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    I’m at a loss. Wife wants me to quit.

    in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers

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    On 9/22/2021 at 12:22 PM, ARMYVET said:

    I respect your view and there are no hard feelings but could you explain what your obvious reasons are to me?

    Budgeting is an objectively good thing to do. Managing resources is better for both being effective with your dollars in the hobby and for financial health in general. If someone is distressed with the money aspect of a hobby the solution isn't to ignore counting the cost.

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    I’m at a loss. Wife wants me to quit.

    in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers

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    STOP TRACKING YOUR SPENDING!   If we actually knew what we were spending on all this ....we would all be exactly like you are now.  We all have had issues with something not working right and it is frustrating.  I think of us as a family here.  Some of our spouses may not understand this hobby....some would freak if they knew the costs...some can be converted to the Dark side but all of us here get each other...support each other...care for each other. 

    I mean no disrespect in any way but that is terrible advice and I think for obvious reasons.

    @Josh

    My 2 cents is I agree with the comments on trying not to stress on it, even in failure at least we learn something. Natural cycles are complicated and it can take a while to sort out what works for you and your water. Grats on the growing family, aquariums are great for kids.

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    Pests in the Fishroom

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    On 9/1/2021 at 8:41 AM, Tihshho said:

    The room has its own dehumidifier and I run other dehumidifiers in the basement. I run the one in the fishroom at max, and generally that keeps the room in the low 30% humidity. 

    You're on top of the humidity then. Since you consistently have spiders they probably have an a path into that room that is very attractive to them for whatever reason. All you can do is try to disrupt that path either physically by sealing it off or by spraying repellants. I guess the other more work option would be to try and change the ecosystem outdoors. I.E. if you have landscaping that holds water and or attracts bugs and spiders change it to be a less attractive spot for insects.

    New to us Pond, What now?

    in General Discussion

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    Ponds can do very well with plants and no pump or filter. Those plants look healthy so it might be fish ready now, testing with ACO test strips or the API test kit would be a more definitive way to tell. That being said, since you're new to this pond, running an air line out there with and air stone for a while to make sure everything is oxygenated and the biological cycle is fully up and running before fish wouldn't hurt and may help.

    Pests in the Fishroom

    in General Discussion

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    In my experience spiders don't need a food source in your house to come in, but certain situations in room can make that room more likely to see spiders. Also personally I remove spiders from my home when I see them, I've never seen one capture a bug inside my home and even if they were I would see this as my home losing the battle of separating the outside from the inside.

    Things I have learned from owning an old house. Spiders and bugs in general are attracted to humidity, when squeezing into your home they will sense the higher humidity air and go that way. Reducing the humidity in your fish room may help reduce bugs. Spraying your foundation or where you suspect the pests are getting in with repellent will help too.

    What did you get done today?

    in Photos, Videos & Journals

    Posted · Edited by TheDukeAnumber1

    Pond plants update.

     

    Here is the initial setup where the pond water drains into the strawberry and flower bed.

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    And here is the current, I had to trellis the flowers up (double butterfly pea). Two plants make about two dozen nice blue/purple blooms every day.

     

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    Quick snail question

    in General Discussion

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    On 8/17/2021 at 4:07 PM, Dan Hudock said:

    Just pull it off, no harm will be done

    When my kid was little I let him take a ramshorn out of my tank, he pulled hard before it released and it was literally pulled out of the shell.

     

    Pull slowly and they will let go on their own, or slide them up out of the water and they will let go.

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    What music are you listening to these days?

    in Off Topic General

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    What I like seems to always fall under what pandora calls "LoFi Chill". Mostly tunes with no lyrics for me, I'm always doing something while I listen and can focus better on the project with good jams on minus lyrics which I often find to be distracting, with exceptions of course.

    Ronald Jenkees, Odeza, Yppah, Cillo, Dreamwallow, ect...

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    Share Your Failed Ideas Thread

    in Photos, Videos & Journals

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    It seems too often that I have failed ideas. Things that are sometimes interesting and maybe worth learning from but aren't worth a new thread. I am making this thread as a singular place to share them, for me, and for anyone else who wants to share any failed ideas too.

    To start it off, I'm not a huge fan of picking eggs off of yarn spawning mops and I made an attempt at designing a 3d printed modular chain for my rice fish to lay eggs on. My test was not successful. Back to yarn for now.

     

     

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