Sk3lly's Tank Progression

[pittbully13]

My wife hates anything to do with aquariums, especially if it costs money.

 

[ASF07003]

+1 to above post. Her quote: "As long as it looks nice."

 

[Sk3lly]

Rookie mistake made!! I forgot to toggle off the blue backlight on the solunar controller at night.
'Whats that blue light? What have you bought now?' Lo

 

[schoeplein]

So when I went to pick up my BML last week, I actually got to see their entire operation and meet the folks who put our stuff together. It was seriously the most quaint office space in the middle of Austin's warehouse district. I just walked in. Tons of parts were laying all over the front room, with what looked like a fully stocked 75g saltwater tank, loaded with corals - two different lamps were lighting it.

Walk down the hall a bit, and Nick was sitting in a cluttered office on the computer, responding to emails, taking orders, doing forum stuff - he didn't even hear me come in. Between the front room and the back office, there was another room on the right with another tank - looked like it was cycling for fresh water or a FOWLR tank.

To the left of the computer office, you could see where the assembly and testing line stuff happened. Cara was literally in the process of boxing my lamp when I walked in. Nice looking lady, if I do say so. There was another guy at the back of the assembly line doing...something.

The computer room had a window into their oven room. You could see the fancy baking machines.

Talked to Nick a little bit. I pointed out the irony of them using CFL workshop tubes to light their assembly line. He laughed, pointed out that they'd put up a few 72" fixtures, and that they would be moving soon to a new facility due to massive growth. They had had a two-three week backlog, and they've only been around for two years!

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[schoeplein]

There's only three people. Three!

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[Ian086]

There's only three people. Three!

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Three in the whole company. Surely there's more. So basically there's one person doing all the assembling while one's on the computer and the other packaging. I imagined at least 10-15 people working there....

 

[bcarl_10gal]

And that explains the delay with receiving my light....

 

[Sk3lly]

There's only three people. Three!

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Who works on R+D and the creation of new products?

I find it very hard to believe thats its just three people

 

[Brookster123]

Apple was just 2 guys for a while, right? Making computers in a garage??

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[Sk3lly]

Yea i guess so

 

[Sk3lly]

I dont really have a before picture from when i got my BML but i took a video 5 days ago on a separate thread 'skellys video' or something like that.

Look at the pogostemon erectus and ludwigia repens in this picture


I think theres quite a good difference in growth

 

[schoeplein]

Yeah, my ludwigia repens gained about 2" in the week I've had my BML running, and started turning red again.

 

[Brookster123]

Look at that.. it's like a serene meadow.. excellent results there Sk3lly

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[Fresh2o]

Are the tiny dots CO2 bubbles floating around?

 

[Sk3lly]

Are the tiny dots CO2 bubbles floating around?

Yea majority is co2. I shall take another photo with co2 off next time

 

[Sk3lly]

Look at that.. it's like a serene meadow.. excellent results there Sk3lly

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Thanks brookster. Im trying to propagate my star repens so it grows within the dhg

 

[Fresh2o]

Yea majority is co2. I shall take another photo with co2 off next time

Nah no big deal. Mine looks like that all the time (when the solenoid is open).

 

[bcarl_10gal]

Whats the red plant in front of the downoi? AR mini?

 

[schoeplein]

What kind of ram/apisto/krib is that? I really think I ended up with four female blue rams...

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[Brookster123]

He's got some top notch gbrs there..

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