank, a in-wall 125g mixed reef that's I'll appreciate your opinions, advise, chatting and follow along.
We started in the hobby back in the 90's, sold out to go dirt sprint car racing, bought a big boat then built our 1966 Ford 427 Shelby Cobra. (my baby) lol
We sold the sprint and boat due to my bad health, but we're back to reefing !
It's a pain in the A![Face with symbols on mouth :face_with_symbols_over_mouth: 🤬](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f92c.png)
when things go wrong, but when sailing smooth, it's such a beautiful and wonderful life. (yes,''life'' as it takes so much time)
Hear's what has happened.
I had a second heart attack, so I've slowed down, but not out. (I think)
A lady rear ended me on our highway going 60 mph in a 45 mph zone, I was going 30 mph. It was her fault.
I've had two surgery's on my neck & shoulder so far. They removed eight nerves next to my spine. Since I'm on blood thinners for my heart I can't have the third surgery until June, I can come off then for a week, have the surgery then back on them for 6 more months. It's very evasive and right next to my spine, so being on the thinners, if I bruised near the spine it could swell up with blood and bruise bad enough to push on my spine and could paralyzed me.
I'm diabetic, so with my brain damage from age two, I have 24/7 headaches and electrical zaps in my head constantly, which raises my blood sugar. Pain raise's everybody's so we don't go in shock when injured. Now with this added pain, I can't keep my sugar down. It ranges from 200 -450 most of the time, even sleeping all night it's very high in the morning.
Anyway, it's been hard on my "spirit of life", but just the joy of setting up this new tank gets me excited !
We have removed everything from the office to make it the "fish room" again. I removed the CARPET,....this time and laid down a roll of seamless vinyl flooring this time, and we even sealed off all the edge's !
I bought a perfect condition used "Zero Edge" sump, instead of a DIY 55g aquarium sump. I got a smoking deal on it, so I'm very happy with the price, how well it's built and works.
The next step is to install a inline GFCI outlet to cover all the electronics down the line, and a dedicated ground for it all, so to limit stray voltage. I will then use safe electrical strips where needed. And a ground probe in the tank. Power heads can leak out voltage in time. Water and salt are a hazard !
Next will be mounting the new RO/DI system.
As always, everything is difficult so working on the tank and updating my thread is slow. I can't lift over 30lbs now, but can increase 10lbs every month.
Bare with my fellow reefers. Please join me by gaining my spirit by help building our new beautiful reef ! :beer:
Kevin
![Grinning face :grinning: 😀](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png)
Starting a new tank, a in-wall 125g mixed reef that's I'll appreciate your opinions, advise, chatting and follow along.
![Tropical fish :tropical_fish: 🐠](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f420.png)
![Dolphin :dolphin: 🐬](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f42c.png)
We started in the hobby back in the 90's, sold out to go dirt sprint car racing, bought a big boat then built our 1966 Ford 427 Shelby Cobra. (my baby) lol
We sold the sprint and boat due to my bad health, but we're back to reefing !
It's a pain in the A
![Face with symbols on mouth :face_with_symbols_over_mouth: 🤬](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f92c.png)
![Face with symbols on mouth :face_with_symbols_over_mouth: 🤬](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f92c.png)
Hear's what has happened.
I had a second heart attack, so I've slowed down, but not out. (I think)
A lady rear ended me on our highway going 60 mph in a 45 mph zone, I was going 30 mph. It was her fault.
I've had two surgery's on my neck & shoulder so far. They removed eight nerves next to my spine. Since I'm on blood thinners for my heart I can't have the third surgery until June, I can come off then for a week, have the surgery then back on them for 6 more months. It's very evasive and right next to my spine, so being on the thinners, if I bruised near the spine it could swell up with blood and bruise bad enough to push on my spine and could paralyzed me.
I'm diabetic, so with my brain damage from age two, I have 24/7 headaches and electrical zaps in my head constantly, which raises my blood sugar. Pain raise's everybody's so we don't go in shock when injured. Now with this added pain, I can't keep my sugar down. It ranges from 200 -450 most of the time, even sleeping all night it's very high in the morning.
Anyway, it's been hard on my "spirit of life", but just the joy of setting up this new tank gets me excited !
We have removed everything from the office to make it the "fish room" again. I removed the CARPET,....this time and laid down a roll of seamless vinyl flooring this time, and we even sealed off all the edge's !
I bought a perfect condition used "Zero Edge" sump, instead of a DIY 55g aquarium sump. I got a smoking deal on it, so I'm very happy with the price, how well it's built and works.
The next step is to install a inline GFCI outlet to cover all the electronics down the line, and a dedicated ground for it all, so to limit stray voltage. I will then use safe electrical strips where needed. And a ground probe in the tank. Power heads can leak out voltage in time. Water and salt are a hazard !
Next will be mounting the new RO/DI system.
As always, everything is difficult so working on the tank and updating my thread is slow. I can't lift over 30lbs now, but can increase 10lbs every month.
Bare with my fellow reefers. Please join me by gaining my spirit by help building our new beautiful reef ! :beer:
Kevin