I used to have a large colony of cherry shrimps but I lost them to the bladder snails and a massive plant die off. I am being much more careful this time.
I think a 60 breeder would be so fun to do. I love Khulis as tank mates for my shrimp I’ve had good luck with that in the past along with some young yoyo loaches. I hope you give it another shot :)
Can’t wait for this tank to cycle so I can move my crystal red shrimps here. They are bunking with their amano friends while they wait. I hope it clears up soon.
My new crystal reds
I usually print Polyterra PLA at 210C but I had some issues with it lifting off the glass bed on my Enders. I never tried printing it below 205C and I have yet to try it on my Neptune 3 max so maybe the lifting issue won’t be a big deal with the PEI sheet bed. It does kind of feel like a terracotta texture which makes me want to try that red out now.
I wonder if I tried printing it at even lower temperatures if I would also get the delamination issue like you had.
It’s been a while since I bought from Polymaker and I don’t remember seeing that satin finish PLA+ line before but I’m definitely going to look into it. I also saw they are now offering dual color Polyterra matte filaments which is super cool.
Matte resins definitely print nicer in my experience. I haven’t tried too many SLA resin bands I mostly just stick to Siraya Tech fast resin because it’s low odor. When you blend your resin do you put it in a new bottle every time or do you reuse bottles?
I didn’t know that they worked with polymaker for their ASA. I knew that Esun is their PLA/+ manufacturer though. I do miss those esun masterspools since they have switched to the cardboard spools. I’m glad that the spooless filament refills are still available. So far I’ve heard great things about atomic and I’ll have to give them a try. I also like overture a lot for their PLA and their PETG.
Wow I didn’t know there was a carbon fiber petg on the market yet. I have yet to try any cf filaments yet but I think they are pretty neat.
@thecitywelivein I’ve been wanting to give atomic a try but I just can’t decide which color to get. They have some really neat colors and I love the atom design on their spools.
I like the polyterra line too. My favorites are the cotton white and sapphire. I’ll have to give the army blue a try sometime. I’ve tried a spool of their polycarbonate and it was nice though difficult just due to the nature of polycarbonate. I also used to think polymaker was expensive brand but I’m so glad it’s affordable.
I use a modified food dehydrator. It’s cheaper than a filament dryer and does the same thing. You can often find them used for a good price. From my experience desiccant alone is not enough to dry out a filament.
Looks nice. Stamping is so fun I find that you can use a lot of different polishes for stamping and not just stamping polishes.
Ugh I completely forgot about it.
Thank you this was very helpful
Yeah the yoyos grow pretty fast and I had to move mine into another tank when they started getting too into the shrimp. They did wonders on the snail population though.
I miss those 1$ per gallon sales too. Basically I just wait for a good sale and a coupon in the emails now. I hope you find a tank at a good price. I’ve noticed everything over a 55 gallon they tend to be a little more stingy with the sales.