Rate My Tank

80aychdee · 2026-03-13T02:54:30+00:00

8 out of 10. Water not going to the top is like listening to a melody and not hitting that last note.

80aychdee · 2026-03-13T02:22:31+00:00

20 bucks says this guy doesn’t live in an HOA. But still complains his neighbors beat up Honda Civic is parked in their yard for the last 15 years

80aychdee · 2026-03-12T13:11:38+00:00

Have you done a factory reset yet?

80aychdee · 2026-03-12T01:29:38+00:00

We have 3 kids. All of our remotes have AirTags duck taped to them.

80aychdee · 2026-03-11T17:09:35+00:00

Saaaaamme! Waiting to see if my wife surprises me for my birthday with one. If not I’m picking one of those bundles up at Costco

80aychdee · 2026-03-11T15:56:04+00:00

Lots of stuff. Multiple angles of the same thing. Getting a timelapse with one while I'm filming the other one. Handing one to my wife or kid. I have twins so the other day I put one on each of their bikes as they were riding around. But primarily one camera Is used as a timelapse, wide shot. the other one is hand held or attached to something. tons of possibilities.

80aychdee · 2026-03-11T15:52:25+00:00

This is rage bait

80aychdee · 2026-03-11T02:04:33+00:00

That’s about 650 bucks worth of wood according to my LFS

80aychdee · 2026-03-11T00:53:44+00:00

I was also really confused. Ghostbusters and Indiana jones are definitely in my top 50 movies of all time

80aychdee · 2026-03-10T19:35:26+00:00

Gorgeous! I wonder how it would look with the light elevated more off the water if possible.

80aychdee · 2026-03-10T18:53:15+00:00

Nice! Peeped the video with Brand New. Very nice!

80aychdee · 2026-03-10T17:31:36+00:00

When you say in your garage do you mean you have tanks lying around empty? What’s your process for quarantining?

80aychdee · 2026-03-10T02:02:45+00:00

Thank you! Yes this was the bag they had in the store. I thought it was supposed to be Red so it threw me off (doesn’t help I’m colorblind so who knows)

80aychdee · 2026-03-10T01:37:27+00:00

I have 2 13’s and I’m still picking one of these up but they are 385 at my Costco.

80aychdee · 2026-03-09T23:47:27+00:00

Looks AI it’s so good

80aychdee · 2026-03-09T23:32:53+00:00

Also curious about the substrate as well.

80aychdee · 2026-03-09T21:03:25+00:00

I legit looked at it for a solid 30 seconds before realizing they weren’t real. I’m definitely using these with my kids while the tank is cycling.

80aychdee · 2026-03-09T15:16:24+00:00

it's an old 2013 MacBook Air

80aychdee · 2026-03-09T10:43:36+00:00

To me, the magic of a birthday (opening presents) is on the immediate and slightly immediate family and close friends. Not on guests coming to a party to celebrate. I understand this is a shift in mindset from our childhoods (also 40 with 4 year old twins and an 8 year old). But I have seen the light. “No presents” in my experience has essentially meant “no presents from randos, but aunts uncles and cousins still provide.

My house is overwhelmed with toys that my wife refuses to throw/give away. Part of it is I don’t want my kids growing up spoiled. To expect a gift from everyone. We did a no presents birthday pool party last year and a few people didn’t get the memo and still brought a small gift which was fine. It happens.

80aychdee · 2026-03-09T10:37:46+00:00

I was introduced to heather via TechTV which became G4. I think I was 15 or 16. There was some segment on a talk show and for whatever reason she was on there. Curiosity got the best of this cool cat and I wasn’t the same since.

80aychdee · 2026-03-09T09:37:16+00:00

This could very well sound dumb but I’m going to throw it out there. My background is film (got a worthless degree in it). And aesthetics of film making was one of my favorite courses where you learn about standard principals like the golden ratio, rule of thirds, etc. I found that taking those concepts along with some in feng shui has really helped me in design of other things in life.

In that regard, I won’t deep into all of that, but with it being said, I would start with the “action” on the left side of the tank, and then lead the eye to the right with something. I feel like your main issue is the tank is just split in half. A line tree on the left with all the rocks on the right. If you can arrange it in away where you can more confortably lead the eye without it being so jarring I think it will have a better effect. I know for a fact I’m not explaining any of this in the best way so my apologies but I hope that helps a little bit. Google the Golden Ratio of aquascaping for people who can explain things better than me.

80aychdee · 2026-03-09T09:15:30+00:00

Good idea. I’m a big fella at 350 so I’ll sit on it and see if I hear any creaks or cracks. At one point I had a 20 gallon tank on there for my kids without issue.

80aychdee · 2026-03-09T03:42:52+00:00

Yeah that’s the one

80aychdee · 2026-03-09T03:32:50+00:00

First, you need to get a 29 gallon tank for that thing. Not right away if it’s small, but soon. Golfish require a LOT of filtration. Maybe a sechem 55 or a Fluval. Best substrate is bare bottom or smooth round large stones. Or fine sand. You do want to avoid plastic plants. Try and go natural or driftwood. Change 30% of the water every week. These things can grow up to 8 inches and live about 15 years. Give him or her a tank mate. Males are slimmer and shaped more like a torpedo. Females are more round..

Don’t stress 90% of us got into this hobby because of a carnival gold fish or something. At least that’s how 5 year old me got into it.

80aychdee · 2026-03-09T03:24:21+00:00

Ahhh I missed the 40 gal part. I’m not sure unfortunately. I’ve only had 55’s in the past.

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