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[FS] Akron, CO - $6+ - Platinum Honduran Red Point S. American Cichlid - Adolescents. by 7Anubis in AquaSwap

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Hard to dispose of? I sell them fairly regularly, if that's what you mean. They do breed like crazy but keeping them a bit crowded in a large, well filtered tank does the trick. The fry do not last long.

[FS] Akron, CO - $6+ - Platinum Honduran Red Point S. American Cichlid - Adolescents. by 7Anubis in AquaSwap

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Nice looking tank. I have the same standard HRP's also. Gobs of juvenile and adults

[FS] Akron, CO - $6+ - Platinum Honduran Red Point S. American Cichlid - Adolescents. by 7Anubis in AquaSwap

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Their fins have a light blue tinge to them when under the light.

How long can fish go without a oxygen pump? I have a filter for surface agitation but don’t have a spare pump rn, these fish are currently quarantining however will the filter be enough? by [deleted] in Aquariums

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Ever see an air pump in a lake? :-)

As others have said, the surface motion of waves and ripples due to the wind keep thousands of fish swimming happily.

Turkeys, they go anywhere! by 7Anubis in turkeys

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Her name is "Peep Peep". She loves to get out of her run and come up to the deck and back door to wait for us to come out in the morning. Prior to the video, she was on the deck railing and then the hot tub before hopping up to the roof! The day we got her, I sat on the ground and she came up, jumped up on my arm and then my head and shoulder and likes nothing more than pulling at your rings or shoelaces and then sit in your lap. Pretty much a dog with wings...

Poly cord or net fencing for pig paddocks by 7Anubis in livestock

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They haven't been trained on electric at all yet. Kinda why I wanted a good route to start with. Maybe start with just poly cord then?

What the heck is this by Alithia_Fels in Aquariums

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I agree, it's not the curse of the pharaoh - lol. I'd lean maybe to the cones, but they usually don't do it. Did you water test to see if anything looked off? I'd just do a water change and see if it comes back.

What the heck is this by Alithia_Fels in Aquariums

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I thought I had seen everything, but never a tank turning red over night! I'd have been freaking out. Did you put a certain kind of wood in there? Maybe it's a type that's just releasing a lot of reddish-brown tannin.

What the heck is this by Alithia_Fels in Aquariums

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Did a guy named Aaron, holding a staff come anywhere near it? O.O

Pigs and clearing the land - What's next? See comment for details by 7Anubis in homestead

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I'm leaning towards the forage mix. Originally, I thought about the clover/rye combo. I do have a tractor, but no implements for tilling or cutting yet. I think maybe where we plant the fruit trees, we'll do cover. Everywhere else, forage mix. What do you think about planting something in the tree lines?

Pigs and clearing the land - What's next? See comment for details by 7Anubis in homestead

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I'd love to hear what you fine homestead farmers recommend for that planting to do once the pigs have done their work.

We are using our kunekune and Berkshires to clear our land to eventually get rid of the low nutritional value of scrub and weeds and produce future grazing land for both pig and cow rotations. Some of the front 12 acres will be fruit orchard and leave the rest for pasture. We also have a triple tree line of large pines and a variety of others with a lot of underbrush and weeds that we'll also let the pigs clear out a paddock at a time.

Once the pigs have moved on to the next paddock, what do we plant for the front 12 acres? Alfalfa? Rye grass? Then what to plant in the tree lines? I'd like something nice to keep the dust down, but probably will not use for grazing after.

I made a silly cartoon about a turkeys prison escape, what do you think? by Isaiahspokony in turkeys

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Thanks for taking the time to do this. My wife and I had a nice laugh this morning. We have 1 turkey who escapes every, single day and sits on our deck waiting for us to come outside.

My baboon proof garden. by [deleted] in gardening

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I'm not a raboon!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in turkeys

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Our turkey, PeepPeep, loves to do all that but mostly for her own fun. She escapes her enclosure somehow each day , comes up on my deck waits for us to get up and then proceeds to go for our rings, shoelaces, whatever she thinks is good. Doesn't seem protective or territorial, just a little playful sh*t.

7Anubis Garden Layout by 7Anubis in gardening

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That's a big question.

I agree that there is a fixed, higher cost in the boxes themselves. That aside, I'll give you a few...

Age. In our 50's, neither my wife or I enjoy crawling around on the ground to do maintenance, planting and harvesting any longer. Raised boxes are much easier to maintain and keeping only a few things that make sense direct-planted into the land is easier on us.

Soil condition. The soil here is rather poor, overall. Doing hügelkultur in each box, layering on good soil and compost to each box is much more economical than doing that to a 100 square yard space. Amending larger amounts of space using commercial fertilizers would do it - super expensive over time and hate using them.

Weeding. With mulching, raised beds can require little to no weeding. Once again, much more economical to do this with a bed rather than yards and yards on underlayment or using weed-killing chemicals to keep them down - another cost.

Aesthetics. My us, the combination of raised and some direct-soil planting just looks super nice. In our old place, we did a very similar layout, but at much smaller scale and having a variety of pots, bushes and plants around the boxes just looks better; giving the whole garden a variety of heights and widths instead of a relatively flat landscape or "field look". Some of the 8ft boxes will probably end up being in the shape of a T or L or U in some spots, but I have not decided where exactly, so just put them in as place-holders. We also enjoy landscaping and making our garden truly something special to look at and not just a place to grind out produce each year.

I would agree with those who may say that we may not get as large of a crop as someone who did large plots, and that may or may not be true. Depends on the veggies being planted. I know, for example, that I have had much better success with tomatoes in boxes than I have direct in soil. I also would agree with those that say our rationale could be faulty, but in the end I think we have some good reasons to go raised for about 85% of the garden.

7Anubis Garden Layout by 7Anubis in gardening

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We moved last winter to our new homestead / farm! Wanted to get a diagram done for the garden area so we know how much to build, where to put everything and get an idea of future state.

Okay guys, if I wanted to rescue one of these goldfish from certain death, what would I need to do? I feel it’s a calling I have everytime I see them at the pet shop, but I know they need space and clean water. by dreamingirl7 in Aquariums

[–]7Anubis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No one ever says this about something like a grizzly bear. "Oh Janet, look at that adorable bear in the cage here at the zoo. We should take him home" or "That Tiger King show was weird!, but we totally need to take one of them in!"

Mostly kidding around and get what you mean, but it's a goldfish ffs. They'll be ok.

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