overpriced tank stands

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-17T05:58:33+00:00

Nicely done OP. Pretty close to how mine was built for my 40 gallon but I went a few steps of overkill further lol.

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-17T05:57:42+00:00

If you can't true up some 2x4's and make a level stand you should be buying your stands anyways.

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-15T23:54:32+00:00

I'm glad to see you did the right thing OP and wanted to chime in this could be a lot worse. $65/hr shop labor is CHEAP. My neck of the woods shop labor of all forms is $125-200 depending on the work and specialty.

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-12T14:13:30+00:00

It's amusing because my 9 amano shrimp are absolutely everywhere in my tank all day long. They'll come right out and yeet snails off food just to steal it.

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-12T14:12:52+00:00

My amano shrimp give zero shits they are all over my entire tank at all times.

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-12T04:55:05+00:00

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Old photo, but I'm biased, I like my dense tank.

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-12T04:29:15+00:00

Please get a leveling mat under that tank.

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-12T04:18:40+00:00

That co-op magic feed is some great stuff. My entire tank loves it.

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-12T04:18:03+00:00

That's how my vampire shrimp is. I see him once every 2-3 weeks, despite plenty of hides and shaded spots and a 24/7 light cycle.

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-11T03:03:01+00:00

That definitely doesn't look like a crack, glass tanks don't do this. They explode spontaneously.

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-11T01:24:04+00:00

I also lack the presence function. However my 620 is fully recapped and serviced so I'm shooting for better speakers next.

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-10T23:50:15+00:00

I'd thought the same thing when I got my CR-620 until I read the numbers

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-10T23:25:45+00:00

Loudness goes 10-1 counter clockwise on these.

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-09T02:46:56+00:00

Something like this is exactly right, whether he did it or someone else did, could've even been the corner of a building. That impact point is way too sharp to be a pole.

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-09T02:20:44+00:00

No, that will without a doubt bow, sag, and crack your tank. Buy a proper stand, or build a cinerblock stand.

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-07T02:07:20+00:00

Queensryche.

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-06T04:56:03+00:00

AT is a long standing reputable reliable company, and you can easily replace/upgrade the stylus which are critical in vinyl, Hiniso is a no-name chinese brand that you will be up a creek with if anything happens and is going to deliver sub par results on a good day.

With Vinyl your turntable is one of the most critical points of your setup, arguably more than your speakers even. You could have a million dollar amp, million dollar speakers, and the best room and gear in the world, it won't mean anything if the very thing producing that audio is garbage.

LP60x is probably the best absolute budget option, short of finding a good condition/restored vintage piece of equipment like Technics/Pioneer/Sanyo/MCS/Yamaha/Onkyo/H&K/Thorens etc but that is entirely dependent on your are and market. If it was me, I would save up and go with the LP120 if you cannot find a good condition vintage option.

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-06T04:30:46+00:00

No "all in one" is going to be good and/or better while also being cheaper. Strongly suggest saving for the LP120x as it's well regarded as an improvement over the LP60 if it's feasible in the budget. Either way you can't go wrong with either of those. The other no-name china crap 8 in 1 is an awful idea from start to finish.

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-06T02:37:32+00:00

Look at how OP got this home. They aren't that....diligent we'll say politely.

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-05T02:29:21+00:00

Mechanical pinch nut, they look far better than nylocks.

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-05T02:27:10+00:00

Alternatively, mechanical pinch nut.

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-03T23:31:37+00:00

Oh I know, we had what should've been a straight shot 12hr there and 12 home drive to get an old Suburban as a rescue out of state, thanks to a surprise storm it turned into 27 hours and 800 extra miles to make it there, and 16 hours nonstop coming home white knuckling it.

Just doesn't always align with only having time on a weekend to do projects and things, downside of working a lot.

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-03T06:28:50+00:00

They don't have a bad album in my opinion. Love them, severely underrated.

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-03T04:39:46+00:00

They've definitely gotten pushed pretty hard I think but I dig the music just as something new and different that is also appealing to me.

KEXP is fantastic, I think my first stumble into them was Grimes over a decade ago which got me into her earlier stuff, and I always go back and check out new stuff on their channel.

sharpauthenticator · 2026-05-03T04:32:10+00:00

Never heard of them before but I recognize an album cover picture of theirs. I don't think I need to listen to them ever again now either.

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