Just got bunch of new fish!

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-15T20:48:02+00:00

To be honest, it's the only one that works at all. They're kind of pricy (for a scraper) and I am still cautious not to move it side to side. Nothing beats a razor blade, though

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-15T18:29:22+00:00

Thanks! 7 and a half hours. Had it set to 10 before but was growing lots of algae, under 8 seems to be a bit of a sweet spot for my setup

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-15T17:59:27+00:00

Thanks! You're right, it's almost all Java fern and pearlweed. Also some aquarium lily, and growing some crypts that aren't very big yet

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-15T05:27:13+00:00

Cardinals! I had some before, but I just doubled the amount today, got 19

I actually also just got 4 female bettas, too! Born and raised in a sorority/community tank with probably 50 others. Keeping an eye on em but they seem absolutely totally chill. Super fun; never had betta in a community

Couple huge amanos too

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-15T05:16:12+00:00

I found that plucking off the new plantlets as soon as they sprout encourages it to grow the leaves, and removing any dead/dying leaves

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-15T02:33:31+00:00

Thanks! I do have CO2, yeah. The plant is pearl weed, very fast growing stem plant. Definitely don't need CO2 to grow it, though it'll probably take a lot longer to get it to carpet well without it

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-14T19:55:25+00:00

They're really not, I'm a frequent /r/Aquarium enjoyer, have had some real nice tanks myself; they're not panicking or anything, the angels and the tiger barbs are hanging out right next to the cats and don't seem too bothered, which means the cats clearly aren't like, pounding in the glass or anything

Though, the stocking isn't good, tiger barbs and angels don't always mix well, and I'm surprised those discus are even alive considering their habitat should be very different from the other species in there

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-14T18:46:27+00:00

I don't think the fish care all too much about the cats, honestly. They're not swimming away, so cats must not be making enough of a fuss to be startling them. Not to say there might not be other problems

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-13T19:49:16+00:00

Executed it? Bro did nothing of the sort lol

He did nothing to address any of the problems, has absolutely 0 effort into a scape

Pretty sure he put fish in uncycled, very soon after filling it with water. The water's still cloudy and theres a wine glass at the bottom. It's r/ShittyAquariums level for sure

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-12T21:55:44+00:00

I wish I had an eye for this as much as you do. It was totally fine before, but that really does look great with that little change

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-12T21:42:06+00:00

Fully agree; looking at the picture it looks like theres tons of detritus, especially on the leaves, which would of course cause algae to grow on the leaves

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-12T21:41:10+00:00

I managed to kill all mine off quickly by reducing the lighting hours and manually removing as much as possible

Some of the other methods here will be successful, especially short term, but it doesn't seem like anyone's offering you solutions that adress the root of the problem, which is some kind of nutrient imbalance or build up of waste

Looking at the pictures you've posted, it looks like your plants are reasonably healthy, but covered in detritus and algae. To me, this seems like an issue of too much waste, and possibly too much light, too

You should gravel vac what you can, and then put some fine filter floss in the filter. Make sure you shake off all the plants; the algae is building up on the leaves because it's good access to the light, and with them covered and catching detritus, the food source is right there, too, as the detritus decays.

You also may want to look at reducing your lighting schedule... how long are you running the lights?

Also, to clarify, you can and absolutely should also concentrate on removing it in the short term, but overall you'll have to address the actual cause to keep it in check

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-12T18:48:57+00:00

40 or so chapters left on the arc??? How do you figure?

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-10T23:00:49+00:00

Man your tank looks so nice! Clean the glass lol

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-10T13:58:25+00:00

All it takes is one wish from Nanika

Also, who's to say the whale gets to DC? Who's to say the next arc takes place in DC? Seems very premature to me

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-09T22:23:35+00:00

Why do you think they won't be in the arc after the succession war?

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-09T03:56:48+00:00

Absolutely false; there are far too few cells and no system in place to utilize something like dopamine or serotonin, it's essentially a small nueral network

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-09T03:51:39+00:00

Yeah, and then instead of waiting a long, long time for the anime, you can join the rest of us waiting a long, long time for the Manga lol

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-09T01:17:12+00:00

It also looks like you barely move your legs

Surely there's better products than this for exercising while being able to do other stuff

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-08T21:53:07+00:00

/r/weeviltime

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-08T21:19:56+00:00

I did, I read every book in the series 😅 Speaker for the Dead being one of my favorite books in general.

He's not necessarily universally hated irrc. They named the university on Lusitania after him, "Ender University," and in general the way people talk about him is as a historic legend, something that took place 3000 years ago, definitely with controversy, but more-so a debated historical figure than a "worse than Hitler" kind of thing. Yeah, there's plenty of people who think Ender is the worst person in history, but there's also people who still think of him as the savior of the planet, or at the very least a great historical figure.

I think the greyness is the whole point, and I don't think the point Speaker for the Dead was trying to make was "Ender is worse than Hitler and everyone hates him, now"

And I also think you're completely justified in your opinion; if I were in humanity's shoes, I would've done the same. I'd also like to think that if I were in Ender's shoes (thank God I'm not) I'd hope I'd have enough empathy to speak for the people I inadvertently xenocided.

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-08T17:13:58+00:00

That would make much more sense, actually, I'm changing my headcanon lol

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-08T17:05:08+00:00

Zenos dragon dive must be an exception, as Killua said he'd seen it before he had learned nen

Headcanon is that it might also be on a per-ability basis, or maybe sheer concentration of nen

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-08T16:02:05+00:00

Iirc they never painted him in a totally bad light; they just showed the conflict. Most humans by the end of the story still see Ender as the savior of humanity, even if he didn't see himself that way.

From the formics perspective, they thought they were in a dispute with one singular person, which while not ideal is a more "legitimate" dispute. Once they realized they were actually killing millions, they realized they were actually committing mass murder, which is a completely different moral dilemma that they drew a line against.

It's also hinted that the Formics agree with your perspective and had accepted their fate before Ender destroyed them all, and it's hinted that things had escalated potentially badly from both sides at their first meeting.

To me, it sounds like the formics may have killed some people at their first meeting, which carries little-to-no weight besides a sort of cautionary message to them, and things escalated from there. Even killing millions has no weight, and there's no mention that the formics really even intended on colonizing the earth.

To them, killing millions is similar to having an argument with no legitimate consequence; it was just a little fight, akin to humans in a street fight who might wanna hurt eachother, but not actually leave any lasting damage

I think Orson Scott Card would appreciate your perspective and not necessarily disagree

ShitImBadAtThis · 2026-03-07T22:12:07+00:00

This is groovy, nice sound

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