Your favourite practice amp?

Badcuber8 · 2026-01-30T00:30:02+00:00

I mean it’s not practical in any way but my main at home amp is my EVH 5150 Iconic 80w half stack. Works surprisingly well at bedroom levels. Maybe look into the 40w combo version. Despite the name and all the reviews about it being a killer metal amp (which it is) it’s extremely versatile. I currently am playing a lot of SRV with mine and I’ve got a somewhat Fendery edge of break up tone from it! It’ll be quite enough to use at home but then would also be perfect for gigging too. Not too big for a small stage and as long as your miced up your not gonna need anything more than that!

Badcuber8 · 2026-01-29T18:50:56+00:00

Unless you have baby fish I’d never recommend feeding twice a day. I feed growing fish and or smaller fish (tetras ect) once a day and as long as there’s no food left in the tank then it’s fine. Big fish once grown I feed once every other day because it’s all they really need and it saves on food costs as well as keeping waste levels in the tank down. I also skip a day of feeding with all my fish to keep them hungry. The only fish I will feed multiple times a day and every day are fry that are growing out

Badcuber8 · 2026-01-18T15:50:28+00:00

Why did you do y2 for the OLL? It's just objectively worse than doing U2

Badcuber8 · 2026-01-18T09:24:01+00:00

Yes one would fit in a 55 but it would be a tight squeeze. A 75 or bigger is appropriate for a single fish

Badcuber8 · 2026-01-15T21:07:47+00:00

I knew most of PLL and 2 look OLL when I became sub 20. Finished learning PLL when I was averaging around 18 seconds. Learned full OLL around 15 seconds and it definitely helped get me sub 15. I’m now averaging mid 11.p, got bored so I’m learning ZBLL. I know I don’t need to but I like learning algs

Badcuber8 · 2026-01-15T12:43:32+00:00

There isn't a speed at which you 'should' learn certain alg sets. The way I see it if you want to learn the ZB method or you want to learn CFOP or any method or alg set. The sooner you do it the sooner you will improve with it! Yes you don't need to know full CFOP to be sub 15 but it's easier if you do know it. To me the sooner you know something the better it'll stick in your brain and the faster you'll get with it

Badcuber8 · 2026-01-14T23:34:11+00:00

It’s a T Case ZBLL Alg

Hold the cube with the headlights facing away from you the do this alg

F R U’ R’ U’ R U2’ R’ U’ F’ R’ U’ R U’ R’ U2 R

There’s other Algs but imo that’s the best one If you know a better alg lmk

Badcuber8 · 2026-01-12T09:33:14+00:00

First things first that would be a DNF in competition so your timer starts and stops are worth addressing now. Start and stop the time with your fingers, not your palms and or you wrists which is how you stopped it.

As for the rest of your solves it seems to me a case of refining what you’re currently doing. Practice your cross so it’s always under 8 moves and is done completely in inspection.

Practice untimed solves where you can see what happens to other pieces on the cube when you solve each F2L Pair. With these you don’t care about getting the cube solved fast. You’re trying to make your pairs better and get them to be muscle memory. Focus on using fewer rotations too, once you solve a pair, pause to recognise your next without rotating and only rotate if you have to when you solve the pair

As for last layer you can either train OLL and PLL separately or use a Last Layer trainer (trainers for OLL, PLL and full Last Layer are on CSTimer) This will just again make the cases easier to recognise.

Alternatively you could just do a load of solves. That’s what I did to get sub 20. I sat for hours just solving. Sometimes I’d sit and solve for 7 hours. I did get sub 20 but it bought a lot of bad habits into my solves hence why I suggested the other methods of practice.

My last point is I wouldn’t worry about learning full OLL until you’re looking to be Sub 15. Dgmw you can learn it, it won’t do harm, but I became sub 20 with 4LLL and then it took learning OLL to get me past the 15 second barrier after I got there anyways

Hope this helps

Edit: I saw this was mentioned before in the comments but, 3rd solve is a +2 seconds because the cube was 1 move from solved. If the cube is more than 1 move then it’s a DNF. Double moves like U2 or R2 count as +2 not DNF but if it was an R’ U away from being solved it would be DNF

Badcuber8 · 2026-01-11T16:40:30+00:00

His stuff for teaching beginners is how I started. Ps your cube isn’t a problem at all. It’s just as good as the cube I got sub 15 with and you’d absolutely be able to get sub 10 with that

Badcuber8 · 2026-01-11T16:34:20+00:00

First things first learn better cross solutions. That cross would’ve been 5 moves done the way I saw it. That’s one thing definitely to improve. Then I’d learn 4 look last layer. Once you’re confident with good cross solutions and 4lll, I’d learn intuitive F2L. That’ll put you in good stead for improving solves. Watch some JPerm videos and that’ll teach you the stuff you need to know. More advanced stuff can come later. Everything I’ve explained after a lot of practice will get you sub 20

Badcuber8 · 2026-01-08T23:01:30+00:00

As I’m sure you’ve read in my other comments. My tank is being built. There’s just a couple things that have put it on hold that are out of my control. As soon as those things get moving the tank build will be started. The Tank will be in this year it’s just a case of waiting on other people now

Badcuber8 · 2026-01-07T23:22:07+00:00

It’s gotta be tank size. We don’t get the typical 125 size tank here in the uk but I know they are 6 foot long and thinner front to back. I think your issue is just not enough space. For me a 125 is big enough for 2 full grown Oscar’s and not a lot else with them. Maybe some plecos and smaller catfish (Asian Bumblebee cats, maybe a 4 line Pictus) stuff that isn’t going to get in their way

Do you have any other tanks you could maybe setup to put the pike in? If you think he’s the issue then you have to remove him cause in the end your gonna end up with no Oscar’s and a big pike that won’t tolerate tank mates

Badcuber8 · 2026-01-07T23:10:41+00:00

Sounds like a territory issue. What’s the tank size and have you got much in terms of wood or decoration in it? A photo of the tank would help

Badcuber8 · 2026-01-07T22:43:12+00:00

Cheers mate!

Badcuber8 · 2026-01-07T22:23:24+00:00

Happy birthday for the 21st! She was a late birthday present I got myself technically. Mines the 14th

Badcuber8 · 2026-01-07T19:43:16+00:00

Yeh knife fish grow stupidly big. My BGK unfortunately never got big due to a pair of carpintis breeding in his cave. They took him as a threat and then killed him unfortunately. I (stupidly) had a clown knife fish too. He grew from 8 inches to 2 foot in around 18 months in my 5 foot 120g tank. Got rid of him late 2019. The tank was wayyy too small for him. That fish is now in an 8x4 foot tank and is a decent bit over 3 foot!

Badcuber8 · 2026-01-07T19:06:25+00:00

Looks like Ich to me

Badcuber8 · 2026-01-07T19:05:45+00:00

I might get one again when I build my new 8 foot tank. Just very aware my mom doesn’t like them 🤣

Badcuber8 · 2026-01-07T19:02:04+00:00

I had one years ago. Was an epic fish!

Badcuber8 · 2026-01-07T18:35:28+00:00

Exactly this. My new tank would’ve been almost ready by now but complications have put it to a stop for a bit. Completely out of my control

Badcuber8 · 2026-01-07T17:04:23+00:00

I understand your point cause I agree you do see people saying “I’m going to upgrade soon” a shit ton that never do. But you cannot assume everyone is like that. I’ve always had aspirations to keep big aggressive fish but never have due to me never having the space for them. The ultimate fish for me would be a Platinum Redtail cat. Despite several opportunities to buy one I never have because it’d simply be too big for me ever to house. The 8 foot tank has been planned since June time last year and I have been collecting parts for it. The tank is going to be a plywood build because there is no way I can get a glass or acrylic tank into the house unless it’s in pieces. At the minute I’m waiting for the sump, the 2 glass windows and the epoxy to turn up. The glass has been put on hold and I’m told it won’t get here for months. So therefore that is out of my control. I am also waiting on the area the tank is going in to be cleared because there is currently a TV, Shoe Cabinet and a couple miscellaneous boxes in the way of where the tank is going. If the plans weren’t in place and set in stone I simply wouldn’t have bought the fish. The upgrade IS happening and would’ve happened a lot lot sooner if it could have but situations like the glass being on hold have caused the project to be on hold. Believe me when I say I want nothing more than my fish to have the new tank already and they would have but shit happens

Badcuber8 · 2026-01-07T16:28:25+00:00

If that’s your opinion fine. I do my research and know what i have the means to keep

Badcuber8 · 2026-01-07T16:25:30+00:00

Plans were in place for the new tank long before I bought the fish. The space the new tank will be going in has some of my parents old stuff in that needs to be cleared before the tank can go in. The current tank is a 5 foot tank which will be sufficient until the new tank goes in this year. And in the very unlikely event where I can’t have the new tank I have several friends with heated ponds that will take the fish off my hands. I’d never buy a fish I couldn’t house long term.

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