Eshopps Deskmate 4.8: Show Off Thread!

Haggisman14 · Feb 7, 2023

Hey everyone! I'm hopefully getting back into the hobby soon with the Eshopps Deskmate 4.8 tank. There are some threads here and there, but I wanted to try and get a place where they're ALL together!

Throw in your pictures here. Could be barebones that you've just started and the tank is completely stock, or it could be full blown tweaked out with crazy lights, extra pumps, etc. Can't wait to see what y'all have put together, and hopefully I"ll be able to add my contributions soon!

marcinpolak · Feb 7, 2023

Welcome back to the hobby, here is my Deskmate. It’s going to be a softie reef tank with some rock flower anemones. Maybe some nps corals? But right now it’s going through a 4 month no light period so it’s going to be empty for a while

Haggisman14 · Feb 8, 2023

marcinpolak said:
Welcome back to the hobby, here is my Deskmate. It’s going to be a softie reef tank with some rock flower anemones. Maybe some nps corals? But right now it’s going through a 4 month no light period so it’s going to be empty for a while

Thanks!

Any reason for the 4 month no light period? Are you having to starve something out in the tank?

marcinpolak · Feb 8, 2023

Haggisman14 said:
Thanks!

Any reason for the 4 month no light period? Are you having to starve something out in the tank?

Trying out the brs method; trying to skip the ugly stage or make it go by quickly

Haggisman14 · Feb 8, 2023

marcinpolak said:
Trying out the brs method; trying to skip the ugly stage or make it go by quickly

Good idea. I'm in the process of catching back up on video's/tutorials and see what's changed in the last 3 years!

Haggisman14 · Feb 9, 2023

And just like that I'm back! My in-laws just surprised me with an early birthday present!

Going to get my water this weekend to start my cycle! Just put in a small order for some essentials at BRS.

PUMPED!!

marcinpolak · Feb 9, 2023

Haggisman14 said:
And just like that I'm back! My in-laws just surprised me with an early birthday present!

Going to get my water this weekend to start my cycle! Just put in a small order for some essentials at BRS.

PUMPED!!

Excited for you! Will you be using RODI?

Haggisman14 · Feb 9, 2023

marcinpolak said:
Excited for you! Will you be using RODI?

Yup, 100% My LFS sells Red Sea Blue bucket pre-mixed (I don't have a water system at the house), So i'll be picking up my jugs from them. Going to get 3 buckets, 2 Salt for the initial mixing, and then 1 plain RO for topoffs.

I'll also eventually get one of those Kraken Reef covers, but in the meantime I"ll be putting a piece of plexi or glass over the tank to slow the evaporation level

GatorGreg · Feb 13, 2023

I love mine. I just have to figure out how to scrape some coraline off the bottom near the sand line without scratching the crap out of the acrylic.

Cyndi & Jim · May 31, 2023

Any updates?
I just picked up the new Florida to match my original!

Haggisman14 · Jun 13, 2023

Little FTS update shot!

NefariousAquarius · Oct 11, 2023

sixspeed · Oct 12, 2023

Love mine! AI Prime 16, Sicce pump, dosing AFR, phyto and have a bunch of pods loving life in there. First round of corals are in. Cheers.

Raptor72 · Oct 12, 2023

I was looking at getting one of these but I've always done glass. How do you scrape coralline off of acrylic without scraping it?

James M · Oct 12, 2023

Raptor72 said:
I was looking at getting one of these but I've always done glass. How do you scrape coralline off of acrylic without scraping it?

use an acrylic scraper

Haggisman14 · Oct 12, 2023

sixspeed said:
Love mine! AI Prime 16, Sicce pump, dosing AFR, phyto and have a bunch of pods loving life in there. First round of corals are in. Cheers.

Looks great! How do you does your AFR? Dosing pump, or just manually?

Nice looking aquascape too!

Haggisman14 · Oct 12, 2023

Raptor72 said:
I was looking at getting one of these but I've always done glass. How do you scrape coralline off of acrylic without scraping it?

I use the Flipper Nano Scraper. Been using it for about 5 months now, and it hasn't scratched the acrylic at all!

There's also a pad on the one side that you can rub across the glass that will prevent film build up!