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Lol, thread race. That's almost exactly the one I bought and have sitting in my garage. Do you run it on a smart plug? My plan was run my booster pump and that valve off the same smart plug.

Valve -> first round of filter -> booster pump -> solenoid pressure sensor-> ... -> float valve in reservoir Something like that is my setup. I can't remember where exactly my solenoid is connected. I like to have the valve manual. I find I get a small trickle periodically without it. I also...

Pegboard is Ikea Skadis. I designed a pass through that's screws tight. I 3d print them and drill a 1.5in hole through the board, then install to route cables behind. I can just barely get full size plugs through that. 1.75in would probably be better, or ovalized. I installed the pegboard on...

Went out of town and inadvertently had let my ATO reservoir empty. Luckily I have RODI lines run so my neighbor just had to flip on a valve at the sink. Unfortunately took a long time to get her to the point she could do it. Partially because recently I'd created this giant mess...

I'd manually test the alk to double check. Very possible for the alkatronic to get a weird set of readings too.

Don't be me.

Cabinet looks great! If possible, consider moving the power strip and electronics onto the cabinet. The most likely water spill is over the edge of an aquarium and onto the stand. Once on that stand it then will waterfall off the edges. If the electronics are on the edges, they then get water...

If you're ok in a little overhead, especially if you have any original proofs of purchase, I've had a lot of good success with AI warranty support. I would almost guarantee if you sent them in they'd offer to let you swap for new ones for a fee. Then can sell em. Bit of a rigamarole, but nice...

Awhile back I bought some Quanta Pros from @CaseyP. Initially I was using them as lighting for my garage holding tank while I slowly moved things back into my main display. Now I'm finally putting them on their actual target home, which is my frag tank. On that tank I have a RMS Rail, and while...

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/coral-reef-production-is-boosted-by-20-times-with-special-ink-from-pink-algae-that-attracts-colonies/ Paper: https://www.cell.com/trends/biotechnology/fulltext/S0167-7799(25)00126-X

For the skimmer line, go on AliExpress and look up silicone tubing. Ideally use a caliper to measure your current one, but a ruler should get you close enough. Err on the side of the outer number being slightly thicker and the inner number slightly smaller than you think if you can't guess the...

I was hardcore team rimless. I now would love to join team eurobrace for all the same reasons.

I have mine dumping directly into the sump, with a power head that turns on for a bit after that dumping to help with mixing. No tube. Don't use the pump that came with it. I therefore never clean anything. Well, except for the one time I had water spray everywhere in my sump and into the Avast...

Wait, your plank has different openings? I thought all the planks are just augers that dump out whatever. I did buy mine second hand though. Are you referring to the mixing pump level or is there actually some sort of setting I'm unaware of?

I couldn't even consider stealing that amount of joy from you! I'll drop mine off tonight! ;)

Those guinea pigs look too happy for you to get rid of them. I think a better idea would be to get two more! I will, mournfully, PIF two guinea pigs from my house to you! :)

Can people note, if they're feeding via the sump or directly in tank in their answer? Bonus points edit existing ones. Mine goes into the sump return section, onto a cheap power head to keep it all moving, then eventually up the return pump. I'm curious if anyone's doing pellets and other...

Reef Jerky + a bunch of extra freeze dried mysis in mine. Jerky seemed light in big particles so I added the mysis. Edit: Fed into the sump.

oh that's awesome! That's almost exactly what I was thinking of. All require some intervention, but the likely failure characteristics of automation can be really different. If my doser's reservoir runs out of Alk, or the peristaltic line fails, the failure will be a lack of adding Alk and a...

Those are good points. My main concern is an automation that must have manual intervention periodically setup fails my is something I can reliably trust and debug when I go out of town for a week bar. Part of the value I'd be trying to get out of AWC is having a backup for all my dosing and what...