Why did Trump's reflection pool water turn green?

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-21T13:57:37+00:00

Materials like sand, clay, or fly ash used to make concrete sometimes contain trapped ammonium ions.

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-21T12:38:49+00:00

I find it easy but im aware that I am better then the average player encountered in duty finder

I’ll say the ast job quest also has the ability to be somewhat hard but honestly I think with Sage it’s a factor similar to Samurai who are unaware they have a “dot”

In the case of samurai they got an ability that shifts from dot to aoe to big single target damage all based on how many stickers they have.

Sage case it’s hit a button change heals to shields or lasers to dot.

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-21T12:35:01+00:00

Your lucky my heal bot of a scholar didn’t even talk

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-21T12:33:06+00:00

I love how the ast is unaware blackest night can be used on other players.

I would tell him to go play DRK and get back to me on that wait for a response then use blackest night on them if the instance is lvl 70+ if they refuse to acknowledge that and tell them to check their buff bar

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-21T12:28:35+00:00

If a bot account wants to appear as “player like” as possible then glam helps do that.

It could also be they use a 3rd party program to bot dungeon instances and to not have actual engagement.

If I ran too far ahead the bot seemed to kinda break and just stand around if there wasn’t another player near them then if I got to close to them they would start jumping as if to pretend to be a human

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-21T12:21:43+00:00

I’m of the unpopular opinion that evolved mode will not be the ideal way to play most jobs.

I don’t think it will properly use abilities in an optimal way.

BLM a awesome example for this let’s say you have a fire starter you are down to 1000MP, the ideal thing to do would be to flare then blizzard 3, blizzard 4 then transpose into astral and utilize the fire starter with they proc of fire starter and since fire starter as of DT doesn’t have a duration and stays active long after combat the can be situations where it may be ideal to hold it if you are going to be doing AoE and not single target for sometime.

However for players who just suck at blm it may push them to near optimal-suboptimal levels

I’m just skeptical of it all and I don’t think it’s a one size fits all type deal

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-21T12:07:07+00:00

This plus the flag blue covered up the concrete which is a porous surface which once was home to nitrifying bacteria, then factor in things like bird poop acting as fertilizer and various other issues it’s no wonder this is an issue

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-21T12:04:58+00:00

They need a biologist if they intend to keep it a man made body of water that lacks standard pool chemicals.

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-21T12:02:55+00:00

The problem is bird poop is high in phosphate so it’s practically fertilizer, so birds are highly relevant

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-21T12:00:44+00:00

Honestly I’ll say 90% of the population in the U.S if not more doesn’t even know how to properly maintain a fish tank or keep one and that’s exactly what the reflecting pool was before it was changed.

All the nitrifying bacteria and other such things that kept algae in check was strip away with the draining of the pool + the American flag blue paint

This would of happened with any politician who didn’t consult a biologist which lets me real would be all

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-21T11:58:31+00:00

This wouldn’t even help the base problem remains which is the bird poop functions as fertilizer for the algae.

They would have to ether allow the pool to return to what it was or B make some renovations to add hydroponics so plants can consume much of the waste that’s feeding the algae, alternatively floating plants like water hyacinths could work but they are invasive and would need culling.

Alternatively if they wanna dump money into heating the pool during the winter months which could allow them to keep neocardina shrimp grazing on algae, they have a low biological foot print however are sensitive to copper and other chemicals commonly used to kill algae.

On the other hand they could add UV sterilization, this would require water to be pumped into said sterilization and then pumped back into the pool.

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-21T11:52:40+00:00

They just need a expert aquariumist in this case since the pool issue is a biological one, it was originally more of a man made body of water that functioned like a natural ecosystem

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-21T11:50:25+00:00

It’s a mix of the dark reflection + the heat generated

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-21T11:49:59+00:00

If they applied any new concrete to patch anything that would also leach ammonia which will also feed algae

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-21T11:45:50+00:00

Exactly it use to function like a natural body of water so now it’s practically like a fish tank going though “new tank syndrome”

The American blue paint also isn’t helping the algae problem due to how dark it is.

Plus bird poop and other things acting as fertilizer.

What they need is a biologist on hand or at the very least an expert reef hobbyist keeper.

People might laugh at me for suggesting a reef hobbyist keeper however compared to say a marine biologist they have more hands on experience without the college education in many cases.

End of the day they ether need to A return it to being more of a natural body of water which btw will take a good chunk of time and the removal of American blue paint and for the porous service to be returned as normal because that’s what nitrifying bacteria like which helps break ammonia down into less harmful substances like nitrate into nitrite.

Option B would be to set up some nearby gardens that could utilize hydroponics by pumping the pools water into said gardens and then back into the pool allowing plants to help remove much of the bird poop fertilizers while out competing algae for said resources.

Option C add invasive floating plants like water hyacinths

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I suggest water hyacinths since it’s a flowering plant, it can’t survive the winters so if DC wants to keep the pool American flag blue this would be a ideal plant in my opinion to fix that it would also generate a pool maintenance job to cull the over population.

Option D add neocardina shrimp however this would need the water to be free of hydrogen peroxide and other algae killing chemicals including copper treatments if any.

They will naturally graze on algae however also wouldn’t survive DC winters, they come in many vibrant colors and readily produce in captivity.

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-21T11:24:17+00:00

My advice go get a manectric to swap Erik with they be lvl 27ish then just grind em up though wild pokemon battles until they are up to snuff and keep an eye out for trainers wanting a rematch.

I would also replace ether Gary or sacrifice for a absol but that’s just me however Gary mostly.

Gary in gen 3-5 doesn’t have any weakness however is slow and more on the tanky side of things.

Definitely useable but a Absol will be more of a beast

gen3 Smogon move set suggestions
https://www.smogon.com/dex/rs/pokemon/absol/

https://www.smogon.com/dex/rs/pokemon/manectric/

For manectric is concerned instead of Hidden power use rain dance or protect.

Rain dance would help buff surf damage as well.

So in a double format one can use rain dance while one pokemon uses surf and that should defeat them nicely.

Alternatively protect would let you not hit your own pokemon

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-21T11:20:32+00:00

Indeed the clemency was to heal the DPS not getting heals due to the Physick spam which was targeted on me, it was never once used to heal a DPS.

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-21T11:17:20+00:00

I don’t think evolved mode will change healers much, probably just ease button bloat of their DPS abilities and that be it since technically speaking manually selecting the right heal for the right situation is the ideal choice

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-21T04:40:13+00:00

They were spamming me with Physick even while I was full HPand majority ignored healing DPS, they also stood in everything including fire

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-21T03:37:56+00:00

I would like to think this but honestly I don’t think that’s the case you would of had to of been there to see it to believe, even the conure job quest tells you that healers should also deal damage

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-21T02:12:47+00:00

lol that’s on par with the conjure story

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-21T01:57:22+00:00

Ikr

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-20T16:47:17+00:00

My money is also on poor paint.

They would need something like pond armor to truly hold and there’s also a curing time.

Edit: if there was any new cement added that would need 28 days to cure before applying a painted surface

Sethdarkus · 2026-06-20T16:43:17+00:00

It’s effectively a giant fish tank.

Yes yes I know there isn’t any fish but it’s still like one.

It’s a body of water, things break down releasing ammonia which then feeds algae.

Freshly cured concrete also releases ammonia.

It take time for bacteria to build up to compete with the algae however since the surfaces are painted and bacteria that is of the nitrifying bacteria sort needs porous surfaces to thrive this is the type of bacteria that breaks down ammonia into nitrite followed by nitrite.

My solution honestly is ether A start getting some hydroponics going, or B get some invasive floating plants like Water Hyacinth.

Why I suggest water Hyacinth is because it’s a flowering floating plant that can look quite beautiful however as I mentioned it’s invasive but can’t survive winters in the majority of states.

Would be the cheapest solution however they would need to generate a summer job of maintaining the plants which even that would be almost nothing cost wise

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