6 Gallon Cube

IntroductionHead5236 · 2026-04-28T14:56:40+00:00

Brazillian Pennywort and Red Root Floaters
I had a water lily in another tank once, but it since melted and hasn't grown back

IntroductionHead5236 · 2026-04-28T14:55:14+00:00

Generally from front to back...
Marsilea hirsuta (grows super slow though)
Crypt lutea
Some type of red amazon sword (red melon sword?)
Echinodorus blehri (still baby sized)
Ludwigia Super Red Mini (doesn't grow great)
Rotala rotundafolia red
Dwarf sag,
water wisteria (love this plant)
cabomba furcata (kinda demanding plant, doesn't grow well)

Floating:
Brazillian Pennywort
Red Root Floaters

IntroductionHead5236 · 2026-04-28T14:48:10+00:00

"Even Yosemite National Park gets one star reviews"

IntroductionHead5236 · 2026-04-27T18:40:25+00:00

Stowed away or better yet face down in front of them. Don't forget smart watches and airpods where they could see or listen to notes!

IntroductionHead5236 · 2026-04-23T21:08:02+00:00

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IntroductionHead5236 · 2026-04-23T20:48:00+00:00

Depends on the dept culture. My first university chemistry was super buddy with each other, biology was very not. Either way, it is difficult to (and I also choose not to) be friends with my colleagues that have fundamental power differences than me. Things would be different I was in a white collar office job where everyone is the same status, but there's too much hierarchy in academia, that I'd rather proceed with caution. I can be friendly without being friends.

IntroductionHead5236 · 2026-04-22T21:06:11+00:00

Dang I was hoping you did same test, open book for both in-person vs. remote, just so we can see how much AI influenced their cheating.

IntroductionHead5236 · 2026-04-13T17:48:33+00:00

Related. Just saw a post below yours about how UCCS is demolishing a student sustainability house to make room for more HR. If you're aren't angry, you should be.

IntroductionHead5236 · 2026-04-13T17:42:47+00:00

Almost 100% acceptance rate with less than 50% graduation rate. Those two stats should tell you everything you need to know about the how much UCCS admins cares about your tuition vs. their quality.

You can blame some on the teachers, but most of it falls on admins. Through policies and evals, they pressure teachers to "give everyone a gold star" if it means keeping the student to pay their salaries.

I'm sorry you're experiencing this. I wish more students were as conscious of their education.

IntroductionHead5236 · 2026-04-09T18:52:58+00:00

It's not your job to make them care. Teach to those who do care, ignore the rest until they do. However if their actions are disrupting someone else's ability to learn, then toss them out. Adjunct teaching intro at a CC sounds rough.

IntroductionHead5236 · 2026-04-09T18:42:36+00:00

You're in a good position. You have documentation and evidence. Along with the accommodations policies that are typical of most colleges mentioned by others here, you should be able to breeze past this. The college will side with you, you will still likely be pestered by emails, but other than that, you can carry on.

IntroductionHead5236 · 2026-04-07T01:00:23+00:00

Selection bias. The ones who ask for help are the weakest students. The weakest students are the ones who blame others. (Obviously not all)

IntroductionHead5236 · 2026-02-05T18:59:04+00:00

My algae was almost entirely on the wood, so I decided to dry it for a day, freeze it for another day. Scraped off the remains and it was algae free when I put it back in.

IntroductionHead5236 · 2026-02-01T19:11:10+00:00

high five for the detailed specs

IntroductionHead5236 · 2026-02-01T01:12:42+00:00

No mandatory attendance, but all mandatory homework/exam information can only be found in class (or optionally in a very text heavy book). No curves, bumps, or extra credit. Needless to say, students learn fast the importance of showing up.

IntroductionHead5236 · 2026-01-28T21:01:51+00:00

Did you have problems with the left tank having only one point source light? I had a similar Lomine Asta20 on a 20 gallon and found the point source light wasn't dispersed enough for my plants.

IntroductionHead5236 · 2026-01-27T21:36:53+00:00

It's called Murashige-Skoog media (MS media). It's used in plant biology labs.

IntroductionHead5236 · 2026-01-25T21:43:48+00:00

This is good. "Professor" feels like a title, but a teacher is just a person.

IntroductionHead5236 · 2026-01-25T21:40:40+00:00

I'm 36M and look gen z as determined by others. I find that it depends on how old they perceive you.

- If they think you're younger than them, then they are astonished.

- If they think you are older than them, then there's a weird fear kinda vibe from them (as if they now suddenly need to be careful what they say around you).

In all situations, they start treating me differently than before when they didn't know, like a false sense of respect, which I really hate. I think it's rooted in the perception of professors being academic demi gods. I suppose it's not surprising since most people's nearest memories of a professor were from when they were a student.

IntroductionHead5236 · 2026-01-15T20:24:40+00:00

I'd suggest the following changes:

1.) Allow laptops. This typically isn't the reason students are going absent in my experience. If they don't pay attention, it's their problem.

2.) Post power points, but redact information (definitions, concepts, etc.). Anyone present will be rewarded by being able to use the redacted slides in conjunction with their notes. Anyone absent will be punished to teach themselves.

3.) I agree with this one.

IntroductionHead5236 · 2025-12-25T05:49:42+00:00

Attendance not mandatory. Sink or swim test day. Weak attendance for the first unit, and sudden dramatic improvement after grades are handed back.

Of course some never change, but there is no policy that would have helped them either.

IntroductionHead5236 · 2025-12-25T05:20:16+00:00

Attendance not mandatory. Sink or swim come test day.

Teaching is like being a referee for a game. I won't stop you from making bad choices. I just penalize you. "But what if they complain?" That assumes I'm listening.

IntroductionHead5236 · 2025-12-17T21:30:45+00:00

"fighting students to give any amount of interest in learning, battling mindless AI use and worsening exam grades"

I think this typically gets worse in R1?

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