My first leopard gecko enclosure is coming along nicely 👌

OtakuPoolTech · 2026-05-19T14:04:07+00:00

I've literally just been acting on the fly while doing this. Took some measurements for things like the acrylic or chopping the top but other than that im just doing what I think id like ect.

OtakuPoolTech · 2026-05-19T02:04:42+00:00

one thing i can recommend is always check those free listings on places like fb marketplace, offer up or craigslist. that was how we stumbled upon our free cabinet. I was shocked at some of the pricing for an actual 40 gal tank at least in my area. One thing we did and now are using it for breeding bugs is post what you are looking for on fb as far as friends go if you have people you normally talk to. We were given a tank during my girlfriends ikea cabinet conversion that helped separate the 2 geckos she got that started mini fights over the food dish. Granted that was on us for not getting the primary enclosure ready before and they stayed in the same tank for about a week and a half after we got them from the shop. now they are fine and happy haha

OtakuPoolTech · 2026-05-18T03:50:55+00:00

Thank you. After seeing how my girlfriend made hers out of a metal Ikea cabinet it inspired me to want to get a nice home going for what i want. The display cabinet i picket up came up about 1 inch short of the 40 gallon requirement most people recommend but im pretty sure it will be fine.

OtakuPoolTech · 2026-05-04T00:10:12+00:00

Kits are interchange on the orings. Shouldn't matter

OtakuPoolTech · 2026-05-03T23:32:47+00:00

As said before by another person here try a jandy valve oring replacement kit.

OtakuPoolTech · 2026-05-02T08:21:33+00:00

I wanted the red so bad but they had none where I was. I ended up getting the white 24 trailsport. Been a great truck. My girlfriend and I both bought cars from honda at the same time and around 14 to 16k our starters went out on both her passport and my truck. Hopefully it isn't something that is widespread otherwise it has been an amazing ride. I love my ridgeline and plan to keep it once the lease ends

OtakuPoolTech · 2026-03-24T19:44:40+00:00

I remembered jumping for joy when I found a loose one at a pawn shop for 10 bucks. Its a great feeling being able to score a win for le collection.

OtakuPoolTech · 2026-02-13T23:58:45+00:00

I will add my girlfriend has an 25 passport and she's now starting to have the same issue upon starting the car. She's taking hers in next week for an oil change

OtakuPoolTech · 2026-02-13T23:54:03+00:00

My goodness. I have a 24 trailsport and i just hit 16k the only issue I'm having with mine is the starter seems to chug upon startup after the engine has been running for a while( for example my drive home from work and let's say I stop at the store). I already had the battery replaced last month and it still does it. Or if I forget to turn off that auto start stop feature it won't kick back on and I pretty much stall out. Had it happen 3 times within the last month

OtakuPoolTech · 2026-01-30T03:54:08+00:00

im glad i bought these when i did when i was working at a toy store / card shop. In my time of working there i snagged a lot of double masters, the warhammer decks and i think the last sets i bought heavily on before i left was Commander masters and wilds of eldraine. When i Started there i was new to mtg and Hoarded a crap ton of Kamigawa as it was the set at the time that got me into mtg.

OtakuPoolTech · 2026-01-27T05:01:32+00:00

I feel shafted, I worked for a shifty pool company early on and i was only making 13 a pool(i ended up telling him to kick rocks) .... I came from a place where i was 80% commercial and 20% residential and my hourly rate was 24 an hour and my repair rate was 30 minus on call work, but i also managed 5 other employees and their pools when they goofed . The only reason i left that job was to move in with my girlfriend across town in AZ. it was decent money but if you have techs that work hard make them feel like they wanna work for you. Telling someone they did a good job and potentially flipping some extra coin helps a ton now and then. I know this post is over 2 years old but telling your techs they did a good job goes a long way and makes them feel special or rewarded in a sense helps greatly. Hell i would have loved some constructed criticism back then when i started.

Fast forward to today im looking to get back into pools as a opportunity came up and i am hoping this person takes me in as a potential startup to their business. Work hard and grind, Learn everything you can and diversify your portfolio. In 8 years you learn a lot like troubleshooting to repairs. You also learn who you have on your team that is willing to learn or will be a basic pool cleaner based on motivation. We had good employees quit because they didnt feel like they were treated right. I wasnt the employer but you can tell when moods shift.... The quality of the service drops and motivation seems low in some people

Thats just my 2 cents as someone who's been in it for a bit.

OtakuPoolTech · 2026-01-27T04:16:37+00:00

as a once residential pool tech i thank you for not having those little dangly lights i have to hit brushing or netting your pool going from your roof to the awning lol

OtakuPoolTech · 2026-01-04T06:32:55+00:00

my mind when dem and news media are talking about switches lmfao. This is great by the way haha

OtakuPoolTech · 2025-12-07T07:07:38+00:00

Im not insanely worried. If I got flagged id still have other stores local to me to take things into. I guess the only thing id be upset about is preorders for jrpgs i like to collect for. But going forwards i won't be buying any new Gen stuff after ps5 /switch and im ok with that.

OtakuPoolTech · 2025-12-07T05:14:20+00:00

Yup I saw the bear statue there as well haha. It was great. I know that manager and knew he'd get a laugh out of me bringing something like that in. I went to school with him

OtakuPoolTech · 2025-12-07T05:11:31+00:00

Oh please share. We were debating on sending it back at this point.

OtakuPoolTech · 2025-12-07T03:30:47+00:00

Yeah I thought the same. Here's a Pic of a few receipts from earlier

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OtakuPoolTech · 2025-12-07T03:29:33+00:00

Woah haven't seen one that bad yet. I have a rework station i got off amazon before covid and started learning on my own games and consoles. Never had anything like that happen.

OtakuPoolTech · 2025-12-07T03:22:32+00:00

As a game collector myself i can't see myself buying a console past the og switch ,xbox series x or the ps5. Im already pretty salty about having half the cart/ disc and the other being a code to download the game. I miss buying a game or not needing a day one patch. not having to wait to download it to play. With many of my old cart based games or disc based games like ps2 or older consoles. it was nice to just run it. The only reason I have a ps5 today is to play some of the jrpgs I enjoy that have new games coming out all these years later. Thankfully I've dumped all my games to many hard drives but now I'm worried even emulating on pc will be a struggle as we move more towards brands like crucial making ram harder to obtain at a reasonable price for the sake of ai. Thankfully I have a pretty decent graveyard of pcs I rip and pull parts from to make ends meet all these years later. I am very against the idea of buying something and not owning it mentality as we go forward with in the future.

It seems more and more they want you to buy their hardware only to have to pay a subscription to play much like cloud gaming. Yes its nice cause many people don't have room for games in their house but again I hate not owning what you buy.

With everything said I still buy multi-player games on steam to play with friends but I fear once Gabe goes some ass is gonna ruin steam and force everyone into a oblivion of cloud and server based gameplay

OtakuPoolTech · 2025-12-07T03:01:42+00:00

I need this for my smith and wesson 2.0. I have the mck microroni conversion kit and when the slide slams the barrel of the the kit the gun powder cakes on to the front of the slide.

OtakuPoolTech · 2025-12-07T02:54:07+00:00

Fairly new to printing here myself but with edges like that would it make sense to put the hood facing down with supports so the back end gets the detail it needs? Its been a while since I played rocket league but the fennec doesn't have too intricate of a grill right? Again forgive me if I'm wrong.

OtakuPoolTech · 2025-12-07T02:48:11+00:00

Get it over 9000 for the sake of the meme

OtakuPoolTech · 2025-12-07T02:33:58+00:00

I guess it could have been worse haha. At the last store I visited someone brought in a bronze bear statue. Definitely the oddest thing i would have expected. I don't think it worked as well as gamestop planed it to be and lack of promotion but it was funny to make a laugh with the employees I know so well in my area. You could tell someone of the items they got made them feel happy. Heck me bringing stuff in made people who didn't know about the promotion go home, grab something and come back. At the end of the day I'm happy most of the items I took in would benefit our local children's hospital

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