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Is this Blackbeard algae I see on my pothos root? If so, will I have to remove it? I’ll be a little annoyed if I do because it’s the one with the biggest roots out of the three.

Are there Asian cichlids? Or are they also Gondwanan in origin? What fills that niche in Asia?

It’s so intriguing to me that the land that’s now the Congo and the Amazon would’ve touched at one point.

It’s abt children dying of malnutrition in war-torn WW2 Japan.

Just watched Grave of the Fireflies, lauded as the saddest Ghibli movie. It was so sad that in Japan, they actually billed it as a double feature with My Neighbor Totoro so that people could cheer themselves up afterwards. In America, it was dubbed at some point, but never got a substantial...

I’d like to get substrate in before the end of the week, but I won’t be home the first two weeks of July so there probably won’t be any more progress for a while. After I get back I’ll get light and heat, plants and maybe some rudimentary driftwood, and then I’ll be ready to add pencils.

Water and sponge filter in! I also transferred a handful of floaters.

I would put the betta in the livebearers tank temporarily, and then try to get a larger tank (5-10 gal) for the betta ASAP. Bettas, especially slow, long-finned ones, won’t necessarily kill everything immediately, but keeping one with other fish permanently is a ticking time-bomb.

They aren’t harmful unless you are dealing with very small fry/baby shrimp, and won’t proliferate unless you’re overfeeding.

Which is, coincidentally, what scientists have determined your vocal chords would sound like if your head were removed.

I’ve heard something similar before about certain species of pygmy cory and otocinclus. Mine didn’t really *school* together, but they have a very similar pattern on their bodies (although the commonly-sold pygmies are greyer than otos) and I’ve heard they will hang out in large numbers in the...

The kind of agassizii I hope to get.

Trapper

Tank inspo Credit: First tank: Richee Second tank: Byron

Was planning to get a sponge filter today and go ahead and get it running, but discovered when I went to buy it that I never realized they need a separate pump in order to run. Are the pumps loud?

Pokemon

Rummy

A seldom-seen angle of the tank, snapped whilst cleaning dresser to make room for the new tank.

It’s in! :D :D :D

Yeah my kit has one strip with nitrate, nitrite, chlorine, pH, GH, and KH, of which nitrate, pH, GH, and KH are the ones that matter to me, since nitrates mean I need a water change and I adjust my tank’s hardness.

I know. When I think about it I can remember, but my first association with metric is Europe, not Canada, so I don’t immediately think about it

I tried to catch one and take a picture but they jumped out of my hand every time I grabbed the camera. It’s so weird how real river and ponds and be full of so much mulm and the fish love it, but in our tanks it’s something to be avoided. This is the same pond I talked about that had lots of...

Is it worth it to get the drop-based water test instead of strips?

Sometimes I forget Canada uses metric

Getting the tank later today. Been thinking about specific plant plans. I think I’m going to transfer my red root floaters to the new tank, because I’ve realized they just aren’t going to be able to proliferate because of how much flow my other tank has (still wanna try water sprite too tho)...

Finally rehomed my zebra danios and single white cloud, because the largest danio has been bullying the other fish out of the middle of the tank. Pro: My platies and limia are already enjoying their new freedom! Con: My entire tank stocking is now just 2 platies, a single limia, 2/3 shrimp, and...

Welcome to the forum! Have you made an introduction post yet?

I love my town, but I wouldn’t mind living somewhere with a colder climate. I prefer wearing cold-weather clothes to warm-weather clothes; I feel like I have more options. And what’s the point of having summer from May to October if it’s gonna be TOO hot to go outside for half of that?

Yes! Imagine doing a hydrothermal vent biotope, or a tank with crazy deep-sea creatures like anglerfish or siphonophores. Imagine a refrigerated tank to keep arctic/antarctic fish.

I just learned about handfish and I can’t anymore