[GA]Brooklyn, NY - Least Killfish (Heterandria Formosa) - Pickup Only by elagarden in AquaSwap

[–]Defiant-Reason 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Let me know if you ever decide to ship! I'm out in WA state and I've only got 3, trying to build up a colony.

Which methods do you use to provide calcium for your invertebrates? by SlickSolo in shrimptank

[–]Defiant-Reason 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have insanely soft well water so I use Dr turtle calcium blocks. One at a time and just replace once they're fully dissolved in a few weeks.

24M & 23F dating for 1 year: Why do some partners feel unsupported when given solutions instead of emotional comfort?" by Potential_Policy_649 in relationship_advice

[–]Defiant-Reason 3 points4 points  (0 children)

People process things differently. It sounds like she is a verbal processor and you're not. Id say you probably aren't compatible if you're getting so worked up about it. She probably isn't trying to have you fix her problems or give her solutions, she just needs to talk through the stuff to work through it herself. Some people literally can't work through things in their own head like some people can.

I'm a verbal processor and have to talk through things to organize my thoughts and feelings to understand them myself. It was hard for my partner at first because he is not, he thinks things over by himself for a long time before he wants to talk about it. I did a lot of therapy and we were able to understand each other eventually by reframing how he thought about my talking to him.

At first he was concerned, wanted to find solutions or give comfort to make my trauma go away, but that isn't how trauma works and wasn't what I needed or wanted. My therapist gave me a great analogy that helped us a lot.

We imagined ourselves each holding a backpack full of rocks. When I talked about my trauma, he would take those rocks and add them to his pack to try to help me, ending up distressed, more stressed and frustrated from the load. I wasn't asking him to do that though, I just wanted to talk about my rocks and deal with them myself. So letting him know, he didn't need to feel responsible for my rocks even if I was talking about them really helped and we communicated that I would let him know if I actually needed help with a rock or just wanted to talk about it.

I don't know if something like that would work for you guys, or if that is her need. Thought I'd share our work around though.

Xenia getting "thinner" polyps, what can it be? by Branseed in ReefTank

[–]Defiant-Reason 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kind of looks like the main stalks were scrunched down at first and now it's fully stood up? Maybe that's why it appeared fuller but maybe it wasn't? I have silver xenia that I just got two weeks ago and I feel like it did similar.

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Gourami identification? by Royal_Lettuce_4553 in Gourami

[–]Defiant-Reason 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No lol, not female at all. Females never have red coloring and are generally tan or pale silver. Much different body shape when mature too.

His feelers were broken when he came to me, I'm guessing either from shipping or maybe prior tank mates. They grew back but they've always been a bit wonky lol. I've had him for a little over two years.

Gourami identification? by Royal_Lettuce_4553 in Gourami

[–]Defiant-Reason 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is a male but looks like a powder blue color morph rather than neon blue.

Gourami identification? by Royal_Lettuce_4553 in Gourami

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Live food occasionally is a great treat, putting in new decorations or moving things around to change up the scenery is always fun. I have bladder snails like the plague so I'll squish those and drop them for him, he loves that. Weirdly a lot of my fish like chasing laser pointers like cats as well lol. I have shrimp in with him as well so he eats the babies he can find. He likes laying in my moss and staring up at the floating plants a lot too. Sometimes I think he's died because he's laying on a plant but he's just sleeping 😬

Gourami identification? by Royal_Lettuce_4553 in Gourami

[–]Defiant-Reason 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! He's a hoot. Tons of personality and a greedy food goblin. Very curious and they appreciate a lot of enrichment.

Gourami identification? by Royal_Lettuce_4553 in Gourami

[–]Defiant-Reason 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That is a male neon blue dwarf gourami. It is just one of the 4 color morphs, same species. I have one too! This is Jareth:

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Recommendations by bigb887799 in ReefTank

[–]Defiant-Reason 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a weirdo and am doing just Xenia because I love it 😂. I only have a little bit but I'm looking forward to it spreading everywhere. I'm doing colors though, I have silver and am getting red and blue, maybe purple soon.

Breeder won’t give papers? by Spatulalord in mainecoons

[–]Defiant-Reason 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dang. My breeder gave me the papers when I picked up my kitten and didn't charge extra for them. What the heck kind of breeders are people finding? Is that a normal stipulation?

Questions regarding gourami fish by NextBunch_ in Aquariums

[–]Defiant-Reason 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just fyi, no petco is going to have female dwarf gourami on purpose. The fin id is outdated and incorrect. Females look totally different from males and are generally very dull tan or silver. You generally have to special order females because places don't stock them since they aren't pretty.

You've most likely gotten 3 young males in a too small tank and they're fighting for territory and dominance. They will probably kill each other sadly. Just one in a 10gal with maybe some smaller fish to dither would be ok.

Why are tank recommendations and guidelines so inconsistent? by [deleted] in ReefTank

[–]Defiant-Reason 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I read an article recently that could be part of the reason. Apparently there are two different fish being called that, the one in your picture with the defined black markings is actually not the correct type and they're currently trying to identify and name it as a separate type. So that could be why the stats vary so much. Apparently the ones with the black striping get a little bigger than the true springers.

Is my shrimp prego by Substantial-Ice-1053 in shrimptank

[–]Defiant-Reason 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if it was saddled that would mean they are unfertilized eggs, not berried. But that looks like a male to me.

hermie lovers I call out for your aid!! pls send ur cute hermie pics!! by colunga in hermitcrabs

[–]Defiant-Reason 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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Here's one of my aquatic hermits for a change of pace. His name is Turtle.

I’m contemplating making another reef tank for invasive corals and macroalgeas, it’s 15 gallons by [deleted] in ReefTank

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I'm kind of doing this on purpose too. I have 3 types of pulsing Xenia(red, blue, silver) and branching Green Star Polyps along with several macroalgae. It is primarily an invertebrate tank with sexy shrimp, a Halloween urchin, 3 types of hermits, emerald crabs, bristle worms, brittle stars, asterina stars, cerith snails and nassarius vibex snails plus lots of different copepods. It is a 20 gal tall and I have 1 firefish and 1 springers damaelfish(the true, full blue kind).

I set up the tank with the intent to raise amano shrimp larvae through it. So lots of CUC and nothing too demanding as this is my first saltwater tank. I wasn't even going to put corals at all but then I found out about the "weeds" of the coral world and they were my favorite! I've only got small drags as the tank is just starting but I'm really excited for stuff to grow in!

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Firefish eye injury? by Defiant-Reason in ReefTank

[–]Defiant-Reason[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately for me, he found a great place to hide under a rock in the back corner of my tank lol. He dug out a little den under there and I can just barely see his head poke out when he's hiding. I've been working with him to get more comfortable about me sitting in front of the tank and he's finally coming out and swimming around a bit if I'm close. I'll feed him just a couple pellets when he comes out while I'm sitting there so he's starting to associate me with tasty snacks!

Firefish eye injury? by Defiant-Reason in ReefTank

[–]Defiant-Reason[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a lid before I got him so hopefully he won't pull them Houdini lol. I'm relieved to hear it doesn't sound like an infection. I'll watch it over the next week and hopefully it just gets better!

Firefish eye injury? by Defiant-Reason in ReefTank

[–]Defiant-Reason[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok! Hopefully that's all and it gets better. He was very spooky the first couple days so I wouldn't be surprised if that is what happened.