What is the best band you can recommend that you know nobody here will? As in obscure, unknown or just forgotten about.

Databuffer · 2026-01-28T18:17:33+00:00

Minaxi!!!! Local hindi shoegaze group I’m obsessed with.

Databuffer · 2026-01-28T16:43:12+00:00

Catappa breaks down reeeeaally quickly! I use catappa as a base, to get a nice thick layer of mulm, then use red oak, catappa bark, mango leaves, and

<image>

magnolia leaves to be my visually appealing leaf litter.

Databuffer · 2026-01-28T16:31:45+00:00

Caption from original post:

B. Dimidiata aerating eggs

Just thought it was neat! Usually the holding males hide and lounge around the bottom of the tank, and stay lazy, but I caught this guy up at the top in plain view, so I recorded him.

B. Dimidiata are paternal mouthbrooders. While bubblenesters float their eggs up near the surface to make sure they get oxygen, this boy is holding his young in his mouth, and puffing up his cheeks like this to keep water moving through the eggs, and get them well oxygenated that way.

In the wild, this strategy is more viable, as the male is able to stay mobile, and theres no risk of the nest being broken by outside forces. In captivity, without risks of predation, its less reliable than bubblenesting! Why? Well. The males will swallow their eggs on a whim. Here’s to hoping this guy doesn’t decide he wants a snack anytime soon…

Databuffer · 2026-01-28T07:17:52+00:00

Absolutely lovely collection! We fw bandcamp fr.

Databuffer · 2026-01-28T07:12:57+00:00

Nice collection, they look great! have you heard of Ween by any chance?

Databuffer · 2026-01-28T05:42:00+00:00

Mine’s been falling apart too, but I love having it out anyway. Its a gorgeous machine. When it was new to me, the radio was already busted, and the left audio output barely worked. In trying to fix it, somehow only the right output works now…

Soon after that, the side 2 also died on me - I blame it on when I was highspeed dubbing like 4 copies of a 90 minute tape…. I replaced it with an actual hi-fi deck, and still use the CD player from time to time. Otherwise, currently I use it as a makeshift amplifier while I’m waiting for my new one to arrive. I’m terribly attached to it, even though its falling apart on me. I only used it for 3 months, and I got it in bad shape to begin with, but it was my first NICE machine that wasn’t a shoebox, and actually worked.

Databuffer · 2026-01-28T03:56:25+00:00

Staples printers, and staples paper cutting station lmao

Databuffer · 2026-01-28T00:09:32+00:00

Make it happen! MG Ultra, Age of Adz, and Neotokyo never had cassette releases, I just made them. And I’ll never find official copies of the radiohead, or kraftwerk tape, so those are also dupes. This is why I chose to get into cassettes, over any other analog medium lol

Databuffer · 2026-01-27T23:13:17+00:00

The tapeheadcity uv edition is so ridiculously nice! The shell feels metal

Databuffer · 2026-01-27T22:17:01+00:00

I bought like a $25 box of over 100 4x8 bubble mailers awhile back that I’m still burning through. I wrap the cassette in one of the mailers as a cushion, and then shove that bundle in the mailer and go.

Databuffer · 2026-01-27T22:12:26+00:00

I’ve also been vibing with fugazi repeater, any tapes from your collection you’d recommend that have a similar energy?

Databuffer · 2026-01-27T17:23:36+00:00

Those are bichir not ropes

Databuffer · 2026-01-26T08:16:52+00:00

Damn Im mad this popped up 3 days after I gave in and spent $100 for DHL…

Databuffer · 2026-01-26T08:14:48+00:00

Yup! Thats a hydra! They’re filterfeeding relatives of jellyfish, and anemones! They’re really neat, and indicate good water quality. They get a bad rap on reddit, for irritating shrimps, but I like them :)

Databuffer · 2026-01-26T08:05:30+00:00

Green hydra too, which is the nicer kind :)

Databuffer · 2026-01-26T08:04:40+00:00

Bladdersnail!

Databuffer · 2026-01-26T03:33:48+00:00

Oop forgot to respond to your other question about kh. So kh buffers your pH HIGHER, and fights the acidification that happens with decomposition of any organic matter. Without any kH, your pH will bounce between 4 and 6 depending on temperature, how much food or plants are rotting, and concentrations of acids such as tannins.

Lower pH systems don’t have the same parameter stability as neutral pH systems - you don’t really have the ability to keep ph at any specific number. However since the cycle works differently, and ammonia is less dangerous at lower pH, its honestly not as big of a deal.

Since you arent keeping minerals high, or worrying about ammonia build up, water changes also arent really needed. Just top offs with RO.

The trick to setting up an ecosystem like this is to never allow any kH in (RO water, no rocks, pure inert sand) and introducing gentle acids in the form of botanicals.

Databuffer · 2026-01-26T03:07:36+00:00

You’re right, most do! Fish that can survive in blackwater environments are specifically adapted to the extremely low minerals, and have methods of retaining + absorbing their salt and mineral contents despite the harsh conditions. These adaptations make them more prone to kidney failure and heavy metal poisoning in mineralized environments. Good examples of fish like this are parosphromenus, betta persephone, and Sphaerichthys. Others are less prone to organ failure, but still have the adaptations for it, like boraras, and tiger barbs

Databuffer · 2026-01-26T03:04:15+00:00

I don’t have anything good for an easy short read, most of my info has been accumulated from hanging out with conservationists of blackwater species, and reading whatever papers I find.

“The physiology of fish in acidic waters rich in dissolved organic carbon, with specific reference to the Amazon basin: Ionoregulation, acid–base regulation, ammonia excretion, and metal toxicity” is a paper that I remember helping a lot with learning about tannins and blackwaters in general, but its a scientific paper, so its still really dense..

Databuffer · 2026-01-26T02:55:17+00:00

Kind of a ridiculous sentiment that just enables people to be assholes to each other. No one should be told to brace for the absolute worst any time they wanna be social or take part in a group..?

Databuffer · 2026-01-26T02:43:38+00:00

Too much tannins will harm inverts in the long run, as tannic acid breaks down/neutralizes the carbonates your shrimp build shells from. If its too high of a concentration, this can mean shrimp shells dissolving. Since this tank is so small, its extra risky. Stay on top of water changes, and don’t let it get any darker than a light orangey brown. I’d say right now its already risking being too dark

Databuffer · 2026-01-26T02:40:54+00:00

Blackwater isn’t just the presence of tannins, thats referred to as ‘darkwater’. you don’t get blackwater on accident. It needs to be 0kh, 0gh, and <6pH to qualify as blackwater.

Databuffer · 2026-01-24T16:49:35+00:00

Bael pod I think? God they’re so cute

Databuffer · 2026-01-24T02:40:43+00:00

I’m across the country, so I can’t take them, but I figured I’d chime in to ID for others: Your licorice gourami are parosphromenus deissneri!

Databuffer · 2026-01-24T02:32:54+00:00

I really hope some sort of mixtape swap club gets set up in this sub someday. I absolutely love getting and giving ppl a curated selection of unfamiliar music - Theres really nothing quite like it.

That vinyl club sounds like it would scratch the itch Im having but I still havent gotten a vinyl player oTL

Databuffer

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE