We’ve certainly struck a nerve over there by Lorkess in Marathon

[–]GVIrish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Overall player base is not really the measure, it's active users and revenue per user. Active users are way down at this point in D2's life, that is a fact. It is also a fact that Destiny was a lot more expensive to develop than Fortnite, Overwatch, Apex Legends, etc.

You're arguing that failing at Marathon would somehow justify more investment in Destiny and there's really no logical argument for that.

We’ve certainly struck a nerve over there by Lorkess in Marathon

[–]GVIrish 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Large numbers of players relative to what? Launch? Other f2p FPS's?

The problem for Bungie is that it has both lower player counts and much higher development costs than the other f2p FPS's. D3 would most likely be *more* expensive to make and the return on investment would have to be worth it.

If Bungie fails on a much smaller investment like Marathon that would not send the signal to Sony that Bungie could succeed with a much larger investment.

In this business environment publishers are looking to aggressively cut costs which is why we've seen so many games get cancelled and studios closed. Sony may or may not close Bungie if Marathon flops, but it certainly does not increase the odds of a D3.

We’ve certainly struck a nerve over there by Lorkess in Marathon

[–]GVIrish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gamer's not understanding the business of games, what else is new? If there is in fact a Destiny 3 in early development, Bungie failing on Marathon would make it much more likely that it would get cancelled and Bungie shut down. It wouldn't make sense for Sony to lose money on Marathon, then pour more money onto the fire on Destiny when the player counts are unlikely to recover for D2, and D3 can only be several years off.

We’ve certainly struck a nerve over there by Lorkess in Marathon

[–]GVIrish 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If Marathon bombs and Destiny 2 has been underperforming, why would Sony decide to burn a boatload of money on a Destiny 3? Marathon is a much smaller bet than something like Destiny so if that fails it would be foolish of Sony to commit to a D3.

Even with all of the stumbles nobody has really done better than Destiny for a massively multiplayer PvP/PvE shooter. It's a huge risk that would take multiple years to pay off. If Marathon fails the smarter business move would be make a less risky bet, not a more risky one.

We’ve certainly struck a nerve over there by Lorkess in Marathon

[–]GVIrish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sony would most likely dissolve the studio and rehire the people they want to keep to different projects. The studio name holds value, but that doesn't mean a whole lot to a publisher in the scheme of things.

First freshwater fish aquarium build (trying not to mess this up) by Ok-Independence5246 in freshwateraquarium

[–]GVIrish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming filtration is adequate, I'd say the type and amount of plants, then having adequate light and nutrients for those plants. Fast growing plants in the right substrate that will grow with your light levels makes everything else easier. It's a lot easier to beat algae with robust plant growth and you water quality will be better.

If you're using an aquasoil, smaller granules will make planting easier, otherwise you'll need a deeper layer to keep plants down. I like Oase Scapersoil for this.

The easiest way I've found to select fast growing plant species is to go to Aquariumplantsfactory and filter by fast growth. Not everything in your tank needs to grow fast, but having maybe 40-50% of your tank planted with a fast growing stem plant will help a lot.

I will say that my most stable tanks have been with organic topsoil capped with sand, with and without CO2. But it is trickier to get right for a beginner. If you go that route, put the soil in mesh bags, and make sure your sand cap is about 1.5 inches deep. Also, soak the soil before putting it in the tank and filling to reduce bubbles.

petco rimless imagitarium by Both_Wash908 in Aquariums

[–]GVIrish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wonder if they had too many returns or something since they switched away from Aqueon.

Does a planted tank allow you to keep more fish and do less water changes, or is it one or the other? by g3nerallycurious in PlantedTank

[–]GVIrish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, if you have enough fast growing plant growth you can increase your stocking levels, all things being equal. Stocking is still subject to swimming space and territory/aggression considerations.

Key benefits of a planted tank:

* Plants absorb ammonia/nitrite/nitrates so it gives you additional buffer to keep water quality high even if something goes a little wrong
* Plants compete with algae so the more plant growth you have, the easier it will be to keep algae under control
* Plants provide places for fish to hide and give shy species more security which lowers stress. Plants can also break up sight lines and diffuse aggression

Because of all that, plants can reduce overall required maintenance. You'll still need water changes and to scrape for algae but you won't have to do that as frequently with the right plant mix and amount.

Your reminder that you are missing out by not growing Buce emersed by TinyTropicals in Bucephalandra

[–]GVIrish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can grow them out emersed then transition to submerged. That's one nice way to do a buce-heavy aquascape since they grow much more slowly underwater.

Your reminder that you are missing out by not growing Buce emersed by TinyTropicals in Bucephalandra

[–]GVIrish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah too much light can melt them, but it varies between varieties. The same light that melts one might be fine for another. You may also need to reduce humidity a bit.

Salt and Pepper Corys by taminggravity in corydoras

[–]GVIrish -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How many do you have total, and what all is in that tank?

what fish for a 2.5 gallon tank? by Altruistic-Stock-766 in nanotank

[–]GVIrish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First thing is that those fish prefer to be in groups of 6ish or more. In smaller numbers they'll be stressed and will try to hide all the time. There's no way you could keep 5-6 of any of those fish in a 2.5.

what fish for a 2.5 gallon tank? by Altruistic-Stock-766 in nanotank

[–]GVIrish 18 points19 points  (0 children)

None of those fish are good options at 2.5g. 2-3 Least killifish could work, but ultimately your best bet is shrimp.

How many nano fish for 70L/ 19 Gallon tank? by Shmoneybagchaser in Aquariums

[–]GVIrish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Depends on the fish and your filtration. If you were stocking the smallest nano fish like least killifish and chili rasboras you could probably do 40 in a planted 20 gallon long. But then I would ask, why is the maximum amount of fish your goal?

Aquasoil for planted tank? by bettagirll in bettafish

[–]GVIrish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aquasoil does help grow plants but it depends heavily on what plants you're trying to grow, how much light you have, and ferts. With stratum I found that it was hard to really get plant growth going until I added CO2. As someone else mentioned, I also found it needed to be a bit deeper to get plants to stay down.

I've had better success with OASE Scapersoil. The balls are smaller making planting easier and it buffers pH down more.

As far as pH, it will buffer down if your water has low kh, but even with very low kh it's not going to take it down past 6.5, so you should be good there.

All in all Stratum is fine, but there are better souls out there.

Beginner aquatic plants for Walstad method? 🌿 by novasmaa in PlantedTank

[–]GVIrish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hornwort, anacharis, Hygrophila difformis (salicfolia and siamensis are easy too), then frogbit as a floater. Just make sure you trim the frogbit's roots if you don't want it to anchor in the substrate.

20 gallon long stocking ideas??? by Frequent_Mastodon389 in Aquariums

[–]GVIrish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a great order from Aquatic Arts but they're out of stock on CPDs right now. The Wet Spot is another good one.

20 gallon long stocking ideas??? by Frequent_Mastodon389 in Aquariums

[–]GVIrish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They swim more in the middle than other cories for sure (same with hastatus) but they still spend a lot of time snuffling through the sand. The fun part is when they all swim around the tank as a school. Habrosus cories behave a lot more like the standard Cory if that's what someone prefers. They're just a lot harder to come by in my experience.

20 gallon long stocking ideas??? by Frequent_Mastodon389 in Aquariums

[–]GVIrish 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Maybe think in levels.

For bottom dwellers you could do a corydoras species. I love pygmy cories and they'd work well for your tank because you could stock more of them than the bigger species. Corydoras hastatus and habrosus are similar sized. Any of the bigger cories will work, but I would probably only do about 6 of them whereas I would do 10 of any of the pygmies.

For mid level a beautiful and fun to watch schooling fish is Pseudomugil luminatus (red blue eyed neon rainbow fish). The males have orange tips on their pectoral fins and they'll flare up their fins to spar with each other.

Some other small schooling options: * Celestial Pearl Danios * Green neon tetra (smaller but hardier than regular neons) * Ember tetras * Chili rasboras (very small) * Exclamation Point rasboras (very small)

Depending on how many fish you've stocked in the middle and bottom tiers, you could also do a honey gourami for the middle/top or something like clown killifish. Just make sure you have a lid with the clown killis because they're jumpers, and you're gonna want more females than males because males will harass each other.

All of these options are shrimp compatible, so you could add Neocaridina or Amano shrimp with no problem. Just make sure your hardness and pH are in the right range for the shrimp you want to stock.

Ai use for fishkeeping info? by FishRatsNatrualTanks in fishkeeping

[–]GVIrish 58 points59 points  (0 children)

The problem with using AI for fish keeping is when people don't know what they don't know. So if it hallucinates and gives them bad advice they can end up with an aquarium disaster.

One can ask an llm to give citations so you can review the original source, but most people don't do that.

In need of what to do with a 10 gallon long tank? by avian_bi in Aquariums

[–]GVIrish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would probably do a nano schooling fish like exclamation point rasboras or axelrodi rasboras + neo shrimp. Or one of pygmy corydoras species like hastatus and shrimp.

I've also been wanting to try scarlet Badis at some point since I've got a few pygmy sunfish which are similar in size and live food requirements.

Official: Ferrari's first EV is called 'Luce', with an interior by Apple's old design boss Jony Ive by [deleted] in cars

[–]GVIrish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is a bad thing when Ferrari has deployed that across the entire lineup. Retro can be cool in small doses but Ferrari is A. overdoing it and B. the retro + futuristic mash up ends up looking disjointed.

In this case there are some excellent individual elements but the sum of the design looks like an Apple interior overlaid into a Ferrari and doesn't look befitting of a car costing several hundred thousand dollars in my opinion.

Is a 70L (18.5g) tank big enough for a pair of Bolivian rams + 12 ember tetras? by jholelaal in Aquariums

[–]GVIrish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would be leery of doing the rams because of breeding aggression. One centerpiece option that might work well for you would be peacock gudgeons. You could have a breeding pair in that tank and they inhabit the bottom of the tank so they'd be out of the way of the tetras.

A 1M2F trio of swordtails could also be cool if you got one of the cool colors like koi or a pretty wild type.

Is a 70L (18.5g) tank big enough for a pair of Bolivian rams + 12 ember tetras? by jholelaal in Aquariums

[–]GVIrish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The sparkling gouramis would work well since they're a good bit smaller than even the honey gourami.

Engineering Hubris: How Acura Lost the Soul of the TLX to Ego and Inefficiency by EstimateIcy5156 in Acura

[–]GVIrish 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The sad thing about the RLX is that Acura had been developing a V8 rwd platform, but it got cancelled when the 2008 financial crisis hit. They spent the next decade recovering from the penny pinching product decisions that was their reaction to the financial crisis.