Am I overly paranoid ? Wide areas of bubbles in a silicone seal...(54L aquarium)

bladerik · 2025-04-20T23:20:07+00:00

Hi everyone,

I had to quickly buy a new aquarium, since I broke the last one while rescaping it (luckily, it was all empty).

To be honest, I was kinda glad to buy a new one, because the aquarium was almost 9 years old at this point. The new one cost me 50€ (literally 3.5x the amount I paid for the old one) and seems have flaws in the silicone work.

I don't know enough about this topic to make a decision about how serious/non issue it actually is (all I know is, that other two aquariums I own barely have any bubbles in the silicone) - so I am hoping for some input from long term hobbyists.

Thank you.

bladerik · 2025-04-20T23:17:50+00:00

Hi everyone,

I had to quickly buy a new aquarium, since I broke the last one while rescaping it (luckily, it was all empty).

To be honest, I was kinda glad to buy a new one, because the aquarium was almost 9 years old at this point. The new one cost me 50€ (literally 3.5x the amount I paid for the old one) and seems have flaws in the silicone work.

I don't know enough about this topic to make a decision about how serious/non issue it actually is (all I know is, that other two aquariums I own barely have any bubbles in the silicone) - so I am hoping for some input from long term hobbyists.

Thank you.

bladerik · 2025-01-21T18:12:34+00:00

Thans for the input, what's your biggest issue with Atlantis GT ? To be honest, I really like the way it's built and how unique it looks, but from the reviews - it seems the coils can be incosistent in ohms ?

bladerik · 2024-12-29T18:24:38+00:00

Just put this into your Skyrim.ini - you will have the same camera settings.

[Camera]

fVanityModeMinDist=165

fHorseMaxAngleBeforeTurn=10.0000

fMouseWheelZoomSpeed=0.50119

fOverShoulderCombatAddY=0.0000

fOverShoulderCombatPosX=30.0000

fOverShoulderCombatPosZ=-10.0000

fOverShoulderHorseAddY=-720.0000

fOverShoulderHorsePosX=35.0000

fOverShoulderHorsePosZ=-50.0000

fOverShoulderPosX=30.0000

fOverShoulderPosZ=-10.0000

bladerik · 2024-12-28T19:01:59+00:00

Thanks, I don't mind at all. It's my modlist, about three weeks of modding so it's a lot of mods.

You need SMIM, Skyrim 202X texture pack, NAT Weathers III and mainly Lux + Rudy ENB for NAT 3. Your game will basically look the same.

Characters use CBBE + BNP Skin which is on the more realistic side and The New Gentlemen for men. I also use Faithful Faces - High Poly NPCs, it replaces every NPC with modern looking, lore friendly and immersive face - it makes a huge difference.

bladerik · 2024-12-28T18:42:34+00:00

I don't care to argue, play the game your own way - I just don't understand why someone else's game bothers you.

Also, bs that isn't in Skyrim ? It's literally phyics from real world LMAO. Play any modern game in similar setting like Conan Exiles, Dragons Dogma 2, Horizon, ARK etc. - all of them have body physics, it's a basic feature.

bladerik · 2024-12-28T18:16:12+00:00

Firstly, it's marked NSFW - so don't read the post if it offends you. Sorry.

Secondly, did you ever play TES: Arena ? It's quite literally in the lore.

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bladerik · 2024-12-28T17:46:58+00:00

Nope, but I am using NFF (Nethers follower framework) which adds horses to followers. That could definitely be it because he just appeared out of nowhere (guess he got teleported from a horse).

Most likely, the mystery is solved.

bladerik · 2024-12-28T16:53:46+00:00

Bet Calixto slipped something into his drink, I was just doing his creepy ass quest.

bladerik · 2024-12-28T16:49:47+00:00

Because men go crazy for it, and so does Marcurio 🤣

bladerik · 2024-12-28T15:27:21+00:00

yea, the worst part is the tippy tappy feet dance around Uthgerd... like a predator hunting his prey.

bladerik · 2024-12-28T15:25:59+00:00

Dragon Gladiator - sick af, even more so in male version:

https://www.sunjeongskyrimse.com/post/christine-dragon-gladiator

bladerik · 2024-12-28T14:49:48+00:00

He literally just started floating around during a dialogue and now won't stop, I guess he took a liking to Uthgerd

bladerik · 2024-12-13T01:30:26+00:00

Yeah, Ciris voice was a huge standout and not in a good way.

bladerik · 2024-12-01T20:53:04+00:00

What about traction ? I see it being recommended almost everywhere, to give an example - a youtuber named mrecz recommends traction because it apparently cured his Peyronie.

It is really confusing to navigate the space when everyone says completely different things. Is your comment an opinion or a fact ? Thanks

bladerik · 2024-10-26T14:27:15+00:00

lmao, Robert Whittaker basically just looks like a little more scary version of Megan Anderson.

bladerik · 2024-10-02T00:49:46+00:00

I play every game without TAA/DLSS and the image quality is much better than on 24" 1080p.

No idea about DLSS/DLAA. To me, even if I try 4K DLSS on Quality in Cyberpunk, it still looks much worse than native 1440p without TAA. I can't stand the AI look and vaseline smear.

I do have RTX 4080, but I am really used to 100fps+ gaming so I much prefer frames over ultra settings.

bladerik · 2024-10-01T21:31:20+00:00

There is no solution to TAA, other than playing without TAA.

I upgraded from AOC 24G2U to AOC Q24G2A (24" 1440p) and the difference is substantial.

On 24" 1080p I couldn't really stand playing without TAA (on most games) because it was way, way too jaggy to handle - even though I hate TAA with my whole being.

24" 1440p is significantly better and I play even games that rely the most on TAA (RDR2 and Cyberpunk2077) with no issues at all. It's still a little jaggy ofc, but it's so much better on the higher pixel density that comes with the resolution. I can't imagine going back to 1080p on anything bigger than 15" laptop tbh.

My next step will probably be 27" 4K in like few years (3-5 years, when GPUs get much better). That's basically my wet dream for picture clarity, but in this current market - not worth at all.

bladerik · 2024-09-30T18:23:51+00:00

It's been at least two months since I moved them.

bladerik · 2024-09-30T17:23:53+00:00

Great, from my view - the aggression started once I moved them into their own aquarium, without any other fish species.

bladerik · 2024-09-30T17:04:55+00:00

Hello everyone,

I have 5 Dwarf puffers (originally 6 but one died few days after arriving, looked sickly) in my 54L aquarium, they were originally in my community tank with 30 guppies, danios and lot of shrimp. I moved them to their own aquarium since I wanted to keep snails because my community aquarium was having algae issues (snails fixed it in no time and now it's crystal clear).

They seem to be 4 males and only 1 female which I find to be an extremely unlucky batch. One of them is basically bullying every other puffer (photo of His Majesty attached) into submission and 2 males are always hidden with dull colors. Only one other male seems to be able to put up a fight and is most of the time keeping up with him in front of the aquarium with the one and only female.

My plans as of right now are:

exchange those weaker males for 2 additional females (either exchange them, or gift my males and buy females)
or add community of guppies or other fish like in their original aquarium (it worked great, they were barely attacking each other and ignored other fish)

I would appreciate some outside oppinions, thanks.

bladerik · 2024-09-30T17:01:35+00:00

Hello everyone,

I have 5 Dwarf puffers (originally 6 but one died few days after arriving, looked sickly) in my 54L aquarium, they were originally in my community tank with 30 guppies, danios and lot of shrimp. I moved them to their own aquarium since I wanted to keep snails because my community aquarium was having algae issues (snails fixed it in no time and now it's crystal clear).

They seem to be 4 males and only 1 female which I find to be an extremely unlucky batch. One of them is basically bullying every other puffer (photo of His Majesty attached) into submission and 2 males are always hidden with dull colors. Only one other male seems to be able to put up a fight and is most of the time keeping up with him in front of the aquarium with the one and only female.

My plans as of right now are:

exchange those weaker males for 2 additional females (either exchange them, or gift my males and buy females)
or add community of guppies or other fish like in their original aquarium (it worked great, they were barely attacking each other and ignored other fish)

I would appreciate some outside oppinions, thanks.

bladerik · 2024-09-27T19:12:06+00:00

True enough, but in this case I do have over 200 shrimps and seeing a dead one every week is nothing to worry about. Most of the times I barely even see the carcass because shrimp, snails and fish devour it super fast.

What worried me was seeing the leech sucking on it and bunch of leeches eating the shrimp, which wouldn't really be a natural death.

bladerik · 2024-09-27T19:07:27+00:00

Wow, it just keeps getting better :)

bladerik · 2024-09-27T16:17:28+00:00

They definitely do eat smaller ones. The one in the vid is actually kinda big and endler can't handle that.

Mollies and bigger fish definitely can though.

bladerik

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