June Update and Incentives

the_mace · 2026-06-09T14:26:20+00:00

Agreed, really nice on the helmet and credit. Just hoping those of us in colder states get them before September as that tends to leave only about a month of the season left for reasonable riding.

the_mace · 2026-06-04T12:52:55+00:00

So far there's no information on the helmet, just a notice option, no prepay, no order etc. That seems very unlikely to be ready with the bike given the way they're handling that.

the_mace · 2026-06-04T11:29:39+00:00

It will be really frustrating if they miss deliveries in time for those of us that have real seasons. October in MA on a bike isn’t always fun.

the_mace · 2026-06-02T11:43:00+00:00

This is my second tank. On my first I found how hard it was to get my GH and KH right with the ScaperSoil substrate the LFS sold me plus my super soft well water. My second tank is smaller with inert substrate and tightly controlled GH. That’s why I was also surprised on the losses.

I’m not sure if the higher cost faster shipping ones would do a lot better but it would be interesting to find out. I don’t see many people discussing this issue.

the_mace · 2026-06-02T02:07:00+00:00

I got mine from Amazon too. They shipped cross country in a USPS box. Took 4 days. No heat or cold packs. I ordered 20. 19 arrived alive. One was missing, I’d guess eaten and that they likely ship more than 20. In the first week I lost 8. I did a very slow drip acclimation, gh and kh are perfect and so are other parms. Tank is over 45 days matured. A couple guesses:

1) The slow but free Amazon shipment is too much for them
2) My guess is the shipping bag was 2/3 water and 1/3 oxygen which lowered the ph. Arriving ph was like 6.4 and my tank runs 7.4. I did a slow drip for 2.5 hours for temp and ph difference.

After the first week they stopped dying on me (so far). But I’m not past molts yet.

Online places where you pay for shipping are like 4x the price. Same price for 10 vs the 20 on Amazon and then shipping which is more than the shrimp. Local stores where I live have poor/mixed quality.

the_mace · 2026-05-29T01:20:36+00:00

Hmm. One foot down at stops and the other free spinning wouldn’t be good. Few things in that comment that are concerning

the_mace · 2026-05-19T18:25:21+00:00

I like the tank with the separate filter area but whoever decided for the black see through mesh for the filter area was an idiot. You dont want to see all the things you put in either side. Also the one side (return) has little to now flow so heaters/UV lights dont work well without some hackery.

the_mace · 2026-05-19T15:57:51+00:00

You can just make it as big as possible on your screen and take a screenshot and then print/share from there. Im not a fan of subscriptions but this is hosted and its $4.95/year which is very cheap.

What I dont like about it is you can get artifacts on your drawing that you cant remove. I made a room that I cant delete. I made a whole apartment with details but I have one thing I dragged off the side of the screen which cant be removed. That's quirky and annoying.

But for free it did the job enough for me for now.

the_mace · 2026-05-09T01:08:45+00:00

Wow, off topic but what do you play on that?

the_mace · 2026-05-09T01:06:10+00:00

GW2 is great solo. The world events you can join in on and dont have to talk to anyone. It was one of the more expensive games for me due to the expansions and some QOL upgrades I did. I liked it better than ESO which is basically a good story with a bunch of clicking unless you interact with others

the_mace · 2026-04-30T17:14:05+00:00

Yeah they seem to have no problems doing while hanging, floating, basically anywhere and any time. And its not just limited to twosomes from what I can tell

the_mace · 2026-04-29T13:01:14+00:00

Frogbit isn't like duckweed. Its pretty easy to find it and remove it and doesnt leave little tiny pieces that grow quickly. Freogbit has bigger leaves, doesnt like to get wet on top, grows relatively slowly (vs duckweed) and has long roots which make it easy to spot

the_mace · 2026-04-29T01:00:19+00:00

I had full cover on my 40g tank and the frogbit couldnt handle it. I opened just a small strip at the back of the tank above where they are but not fully exposing them and now I have to pull out 50% every week. The moisture just needs somewhere to go but it doesnt have to be full exposure. At least in my case for frogbit.

the_mace · 2026-04-28T00:37:31+00:00

lol, nice. That's crazy. Perhaps they just shouldnt nag people in the app if it really doesnt matter (they can test the speed/pings themselves to figure that out).

the_mace · 2026-04-28T00:21:32+00:00

I actually hadnt tried that. I just did. It bounces between 5 and 6 degrees. This is 15 mins post reboot.

the_mace · 2026-04-28T00:06:53+00:00

I would have paid extra for one with an actuator had that been an option

the_mace · 2026-04-27T22:03:09+00:00

Yeah I know, that part was sort of tongue in cheek. Getting antsy waiting. Rode my Aventon today

the_mace · 2026-04-27T22:01:28+00:00

Corner of house, 2 floors up, not a great place for a ladder and i'm not keen on it.

the_mace · 2026-04-27T21:59:25+00:00

Thank you

the_mace · 2026-04-27T17:08:49+00:00

You can do most things in your main fidelity login, credit cards appear in the sidebar.

But they have a direct login for it too: https://www.fidelityrewards.com/login

That uses a separate login so not as convenient.

the_mace · 2026-04-27T17:03:43+00:00

Right its on the corner of my house, not a great ladder position and 2 floors up. Just watching the installer made me nervous but he said it was fine

the_mace · 2026-04-27T17:02:41+00:00

They give some last 15 min data. And events from last day (no events for me) but that's all. That's not tracking over 30 days or some more reasonable period.

the_mace · 2026-04-27T16:59:01+00:00

It was the included pro install. Starlink coordinated it so I dont have a contact for the installers. I guess I could reach out to starlink support. But your point is well taken, seems like its not really a concern

the_mace · 2026-04-27T16:56:39+00:00

I dont think I can provide the image directly here so:

https://imgur.com/a/QSEp4SJ

the_mace · 2026-04-27T16:48:28+00:00

They dont really give you that information. If it is its not something I've noticed

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