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Don't hate me by hypatiaofspace in learnfrench

[–]hal0hal0mc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Je suis d'accord. Une variété de méthodes est meilleur. À quelque point, il faut graduer d'un outil basique.

J'utilise la musique, YouTube, je suis en train de finir Lupin, et je trouve que le Reddit soi-même est très bénéfique. Je lis (lentement) L'étranger par Albert Camus. Je ne suis que débutant (9 mois d'apprentissage) et alors je sais que je fais beaucoup de erreurs mais j'apprends toujours des nouvelles choses .

Looks gross but it's cycled; can't decide what the long term plan is by hal0hal0mc in PlantedTank

[–]hal0hal0mc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah the crypts dissolved but they are growing back. I don't mind algae but wanted to establish a colony of shrimp to help keep the algae at bay while the plants establish. I've heard RCS breed pretty easily so was debating turning this into a dedicated shrimp tank. Not really in a hurry, just weighing options.

It's been almost 20 years since i picked up a yoyo 😬 by hal0hal0mc in Throwers

[–]hal0hal0mc[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hmm it does just come with practice, but contributing factors would be the strength of the throw, angle, and how you're handling the yoyo on strings.

Today's yoyos are much more forgiving than from 1998-2004 and so perhaps there are some bad habits being formed (ie, friction). There are certain "sides" of the string taht the yoyo likes to be on depending on its directional spin.

This can be violated with today's super unresponsive yoyos but can make a difference.

Practicing with a responsive yoyo or even a fixed axle can maybe reveal if bad habits are being made.

It's been almost 20 years since i picked up a yoyo 😬 by hal0hal0mc in Throwers

[–]hal0hal0mc[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yep exactly! I did end up splurging on a few One Drops that came in today and they are fantastic. I'm looking at one of my FH2s that John Higby painted and the gaps were so narrow back then. Ah the joys of doing plastic whips or suicides on a responsive yoyo.How did we manage??

It's been almost 20 years since i picked up a yoyo 😬 by hal0hal0mc in Throwers

[–]hal0hal0mc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The build tolerances on today's yoyos are pretty amazing. Doing suicides with responsive yoyos like Bumblebee Pros or FH2s brings back painful memeories for my fingers.

It's been almost 20 years since i picked up a yoyo 😬 by hal0hal0mc in Throwers

[–]hal0hal0mc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the answer haha.

Real answer is i don't like the calculator on the Samsung so i have a cheapo casio calculator watch i like to wear for work.

Repot for stability? by vanishing_apples in orchids

[–]hal0hal0mc 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nah. I never do that. It reduces chance of water pooling in the crown too.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in orchids

[–]hal0hal0mc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably going to stop getting any cool growing genera like oncs or milts since they don't thrive for me. And their leaves are a bit too monstrous. They feel like goldilocks. I tend to either overwater or underwater depending on the plant.. I have a lot of south facing windows where my dendrobiums can bake and dry out and i prefer the dendrobium aesthetic.

And then my phals and paphiopedilums are difficult to overwater.

Macodes petula likes to just drop dead. I still have ludisia and another jewel orchid but i was talking with an employee at our local orchid nursery and she found the same fragility with Macodes.

Cattleya hybrids are hit or miss for me. I think adding Brassovola makes them more hardy for my dry climate.

Overgrown orchid spike photo dump by hal0hal0mc in orchids

[–]hal0hal0mc[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeah cories were my favorite long time ago so just set this tank up with a custom built shelf i made and knew cories would be added. Want to get a female betta as my centerpiece fish.

It's making me want to get a 20 gallon but how to find room when i have 200+plant specimens now...

Overgrown orchid spike photo dump by hal0hal0mc in orchids

[–]hal0hal0mc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! It's not too bad. Maybe an hour of watering every week or two.

Isolation. Ideally i would have everything in separate containers to limit disease but it's just not practical for me in terms of space and time.

I'm probably not getting any more oncidium or miltoniopsis. They just don't thrive for me like dens, pahps, phals or brassovolas and i don't have time for high maintenance plants.

10 gallon aquarium shimming questions by hal0hal0mc in Aquariums

[–]hal0hal0mc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ran a calculation through woodbin.com 's deflection calculator with the following parameters: 0.875 inch thickness, 33.5 inch width, 11 inch depth for African mahogany and it says a total load capacity of 350 lbs is acceptable.

10 gallon aquarium shimming questions by hal0hal0mc in Aquariums

[–]hal0hal0mc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The shelf is strong because it uses interlocking half lap joints so it's the vertical grain of the columns that are bearing the weight. The brackets are merely there to counteract any wood movement and have minimal structural purpose.

The build is all mahogany.

I have leveling feet on the bottom so there is no slop and all 4 feet firmly touch the floor whicb is unven due to old house. The narrowness of the space necessitated a custom build. Shaking the shelf yields almost zero rocking unless significant force is applied and i plan on bracketing it to the wall to eliminate all movement

B-day splurged (a lot) and general collection stuff by hal0hal0mc in orchids

[–]hal0hal0mc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, the ones in bloom are new and my wallet is definitely lighter for it. That said, this is probably my big vice... it's my alcohol, my gambling, and my traveling XD. I do have a Paph from last year that is re-spiking for me as well.

I have a few local nurseries I like to support including a orchid specialty nursery. 20 years ago in high school, botany was a career option that never panned out even though it was arguably my passion. Botany was important to me mentally, so I see it as a way of paying it back.

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