This is it. My last build thread

[exnisstech]

Nice looks very serene and peaceful!

What kind of gaming do you do?

Thanks. Its really nice in the morning as the rising sun is shining in. I managed to get a couple pics this morning with the lights off.

Wild yellow and a biota yellow.

Convict

Even got a decent shot of the Harlequin who I've managed to keep fed for 14 months. When he's done in here I'll be ready to rotate him back to the acro tank since the asterinas are starting to repopulate in there.

As to gaming I bounce around but am currently playing cyberpunk 2077 and having a run at borderlands 4 but not enjoying it as much as I did the first 3. I only play single players game mostly because i suck and don't like drama. I really love a good story based game like Detroit become human, heavy rain and even the last of us but goods ones don't seem to come out too often. Too many people just want to run and gun.

 

[JoJosReef]

Thanks. Its really nice in the morning as the rising sun is shining in. I managed to get a couple pics this morning with the lights off.

Wild yellow and a biota yellow.

Convict

Even got a decent shot of the Harlequin who I've managed to keep fed for 14 months. When he's done in here I'll be ready to rotate him back to the acro tank since the asterinas are starting to repopulate in there.

As to gaming I bounce around but am currently playing cyberpunk 2077 and having a run at borderlands 4 but not enjoying it as much as I did the first 3. I only play single players game mostly because i suck and don't like drama. I really love a good story based game like Detroit become human, heavy rain and even the last of us but goods ones don't seem to come out too often. Too many people just want to run and gun.

Back up a bit. Is that a golden angel?

 

[exnisstech]

Back up a bit. Is that a golden angel?

No gold angel. Maybe the coral beauty under the under the rock in the back ground?

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

Lol how many build threads do you have? I thought this was the one from earlier, no not the AIO, the acro one lol. You know what your doing bud also, I wish I could take pictures like that

 

[JoJosReef]

No gold angel. Maybe the coral beauty under the under the rock in the back ground?

That's it. With the lighting you don't capture the bue-purples of the CB. If love to see a golden in person!

 

[exnisstech]

Lol how many build threads do you have? I thought this was the one from earlier, no not the AIO, the acro one lol. You know what your doing bud also, I wish I could take pictures like that

Thanks. The images are all phone pics with some edits.
I have four tank threads but technically this is my build thread. I have them hoping R2R can keep the data safer than I can so I can come here and look for reference. I'm terrible at preserving digital memories. I resently formatted a drive with 20 years of digital photos by mistake

 

[twentyleagues]

Thanks. Its really nice in the morning as the rising sun is shining in. I managed to get a couple pics this morning with the lights off.

Wild yellow and a biota yellow.

Convict

Even got a decent shot of the Harlequin who I've managed to keep fed for 14 months. When he's done in here I'll be ready to rotate him back to the acro tank since the asterinas are starting to repopulate in there.

As to gaming I bounce around but am currently playing cyberpunk 2077 and having a run at borderlands 4 but not enjoying it as much as I did the first 3. I only play single players game mostly because i suck and don't like drama. I really love a good story based game like Detroit become human, heavy rain and even the last of us but goods ones don't seem to come out too often. Too many people just want to run and gun.

Ever play rpgs? BG3 is a good one lots to do great story and if you want to be super OP its easy to download mods as they made it part of the game. It pretty much walks you through character build but it helps if you have a little knowledge of D&D 5e. Turn based combat.

I get the reasons you dont play multiplayer shooters thats mostly what my friends play so I have gotten better but still not great at them. We have been playing a lot of Marvel Rivals. I wont play competitive, people take the game way to seriously even in QP people constantly get tilted. Usually I ignore team chat shutting off their mics so I cant hear them and I mostly ignore the chat feed. Lately I have been "saucy" paying attention to them and coming back with some of my own chatter. I dont start it but usually finish it typically laughing. I dont get tilted easily. I think I miss the drama of being married....lol.

 

[That Crusso Kid]

You're in for it now, mister. I am here now. No updates for a month and a half? What gives with that, pal?

 

[twentyleagues]

You're in for it now, mister. I am here now. No updates for a month and a half? What gives with that, pal?

He's been gaming on that new computer.

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

You're in for it now, mister. I am here now. No updates for a month and a half? What gives with that, pal?

This guy here's an enabler. Luckily, if updating build threads is all he nags about, you really cant complain much lol

 

[That Crusso Kid]

This guy here's an enabler. Luckily, if updating build threads is all he nags about, you really cant complain much lol

Oh geez, you're here? All I have to say about that is, "Shut your face."

 

[Stang67]

Any chance your planning on going to the LEAR swap at the end of Feb?

 

[Bruttall]

Ever play rpgs? BG3 is a good one lots to do great story and if you want to be super OP its easy to download mods as they made it part of the game. It pretty much walks you through character build but it helps if you have a little knowledge of D&D 5e. Turn based combat.

I get the reasons you dont play multiplayer shooters thats mostly what my friends play so I have gotten better but still not great at them. We have been playing a lot of Marvel Rivals. I wont play competitive, people take the game way to seriously even in QP people constantly get tilted. Usually I ignore team chat shutting off their mics so I cant hear them and I mostly ignore the chat feed. Lately I have been "saucy" paying attention to them and coming back with some of my own chatter. I dont start it but usually finish it typically laughing. I dont get tilted easily. I think I miss the drama of being married....lol.

ok, gotta weigh in, currently playing Path of Exile 1 and Elden Ring (I beat the Elden Beast). I love Fantasy Games, sword and sorcery stuff, med-evil combat base. I used to Raid Hardcore in MMORPG's. I was probably the best geared Dirge world wide during Kunark and Vellios Expansions in EQ2, Raided with <Xanadu> Runnyeye Server, Dirge was a Ratonga named Jingizu, renamed to Crayven. WoW for years in a Raid Guild. But since I turned 55 a few years ago my reactions have slowed, I can't do competitive FPS any more, I get fragged by the L33t Kids :(

I play on both PC and ps5. pc = i9 9900k water cooled, 64g ddr5, ssd 1tb, 4070 TI Super 16g gpu. 49" Curved screen Samsung G-Sync display.

ps5 is hooked to a 70 inch Ultra 4k :)

 

[twentyleagues]

ok, gotta weigh in, currently playing Path of Exile 1 and Elden Ring (I beat the Elden Beast). I love Fantasy Games, sword and sorcery stuff, med-evil combat base. I used to Raid Hardcore in MMORPG's. I was probably the best geared Dirge world wide during Kunark and Vellios Expansions in EQ2, Raided with <Xanadu> Runnyeye Server, Dirge was a Ratonga named Jingizu, renamed to Crayven. WoW for years in a Raid Guild. But since I turned 55 a few years ago my reactions have slowed, I can't do competitive FPS any more, I get fragged by the L33t Kids :(

I play on both PC and ps5. pc = i9 9900k water cooled, 64g ddr5, ssd 1tb, 4070 TI Super 16g gpu. 49" Curved screen Samsung G-Sync display.

ps5 is hooked to a 70 inch Ultra 4k :)

I dont understand half of that lol! You are way over my head on that stuff. I am a pretty casual gamer always have been dont really care for dealing with sweatys in multiplayer games much but I do it from time to time. One of my freinds is a big WOW nerd he has been a raid boss (whatever that is) for a long time and has streamed many live plays. One of his friends is from Germany and is one of the top players. We played a few games with him of Marvel Rivals hes the type of guy that I dont like playing with or against too sweaty. He got mad because we were just goofing around and went all strategists (basically healers but they also have decent dps). We did this 2 games in a row and he rage quit, we won both games too. He basically said he didnt want to have to carry the whole team, the second game he didnt even have the most kills. Which I think is what tilted him the most as he would not go strategist with the rest of us. I remember him cursing in German I know enough to understand curse words and then logging off.

Have you played BG3?

Probably like a lot of people I just started fallout 4 for the first time (yes the show got me into it, does this make me a poser? lol), this game is my type of game tbh I love all the things you can do. Cant wait for 5 hope they basically just update 4 with newer graphics, engine and different part of the world. They need to keep all the other stuff though.

@exnisstech if you are not going to update we will just keep talking game stuff. lol sorry.

 

[exnisstech]

@exnisstech if you are not going to update we will just keep talking game stuff. lol sorry.

Not much too update with the tank. Its cruising along nicely. I'm stretching my WCs to every 14 days or when I feel like it. I have started testing this tank every two weeks instead of weekly. No deaths to report and I still have 8 out if the 10 chromis. No algae in the tank even with PO4 0.45+ and NO3 25-40. Trates were down to 15 last test tho which is cool because I'm feeding the heck out of these guys. I have started cleaning the scrubber, emptying the skimmer regularly and changing socks before they overflow so I'm sure that's helping. Still manually dosing ESV 2 part daily but I'm only at 15ml.
I did have to pull my yellow banded possum wrasse because the sixline decided the possum was no longer welcome. They had been fine for over a year but the sixline decided 7ft of rocks and water is only big enough for one little wrasse. I was able to net the possum and move it down to the 40g where the Hippo is still growing out and it's doing fine. The Hippo has been growing out for almost a year now but I'm still not sure when I'll bring it up. I'm afraid of upsetting the harmony in the big tank but i know I'm going to have to bring it up at some point.
Back to gaming. I have six games started now and wonder if I'll finish any lol. I think I enjoy buying parts and building PCs more than actually playing games. i ran into the same issues when I used to ride. I bought an old BMW motorcycle once and spend the winter going through it. When spring got here I rode it a few rides then sold it. It was more fun to wrench on than ride. I guess that's just how I'm wired.

Forgot to add a pic.

WOW. My late sister was a WOW and EverQuest addict. She played competitively and it was pretty much all she did when she wasn't working. She built EverQuest characters up and got high in the rankings and would sell her character on eBay and start another. People would buy her character so they could act like they were great players and all they were really good at was spending money lol. She even had a gaming laptop at work and probably why she enjoyed working 3rd shift as a respiratory therapist. I used to build her gaming rigs but then she had me teach her and she started building her own. Good memories

 

[Bruttall]

Have you played BG3?

No I haven't and don't worry about understanding half of what i said, you almost have to be a gamer nerd to know it all. :)
This assumes you are more Reef Tank nerd than gamer nerd, I diversified into both LOL

 

[twentyleagues]

No I haven't and don't worry about understanding half of what i said, you almost have to be a gamer nerd to know it all. :)
This assumes you are more Reef Tank nerd than gamer nerd, I diversified into both LOL

Yeah I'm a fish tank nerd first and foremost. I like to think of myself as a bard (D&D) I can do a lot of stuff but excel at nothing, but I am *****' entertaining to watch lol.

 

[twentyleagues]

Not much too update with the tank. Its cruising along nicely. I'm stretching my WCs to every 14 days or when I feel like it. I have started testing this tank every two weeks instead of weekly. No deaths to report and I still have 8 out if the 10 chromis. No algae in the tank even with PO4 0.45+ and NO3 25-40. Trates were down to 15 last test tho which is cool because I'm feeding the heck out of these guys. I have started cleaning the scrubber, emptying the skimmer regularly and changing socks before they overflow so I'm sure that's helping. Still manually dosing ESV 2 part daily but I'm only at 15ml.
I did have to pull my yellow banded possum wrasse because the sixline decided the possum was no longer welcome. They had been fine for over a year but the sixline decided 7ft of rocks and water is only big enough for one little wrasse. I was able to net the possum and move it down to the 40g where the Hippo is still growing out and it's doing fine. The Hippo has been growing out for almost a year now but I'm still not sure when I'll bring it up. I'm afraid of upsetting the harmony in the big tank but i know I'm going to have to bring it up at some point.
Back to gaming. I have six games started now and wonder if I'll finish any lol. I think I enjoy buying parts and building PCs more than actually playing games. i ran into the same issues when I used to ride. I bought an old BMW motorcycle once and spend the winter going through it. When spring got here I rode it a few rides then sold it. It was more fun to wrench on than ride. I guess that's just how I'm wired.

Forgot to add a pic.

WOW. My late sister was a WOW and EverQuest addict. She played competitively and it was pretty much all she did when she wasn't working. She built EverQuest characters up and got high in the rankings and would sell her character on eBay and start another. People would buy her character so they could act like they were great players and all they were really good at was spending money lol. She even had a gaming laptop at work and probably why she enjoyed working 3rd shift as a respiratory therapist. I used to build her gaming rigs but then she had me teach her and she started building her own. Good memories

Tanks looking great!

I think I remember my friend saying he did something like what your sister did with WOW. I never understood people who would pay for that. Its half the fun of the game building up characters or bases/settlements. Mods are another thing that can bring a little fun or change to a game, but most are OP and take all the struggle out of it. I thought it would be fun to run around in BG3 as a Sith lord dressed in black armor wielding a lightsaber. Got halfway through the second act and have not touched it since way too op. I really thought the mod was just clothes/armor and a cool graphic for your sword to make it glow but no when you equip the lightsaber you become a Sith lord with all the powers basically a Darth Vader/Palpatine, Starkiller maybe (for all my Star Wars nerds).

 

[Bruttall]

Yeah I'm a fish tank nerd first and foremost. I like to think of myself as a bard (D&D) I can do a lot of stuff but excel at nothing, but I am *****' entertaining to watch lol.

my "Dirge" in eq2 that I end game raided with for 2+ years, was a Bard! And I love the Bard/Support classes. Dirge and Troubadour were the Bards, Dirge Ballads focused on Melee Enhancement, while Troub enhanced Casters.

I'm sorry Exnis for sidetracking your thread bro. Forgive me please.

 

[That Crusso Kid]

@twentyleagues and @Bruttall - No idea what all the gaming talk is about but completely understood the specs on the machine you have, @Bruttall . I started building machines in the late 90's and have built more than I care to count for others. Some for myself too. Have you ever benchmarked your present machine?