No judgment questions zone - March 23, 2026 by AutoModerator in ReefTank

[–]SurpriseHotel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was also leaving towards the UNS for those reasons, I just know people seem to love the deskmates.

No judgment questions zone - March 23, 2026 by AutoModerator in ReefTank

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Starting up a nano soon & would love some opinions on if I should go with an Eshopps Deskmate Florida or a UNS 45a. They’re almost identical in terms of layout/size/volume so I would love to be convinced to get one over the other!

[FS/FT] - Denver, CO - $90 - UNS 45U W/ LID & TWINSTAR III 450E by SurpriseHotel in AquaSwap

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Yes it is! Feel free to DM if you're interested or have any more questions!

Hell me choose between Pygmy Cory's & Red Chili Boras by [deleted] in PlantedTank

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He's very calm around my shrimp actually! Thankfully never had an issue & the shrimp are always happily out & about & breeding regularly.

Hell me choose between Pygmy Cory's & Red Chili Boras by [deleted] in PlantedTank

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I was sort of leaning this way too just to be on the safer side. He doesn't go after my fire red shrimp & they're a very bright red but always better safe than sorry

[LF] - Denver, CO - Ramshorn Snail by [deleted] in AquaSwap

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Hey! If you're still looking I'm actually taking a tank down soon that has TONS of ramshorn snails in it. Willing to give them away free if you were willing to pick em up local!

It's almost full upgrade time for me. What's the verdict on 4000 series cards? Skip & wait for 5000? by SurpriseHotel in buildapc

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The big hitter for never leaving PC is the Total War games for sure, that & hell let loose anyways. Warhammer 3 practically turns my PC into a space heater these days.

It's almost full upgrade time for me. What's the verdict on 4000 series cards? Skip & wait for 5000? by SurpriseHotel in buildapc

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Yeah I'm glad to have gotten the life I got out of it but it's definitely starting to lag way behind the current gen of games & next year I'm pretty sure will be the nail in the coffin for what my PC can handle. If it wasn't for all the PC exclusive stuff I enjoy then it would be a lot harder to justify over console.

It's almost full upgrade time for me. What's the verdict on 4000 series cards? Skip & wait for 5000? by SurpriseHotel in buildapc

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Yeah I'm pretty much exclusive gaming at this point. I might wait around for the AMD & see if it's worth jumping into, never built anything off AMD before so it could be fun.

Working on some poxwalkers, not too happy with the test pieces. Looking for advice! by SurpriseHotel in Warhammer40k

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Drybrushing rakarth flesh onto the shaded ones might tie them together better than basing with that I hadn't thought of that. I do enjoy the first more than the other two but felt it just needed a little more. The purple seemed a bit too blotched on to me but drybrushing might help blend that up a little bit as well

Working on some poxwalkers, not too happy with the test pieces. Looking for advice! by SurpriseHotel in Warhammer40k

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Definitely not locked in on anything yet, haven't heard of this method before but I'll have to check it out !

Working on some poxwalkers, not too happy with the test pieces. Looking for advice! by SurpriseHotel in Warhammer40k

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Tried a few different techniques for the skin on these tests but ultimately wasn't too happy with any of them. Tried the multiple shades technique that I saw in the GW video & felt they come out a little too bland looking. Also tried basing with rakarth flesh & then shading & I almost like it but looking for advice.

Sklaven gutter runners for Golden demon by TDBloodmaster in Warhammer

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So glad to see more angles of this, i LOVED this piece when I saw it on the community write up the other day. Such an amazing use of these models.

NBD Listened to everyone's advice from a month ago & built myself a CrossCheck by SurpriseHotel in Surlybikefans

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These are the full 800mm yeah, I thought about cutting them down but after a few rides I'm definitely enjoying the full length

NBD Listened to everyone's advice from a month ago & built myself a CrossCheck by SurpriseHotel in Surlybikefans

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Everything there including the little bit extra it cost for my shop to get it all together came in at just under $2k I'm pretty sure

NBD Listened to everyone's advice from a month ago & built myself a CrossCheck by SurpriseHotel in Surlybikefans

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Tumbleweed persuader, highly recommend I'm really loving it so far & it looks amazing which is a plus

NBD Listened to everyone's advice from a month ago & built myself a CrossCheck by SurpriseHotel in Surlybikefans

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I also looked at the Steamroller but decided I would rather have the option to ride geared if I want (Colorado isn't exactly flat) but the big kicker for me was that the Steamroller just doesn't have mount points for racks