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DiverGirl82 · Dec 1, 2015

Brian Kim said:
Good job on that board, just need to make some holes for cable management and you should be good to go

Thank you.

You can see in the picture where I tried to make a hole between the 2 eb8s. But unfortunately my battery powered drill wasn't strong enough to cut through. That was my first frustration of the process. I'll get it done eventually but right now I don't want to mess with it for a while.

Maritimer · Dec 1, 2015

Looks like my order is in town and "out for delivery" today - that was pretty quick for free shipping! (Just gotta give my son and his GF the heads-up before I go off to work!!)

Thanks, MD!

~B.

Brian Kim · Dec 1, 2015

DiverGirl82 said:
Thank you. You can see in the picture where I tried to make a hole between the 2 eb8s. But unfortunately my battery powered drill wasn't strong enough to cut through. That was my first frustration of the process. I'll get it done eventually but right now I don't want to mess with it for a while.

Yeah, I can clearly see those marks lol. Before you go ahead with those holes, have you considered using cable grommets? Take a look at the pic.

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DiverGirl82 · Dec 1, 2015

Brian Kim said:
Yeah, I can clearly see those marks lol. Before you go ahead with those holes, have you considered using cable grommets? Take a look at the pic.

If it was out somewhere visible I would definitely do something like that. But it sits behind the tank. Honestly I'm realizing I didn't even need to paint the board. I thought I would be able to see the edge of the board from the couch but I don't see it at all.

Maritimer · Dec 3, 2015

Last night was a bit like Christmas morning for me! (Couldn't play on Tuesday night, as that was also the annual holiday party at my weekend job, <G>...) Everything arrived in perfect condition save the big bucket of salt, which I suspect the shipper must have whacked pretty hard - I didn't realize it until I tried taking the bucket out of the big green plastic bag it came in. Seems to be pretty much all there, but .... )

Discovered that I've got a metric faucet, which necessitated a last-minute trip to Home Depot for another adapter, and cranked up the RO/DI unit - ran it all night, mixing salt water as buckets filled up... Filled up the bottom of the HOB 'fuge with Fiji mud and topped it with sand... more sand on the bottom of the DT... Assembled the Reef Octopus skimmer... started adding water as it got mixed, and got it moving with the gyre... By this morning, the 65g is about half full, the RO/DI is still cranking, and I'm smiling!

Live rock coming in on Friday . . . Yikes! That's tomorrow!

~Bruce

MarineDepot · Dec 3, 2015

Maritimer said:
Last night was a bit like Christmas morning for me! (Couldn't play on Tuesday night, as that was also the annual holiday party at my weekend job, <G>...) Everything arrived in perfect condition save the big bucket of salt, which I suspect the shipper must have whacked pretty hard - I didn't realize it until I tried taking the bucket out of the big green plastic bag it came in. Seems to be pretty much all there, but .... )

Discovered that I've got a metric faucet, which necessitated a last-minute trip to Home Depot for another adapter, and cranked up the RO/DI unit - ran it all night, mixing salt water as buckets filled up... Filled up the bottom of the HOB 'fuge with Fiji mud and topped it with sand... more sand on the bottom of the DT... Assembled the Reef Octopus skimmer... started adding water as it got mixed, and got it moving with the gyre... By this morning, the 65g is about half full, the RO/DI is still cranking, and I'm smiling!

Live rock coming in on Friday . . . Yikes! That's tomorrow!

~Bruce

Hi, Bruce! Thank you for the update. Sorry to hear about the condition the salt arrived in.

Happy to hear things are coming along nicely. Do you have a build thread with photos going we can follow?

Maritimer · Dec 3, 2015

Gee, I suppose I should, huh?

Need a better camera situation than what I have at the moment, but will try to get on that!

Every single item that wasn't salt arrived in perfect condition, beautifully packed.

~B.

MarineDepot · Dec 3, 2015

Maritimer said:
Gee, I suppose I should, huh?

Need a better camera situation than what I have at the moment, but will try to get on that!

Every single item that wasn't salt arrived in perfect condition, beautifully packed.

~B.

That is great to hear! We'll pass along your feedback to our warehouse team to keep them motivated. If capturing attractive photos of an aquarium were easy, I would already have a build thread. lol For now I just share videos and photos on my phone with my coworkers (or any of my non-hobbyist friends who pretend they are interested).

DiverGirl82 · Dec 3, 2015

Love my new top off reservoir. I can't believe it holds the same amount of water but takes up half the space of the two 5g buckets I used to have sitting there. Now I just have to make some more water.

MarineDepot · Dec 3, 2015

DiverGirl82 said:
Love my new top off reservoir. I can't believe it holds the same amount of water but takes up half the space of the two 5g buckets I used to have sitting there. Now I just have to make some more water.

That IS handsome! I bought a reservoir myself and am very happy with the purchase. Sometimes smaller details like having a good looking reservoir can bring so much satisfaction!

DiverGirl82 · Dec 4, 2015

Also loving my new bubble magus curve 5. It's too soon to say how well it skims but I didn't realize just how loud my old skimmer was until I plugged this thing in. I keep having to look in my sump to convince myself that it is actually running.

MarineDepot · Dec 4, 2015

DiverGirl82 said:
Also loving my new bubble magus curve 5. It's too soon to say how well it skims but I didn't realize just how loud my old skimmer was until I plugged this thing in. I keep having to look in my sump to convince myself that it is actually running.

It's a top seller month in and month out. The word-of-mouth from hobbyists is so strong we don't have to do much promotion for it. It sells itself! Love that it's quieted things down in your home.