▲ 13 r/aquarium
Pandas in love?
Anyone know if this is typical panda mating behavior? 2 of my 7 have been swimming like this for the past 30minutes. Never seen them do this before. I've had them for about a year.
u/GregCollins747 — 8 days ago
u/GregCollins747
▲ 8 r/AquaSwap
[GA] - Alameda, CA - free pea puffer
Want to try a pea puffer for free?
I have this one that keeps harassing my resident puffer so I can't keep her.
Got it from a reputable shop. It's been at the store for a couple months so should be healthy.
u/GregCollins747 — 3 months ago
▲ 6 r/PeaPuffers
Pea puffer aggression?
Pretty sure I have to separate this little one permanently.. thoughts?
I pulled it out a couple days ago because it was following the resident female.
I then tried again:
- 1 week own tank (actually microfauna tank so probably in heaven.)
- introduced back in via a large acclamation box. It was mellow for a day so..
- let it back in with the other mellow 3 puffers (all female 2 new'ish, 1 been there for 8 months.)
Result:
This video was what I was seeing for about 5-10 minutes so I pulled it back out.
Result:
it was just focused on the large resident puffer. It went right by some of the sucker fish, shrimp, and other small/newish puffers I have in the tank. But followed closely the big one. And maybe nipped.
Conclusion:
I'm now thinking it's a lost cause. No way to integrate it with others..
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I figure it was a textbook dominance thing, find the biggest guy and punch her in the face. But she wouldn't stop and the big one wouldn't fight back.
u/GregCollins747 — 3 months ago
Travel piano for practice
Hi All,
I'm looking for a new battery powered sit-on-my-lap practice board to "take to the cabin."
Looking to upgrade from NP-11 (please don't laugh).
I normally play on a Yamaha U1, a CK88, or Yamaha grand (not sure what model).
Usually play with a 4 to 6 piece jazz band..
My playing and travel/cabin practice:
- Chord fingerings and melodies.
- I lean more toward piano sound than organ or electric piano.
- 61 keys seems to be ok...
Research has led me to:
- Casio CT-S1 (solid grand sound, read it feels more like an organic instrument and lends to sitting on my lap best..)
- ct-s1-76 (but I do like that the 61 is only 36" wide)
- Roland Go (more polyphony)
Price is not an issue.
Must haves:
- Sound, feel, and portability are priority.
- Battery powered option
- On board speakers
- Headphone jack (but do I even need to list this)
-- The convenient plastic stand on the NP-11 is nice, but I could live without it.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions or experiences with either of these.
u/GregCollins747 — 3 months ago
Jazz piano amp
Best sounding simple amp setup for an electric Yamaha keyboard (say like a CK88).
Focus here is playing jazz in small rooms/garages (sometimes cramped) with drums, bass, guitar (sometimes 2x), sax, flute, trumpet. I have 2x QSC k10 PA speakers for playing outside and they sound fine. If I was Superman would just haul my acoustic Yamaha upright with me.. :)
Research has led me to
- a pair of QSC k8.2
(seems a little cumbersome/fancy in the small'ish room jam sessions I'd be going to. This is why I've been just taking 1x QSC 10 with me and sitting it in the floor next to me. Sounds like crap though.) - Spacestation (I like because they say sound goes everywhere the same, but it is just the 1 speaker.. yes with the side thing but it isn't true stereo)
- Motion Sound (seems like a lot of amp for small space and maybe not as good as two small pa speakers???)
- Yamaha or other column pa things that cost a ton of cash (I have the money but do I really need all that just for fun small jams with peers?)
Any first hand experience with these, or other recommendations?
One thing I don't really want to deal with is fiddling with EQ or settings. I know I should/could use mono piano on the keyboard when running 1 speaker. If possible I would like to focus this thread on just speaker recommendations that are small and can sound like a real piano.
As a baseline hauling the 2x qsc 10s are too much.
u/GregCollins747 — 5 months ago