Electrical

Started with the electricalboard and power outlets. Had to go back to initial pictures to locate where plumbing and vent tubing passes in the wall as it's close to where I had to drill. Marked those with Masking tape on the wall so I don't drill even close.
Installed a wood pannel on the wall which will make it easier to fix things instead of drilling in the wall each time as well as act as a sound absorber as I'm struggling with Echo inside the cabinets when I tried the vortech...
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My new Facebook web page is up!

http://www.facebook.com/SaltH2OTank

Some of you know me as a relative newbie... less than a year in the hobby... and that while I read RA constantly I rarely blog. I had a recent experience with a vendor that I just cant help but share with the group.

Last summer we purchased an auto top-off kit from Aquahub, assembled and installed it per the enclosed instructions and it ran flawlessly for several months. Yea! No more manual topping off the 75G display and 35G fuge! Suddenly it stopped calling for water as evidenced ...

Picked up an APEX a little while ago and been having a grand old time playing and getting it setting set up and configured. Last night I finally got my ATO up and running. I am pretty nervous about the ATO and a possible flood. I have lots of alarms set up and so far everything is working great. Also been working on getting a webcam up and running on the tank, but have a few issues. Major one is where to mount the cam, right now it has to sit so close to the tank I dont get to see much. Next ...

Recently I resolved some stray current issues and I wanted to share my experiences so others might benefit from my mistakes and learn some good techniques for current hunting.

About a month ago, I was working in my fish room with my shoes off and went to grab something out of the frag tank and got a fair "zap". The tone of the message wasn't "your life is in danger" - more of the "this might sting a bit" variety. I wasn't afraid to continue working, but ...