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On 5/11/2021 at 7:02 PM, Betsy said:
Pete is a weird dude. I'm pretty sure he's the Zoolander of betta fish.
Does anyone else's betta fish freeze and "pose?"
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21 hours ago, Jeff said:
Rooting for Toronto. I enjoy seeing streaks broken. I'm also a sucker for Original 6. If they don't make it, then Vegas.
Ah, for the days when the playoff brackets were filled with names like Campbell, Wales, Patrick, Smythe, Adam, and Norris. Sigh! 🙁
We just went through this in minor league baseball. ⚾ Gone are the colorful and historied Pacific Coast League and International League. Instead, we have Triple-A West and Triple-A East. How boring. 😪
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Since their ECHL team is here, the Utah Grizzlies, I gotta go with the Avs!
FYI, for non-hockey fans, the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) is one of the minor leagues of hockey, somewhat akin to the Double-A baseball league. The American Hockey League (AHL) is similar to Triple-A. The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) is a bit like the Arizona Fall League (AFL) in that each team consists of a mix of players drafted by multiple teams. Plus, the CHL has an age cap that limits players to 19U plus a limited number (no more than 3) of over-20 year-olds.
You wanna go, eh? 🥅🏒
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People have been selectively breeding Betta splendens for a millennium!
Quote"History has shaped the ornamental bettas we see today — a really beautiful fish with a temper.” Young Mi Kwon, Columbia University.
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Getting ready for summer. Weeded around the pond. Mowed and edged the back 40. Yeehaw! 🌿🤠
Anita's senior moment, "Wait, sunglasses come in BIFOCALS? I'll take 3 pairs, please!" 😂
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FWIW, I feel as though a sponge filter, no matter how small, takes up a lot of space in a 1 gal tank. On the other hand, if the tank opening is less than 30% the surface area of the water, I would be concerned about gas exchange. I.e., Getting CO₂ out, and getting O₂ in. I guess if it were me, I would opt for lots of plants, but no sponge filter. I like @James Black recommendation of hornwort and java moss because they prefer cooler (subtropical) temperatures, so they would do well in an unheated tank. I do not think I would go for floating plants (frogbit) that cover the surface, because they could interfere with gas exchange.
Below is a quart jar with Hyalella scuds, bladder snails, seed shrimp, copepods, assorted zooplankton, anacharis, and 3 Neocaridina shrimp. No filter, no airstone, no water changes. I pulled the Neos as culls when they were a few mm long. As you can see, they are thriving and growing in their picotank.
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How about a tea strainer? You could use an awl or darning needle to open some larger holes in the mesh. Easy to clean too.
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I vote higher, 7.6. I think because the test square is a bit pale compared to the color chart, the red tone looks like orange-ish. Geek girl 🤓 used Photoshop to make a graduated color scale between the 7.2-7.8 values. Then I adjusted the color saturation of the test strip and color chart to equalize the tones. The outlined box is filled in with the adjusted test strip color.
Our color-enabled viewers, what do you think?
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20 hours ago, PlaneFishGuy said:
Today on my commute home I out of the corner of my eye I spotted the corner of a 30 or 40 gallon storage tote barely sticking out of the brush on the side of the road - my brain immediately thought "FREE SUMMER TUB"
After 2 u-turns on a 4 lane highway I pulled over in traffic to happily discover it was a heavy duty style and holding water....loaded it up....in true Alabama style I didn't even get one funny look from a passerby.
I even had this sense of crazy urgency worried someone would beat me to it if I didnt get back to this barely visible tote in a matter of seconds....
All of this was not advisable behavior BTW 🙂
ORD 😆 Awesome find! 😍
"After 2 u-turns on a 4 lane highway..." That's what the 4WD is for! 😜
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2 hours ago, Gator said:
If you knew where Tubifex worms are harvested, you'd understand why they carry parasites. As I remember from my experiences in the '80's, a good rinsing before placing them in what was called a worm feeder got rid of the parasites and if some were able to escape, they took up residence in the gravel. Those that escaped were seriously searched for by Cory's and it was thought at the time that Cory's would only breed if they were fed a steady diet of Tubifex worms. We've come a long way since.
ORD 😆 Oh yes, sewage worms!
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On 5/2/2021 at 10:43 PM, Sliceofnature said:
I love this channel, such cool content
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1 hour ago, Fonske said:I never thought microbes and algae and other microscopic things can look so pretty. Fascinating stuff.
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Hooray for Hugo! ORD 💜
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2 hours ago, gardenman said:
Freeze-dried food retains much of its nutritional value and the freeze-drying kills any parasites that could be there in live worms. My fish love the freeze-dried tubifex. They cost $18+ for a half pound which is somewhere around 600 cubes. I go through about ten cubes a day so I buy fresh every couple of months. They're much, much less expensive than frozen food and far easier to handle.
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1 hour ago, Simi said:
This is way over my head, but I get the idea of it, of course I'm only 4'11", so it's not hard to go over my head! LMAO I really appreciate the info! I wonder if using something like Wonder-Shells would keep it safer than using just prime? Since the wonder shells dissolve over time, rather than dilute immediately?
Haha, I'm vertically challenged too! 😅
I believe Wonder Shells and Seachem Prime serve two very different functions. I have seen claims that Wonder Shells remove chlorine and chloramines; however, I have no idea where this comes from because none of the listed ingredients do that. I believe Wonder Shells primary function is adding minerals—calcium, magnesium, and some trace minerals—to your water. The only way I can imagine that Wonder Shells may help neutralize chlorine/chloramine is by raising the pH of your water, which reduces the toxic effects. As someone with a science degree who also writes marketing content for a living, the claim that Wonder Shells remove chlorine feels like unsubstantiated marketing hype. 😜
On the other hand, Prime or Fritz Complete Water Conditioner contain chemicals that specifically bind to and permanently degrade chlorine/chloramines (and ammonia) into non-toxic substances. So, if I were having the same problem as you, I would first dose my tubs and test the water to see if the dechlorinator fixes the problem. If it does, then I would set up a regular dosing schedule to address the slow leaching of chlorine-like chemicals into your water. One bottle of Fritz Complete treats 2,400 gal, so it's not expensive to use. One caution → dosing frequently may reduce oxygen levels in the water so you may want to provide some aeration to counter this effect.
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2 hours ago, James Black said:
Aww poor little guy
Really Moniter his fins, injurys like that can easily cause finrot. Your probably fine but I'd hate to see Pete go through finrot like Hugo did, never want to go through that or see someone else go through that.
Sending some good vibes to pete!
Sounds like you will be doing a few water changes over the next couple of weeks. 😁 Get well soon Pete!
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On 5/3/2021 at 7:13 AM, ChemBob said:
Interesting topic to me. I've spent the majority of my career making bulk plastics. Nothing I've seen would add chlorine at the initial stages. However, there are a number of additives the various manufacturers use as processing aids when they form the various products. There are also a number of manufacturing processes, and I've only worked in a few. If it is an additive, I would think it would leach out for a while then begin to stop showing up. It should also leach faster at elevated temperatures. Most of the additives I am familiar with are forms of plastic and don't have chlorine, so not sure what would he causing this. Most likely its not the plastic, but an additives or liner applied to the plastic by the final manufacturer of the mold. I'd try to get an SDS of the final product to see if it has anything listed as Hobbit seems to have been doing. Hope this helps!
I wonder if perhaps another, similar, reactive molecule is being detected by the test strip indicator? Chemical indicator assays (vs photo-absorption, aka spectrophotometer) rely on the interaction of the tested substance with an indicator chemical. All the halogens—fluorine (F), chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br), iodine (I), and astatine (At)—are pretty strong oxidizing agents. Perhaps the plastic is leaching out one of these halides (halogen salt), which is reacting with the assay indicator? 😎
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16 minutes ago, Daniel said:
This thread inspired me to add some Otocinclus to my big discus tank. About 3 weeks ago I purchased a group off of Aquabid and plopped them in and waited. Today I saw this:
At about 10 seconds a discus passes by looking like a slowly moving death star.
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On 4/30/2021 at 5:04 AM, Betsy said:
Taking up space...AND POOPING! 💩😡💩 How dare they contribute to the bioload!! 🤣🤣🤣
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3 minutes ago, Hobbit said:
Sometimes I have crazy ideas and need some sane friends to remind me why people don’t do these things. 😅 I knew it was probably a bad idea but I couldn’t quite figure out why. So thank you. 😆
Sometimes, crazy ideas are the start of innovation. Other times, they may need a bit of tweaking. And sometimes, yes, they are bad ideas.
I would say this is one of those ideas that needs more marinating. 🧐
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14 hours ago, Hobbit said:
I do have plenty of chicken poop... how terrible would it be if I threw a clod in there? 😝 It would be a lot cheaper than easy green!
Not sure if you are seriously considering this? If it were me, I would probably avoid using chicken manure, unless, you compost it first, preferably via hot composting (big compost pile that generates high temperatures). There are lots of undesirable bacteria and fungi in uncomposted poop you probably do not want to bring into your tank. 😎
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21 hours ago, DannyBWell said:
So I figured it out. My 29g is right next to my 75g and when I started my 29g I used water from my bathroom with a 5 gallon bucket but when I set up my 75g I bought a 25ft faucet adapter because that's awesome for a 75g tank and I don't like killing my knees and back hauling the buckets. So I used that kit to fill my 75g and I tested it with my API kit it actually was at 200ppm not 300(was hard to tell the test strips go from 150 straight to 300 ppm). Then I tested water hot and cold from all my faucets and it turns out the kitchen sink faucet the one I used to fill the 75g has hard water and the rest have soft water. I live in a duplex and just got a new water softener so i can conclude one of two things either the pipes going to the kitchen sink are laced with minerals or my kitchen faucet is tied in with next doors kitchen faucet and they don't fill their water softener with salt. So there is my answer I was happy I was able to figure it out. It's incredibly awesome by the way in the fact if I need soft water I have that available and if I need hard water I also have that readily available the best of both worlds haha.
Very impressive sleuthing. Bravo!
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18 hours ago, Hobbit said:
I’m surprised I’m the first person to post this but I guess none of us watch the oscars religiously. 😁
My Octopus Teacher won Best Documentary.
I highly, highly recommend it. It won’t be as surprising to us fish keepers as it probably is to the general population, but it’s sooo beautiful and peaceful and moving.
I too have seen this documentary on Netflix. It is more than a nature documentary, it is a story about a broken man being healed by rediscovering his connection with nature. #enjoynaturedaily 🐙
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40 minutes ago, Fishdude said:
This AND the PA announcing?! What am I doing with my life?!
Probably something more productive than yakking over a sound system and dressing up in odd clothing. 😁
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If the USDA maintains that ketchup and pickle relish count as vegetables, then obviously, butter must be a condiment. 🤣
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Streetwise Vermont Outdoors
in Photos, Videos & Journals
Posted · Edited by Anita
Hmm, the "grass" looks like Common Reed, which is a non-native invasive, https://vtinvasives.org/invasive/common-reed.🥺
The plant with the triangle leaves might be another invader, European Water Chestnut, https://www.maine.gov/dep/water/invasives/chestext.htm, 🤔