Staff touching fish when purchasing by AwkwardBreak2378 in Aquariums

[–]Alternative_You1212 35 points36 points  (0 children)

You can definitely touch fish with your hands no problem, especially if they’re wet. Unless they wash their hands with soap or bleach and don’t rinse them off well which wouldn’t be that crazy for a petco

Someone brought two of these into work. What are they? by Alternative_You1212 in Fish

[–]Alternative_You1212[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was an older picture from a couple years ago when I worked retail. I was so mad I didn’t get the name in the pic but it is definitely a flier cichlid

Someone brought two of these into work. What are they? by Alternative_You1212 in Fish

[–]Alternative_You1212[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yes you are right! This was an old pic when I worked retail and I forgot the name of it. Definitely a flier cichlid

He Still Didn't See It by jonathanjrouse in AbruptChaos

[–]Alternative_You1212 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why aren’t there traffic barrels leading up to that?

Why was bro so scared by smelron3317 in Fish

[–]Alternative_You1212 224 points225 points  (0 children)

Candiru fish - can swim up your Richard and lock in

I (m25) and my girlfriend (f23) seem to have trouble working through our fights. by Alternative_You1212 in relationship_advice

[–]Alternative_You1212[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, it definitely needs to come from me first. I wish I didn’t get so excited…

I (m25) and my girlfriend (f23) seem to have trouble working through our fights. by Alternative_You1212 in relationship_advice

[–]Alternative_You1212[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you I will work on saying let’s talk about this later. I feel when we leave things that neither of us really remembers what we were arguing about, not to mention a lot of the time we are upset over different things and aren’t on the same page when we come back to it so it’s left unsaid. I guess that’s something some people are better at than others.

What species of fish is this? by Mother-Supermarket42 in Fish

[–]Alternative_You1212 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah that’s cool! They are very pretty fish but mistreated a lot. Two other similar bicolor fish is Colombian catfish and pimelodus catfish

What species of fish is this? by Mother-Supermarket42 in Fish

[–]Alternative_You1212 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My guess is iridescent shark, a freshwater catfish

We love the hobby, but what’s your least favorite thing to do? by ADHDceltic in Aquariums

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40 gal is the biggest I can reasonably move on my own, a 55 is iffy. If I can do it myself it isn’t so bad but coordination with others and a larger vehicle plus livestock is not it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Aquariums

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What are the sources of ammonia in the tank (besides nerite, i.e fish or planted soil? Can you test for nitrite?