Sam's Oceanic 120

10/3/22
2022-10-02 9:58 PMAlkalinity8.9
2022-10-02 10:05 PMCalcium475
2022-10-02 10:09 PMMagnesium1365
2022-10-02 10:16 PMNitrate25
2022-10-02 10:17 PMPhosphate0.1
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upping the kalk dose now...
 
10/9/22
I'll be posting a ton more products I cook up.
just getting the manufacturing space all setup.
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one more Ender and I'll have my starting equipment. The cnc will go under the table (pull out drawer or cart on casters)
dust collection behind the file cabinet. Can even setup ventilation so I can start doing ABS.
I have 3 knock-off all metal hot-ends coming for the Enders today because they're unreliable PETG slingers without.
 
10/11/22
Had to buy a bunch of knock-off high temp all-metal hot ends to install on the printers todo PETG. And upgraded to Capricorn tubing. The printers were jamming from heat creep. Now I need to re-slice all my models with zero retraction so I don't clog. Still keeping at least two printers running nonstop.
I may need to get the $40 mobos for silent running...
 
10/11/22
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Poor little guy didn't make it. His bully got the lions' share of his tail. I saw it a few weeks ago and tried to get him out for the exile tank but this little guy always eluded me. Now he's swimming free with the fishes... :(
 
10/12/22
I add tabs to the models at the spots that are lifting when I have issues.
The Light shade model 2 I am making was lifting big-time and sagging so I had to model a whole internal latice skeleton so it keeps its shape as its made. a lot to throw away but worth it if the shade looks awesome.
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pre-release photo - you see that back corner? Ihad a layer shift... this was last version of the support lattice...
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haha... wanted to show someone... this was a female dog to get right...
 
10/15/22
One of the Reef stores I went to lent me an EcoTech Gen 3 to model... this is what I've got sofar:
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10/17/22
XR30 Gen 3 modeled... and a shade design for Reefwise:
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10/21/22
Got a few more corals from Blue Line Coral auctions. picked up an old RODI I am turning into reactors. got two used BRS 1.1 ml doser pumps. And I came across a dragon wrasse that needed a good home...
re-upped my Phyto water, cleaned out my saltwater bucket and started a new batch.
sucked-out a bunch of detritus from the corners of the DT.
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wrasse photos
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he is in a 15 gallon tank attached to my 120. It was originally going to be an exile tank for the misbehaving fish but it turned into an 'off the Timmy menu tank' when I got an Emperor Angelfish rehomed to me. He grunts like Tim Allen.
Eventually the frags will go into a proper frag tank and he'll have the 15 mostly to himself for awhile before I trade him in. I have smaller fish in my 120 - which is bare bottom so not really a good fit for him.
 
10/23/22
Been MIA doing chores for the Mrs...
Building shed kit...
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Back up to 90 ml/hr Kalkwasser. Its so nice having the ATOR auto fill and the Kalk automatically made...
I don't have daily tank chores besides feeding which is nice.
My aqualifter pump broke and the CO2 scrubber got too hard for the skimmer to pull through so I disabled it for now... I need to redo it on the ceiling of the cabinet so the hoses stay empty of water.
 
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10/25/22
fuge cleanout! More Cheato for the Cheato tank...
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Went to flush my RODI and check my TDS and realized I put my resin in the wrong way...
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So I guess that may explain some of my cyano & algae issues.
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10/27/22
pulled the plug on my custom webpage... instead got a Shopify account and set it all up there... I couldn't move the DNS name servers to Shopify because the URL is newly registered so I have to figure out all the AWS Route 53 DNS configurations... managed to keep my Amazon WorkMail account too!

all in all not bad....
Configured Shopify account; added all my current products, and even managed to make a decent custom Theme for it too...
Pretty stoked... now to get more products designed and up!
 
10/28/22
Shed update! just need to add the flashing around the top of the roof and paint it!
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budget reactors: got an old RODI and swapped-out some of the fittings so I can run it like three reactors
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10/31/22
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Reactors running! I have a little Rio pump feeding them.
Carbon, Phosguard and Purigen.

and I added an Ender Extender kit to one of my printers so I can do fancier Noopsyche and Large one piece EcoTech Light shades. This is the old and new build size...
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11/2/22
vacuumed out all the red cyano I could then scrubbed the GHA, then siphoned out all the detritus at the bottom of the tank, then passed out at my desk trying to do 3d designs... got to bed before my wife woke up so I don't think she noticed. Kids still sick... got more books and video games from the library.
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