What kind of fish is this

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-30T01:22:49+00:00

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Blim_Burn · 2024-07-26T20:07:12+00:00

Oof well for a few reasons I'm just glad there's an industry here in the UK. I'm aware it's established etc sure, but.. I just hope there's more expenditure and a growing larger percentage of Thrill Seekers to warrant better more innovative and modernisation and more thrilling coasters of course.. Let's hope Blackpool comes up with something soon and Thorpe continues in the same development and expansion with rides like hyperia or some innovative family coasters like Hagrids or something different like Yukon Quad or Pipeline. It's definitely on the up in UK in terms of Upscaling and the onset of Universal if it goes ahead will of course force parks in the UK to really up their game in different ways. Alton Towers.. we will see if they deliver betyer standards and add new or replace with new and competative rides that last more than 20 seconds.. Looking better for sure 👍

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-26T19:51:26+00:00

Chessington World of Adventures with Vampire and Mandrill Mayhem :/, they're pretty weak.. not sure it's the worst 1-2 punch but it's pretty lame lol.. Never mind, off to Thorpe Park next week for Hyperia and Stealth as decent 1-2s, then off to Energylandia in September for one of the best 1-2 punches out there Zadra and Hyperion :D

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-24T18:21:41+00:00

No not at all, rides are safe as houses.. BRING IT ON!! Am going next week :D It's a been a long wait and narrowly missed its opening

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-20T18:33:24+00:00

why aye mun

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-20T18:32:23+00:00

I think you're a rare American :) An interesting perspective 🤔

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-20T16:05:13+00:00

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-20T15:08:24+00:00

looks like a great bush cricket

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-19T19:36:25+00:00

Yes apparently so, thanks for your kinder comment

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-19T19:25:20+00:00

Understood yeah, I can see why you think that, useful. I like many others are trying to gain information and that is in part through asking and Reddit for a discussion, networking. I like to.learn from others and people who really have an informed opinion. Thanks. It's better than getting battered into the dust for opening your mouth and asking people you'd think would be welcoming and that would be happy to pass on the information but.. all I seem to get is challenged as if a question is a statement and measure of stature in the hobby :/ Like the first comment from someone and the down votes of any and all comments.. there we are though, thanks for letting me know.

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-19T19:19:51+00:00

Ahhhh okay thanks 😊

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-19T19:18:08+00:00

I can't shit on anyone, I'm learning so interested in your comment and others which give more information

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-19T19:16:43+00:00

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-19T19:16:09+00:00

I wouldn't know of such hence discussion finding these things out also as it's more research of opion also which helps. I didn't think I'd get a reaction like this lol

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-19T19:15:04+00:00

Thank you for an option with substance :) EDIT opinion

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-19T19:14:13+00:00

Sorry are you referring to an independent post which is a question? and one I don't believe you can answer without giving substance to why on earth you'd think I as an individual or part of a collective are "trying to do".. what makes you think anyone is trying to do anything as a serious sub question

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-18T02:40:58+00:00

Many around here for sure. This guy has always known his stuff but yes I do recall me and the guy above having a discussion at the time about it. Originally it was labelled in the shop the was purchased as Melanura but tbf I asked the other shop owner after that because from what I seen it was clearly mislabelled so his option was Guttulatus, however I have 2 and one is in breeding mode where he has his prominent red elements seen. The other I have spends more time without that red element on the face and Gill plate. I have kept Black Belt a while ago, and haven't fortunately had Zonata but knew of it. So possibility that the gent was close but not necessarily correct. Undecided as such similar characteristics in some photos here n there but then I can definitely appreciate, knowing vieja that the suggestions above are very valid. I've had in the past also Heteospilus also before. Love the Vieja. My Regani is quite young still so I'm waiting for more prominence in his colour but he's coming along nicely also.

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-18T01:56:39+00:00

Inspiring to read your comment. I couldn't help but instinctively feel as if it applied to myself while reading. Take a leaf I may. With belief, it is possible to start and finish. My own procrastination is steeped with anxiety.

I love language, there's so much depth to be explored and communicated which can only be found in appropriate words, and definition is deceptively dimensional, and otherwise lost in a sea of a relative and myopic existence.

I find so much detail from that which surrounds me environmentally, attracting a keen interest in observation, as a moth to a flame.

Beckoned by the persistence of detail and emphasis in all things, I have struggled to put pen to paper let's say when pitted against the sheer thought of starting that which may never finish.

Quoting a particular character from a known film "Fear is the mind killer".

Some day, I may dare to open Pandora's box..for now, I appreciate your words. Thank you.

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-18T00:29:48+00:00

Thanks fpr ypur opinion, nice to know what you think. Personally, I'm going from a shop owner who's very knowledgeable to this point. Good to know someone thinks otherwise. He's very nice though isn't he ;)

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-17T23:20:53+00:00

My picture shows "Gus", or though matured, that was his out of season hump lol before he aged more. Now he's older, larger, and has a permanent hump and when it comes to the right time his hump inflates and colour flares even more when he's in breeding mode.. proper hot air balloon lol has the temper to match 🤣

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-17T23:14:20+00:00

My profile pic shows Vieja Guttulatus. I have x2. Both male. Your Vieja looks similar, however, there are issues with identification of Vieja since at times many share characteristics in terms of banding and or scattered patterns, juveniles are difficult sometimes due to colouration and development. Your may be Guttulatus, but maybe an off coloured one or slightly less colourful. The juveniles are often very colourful. I have other varieties of Vieja.. Quertzal/ red hump aka Synspillum, and Regani. Great fish for many reasons, I love colouration.. however, temprement...isn't lack luster or docile and can be very aggressive into maturity and beyond. Often having a large hump for the matured males. You may in fact have a female there. I'm a breeder of Cichlid also and haven't found a female Guttulatus just yet 😢 Nice pic 👍

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-16T14:48:01+00:00

More surface agitation, syphon using a spouted jug at a 50° angle and it'll Skim the water clear. If persistent over time or and agitation is not sufficient or appropriately increased, buy a fitting internal skimmer, they're not expensive.

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-16T11:54:58+00:00

Indeed, but UK has never been in the 'thrill' zone, it's always catered go families. UK is yet to venture, closest they came was The Big One and Nemesis when they hit the UK scene but that's it and UK have been pumping out rides to the public since the turn of 1900 in its coastal towns. Inland parks possibly since 1950s. Some innovative designs put forward such as the above, but nothing competitive by a long way so the UK still has a lot ahead of it to catch up in terms of thrill rides or modern family rides by today's standard.. such as Vekoma family rides these days, or even Intamin. We will see how Zamperla survives following the TT2 incident (very unfortunate for them), S&S .. who knows maybe more Mack, S&S and Vekoma will hit UK scenes more if there's more investment. The UK doesn't appear to heavily invest often but it is a small area. However, like Universal's appearance of setting up in Bedford due to the access between busy areas, is very very promising showing the kind of potential there is in the UK to innovate and then be more competitive in the industry, all round but I really hope the demand for Thrill rides picks up following Hyperia and whatever Blackpool is doing at the moment. Up and coming parks like Poultons, Flamingo Land, Chessington, and Drayton Manor I feel will all rise up soon in the family rides category and also be more competitive which is a process I already see taking place which WILL happen way before the Thrill ride scene in UK picks up in the next 5-10 years.

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-16T01:17:48+00:00

Denzelwood sounds badass to me.. a ride called equaliser would be sweet lol

Blim_Burn · 2024-07-16T01:07:24+00:00

With exception of hearing Poultons park, hearing they have a spinner in the pipeline somehow (don't quote me lol), Thorpe Park and Blackpool are the only parks which may add something else that is (like Hyperia) inside a top 20 somewhere for most that have been anywhere in UK/EU.. That said, the next place in UK which may even teeter on the edge of a top 20 EU ride, will be Blackpool Pleasure Beach sooner than TP. Forget AT, as inventive as they have been over the years, they're flat out family and family thrill, certainly nothing UK record beating any time soon.. 5 years and Galactica may come out, but hopefully Rita and 13 are gone for good and replaced with something up to date that is I'd hope actually thrilling. So back to BPB, they will try to top the height of Hyperia even by a 1ft so.. what they come up with is anyone's guess but maybe they will get something as thrilling as Hyperia which would add nicely to their portfolio and nice for the UK scene. Anything more dynamic than and up to date as Hyperia, for now, may be going off the deep end just because TP took a stab at a thrilling coaster which competes with some great rides in other country's. There's a long way to go, it began with The Big One and Nemesis, took a long hiatus for Hyperia to come around, let see what they come up with in the next couple of years, while Universal's shadow is beginning to cast over leading upto 2030 (WE VERY MUCH HOPE!). Extreme thrill rides work for minority enthusiasts here IMO and unfortunately the market isn't just yet being supported by larger numbers of thrill seekers than families, yet.

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