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Last major piece. Now need to print the doors and feet. I think I will give it a paint job and clear coat on the outside. Used 2 part epoxy inside for waterproofing.

Any water based acrylic paint will do. I have an airbrush that I use for my 3D prints. I have not had any issues with peeling so far. Most times I will ruff it us with some sand paper but a few times I just painted without any prep right off the printer and it worked also. Aerosol paints can be...

Nirvana Poly. I got one at the coral swap at the beginning of may and it is growing crazy fast. Just about ready to pull it out. Very scary fast growth.

Thank you for the offer. I am a couple of hours away from finishing the last major piece. Those do look like though. If someone else is interest maybe you can sell it to them. Richard.

I have been in Taps scrap pile several times. Hit or miss. Wish I still worked at my old company. They once threw away $30K work of Polycarbonate panels for cosmetic issues but other than a few scratches they were fine. I have made PETG water tight before. I have some two part epoxy that...

I prefer black to clear. I am putting a clear tube on the front with a colored bead for water level. I am printing feet so it has an air gap so I can check for leaks. I am using screw and epoxy for strength and could add an inner spar to keep it from bowing out but I can do that after the fact...

Thank You I got the last big piece printing this weekend and them I am printing the water level tube. I got about 29 revisions so far as I printed demos and made changes. I think I could probably refine it a bit more but I got to a point of "It is good enough". I could spend another month...

Hello Everyone I priced out a 5 gallon Reservoir to fit in a specific place and they are like $120 -$150 for an acrylic one which is insanely expensive. For the price of 2 rolls of PETG $12.99, stainless steal screws (maybe overkill but for peace of mind), epoxy, electricity and time I am...

You guys are scaring me. I am going to stick it in a low light corner of the tank until the next Coral Swap. I hate killing things so maybe someone else will like it? But I would hate someone else to get this beast. Maybe I should bury it in the garden? I have only had it for 3 weeks and I...

I am thinking you maybe you are right Good Idea. It is spreading on anything it touches. It is really growing fast. I will not take a poly again I think. Hopefully there is a Frag Swap soon and I will see if anyone wants it.

Looks like a happy coral

Hello Everyone. I got a Nirvana Poly from the last coral swap in Cali Kid in March. I can tell this Coral is fast growing and maybe a little to fast for my tank. Any advice for keeping it in check? Thanks @Finnaddict for supplying so many corals. I got a few with your name on them. I just want...

Every day the Goni opens up a little more. I have a good feeling and am hopeful it will recover.

I am fighting my man instinct and trying to go slowly. I am not doing to many things at once and when I do I wait a couple of days and take another reading. I have a doser so I am making changes slowly. I know these are live organisms that the shock of a sudden change can kill even if it is...

The Goni is looking better. The flow is the best flow in my tank. Same side as the pump output and my wave pump is on the opposite side so it pumps over there and hits the wall. I put some GFO in and my Phosphate is dropping about 0.03 per day. I have been putting some Brightwell Magnesium...

Yeah. I am hoping it does not get much bigger. I only have a 10 gallon tank. Maybe a bad choice for such a small tank.

I have not checked Magnesium lately. I used to check it regularly but after a while it seemed the only things that changed were the Nitrate, Phosphate and Alkalinity so I check those regularly. I started keeping a log so I can keep track of what I am adding and what the readings are so I can...

The corner it is in is just under the pump outlet and I have a wave maker. Also the reason I use Kalkwasser and All For Reef is when I first started a reef tank my Alkalinity was always low so I was constantly hand dosing Soda Ash. I bought a doser and starting using Kalk and my problem was...

I have an ATO for evaporation. I tuned the Kalk in using a dosser. I was doing 30ml a day and as my Alkalinity stabilized it was down to about 8ml and it seems to be happy there. I use All for Reef for the trace elements. I am slowly upping the AfR. I started at 2ml, now 3ml and will go to...