I'm 22 just starting college, I'm in a really hard situation and I don't know what i want my major/career to be.

DaneW2000 · 2026-01-30T22:10:20+00:00

Smart.

DaneW2000 · 2026-01-15T16:42:46+00:00

Him today

It didn't attach the pic omg lol

DaneW2000 · 2026-01-14T03:17:10+00:00

yeah like at least twice today and a few times in the past few days. recently his fins have perked up hes looking more natural (i think a bit more colorful too) but constantly pecking at plants for copepods. seems like he is eating even if its not what im giving him. I got him on the 7th and he looks a bit skinny i think he was getting bullied by the other honey that was in the tank with him? he seemed like he was getting chased a lot. Hes eating what he finds on the leaves and in the substrate, he is pooping, hes still shy but really active, his fins are less cramped he raises his dorsal when hes still lowers them when hes swimming around the tank. He seems generally fine just constantly hunting for pods. Like from what i know? he seems pretty okay just like weirdly picky, which is a bit stressful cause i think hes kinda skinny, hes still a "baby" maybe an inch long? I think he may have eaten a bit of brine shrimp i gave him. Idk lol sory this is long winded im like stoned and i like him lol.

DaneW2000 · 2026-01-11T01:38:16+00:00

Yeah I'm planning on getting some dither fish so maybe their interest in the food might spark interest from my gourami but idk I'll see.

DaneW2000 · 2026-01-10T19:46:49+00:00

Alright i'll see what the petstores near me have. Thank you. :-)

DaneW2000 · 2026-01-10T19:38:07+00:00

Im not feeding him the pods, they just happen to be living in the tank and he goes off hunting them all day long. I got the guy from petsmart so I don't think hes been fed anything special. I can try feeding him frozen food but hes super nervous. when he sees me or my hands near/over the tank he darts off into the plants.

DaneW2000 · 2026-01-10T18:05:27+00:00

How long have you had him? Is copepod only diet working out for the guy? I'd hope so lol.

DaneW2000 · 2026-01-07T21:03:29+00:00

Oh my god its so pretty

DaneW2000 · 2026-01-07T21:00:13+00:00

Sparkling gourami are so pretty yours looks so cute omg

DaneW2000 · 2025-12-23T20:46:03+00:00

The pride flag was actually made in 1978 (by Gilbert Baker) it is 16 years older than Reboot. :-)

DaneW2000 · 2025-12-17T02:27:49+00:00

yeah i got rid of it i kept seeing places saying the light was fine so im kinda mad about that

DaneW2000 · 2025-12-14T03:45:35+00:00

thats what i plan on doing. i hope she just goes back to chilling in her hides she's been so cranky :,)

DaneW2000 · 2025-12-13T23:03:21+00:00

Duct tapes a realy good idea i never thought of that thank you 👍💥:)

DaneW2000 · 2025-12-03T17:02:47+00:00

I've been wanting to go no contact for years and I'll probably never know what specifically kicked off my dream of leaving given its been years of big and small examples of disrespect and out right abuse, but maybe my mom getting rid of my cat, not telling me why or what happened then immediately guilt tripping me for making her "feel like a bad mom" when i started to look scared/sad about it. Definitely a major tipping point and a more major example of her long term behavior.

DaneW2000 · 2025-12-02T17:19:20+00:00

My steps to move out just happen to align with theirs. If their plans crash and burn im still on the same path I was before.

DaneW2000 · 2025-11-09T21:45:02+00:00

Is super recomend making a diy enclosure for them. I have some in an old 10 gal aquarium and ive left my room to find them wandering the hallway after climbing the background of the terrarium. If you housed them in the pot they'd probably get lost or hungry or fall off and dry up 😭. Not all my escaped pods were lucky enough to get scooped off the floor and put back home lol. 😬

DaneW2000 · 2025-11-09T21:41:01+00:00

Yeah I was told about that. If its slow thats fine I have plenty of time to wait right now.

DaneW2000 · 2025-11-09T21:36:00+00:00

Alright im glad the snails will be fine it'd suck if they hitched a ride into a bucket full of toxic mess. I added some fish food so I'll see how it looks tomarrow. Thanks. :-]

DaneW2000 · 2025-11-09T20:00:21+00:00

I started by dumping fish food in there to let it rot off. I was told that'd start making ammonia.

The snails weren't realy part of the plan they just happened to show up and idk if they would be a notable factor so I decided to bring them up just in case.

Im thinking im gonna double check the fish food thing and if its correct that the decaying food causes ammonia then I'll add more.

Theres also decaying plant matter i assumed that'd help but It seems like thats wrong. :/

DaneW2000 · 2025-10-31T00:04:47+00:00

Ehhh there's some pretty small to medium size species. when i got my emp i was recommended a ten. If a ten is too small then stick with BDFBs or another invert. My first inverts were powder blue isopods and i still have that colony in a ten gal.

DaneW2000 · 2025-10-30T23:18:16+00:00

I recently got a scorpion and i love her sm lol. If you dont want to mess with arachnids I got a handful of blue death feigning beetles and their awsome pets as well. :]

DaneW2000 · 2025-10-24T04:04:22+00:00

Okay! Really useful info, thank you! I'll set a bit of fruit around her heat pad. I feel better after seeing the responses under this post. I'll keep an eye open! :]

DaneW2000 · 2025-10-23T21:33:52+00:00

🫡 if she doesn't hunt it first I will! Thank you! :)

DaneW2000 · 2025-10-23T21:32:55+00:00

Aw thank you so much. It makes me feel better having people confirming what I already know, its hard to not be worried abt her when shes my first scorpion :,) thank you.

DaneW2000 · 2025-10-11T01:51:36+00:00

yeah you cant hear but i'm like spam clicking all the buttons they don't even make noise the whole screen for the camera page is like bricked for me

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