Equipment

I bought myself this bandsaw over two years ago at the Denver MACNA. It was basically a gift to myself, but I never opened the box until two weeks ago when I started fragging some corals at last. It's pretty impressive, and hence I had to make a video about it.

Today, I decided to take a few pictures from different angles that what I'd usually do. This first shot is from the Spidey-Cam. His name is Peter...

These next two images were shot hoping to show the pretty colors of the water's rippling surface.

Just a change of pace.

I did have something strange happen today. When I turned ...

In the summer, my reef tends to hit 81°F or so, while in the colder months it maxes out at 80°F. Years ago, I programmed the Apex to turn on a fan if the tank gets over 79.5°F but there wasn't a fan plugged in. Until recently, that is. I finally got around to making an acrylic bracket and put a 120mm fan over the return section of my sump. This one fan, running in low-mode, has kept the temperature one degree cooler over the past few weeks. I probably should have made it hold two, but one is ...

I use the 150gpd RO/DI system for all my water needs, both drinking water and RO/DI for my reef. Using it for maybe five years or more, you get used to how it operates. However, I recently had a customer with very high TDS reach out to me after buying one of my systems looking for a more efficient option because DI resin wasn't lasting long at all. After talking with my resource, I decided I'd try the suggestion with my own system to get some personal experience. This of course ended up with ...

When you have a guy install cable, he usually has a tool to secure it along the baseboards. It uses a rounded staple, so I recently went to Home Depot seeking one to call my own. I wanted to secure the USB cable running between the Apex and the PM1 box, as well as some RO/DI tubing running to the new frag system's top off container.

The first stapler didn't work, but I exchanged it ...