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[WhistlingBadger]

Gimli is much cooler, anyways.

In the books, yes. It kind of bugged me how they used him for comic relief in the movie. And of course, Sam is the coolest of all.

 

[Utar]

It’s the neighbour kids, one of them managed to get rubberband sticks to the finger and have to cut it and one of them managed to almost fired in to the eye because parents don’t look at them

You have never had fun until you have played Arrow Roulette.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, . . . don't you bring me into this or I will tell you about the raw cat I ate last night, and which should have been cooked coz I have an upset tummy now

I drank beer and ate skunk last night.

And today when I went to feed my fish they jumped completely out of one tank and into another to get away.......

 

[WhistlingBadger]

I've never been hungry enough to eat skunk. I hear coyote is pretty decent, though.

 

[Utar]

Again.... Arrow Roulette Go Wrong or be careful who you pick on when playing catch with tennis balls.....lol...

 

[Flushable Pets]

I think I just dodged a bullet.

I started up a new thing of CO2 in one of my tanks the other day. Nothing new. When I got home all my snails and fish were gasping for air at the surface. It didn't take long to figure out that the CO2 was the culprit. I instantly killed the CO2 and did a massive water change. It's been about 12 hours and the fish are acting more normal and all my levels are good now. No deaths, so I think this was my one "get out of jail free card".

I'm also experiencing a BBA bloom in my bullhead tank. Never dealt with it before. I read it's not harmful, just unsightly. So far it is only on some driftwood and some pothos roots. It's due for a rescape anyways, so I might try treating the affected stuff with some hydrogen peroxide on my day off. I wish I could throw in a clean up crew for long term maintenance, but my bullheads will eat anything that they can fit in their mouths. And in the case of our monster bullhead "Catfish Hunter", who, like the fish of the same name in Grumpier Old Men, is the size of a Buick and about as ugly, can easily swallow items as big as my thumb. So no cleanup crew.

 

[Fish4dawin]

I think I just dodged a bullet.

I started up a new thing of CO2 in one of my tanks the other day. Nothing new. When I got home all my snails and fish were gasping for air at the surface. It didn't take long to figure out that the CO2 was the culprit. I instantly killed the CO2 and did a massive water change. It's been about 12 hours and the fish are acting more normal and all my levels are good now. No deaths, so I think this was my one "get out of jail free card".

I'm also experiencing a BBA bloom in my bullhead tank. Never dealt with it before. I read it's not harmful, just unsightly. So far it is only on some driftwood and some pothos roots. It's due for a rescape anyways, so I might try treating the affected stuff with some hydrogen peroxide on my day off. I wish I could throw in a clean up crew for long term maintenance, but my bullheads will eat anything that they can fit in their mouths. And in the case of our monster bullhead "Catfish Hunter", who, like the fish of the same name in Grumpier Old Men, is the size of a Buick and about as ugly, can easily swallow items as big as my thumb. So no cleanup crew.

I've never heard of a bullhead? Can I see a picture of yours as I've never seen or even heard of one before.

 

[Flushable Pets]

I've never heard of a bullhead? Can I see a picture of yours as I've never seen or even heard of one before.

Bullheads are a type of catfish. Ours are yellow bullheads. I've only gotten a few pictures because like many other catfish species, they tend to hide a lot and do not like coming out when the lights are on. Here is one from a couple months ago while we were rescaping the tank and they couldn't hide. He/she is twice the size now. I got 4 of them in September and they were about 3/4" long. Catfish Hunter is a good 7" or so now and the smallest is around 4-5", so they grow ridiculously fast.

 

[Fish4dawin]

Bullheads are a type of catfish. Ours are yellow bullheads. I've only gotten a few pictures because like many other catfish species, they tend to hide a lot and do not like coming out when the lights are on. Here is one from a couple months ago while we were rescaping the tank and they couldn't hide. He/she is twice the size now. I got 4 of them in September and they were about 3/4" long. Catfish Hunter is a good 7" or so now and the smallest is around 4-5", so they grow ridiculously fast.

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What do you feed them?

 

[Flushable Pets]

What do you feed them?

Shrimp pellets, worms, feeder fish, naughty children, old license plates and my enemies.

 

[Fish4dawin]

Shrimp pellets, worms, feeder fish, naughty children, old license plates and my enemies.

What feeder fish? Goldfish and guppys or something?

 

[Flushable Pets]

What feeder fish? Goldfish and guppys or something?

No goldfish. Just guppies and minnows.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

I had a channel catfish once. It ate most of my other fish, all except the goldfish that was bigger than him. Those things are mouths with fins.

 

[Barry Tetra]

When will this pandemic ends!?

I was so tired last night, I slept with a mask on...

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Have you tried eating with your mask on? I did that the other day. Didn't work all that well. Also, phantom mask syndrome: You can feel the mask on your face, even when you aren't wearing one.

 

[Barry Tetra]

Have you tried eating with your mask on? I did that the other day. Didn't work all that well. Also, phantom mask syndrome: You can feel the mask on your face, even when you aren't wearing one.

No, I often feel like the mask isn't on my face but it's actually on when I touch it.