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Ok there’s like 3 screws, the rest are flat nails

Good suggestion… and this might work. The screws are almost all rounded though This is hilarious, I can’t believe how incapable I am. I have done a lot in my life, but not opening boxes with tanks in them I guess hahaha

I’ve been trying to open this box that has my new tank, but I’ve already broken two tools trying to pry all the nails off, and still have about 45 nails to go. I’m almost an hour in and can’t open the box. Am I just completely stupid? What do I do?

I would suggest only going custom if you have a very specific size that you need, otherwise pre-built is going to save a lot. If you like the Reefer, go for it! You can/should change the doors so it looks better for your room too. All way less than $6K.

I've been pretty happy with my AI Nero 3 pumps, especially because they come with nice nemguards that look pretty good. I got a beautiful Colorado Sunburst from @nly04 awhile back, and last night it decided to walk over the AI Nero 3. Now, the crazy thing is, this guy squished itself through...

OK, I think I found my return pump: Royal Exclusiv RD3 Speedy 100watt HIGH PRESSURE -- 2400 gph but it looks like it can handle a lot of pressure. If I run it as a return + manifold for my UV and chiller, I think it's going to be perfect. Costs the same as the non-high pressure (well, off by...

I got the large Avast Davey Jones Skimmate Locker and was thinking that if my skimmer had a sudden overflow event (I've had this in the past randomly), a good amount of water would be pulled from my system before the skimmate locker filled up and stopped the skimmer pump. I was thinking of...

Thanks for all the feedback! You've convinced me. I'll just setup the Apex Jr. and an EB4 for now (since I have them available). I wasn't going to spend a lot of time on this temporary tank, but I guess it's just a tiny bit more work, and not worth the possible downsides!

I'm just trying to recreate my past Apex scheduler for the feeder. Not sure if it's "fancy"

One hack I was thinking was I have a power strip and a smart plug. I can offset the Smart Plug's internal clock by 20 seconds, and then I can set that one's time on the minute, and the power strip would be offset just enough to do the seconds thing. But that seems a bit sketch, and I'm not sure...

I have a kasa smart plug and power strip, but the minimum time interval is 1 minute. I need to set this up for just one outlet (Avast Plank feeder), and would rather do 3 feedings a day for 20 seconds, rather than 1 feeding at 60 seconds. I don't want to setup an apex just for this one thing...

I'll need to get the ice trays filled up and my battery air pump out...

Does anyone think this would be helpful in dosing containers? My dosing pumps have notoriously gone out of wack (connections weren't good, gummed up tubing, etc), so I was thinking I could use the LLS to see if my dosers were truly dosing what the heads are trying. Maybe this shouldn't be the...

Holy crap Erin! I'm glad nothing worse happened. Let me know if you need any help!

I've found that optical sensors either: 1. need a quick clean 2. fail completely My OS-1 sensors work great for about 2 years, and then start crapping out one at a time. I do, however, have two of them that are still fine after 6 years of constant use. I'm hoping their new sensors are a bit...

No real experience here yet, but I've been doing similar research (and posted a similar question) and overall people have suggested that a skimmer just won't skim if it's too big. Without a fleece roller, it's usually OK to oversize, but with a fleece roller, I've been advised to follow the low...

The reason I have for this is, as recommended, I will be running my UV sterilizer on the return, so the only thing I'd need an extra pump for is a chiller that *may* run once in a blue moon. I was thinking of just making my return a manifold for the chiller as well. The UV will run in parallel...

I've always read that manifolds off a return pump can create inconsistent fluctuations that would actually cause things like a drain to be super noisy (since it's inconsistent). Is this true? I feel like it's a little strange that could happen, unless the valves being used are really flimsy for...

I've been using a 5-Stage AirWaterIce RODI for about 9 years now. I never had to change the O-rings and it never leaks. I since also purchased a second RODI, but from BRS (same 5-stage).