Barliman
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Wait. You only *think* you know best? They promised me when I signed up that you knew *everything*!
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Wait. You only *think* you know best? They promised me when I signed up that you knew *everything*!
Caliban07
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Wait. You only *think* you know best? They promised me when I signed up that you knew *everything*!
You must be mistaking me with someone else. [emoji6] I just like to question. No one likes to have a hypothesis or philosophy threatened. I should know, I do It to myself all the time [emoji1] I got many things wrong and still do but I will not regurgitate without sufficient exploration.
TMaier
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nirbhao
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I'm afraid to get rid of the batting. This tank has cycled three times. I don't want to go through that again.
Someone said that expecting snails to clean algae is like asking Mr. Magoo to mow the lawn. Now, I can't call them snail trails without throwing my husband into giggling fits, but I do always love to see how much they've eaten in the past week. Super tuned images to make the marks clear.
Barliman
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TMaier
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Their drunk!
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nirbhao
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Several brand new babies! I was going to wait until Wednesday to take in the Christmas week babies, but it has to happen now.
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nirbhao
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I took out 52 fry between 3 and 4 weeks old. Traded them for food. Ugh. Not the plan.
Barliman
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nirbhao
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It's too much. The female guppy that just dropped 20 something fry last night is THE FAVORITE. We tried keeping her with just one other female and it wasn't good for her. We have five females and one male right now. We can take back two of the females, which would help a bit.You've got a regular little hatchery there.
Even if I was in a position to take away my young child's beloved pet, now would be the worst possible time. A few weeks ago she idly wondered if everyone sees colors and shapes (later described as a yellow C and purple clouds) or if her brain is broken. Now we're testing to see if she's having migraines or seizures, so, for example, she had an EEG yesterday. So when she just wants to sit in front of the tanks and stare, I need her to have that.
I can handle her being sad about giving up the fry, because we never planned to keep them. I don't let her name them. But the fish we've brought home on purpose? Now is not the time to take them away.
Barliman
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Gosh, I'm sorry to read that. I hope everything turns out okay for her.
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nirbhao
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Thanks. She's a super tough kid. Whatever is going on, we'll get her healthy. Medical technology is amazing, and she has very good doctors.Gosh, I'm sorry to read that. I hope everything turns out okay for her.
Check out that smile!
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nirbhao
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Ultra fertile!
Wow - going well there. Kind of miss seeing young fry in tank (as unfortunately the angelfish don't miss many).
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nirbhao
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Nobody eats them! No one!
Barliman
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nirbhao
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(warm fuzzies)And a fellow cello player! Tell her she's in the cool kids club.
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nirbhao
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Woke up this morning to see one of the female guppies with a white tape maybe four inches long streaming behind her. Ugh.
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nirbhao
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I filled the 10 gallon halfway up and moved the tape pooper. She had lost almost all color.
I dosed the main tank with Prazi Pro because white, stringy poop is what I had gotten it for in the first place. That poop looked like spider webs, whereas this poop looks like tape.
She has bubbles stuck to her now.
She was very pregnant, and so I really don't know if her hugeness is related to that or whatever is making her poop trouble.
Everything I've read says treat and wait. Is that really all that's to it? What if she drops fry in quarantine?
I dosed the main tank with Prazi Pro because white, stringy poop is what I had gotten it for in the first place. That poop looked like spider webs, whereas this poop looks like tape.
She has bubbles stuck to her now.
She was very pregnant, and so I really don't know if her hugeness is related to that or whatever is making her poop trouble.
Everything I've read says treat and wait. Is that really all that's to it? What if she drops fry in quarantine?
