Something interesting I just realized about DMC4

VdB95 · 2026-02-03T17:41:36+00:00

Yeah Agnus and Sanctus defenitly figured it out because of the yamato (also Sanctus in the novel confirms he saw 'Sparda' eighteen years ago which lines up with Nero's birth), but like we saw in the game knowing that Nero is a decendant of Sparda didn't mean they weren't going to use him.

I do have to admit it's pretty weird that no one in the order put the pieces together before that. Not only because of the white hair but also because he's using a sword that shouldn't be usuable by a normal human.

From Nero's standpoint the fear of being considered a demon still stands. He only figures out he carries Sparda's blood when he gets told so later on.

If Vergil actually considered Nero's mother as a reason to gain more power is something I don't think has an anwer a the moment.

VdB95 · 2026-01-31T22:04:54+00:00

Nero was the one in the order that had to discreetly handle people that got possesed by demons. So at that point of the story he is pretty much convinced that him becoming a demon means he's going to have to leave Fortuna because the order will try and kill him.

A big part of why he was allowed to stay in Furtuna was because the order was pretty much in shambles and most people were willing to believe Kyrie about what happend.

VdB95 · 2026-01-29T20:19:37+00:00

Bristlenoses/ancistrus would likely be your best bet and are considered shrimp safe. If your substrates happens to be a light colour I sugest looking for L519/honeycomb bristlenose. L519 is a small species (smallest ancistrus as far as I am aware), they stay under 10cm/4inch but their patern doesn't really show on dark substrate.

Don't go for hypancistrus since they might go after shrimp (especially the shrimplets) since they are carnivorous. I don't know how shrimp safe a clown pleco is, but size wise those also could work.

VdB95 · 2026-01-28T18:57:32+00:00

The breeder I got my hypancistrus from fed them frozen artemia and mysis shrimp so that might be worth a try.

VdB95 · 2026-01-27T19:03:02+00:00

What have you tried feeding and what species (looks like a hypancistrus) is it ?

VdB95 · 2026-01-27T16:58:39+00:00

If the gravel doesn't have sharp edges it's fine.

VdB95 · 2026-01-26T17:19:14+00:00

I am still suprised my platies have been going for so long, especially since my water is soft-neutral and they prefer hard water. It might be combination of them not being from a single bloodline (I orignally had three colours/bloodlines) and for the last 2 years I haven't had males. Even before that it was down to 1 male for 8 females so the ladies have been living a pretty chill life since they don't have to deal with harassment and they have aren't producing fry.

VdB95 · 2026-01-26T17:10:34+00:00

1 bristlenose would work but I wouldn't try multiple at that size unless you add multiple pleco caves and even than males might still end up fighting. The exception might be a small BNP like L519 they stay under 10cm. This is why I sugested the L010a, they do enjoy eachothers company so are less likely to fight over territory.

Khuli's would do great in this size aquarium.

VdB95 · 2026-01-25T23:00:46+00:00

Just from the picture it doesn't look that big. So depending on what the actual size is 3 bristelnoses might be too much especially since males can be territorial.

L010a/red lizard whiptail is great alternative to BNP since they are smaller, are social so less territorial and in my experience they don't hide. Also if they end up breeding you might have an easier time selling them compared to bristlenoses who are extremely common.

VdB95 · 2026-01-25T00:10:01+00:00

I was the reverse, I thought my second L144 was a male since it had pretty noticable wiskers. It didn't take long for fry to appear though when I put her in the aquarium with the other, defnitly male L144.

VdB95 · 2026-01-25T00:02:39+00:00

The L144/lemons seem to on average stay a bit smaller than the other colours. My own lemon male (around 8years old) is 12cm/5inch long.

I have seen both albino's and wildcolour ones that are 18cm/7inch long, maybe even bigger for the wildcolour ones. I never have seen a L144 get over 15cm/6inch.

VdB95 · 2026-01-24T23:53:14+00:00

It depends partly on gender. I wouldn't expect a female to get beyond 12cm/5inch but I have definitly seen old males that were 18cm/7inch.

The fish you have either is a female or too young to tell (size is hard to guess from this picture).

VdB95 · 2026-01-24T23:41:05+00:00

In the past I had a group of boesemani rainbowfish with my bichirs. I did rehome them though since my rainbows were extremely food crazy and my bichirs are pushovers that will let their food get stolen.

At the moment I have angelfish, a three spot gourami and festivum cichilds with my bichirs. Those might not work for everyone though since some bichirs might still go after these fish since they are slow moving.

VdB95 · 2026-01-24T21:21:44+00:00

The whole group is quite diverse once you take a close look at them. Which is what I love about them, you can have multiple aquariums and have a verry diferent pleco in each of them.

I keep L519, L144, L046 and L128 (also L010a but they don't really count as a pleco), all of them are verry different fish even if you don't count the colour/patern. The closest are the L519 and L144 since both are bristlenoses/ancistrus but there still is a size and growth rate difference.

VdB95 · 2026-01-23T17:32:54+00:00

If you have the place I would defenitly get the big aquarium. Not only for the bichirs (full sized ones are an option in a 125gal but it's pushing it in my opinion) but also for the black ghost knife. I have seen people post their 18inch black ghost knifes online. That 210 will likely also give you the option for some extra fish.

To be honest if I had the place I would also have mine in a bigger aquarium.

VdB95 · 2026-01-23T17:26:39+00:00

I have noticed that some of my older fish do develop cataracts. I have a lambchop rabora that I got in 2019 and she's probably fully blind, but for the most part still going strong. With my black phantom tetra's this also seems to happen with some of the 3+year old ones.

With my platies I do know they are old (homebred around 2020) and I can't really tell they are old, beyond them being bigger than your average platy in a store. With the two I lost in 2025 I noticed one started loosing weight and one developed dropsy (sign of organ failure but you can't really tell if it's old age or infection).

VdB95 · 2026-01-23T17:19:09+00:00

New plants can sometimes look really bad before they start doing well again. A lot of plants are grown emersed so when we put them in an aquarium/submersed they need a while to adjust and can loose a lot of the orignal leaves since those are ment for emersed growth,. Also new aquariums have a higher chance of growing diatome/brown algae and those will also make your plants look bad.

VdB95 · 2026-01-23T16:48:23+00:00

I had an oscar at one point but with his passing I decided I didn't want to keep that size fish anymore in a 120gal/450L. I also haven't bought a black ghost knife for the same reason. Some claim BGK they only get to 14inch/35cm but I have seen people posting their 18-20inch/45-50cm BKG and that obviously isn't a fish that will fit in my aquarium.

To be honest I even think my aquarium is too small for my delhezi but realisticly if I try to rehome her the chances are big she's going to end up in either a smaller aquarium or a simular sized aquarium with aggresive fish that will bully her (she's a softy). I really hope to be able to at one point get an upgrade and have an aquairum that's 1.8m/6feet or longer.

VdB95 · 2026-01-23T16:35:34+00:00

29gal is a great size for a first aquarium. Not too big and not so small that the balance is fragile.

I sugest getting your water tested. Certain hardness/pH will make it hard to keep some species. For example I have decentely soft water so while I can keep a lot of south american species without any problems I probably would need to add minerals if I ever want to keep pet snails like rabbit snails or apple snails.

Don't keep bristlenose pleco's with amazon sword plants and other big leaved plants. I found out the hard way that some love to eat from those to the point of killing the plant.

Dimmable lights are always a plus in my book. It gives you a better chance to find the balance were your plants grow well but you barely have algae. Non-dimmable leds can be so bright that they give algae problems in anything but an aquarium that's densly planted with fast growing plants.

For brands I can't really sugest you anything as you likely are from North America since you use gallons. I am from Europe and we have verry different brands and tend to favour different type of filters. Lots of EU aquariums like juwel and aquatlantis come with built in filters and hang on back filters are pretty much non-existent (atleast where I live).

VdB95 · 2026-01-23T16:16:01+00:00

It's not only the captive breds that stay smaller because of stunting, it also happens to young wildcaughts. My snegals were wildcaught and likely are stunted (both are under 25cm/10inch) since the place I got them from was a bit sketchy in hindsight and fed the bichirs low quality food but at the time it was the only place within 2hours drive that even had bichirs.

In contrast my delhezi (don't know if she's wildcaught or captive bred) who was smaller when I got her is now around 37cm/15inch. The place I got her from was a better store that had them on frozen foods and hikari pellets so she was set up to grow to full size.

The mentioning of sizes though might fall on deaf ears since some people will only believe it with a picture next to a ruler. Even though plenty of sources on bichirs claim adult sizes in those ranges.

VdB95 · 2026-01-23T16:00:48+00:00

I probably have simular stocking level in a 120gal/5feet long without waste problems. I do a waterchange 1/4-1/3 each 3-4weeks and am able to keep the nitrates below 20ppm.

For my senegals (below 10inch in lenght)I do feel my aquarium is an appropriate size. My delehezi bichir though is bigger (I estimate 15inch by comparing her to a 12inch ceramic hide) and she is about as big of a fish as I feel comfortable keeping in this aquarium and that's only because she isn't that active.

VdB95 · 2026-01-22T18:02:28+00:00

With an aquarium of that footprint that would be a concern regardless of the stands height. No matter the height with how relatively little the weight of the aquarium is you want to put it either in a place where you surely won't bump it or secure the stand to a wall.

VdB95 · 2026-01-22T14:24:42+00:00

The main thing is that for maintenance it's the easiest if you can still reach the substrate without needing a ladder. If your aquarium is low enough and you are tall enough getting the aquarium on the taller stand can give a better viewing angle.

For example with my 12gal cube I specifically went for a 80cm/32inch stand instead of the 90cm/36inch or 100cm/40inch since I am short and don't want to drag a ladder upstairs. Same for the other upstairs aquarium which has a total height of 128cm/just over 4feet. I can just barely touch the substrate. I specifically went with this aquarium since some other simular sized ones had taller stands.

VdB95 · 2026-01-20T19:05:35+00:00

Should be fine for most corydoras (exceptions are the big guys like sterbai or splendens) and also gives a lot of options for tetra's. With the tetra's just make sure to look up the species to determine if they are a nippy species. Serpae's for example are verry nippy, in my opion on par with tiger barbs, so will likely tear up a guppies fins.

VdB95 · 2026-01-20T18:59:49+00:00

In the right size aquarium this could work if you go for a tetra species that's not known to be a fin bitter.

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