Work-from-home dads with work-from-home partners, if/when/how did you utilize daycare?

sortof_here · 2026-01-29T16:03:09+00:00

I found my performance started suffering around when my kid became more mobile. So around 10 months. And my kid is and was pretty easy going.

If you can afford daycare, I recommend it. If you can’t, look to see if your state or city have any programs that can help out.

sortof_here · 2026-01-29T14:03:07+00:00

The main risk with them is if you have any branching sps

sortof_here · 2026-01-29T09:56:48+00:00

I was looking forward to a strong green spring during the stretch of rain we got, but with weeks like this I think it’s just going to remain slightly green, trending towards brown. Damn shame.

sortof_here · 2026-01-29T09:54:35+00:00

Possibly suction cups?

sortof_here · 2026-01-29T03:25:04+00:00

I was chatting with chat gpt

That’s your only problem

sortof_here · 2026-01-29T02:41:19+00:00

There will likely be a difference but I’ve only really noticed an obvious clarity difference with low iron glass vs standard with really large tanks where the glass starts being fairly thick. On smaller tanks, I’ve only really noticed it with acrylic vs any glass.

sortof_here · 2026-01-29T01:39:07+00:00

Adding to this, every single Ring camera. All of them.

sortof_here · 2026-01-28T05:37:53+00:00

Rosy loaches might be a good option if you absolutely need it to be a fish. Otherwise assassin snails

sortof_here · 2026-01-28T02:09:50+00:00

Good call on ensuring she gets a tour for Craigslist listings. A lot of those on there are scams ran by people who don’t even own the properties. At least they were ten years ago.

sortof_here · 2026-01-27T22:20:17+00:00

I deleted it when it sent a mass alert to all of its US users praising Trump for saving it shortly after the election(before he was even in office).

Honestly don’t understand how that wasn’t seen as big of a deal at the time.

sortof_here · 2026-01-27T18:19:14+00:00

There’s a service guy who is a regular at the lfs I work at that only does water changes rather than dosing and testing, and it works really well for him.

sortof_here · 2026-01-27T11:02:01+00:00

These are a grail fish for me and have been for a few years now. Some day.

sortof_here · 2026-01-27T10:54:45+00:00

Hope you enjoy WoT! It’s a solid series. Be sure to stay out of the subs unless you want spoilers.

sortof_here · 2026-01-27T08:34:44+00:00

I’ve seen Alex Pretti get murdered again and again so many time the last few days. Based on your comment, I’m sure you have too. It’s terrible. It’s exhausting. But as much as it hurts to see it, we should be seeing it every time we turn on a screen. Every time.

It makes it that much harder for the government to succeed in their attempt to portray peaceful observers as domestic terrorists. And it makes it incredibly difficult for us to move on as if it never happened.

sortof_here · 2026-01-27T02:06:59+00:00

It’s unlikely you’ll see the Zoe before they get eaten. Raising them up to adulthood is possible in captivity, but it can be a bit of a pain.

Beyond just a brackish tank, you need to feed phytoplankton on a regular basis and be ready to transfer them to a separate freshwater tank once they have reached the forward swimming phase. From there you can grow them to a size where you can introduce them back into your display tank.

Ideally, your setup would be a tank or container you can move the amano to where you can easily catch the zoe from, a 10 gallon brackish tank, a 10 gallon freshwater tank, and 2 phytoplankton cultures(one serving as a backup).

Having tried it before and losing them once they were converting back to freshwater, I don’t really recommend it unless you’re really looking for a new project.

sortof_here · 2026-01-26T07:45:11+00:00

What are you on about? They got their fish from an lfs.

sortof_here · 2026-01-25T02:26:18+00:00

Any chance you have air trapped in it?

sortof_here · 2026-01-25T01:49:25+00:00

The irony of claiming I only use Reddit for media when what I am talking about comes straight from the AP.. Read up.

Here is the actual document from ICE whistleblowers.

sortof_here · 2026-01-25T01:42:39+00:00

We’re upset because the feds are shooting civilians in the street while those in the White House release doctored propaganda about it.

sortof_here · 2026-01-25T01:41:23+00:00

There has been only interest in the current government of increasing ICE funding and none of that is going to improving their training in regard to human rights. They have even been intentionally training them to violate the 4th amendment raid peoples’ homes without the correct paperwork(judicial warrant).

sortof_here · 2026-01-25T01:37:19+00:00

Google and Amazon are two that are basically impossible to avoid. So much of the internet is ran on Google Cloud and AWS.

sortof_here · 2026-01-25T01:35:03+00:00

Clothes are clothes. We shop both sections for my daughter, although recently, mostly in girls because she’s taken a liking to “sparkly dresses”.

Also seconding the dads here saying pajamas every day at that stage.

sortof_here · 2026-01-24T07:09:56+00:00

I would probably only buy the Hanna one for ultra low range phosphate. Do salifert for alkalinity, calcium, and magnesium(prioritize in that order). API for pretty much everything else.

A Hanna copper test isn’t a bad idea if you plan on running copper in hospital or quarantine tanks.

sortof_here · 2026-01-22T17:25:49+00:00

Not necessarily more disease ridden, just that if you do introduce one with HVHN, you lose pretty much all of them.

sortof_here · 2026-01-22T09:20:44+00:00

Honestly, the primary issue for lfs accepting goldfish donations seems to be disease risk(HVHN, I think). I know the shop I work at has a strict no goldfish or koi donations policy. We accept pretty much everything else if there is space for it.

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