Fish building/man cave build!

[dantimdad]

It’s gettin real now.

 

[dantimdad]

I almost wish I hadn't put the light on my tank.

The Dinos are 10 times worse than I thought. I turned it down to AB+ 20% to allow things to acclimate, but, that few minutes at 80% was enough to really make me disgusted.

I am hoping that the proper spectrum of light, an acclimation period, microbacter 7 and UV will help.

I have only had Dinos once and they were gone in a few days with UV.

How disheartening. Too much money in it now to give up though.

 

[dantimdad]

First dose of microbacter 7 in. Wait 4 hours and turn on UV and skimmer again.

Also added ceramic spheres as suggested in another thread here. Apparently the microbacter will cause the good bacteria to populate it faster than the dinos and that helps outcompete so it dies off. Not so certain it'll help but it certainly can't hurt.

Oh. I centered the dang metal fish finally. lol

 

[That Crusso Kid]

First dose of microbacter 7 in. Wait 4 hours and turn on UV and skimmer again.

Also added ceramic spheres as suggested in another thread here. Apparently the microbacter will cause the good bacteria to populate it faster than the dinos and that helps outcompete so it dies off. Not so certain it'll help but it certainly can't hurt.

Oh. I centered the dang metal fish finally. lol

Good luck with the dinos. They can be a bear.

Centered the fish? How are we supposed to believe you without any pictures?

 

[tharbin]

Good luck with the dinos. They can be a bear.

Centered the fish? How are we supposed to believe you without any pictures?

I agree. I've tried centering my fish and they just keep moving. I need to see it to believe it.

 

[1ocean]

My buddy has an omni from xtool. dang ink is insanely expensive. They keep giving them away to "influencers" and that drives the price up for consumers. He also has to do a bunch of maintenance on it.

I probably will never get one. The market is saturated with makers selling stuff trying to dodge a real job. lol

Last two years, there were over 100 booths at the market and only 3 people were printing, engraving or sublimating. This year there is 17 and only 10 more booths. I am betting we go down to one section next year if at all. We already bowed out of 3 shows this year because of the ridiculous amount of competition and the cost of the booths going through the roof.

This show is a mile and a half or so from the house, cheap and we get put next to Scooter's coffee every year so it's kinda fun.

I make enough money off repeat business to supplement my income (see post above about not winning the lottery lol) so I am not getting out of the business for sure.

Yep, alot of garage printers come and go,
My girl does graphics and helps print at a place here that has aton of M&R eq, two 12 head machines for screen printing, then DTF roll printers, DTG machines. Several embroidery machines that can do alot of hats, shirts at the same time, ALso have all these printers for stickers, banners , car and window graphics, store signs. ALso have a big CnC and a laser for making stuff like mugs and stuff.
Thats where I am going to get to use those machines to make tank lids and stuff someday soon.

 

[dantimdad]

Yep, alot of garage printers come and go,
My girl does graphics and helps print at a place here that has aton of M&R eq, two 12 head machines for screen printing, then DTF roll printers, DTG machines. Several embroidery machines that can do alot of hats, shirts at the same time, ALso have all these printers for stickers, banners , car and window graphics, store signs. ALso have a big CnC and a laser for making stuff like mugs and stuff.
Thats where I am going to get to use those machines to make tank lids and stuff someday soon.

I have made it almost 10 years printing and 6 engraving. Only had the business for about 5. I'm not going anywhere but, I am not planning on making a living off it and my investment in equipment is always paid for by the jobs. I will never go into debt for this. Huge mistake a lot of people make and they get desperate, lower prices just to get the job or raise them drastically hoping to pay it off quickly and it makes the business suffer.

I hear from both sides "Your prices are super low" or "Why do you charge so much?" It's all perspective. Let's be honest, nothing I am doing with this is a necessity for anybody.

With any luck, Saturday will pay for one more small piece of equipment I WANT (not NEED) so I can do a couple more things I really want to. If not, no big deal.

 

[dantimdad]

Good luck with the dinos. They can be a bear.

Centered the fish? How are we supposed to believe you without any pictures?

Thanks.

I am doing a tank cleaning tomorrow afternoon and will post some pics and make sure to take a shot of the two cubes with the metal fish centered.

Sunday we have a local club meeting and after, I am going to the LFS right by it to pic up some ember tetras for the cube. I put in a hybrid long fin pleco yesterday.