Kschweer: 57 rimless build

hybridazn · May 17, 2016

kschweer said:
Thanks dude! Like usual I would hate to admit how many I took to get those few decent ones.

That's the name of the game haha! I take seriously 60 pics before I get a couple I'm happy with.

kschweer · May 17, 2016

hybridazn said:
That's the name of the game haha! I take seriously 60 pics before I get a couple I'm happy with.

Yea I probably took about that. Still really want to pick up a decent camera one of these days.

hybridazn · May 17, 2016

kschweer said:
Yea I probably took about that. Still really want to pick up a decent camera one of these days.

One of the best things I did, I picked mine up at a pawn shop for $60, no lens or batteries though. I got a stock lens and batteries off ebay for another $40.

Then I got my nice Macro lens, and that has been worth every penny

kschweer · May 17, 2016

hybridazn said:
One of the best things I did, I picked mine up at a pawn shop for $60, no lens or batteries though. I got a stock lens and batteries off ebay for another $40.

Then I got my nice Macro lens, and that has been worth every penny

I'm going to have to keep an eye out. That sounds like a good deal!

jsker · May 17, 2016

Catching up on my reading. the tank look very, very nice. Also look at Costco for cameras, we scored a really good deal. Next month 60mm micro lens and I might make it to the local camera club for a meeting to see if I can score a deal on equipment and some pointers.

d2mini · May 17, 2016

Ya that scolly is sweet. Nice looking acros, too!

kschweer · May 17, 2016

jsker said:
Catching up on my reading. the tank look very, very nice. Also look at Costco for cameras, we scored a really good deal. Next month 60mm micro lens and I might make it to the local camera club for a meeting to see if I can score a deal on equipment and some pointers.

Thank you! I'll definitely keep Costco in mind.

kschweer · May 17, 2016

d2mini said:
Ya that scolly is sweet. Nice looking acros, too!

Thanks Dennis!

Sabellafella · May 17, 2016

Have you ran into problems with like n03 or p04 rising from removing the sand bed??

kschweer · May 17, 2016

Sabellafella said:
Have you ran into problems with like n03 or p04 rising from removing the sand bed??

So far so good. Po4 jumped a tiny bit but I'm not sure I can blame the sand removal. It has dropped back down since.

YHSublime · May 20, 2016

Nice scoly for sure. I got into them pretty bad a couple years ago!

I don't think you'll mind barebottom. I always loved the look of sand, but when I ran a bb tank, I never really thought twice about it.

kschweer · May 20, 2016

YHSublime said:
Nice scoly for sure. I got into them pretty bad a couple years ago!

I don't think you'll mind barebottom. I always loved the look of sand, but when I ran a bb tank, I never really thought twice about it.

Thanks man! I'm starting to get used to the look. That's why I left the large bare spot to see what I would think. I'll probably be slowly removing the rest in the near future.

cameronh · May 30, 2016

How's the tank coming man?

kschweer · May 30, 2016

cameronh said:
How's the tank coming man?

Yo man! Tank is doing pretty well. Work is crazy this time of year so it's kind of on auto pilot. Did a water change and some other small things today. I'll see if I can get some pictures later. How's things with you?

cameronh · May 30, 2016

Well I know about the auto pilot thing haha. Glad everything is doing good.
I set up this five gallon until I'm ready to do the biocube. I like the challenge of a smaller tank, and the fact that it's such a small fraction of the ocean. I don't think there's any water in it in that photo yet.
But that's where I'm at

kschweer · May 30, 2016

cameronh said:
Well I know about the auto pilot thing haha. Glad everything is doing good.
I set up this five gallon until I'm ready to do the biocube. I like the challenge of a smaller tank, and the fact that it's such a small fraction of the ocean. I don't think there's any water in it in that photo yet.
But that's where I'm at

Nice man! Good luck with it!!

kschweer · Jun 2, 2016

Fragged some Zoa colonies to try and clear some space tonight. Also thinking of redoing the rock work some. I like how it looks just want something new and hopefully with some more frag space. Thinking of removing the rock with the large encrusting monti.

kschweer · Jun 2, 2016

Mama jawbreaker a little ticked off. I fragged a small baby from the underside of the plug.

2 blue+

Reefbrite

Sabellafella · Jun 3, 2016

kschweer said:
Mama jawbreaker a little ticked off. I fragged a small baby from the underside of the plug.

2 blue+

Reefbrite

Haha looks awesome, for some reason mine arent getting any bigger, they are just dropping babys every chance they get. How many little guys are under there?

kschweer · Jun 3, 2016

Sabellafella said:
Haha looks awesome, for some reason mine arent getting any bigger, they are just dropping babys every chance they get. How many little guys are under there?

This one did the same thing for a while. It's settled down now and is growing pretty well. I would guess there's 4-5 directly under it and another 2-3 on the backside of the plug. I have been playing with different lighting with the babies. I'm surprised how much light they will tolerate. This guy is probably 4-6" under the water and is doing fine.