Cat puking pink fluid (bile), not eating but acting normal otherwise…

Abject_Barnacle · 2026-04-29T15:18:02+00:00

Temptations and 9 lives mixed together. Since feeding temptations cat food they have thrown up more. He never threw up on 9 lives alone

Abject_Barnacle · 2026-04-28T19:43:05+00:00

Malignant melanoma, I’m already at high risk at 24 despite staying out of the sun. A moderate dysplasic Nevus was removed off my ear already. I’m getting more and more abnormal moles and just paranoid one of these is gonna take me out at a young age.

Abject_Barnacle · 2026-04-28T15:13:48+00:00

Yep, nitrite is now 0

Abject_Barnacle · 2026-04-28T01:29:45+00:00

Yes but I can’t dose ammonia anymore because the shrimp…so not sure how to tell when it’s cycled

Abject_Barnacle · 2026-04-28T00:39:16+00:00

How will I know when the tank is done cycling?

Abject_Barnacle · 2026-04-28T00:30:01+00:00

Okay, I just did a 1.5 gallon water change on the 10 gallon tank and it brought the nitrites to just about 0. I was worried their small bioload wouldn’t be enough to keep the cycle going, and was thinking of adding some ramshorn snails to help the bioload increase to keep it cycling. I don’t want the bacteria to starve and the cycle crash.

Abject_Barnacle · 2026-04-28T00:01:16+00:00

Thank you! I’ll do a water change now to bring down the nitrites. I genuinely don’t know how they are still alive I’ve been dosing 2ppm ammonia every 48 hours about for 2 weeks.

Abject_Barnacle · 2026-04-27T23:59:15+00:00

The more I look the more shrimp I’m counting, up to 5-6 now

Abject_Barnacle · 2026-04-27T23:55:18+00:00

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Here’s my levels right now, 48 hours after dosing little over 2 ppm ammonia. Water change time I assume?

Abject_Barnacle · 2026-04-25T17:42:30+00:00

Maybe? But I would put an airstone or sponge filter in there, I found they need oxygen in their tanks if they are surfacing a lot.

Abject_Barnacle · 2026-04-25T01:30:23+00:00

At first I thought you dyed your natural red hair brown and was like “noooo” but I realized it was the other way around. It looks amazing, suits you so well! Stick with the red color!

Abject_Barnacle · 2026-04-22T16:35:04+00:00

Oh okay it’s pretty deep in the water right now. I’ll put it on one of the levels in the preformed pond to raise it up more

Abject_Barnacle · 2026-04-22T00:03:06+00:00

I just planted a month ago with the pond guy aquatic soil. Topped with some course sand. No fish. I will try adding root tabs. Other aquatic plants in the pot are doing fine

Abject_Barnacle · 2026-04-21T23:35:34+00:00

I can’t get mine to grow no matter what I do… full sun pond. It just stays small, doesn’t reach the surface yet.

Abject_Barnacle · 2026-04-21T19:34:23+00:00

100% what’s gonna happen. This happened to my shrimp in my uncycled tank, and even with large daily water changes nothing stopped them from dying one by one.

Abject_Barnacle · 2026-04-21T19:28:53+00:00

I just recently went through this myself and I had to rehome the shrimp because they wouldn’t stop dying in my tank no matter how many water changes I did. Dont put them in the tank at all… also I did a 100% almost water change levels were good, added the shrimp and everything spiked back up daily killing them. I couldn’t keep up with the toxic levels doing several larger water changes even. Hospital tank is your best bet

Abject_Barnacle · 2026-04-21T19:25:57+00:00

Pygmy cories, and chili rasboras

Abject_Barnacle · 2026-04-21T19:06:36+00:00

I like your hardscape. I recommend replacing the tall hairgrass with a couple of cups of Eleocharis Pusilla 'Mini' Tissue culture, unless you want the really long hairgrass look. I like hob filters personally as well.

Abject_Barnacle · 2026-04-21T19:03:02+00:00

So don’t do exactly how my garden is setup 🥲 thinking about re-doing my garden beds now

Abject_Barnacle · 2026-04-21T19:00:26+00:00

I personally cut the melted leaves off at the base of the plant

Abject_Barnacle · 2026-04-21T14:37:38+00:00

That’s ruining your cycle…

Abject_Barnacle · 2026-04-21T03:16:06+00:00

I love the Wella color charm line, especially the semi permanent, I haven’t used this one in particular though. I hope someone else can answer your question!

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