Third time better be the charm

Stang67 · May 16, 2022

Mibu said:
I'll link the thread. It might be a nice read up for the ladies. If I don't go blue ribbon, I am getting a blue throat
Edit: I forgot thread....

crosshatch triggers considered reef safe????

always wanted a pair of this fish but scared that they might go after my corals and clams... any experience with this fish???

www.reef2reef.com

Yeah they can order me a blue throat. May not be immediate but they are generally available. They had a pink tail and some other nice wrasse but my self control and wallet held out.

Goaway · May 16, 2022

I'm for sure going with blue ribbon eel after wrasse is rehomed. Yellow corris as well. Everything shows up now with flukes and high chances of worms.

Need to make a maze pipe and get that buried.

You know the drill!

I do look forward to seeing that tank stuffed. Even though I can't get myself to do the same. I'm a hypocrite.

Stang67 · May 16, 2022

Mibu said:
I'm for sure going with blue ribbon eel after wrasse is rehomed. Yellow corris as well. Everything shows up now with flukes and high chances of worms. Need to make a maze pipe and get that buried.

You know the drill!

I do look forward to seeing that tank stuffed. Even though I can't get myself to do the same. I'm a hypocrite.

The stuffing will commense once I get things through the ugly phase and see some fresh coraline. Loosing a couple sps testers so gonna up the lights a bit after work. Things are happy but not as happy as I would like to see yet.

tbrown · May 16, 2022

Stang67 said:
The stuffing will commense once I get things through the ugly phase and see some fresh coraline. Loosing a couple sps testers so gonna up the lights a bit after work. Things are happy but not as happy as I would like to see yet.

I started leak testing the 125. So far no drips! Two weeks leak testing and then plumbing and then install. I'm a few weeks behind you but getting close to the uglies myself!

Stang67 · May 16, 2022

tbrown3589 said:
I started leak testing the 125. So far no drips! Two weeks leak testing and then plumbing and then install. I'm a few weeks behind you but getting close to the uglies myself!

That's the worst feeling when you have worked so hard and done everything right and then wake up to water where it shouldn't be. I held it together pretty well. dang rubber seals on the external overflow. Stupid me for not putting them on right. Last time that will ever happen though.

Goaway · May 16, 2022

I made plumbing mistakes too. Still feel stupid about it. ... You got no idea. My dad probably rolled over in his grave.

Lost in the Sauce · May 16, 2022

Mibu said:
I made plumbing mistakes too. Still feel stupid about it. ... You got no idea. My dad probably rolled over in his grave.

There's a lot of firsts in this hobby. Especially taking on building a full system, not buying R/R off the shelves.

IMHO if you're not screwing something up every once in a while, you aren't taking enough risks.

I'm generally mechanical and handy and I glued T two T fittings to valve bodies for my return manifold, without the coupling making them junk Back to Back. Literally, I screwed one up, figured out the problem and did the exact same thing again...

Goaway · May 16, 2022

Lost in the Sauce said:
There's a lot of firsts in this hobby. Especially taking on building a full system, not buying R/R off the shelves.

IMHO if you're not screwing something up every once in a while, you aren't taking enough risks.

I'm generally mechanical and handy and I glued T two T fittings to valve bodies for my return manifold, without the coupling making them junk Back to Back. Literally, I screwed one up, figured out the problem and did the exact same thing again...

My dad was rather experienced.. He could look at cars, electrical, plumbing, and just knew what the heck was going on. He was rather a perfectionist. Something as small as a bulk head would have made him face palm at me.
Of course, he didn't get like that over night either. I miss him though. When ever I get a problem I think "what would dad do?" But, that involves sitting down cracking open a cold one. Yuk..
Again you're right. Trial and error. We mess up and learn from our mistakes. Even if it takes a few rounds.

Lost in the Sauce · May 16, 2022

Mibu said:
My dad was rather experienced.. He could look at cars, electrical, plumbing, and just knew what the heck was going on. He was rather a perfectionist. Something as small as a bulk head would have made him face palm at me.
Of course, he didn't get like that over night either. I miss him though. When ever I get a problem I think "what would dad do?" But, that involves sitting down cracking open a cold one. Yuk..
Again you're right. Trial and error. We mess up and learn from our mistakes. Even if it takes a few rounds.

I think that ability to just look and know what's going on, comes from a lot of times of looking and having no idea what's going on, then just figuring it out.

Goaway · May 16, 2022

Lost in the Sauce said:
I think that ability to just look and know what's going on, comes from a lot of times of looking and having no idea what's going on, then just figuring it out.

Nah, he was a nerd. He had a lot of book on these things. The closet was full of schematics.

Edit: cars, appliances, house blue prints... I can't recall the rest.

Stang67 · May 18, 2022

Lost in the Sauce said:
I think that ability to just look and know what's going on, comes from a lot of times of looking and having no idea what's going on, then just figuring it out.

This 100%. And reverse engineering.

Stang67 · May 18, 2022

Mibu said:
Nah, he was a nerd. He had a lot of book on these things. The closet was full of schematics.

Edit: cars, appliances, house blue prints... I can't recall the rest.

I can't learn from a book.i have to have it in my hands to figure it out. I am also terrible an visualization. I have to draw things out.

Stang67 · May 18, 2022

I'm of the school of "if at first you don't succeed try try try try try oh crap try well that would probably hold for a while try try buy again try try again."

Goaway · May 18, 2022

Stang67 said:
I'm of the school of "if at first you don't succeed try try try try try oh crap try well that would probably hold for a while try try buy again try try again."

Yup, I know how that goes. That falls along the same for my personallity.

Stang67 · May 18, 2022

Mibu said:
Yup, I know how that goes. That falls along the same for my personallity.

Doesn't help that I'm stubborn as a mule either.

Goaway · May 18, 2022

Stang67 said:
Doesn't help that I'm stubborn as a mule either.

Yup.... My husband is more stubborn than I am. Now I get to go through what I put my parents through x 2.

Lost in the Sauce · May 18, 2022

Stang67 said:
I'm of the school of "if at first you don't succeed try try try try try oh crap try well that would probably hold for a while try try buy again try try again."

You forgot the "maybe fire will help" step.

tbrown · May 18, 2022

Stang67 said:
I'm of the school of "if at first you don't succeed try try try try try oh crap try well that would probably hold for a while try try buy again try try again."

Hey, when my son broke his arm ( he got his cast off yesterday for the record) and we were sitting at Urgent Care, he said "But dad, I didn't think it would break. It didn't break the first time!" Being the dad of the year and all, I told him "Oh good, so you tried harder next time?"

Stang67 · May 18, 2022

Lost in the Sauce said:
You forgot the "maybe fire will help" step.

I have actually said that when trying to loosen a bolt. Blow torches work wonders sometimes.

Lost in the Sauce · May 18, 2022

Stang67 said:
I have actually said that when trying to loosen a bolt. Blow torches work wonders sometimes.

It can for sure if done right. If you shield the bolt and heat up the nut, they will normally pop.if you torch a bolt, it's just getting tighter as it expands into the mating threads.