Heh, I come back to RC, select one large tank thread to browse to remember what it's like, and it turns out I stumble onto an Austinite. Then I see "Stewart" on a piece of OSB and wonder if we have AV junkie. I see a floor joist/load mistake that, erm, seems eerily similar to one of my own. Then I realize I am reading a large tank thread from a fellow ex-trilogian. We even happen to have the same job.
What a weird feeling. Congrats, and good luck with the rest of the build. We should connect next time I'm in Austin and decide if we were separated at birth or something.
B
p.s. I "free-dove" my tank for maint because I liked the training anyway (static apnea), but I have to say... it was just brutal at 36". I was perpetually cold, even with a suit on. But I was hot, exerting into the mask that wasn't designed to take my slobbery self. I also made a giant mess every time, and I am amazed that you'll do all that work in your finished room. I'm sure you will be more successful than I ever was; I would never be able to convince myself, a priori, that I could safely maintain a peninsula in finish-grade surroundings.
As a consequence of long battles with maintenance, I have since spent many, many hours dreaming about how one might make a robot that could survive the trauma of a tank, meet the power and automation requirements, and keep the whole thing scraped for life. If that could be solved, maybe I will build my next reef tank.
What a weird feeling. Congrats, and good luck with the rest of the build. We should connect next time I'm in Austin and decide if we were separated at birth or something.
B
p.s. I "free-dove" my tank for maint because I liked the training anyway (static apnea), but I have to say... it was just brutal at 36". I was perpetually cold, even with a suit on. But I was hot, exerting into the mask that wasn't designed to take my slobbery self. I also made a giant mess every time, and I am amazed that you'll do all that work in your finished room. I'm sure you will be more successful than I ever was; I would never be able to convince myself, a priori, that I could safely maintain a peninsula in finish-grade surroundings.
As a consequence of long battles with maintenance, I have since spent many, many hours dreaming about how one might make a robot that could survive the trauma of a tank, meet the power and automation requirements, and keep the whole thing scraped for life. If that could be solved, maybe I will build my next reef tank.
you'll just need electromagnetic locksets and switches:
