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It was fifteen degrees F this morning and only getting colder. The wind is going to be the death of me.

I've got a tank and a cat and a bearded dragon and this is how it all works: Cat and dragon are best friends. Cat doesn't bother the dragon unless I have him out of his enclosure. Even then, she just lies next to him. Cat leaves fish alone.

I've never been told I'm right before. That's a first... I've got plenty of bubbles in my tank at the moment thanks to the huge bubbler I bought. I've got some LED lights I plant to set up as well.

Pothos is great for this once you let it heal. I was doing this in a smaller one gallon tank I got as a gift (I know, not enough for anything). I believe you can make it work with any of the plants that NASA says are good at purifying the air. I've done clippings of Pothos and snake plant and...

I do, but it's not very in depth yet as I'm still building up the stock in the tank. I'm hoping once spring comes I'll be able to get the rest of the set up complete.

Just to jump in quickly and jump out... I mean, that sounds like what I'm trying to do with my thirty gallon. By making it into an aquaponic set up the roots of the plants will filter the water for the fish and deliver clean water back to the fish.

Shows how smart some fish really are.

I've never had babies before with fish keeping. It will be interesting when it happens.

My dad would be ecstatic if I got the fish to reproduce. He talks about it all the time from when he was younger and kept fish.

My only issue I was having with them is they bled together and it made it difficult to read some of the numbers.

It's like those people who set up the buttons for their dogs and cats to be able to communicate with their owners.

A Nintendo Switch is pretty much another hand held gaming console. I've seen videos like this on TikTok and YouTube and I have to say, that's one smart fish. At least it didn't spend thousands of dollars like small children are known to do.

I've got five mollies/platies (the pet store guy said platies but they look like mollies to me) Two julli cory and five I think bronze cory One pale blue gourami Planning on picking up more julii cory (although slowly as whatever these are cost $9.99 a fish and I'm not spending that much at...

Awesome! I plan to add more fish on Friday as that's when I'm going to pick up crickets for my bearded dragon. No sense in making two different trips in the opposite direction of where I live.

Yes, there are already fish in the tank. I thought my tank had cycled, turned out it either hadn't or I had a bad spike. Lost a bunch of fish but managed to keep a small group alive with big water changes. I had tested on Saturday and nitrites were at 1-2ppm as I couldn't tell the difference in...

And tank has fully cycled it seems. First: pH at 7.4 Second: Ammonia at 0ppm Third: Nitrites at 0ppm Fourth: Nitrates at 0ppm Does this all seem about right? Am I safe to add more fish on Friday?

Temperature is set to 78 degrees with a preset. Sorry for forgetting that. So right now I just have to be concerned about the nitrites that are about 1.0-2.0ppm and I help the fish by adding salt to prevent their blood from turning brown correct? Is 0.0ppm Nitrate okay or should there be a...

Okay, won't try messing with it then. Thanks for that info!

I'VE GOT THE API FRESHWATER TESTKIT HERE ARE MY VALUES: Ammonia: 0.0-.25ppm Nitrates: 0ppm Nitrites: 1.0-2.0ppm maybe (I have hard time reading the different purple shades) pH: 7.4 Photos:

Ah, okay. Good to know about the julii cory cats. Maybe once spring hits I'll try removing gravel and doing sand. Never done sand in a tank before. Should be interesting.

Okay, I'm looking into how to make my water harder. I'm reading stuff that says to add crushed coral or calcium carbonate. Is this advisable?

So now the question is what fish with the given parameters would be good in my thirty gallon? I went with mollies and platies because I do want to eventually make this tank an aquaponic and I'll need fish that poop fairly often but not as much as goldfish if that makes sense. For the cories, I...

Okay, any chance this can be explained in stupid terms? Thank you for letting me know that the salt won't hurt the plants. Am I still paranoid? Yea, will I attempt it, possibly.

Fair. I always look like ten years younger than I am so I try to not be a jerk while driving. One because I don't like being a jerk while driving and two, I don't need people thinking I'm a punk teenager when I haven't been a teenager in almost fifteen years.

No I get it. Grew up near New Jersey. I know they've got some weird laws.

Looking over the photos I've taken of previous strips, I do believe that my pH is acidic and my KH is 0 or low and my GH if I'm reading the photo correctly is very soft. I know you've mentioned getting a better test kit and I do plan to do that tonight. So the julii cory I thought I was buying...

Fair enough. I was like 18 at the time and already had my license since I was 16. So no probationary period or driving school if I got two points. I think if I had gotten more I would have been screwed though.

I got a ticket claiming I was going 40 in a 25 and I wanted to fight it but I was leaving for college in like two weeks and didn't want to deal with the hassle. Or tell my parents. So I just paid it. Still ended up with two points on my license but they went away pretty quickly.

Exactly. I almost debated reporting the incident, but as it was the town next to mine and I travel to that town frequently, I decided against it.

It was just weird because I drove by and I was going maybe 35-37mph in a 35mph zone. The cop flashed his dash lights and I thought it was because I left my high beams on. I turned off my high beams and kept on going.

Just kind of wondering how many of each fish I can put in my thirty gallon. Currently I have the following: Platies: 5/6 can't remember off top of head Cory Cats: Two juli cory cats (possibly something similar as they were apparently $9.99 each) and 5/6 I think bronze cory cats Gourami: One...

I hate when that happens. One time going home from work it was like 35 degrees and a cop claimed I was speeding when I was going the speed limit. He claimed he had been skidding trying to catch up to me (he waited until I was like half mile past before turning to follow) and I swear it took...

Oof, what did they pull you over for?

Thanks. I got a tattoo to help commemorate and help relieve the pain of losing them.