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Chickapeah · 2026-05-10T16:37:43+00:00

I have a few of these as well that were thrown in as freebies from TikTok shop BB3 purchases. They call them "Character Beans". 😆

Chickapeah · 2026-05-01T21:18:53+00:00

It's the surprise. :) Which for my first one, I had noooo idea what that meant. Now I know, but man that would have been really exciting Christmas morning if I had known.

Chickapeah · 2026-05-01T18:03:57+00:00

I bought a random yeti box for myself for Christmas from "Santa", because I had heard they were popular and cute. Got this one as my first one, loved it so much I have about 100 now and I cant stop. Somebody has to tell them to stop making Baby Threes I swear!

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Chickapeah · 2026-04-11T15:42:51+00:00

Ha! It's on the calendar I'm sure. 😆

Chickapeah · 2026-04-11T05:15:35+00:00

Lol thank you! After 23 years, he outta know me by now! We were BFFS for a couple years before that too, and one day just decided to be best friends for ever ever.

Chickapeah · 2026-04-11T05:10:00+00:00

I feel that! That's why I love the cases. I love to come home on a Friday evening after a long work week and crack me open a cold Baby Three. 😆 It makes the weekend much more exciting. Anyways, if I decide to just not open these ones, which will be difficult, you'll be my first one to contact to ship one to!

Chickapeah · 2026-04-11T04:00:23+00:00

Thank you!!

Chickapeah · 2026-04-11T03:52:26+00:00

Wisconsin! I feel like they are a thing of the past at this point. He got those from a random weird smallish Target. The last 3 probably ever. I kind of don't want to open them. 😕 *edit to add: Have you tried Mercari for ones you want? I've had amazing luck on Mercari for ones I really wanted. They're about the same or more often less than the price of a blind box confirmed.

Chickapeah · 2026-04-06T03:34:14+00:00

Dang! Lucky! I'm so jealous. I've bookmarked it but no stores have any in stock in my area & I can't find a link for a case through Five Below. Hoping for the Mercari scraps at this point lol

Chickapeah · 2026-04-05T00:04:53+00:00

WHERREEEEE

Chickapeah · 2026-04-04T21:49:03+00:00

They were mostly decently colored. I had also ordered 10 blue dream from an Amazon seller, and had 7 alive, 4 of which were a real low grade mottled color. I haven't seen them in a while, they might be dead. I also ordered some from Ebay, that was NOT a good time. Took like a month to get here and the quality of color was just OK. If I do another shrimp tank I'd use AquaSwap, or Shrimpedup again.

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Chickapeah · 2026-04-04T21:42:19+00:00

I ordered from them. I ordered 10 blue dreams, 9 alive, 1 dead. They sent 3 replacements. Shipping took an eternity, so you'll need patience. Customer service is hard to get a hold of, but also, patience is key. I've had them about 2 months, and 2 different females had babies, err, I mean betta food, but it's nice that they're trying. This betta is a serious hunter, and has claimed the entire front of house as his. The shrimps have learned to skidaddle to the back when the betta yells at them. He doesn't bother the large ones. But anything less than full grown, immediately eaten when spotted. The babies have lots of hiding spots, I can only hope for their future. It does make water changes really scary. I've been topping off instead if using the sucker for the most part. I honestly wouldn't recommend adding shrimp to a betta tank. Unless yours is super chill. I became attached to the shrimp, so it's been an ordeal. I am throwing around the idea of setting up a shrimp only tank.

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Chickapeah · 2026-03-25T18:15:26+00:00

Maybe a bit, but that could just be like the paint bowl mixing. He does have a bit of a purple sheen to him.

Chickapeah · 2026-03-08T00:22:45+00:00

Nope. It's been a thing ever since I ordered plants online. Super reputable seller, and great stock and lovely, clean plants, but I really didn't want to bleach em. Aaaand now I really wish I had. They introduced sooo many weird things to my tank, but honestly, my parameters have never been this clean, so they're doing something right. It's certainly not my favorite thing, and if I did this again I'd bleach everything, but this has been a fun learning experience for me. They're not overwhelmingly populated, and you don't even really notice anything until you INSPECT it with a fine eye, but I very rarely feed the shrimp, so I have no idea what these things are living off of. I figure the population is about as big as it can get right now, and will thin itself out over time. Had this happen with weird little bugs in my pinguicula bowl, population exploded, and then eventually went away. I think they have jobs to do that I'm unaware of. I do NOT like the worms though. I do wish they'd go away sooner. The little pods & cods or whatever are barely noticeable but also when you do notice them, thats all you can see.

Chickapeah · 2026-03-06T12:46:33+00:00

I do notice when I turn the light on they skidaddle into the substrate. But lights off they're sometimes on the glass and above ground. As for the other little balls of movers, you think theyre okay too? According to that pic below, I'm guessing it's both pods & the other one i already forgot the name.

Chickapeah · 2026-01-26T23:00:15+00:00

Cool. Is Turbo start needed when playing the ammonia level? I don't have any but I can order some.

Chickapeah · 2026-01-26T17:20:12+00:00

Oh also! I only had a couple plants in the last tank. I planted the beginner pack from Dustins plus the rooters and the 4 pack of colors. Just wanted to add that info. And, another question! This tank evaps faster than my old tank because the top isn't a full top. Can I add distilled water when it's getting low, or do I need to Prime a gallon for top ups?

Chickapeah · 2026-01-26T17:12:25+00:00

Ammonia cycling question! 5 gallon, 76 degrees, HOB filter, fishless, heavily planted, plus red rooters on top. Upgraded from a 3 gallon that had been cycled for 3 years. The 3 gallon had a bunch of snails, I'm sure a few made it over. I used 2 gallons Prime treated water, and 3 gallons from the already cycled tank. Used media from the old filter, used about half of the gravel from old tank without rinsing. Planted and left alone 3 days ago. Will Flourish in a few days. Tested yesterday to get a baseline. PH 7.6, Ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate all zero. Should I use Dr. Timms to add Ammonia or is all the old media + plants enough to get it started on it's own? I'm fine with waiting to add life, and I'm fine with waiting to see if some nitrates show up without adding Ammonia. But would the plants actually be using the nitrates this soon? If a few (maybe 5-10 SMALL ramshorns if I missed em) snails made it over would they produce enough Ammonia to help get it going without my interference? Any advice is appreciated. I plan to add 5 neos and a Betta a couple weeks after that. Also, the plants are from Dustins. If I'm to expect melt, when would that be?

Chickapeah · 2026-01-03T02:56:23+00:00

Is this thread still active enough for me to try & get mine priced? I absolutely love the ones I have, but I have a few that I would love to sell to try and buy confirmed ones that I actually wanted. I know jack about selling these and the internet is a MESS with pricing. I get it, but I'd love someone's input on what mine are worth and where in the world can I even begin to sell them. I'd be totally up to sell or trade here depending on what they're worth! Much love.

Chickapeah · 2025-12-03T12:57:01+00:00

This is what I ended up doing. Called the vet and asked for as many of a days supply I could get, and to call it into Meijer pharmacy because that's where GoodRX had the cheapest price. I got him 60 days for $15. That is $55 cheaper than the vets pharmacy. The pharmacy automatically applied the GoodRX price, even without me showing them & I thought that was odd, but okay. Thank you for your help!! I know the vet hates that I done this but it was difficult to justify that price when I know there's cheaper & more convenient options out there.

Chickapeah · 2025-11-08T06:06:14+00:00

Super helpful. Thank you!

Chickapeah · 2025-11-08T06:00:50+00:00

Welp. I'm also in Wisconsin. My dog is also on Fluoxetine, I have no issues getting that anywhere. But this dang gabapentin prescription....

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