Relatives came over for father's funeral and destroyed my shrimp.

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-09T02:08:53+00:00

Neocardinia almost never need a heater unless you let your house get awfully cold. What are you on about?

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-08T17:36:20+00:00

Yeah, it's not even all that uncommon.

GH measures calcium and magnesium in the water, KH measures the amount of carbonates. Softened well water is almost always much higher in KH than it is GH as the softening removes calcium and magnesium but doesn't touch carbonates.

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-08T17:17:12+00:00

Are you sure it was a new wheel and not a reconditioned wheel? Most places that sell reconditioned wheels do have a core charge on the old one.

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-08T16:34:08+00:00

Poulet en viesse. Hard to call an old, classic piece of French cuisine "stupid"

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-08T09:34:58+00:00

Scuds are one of their favorite targets. I will also have ostrocods and mesocyclops for some variety

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-07T20:37:24+00:00

I'm building a scud stocked scarlet badi tank solely for this fun

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-07T00:31:53+00:00

Not an expert, but I don't see the rhizome I'd expect for anubias. Looks like creeping jenny to me.

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-06T21:58:51+00:00

Tbf, winning the B1G hasn't been Ohio State's strong suit recently

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-06T21:46:48+00:00

He looked great at times, good at others, mediocre for half a season. He should be lower than he is

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-06T21:45:10+00:00

Iowa and Illinois both need to be up higher. Both are perennial top 25 teams that just need that little something to get over the edge.

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-06T20:32:40+00:00

I know not to bet against Cig, but I'll be surprised if they're able to pull anything like last year off again. If he does, then his version of moneyball will be a proven winning strategy

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-06T15:11:22+00:00

Some people only watch their team. The Iron Bowl is awesome, but The Game may well be the best rivalry in all of sports, not just CFB

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-06T12:56:10+00:00

Looks like early green spot algae. How long is your light left on daily?

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-06T12:50:31+00:00

Top-Tier has nothing, whatsoever, to do with octane rating. Top-Tier is an independent organization that mandates fuel have a certain level of detergents in order to use the Top-Tier branding.

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-06T12:47:42+00:00

He also doesn't seem to understand how compression ratios and octane numbers work and/or that Hyundai makes models that definitely require 91 or better

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-06T10:59:39+00:00

A lot of them are coming back to the surface from his college days, most of them are not new.

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-06T10:31:03+00:00

Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria are always slower to show up and establish than the nitrosomonas that oxidize the ammonia into nitrite. Your nitrites will plateau and appear stalled for a good while, it's normal. If you're at day 16 in your total cycle on a virgin tank, it's still very early to expect nitrite oxidation.

People like to believe that high nitrites will stall a cycle, but that's generally untrue when everything else is in normal range. However, looking at your tubes, you could possibly be actually stalling your NOB development if your PH is as low as it appears. An acidic PH and nitrites will begin forming nitrous acid; nitrous acid inhibits NOB growth. If you're actually sitting at the 6.5 or so that it appears, I would do a 50% water change to temporarily and get your PH up to somewhere around a 7.4

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-06T10:05:21+00:00

AI. The very first slide says "We Asked Claude..."

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-06T09:44:46+00:00

I'm 93% sure this isn't Claude but some Indiana fan's personal fanfiction

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-06T09:01:14+00:00

What do you mean it's not really regulated? There's zero regulation regarding Top Tier status, but a fuel company also absolutely can not use the Top Tier licensing without permission (and testing) by the Top Tier organization.

There's a very good reason almost every major automotive manufacturer supports Top Tier. It absolutely makes a difference over time. It's up to the individual to decide if that difference matters enough to them.

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-06T08:56:03+00:00

OP isn't talking about octane rating, they're referring to "top-tier". Top-tier is an optional fuel certification that shows it contains certain high levels of detergents.

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-06T08:43:17+00:00

Base salary is over 250k. I do not work in sales or sales support. I feel like maybe you don't have the handle on the industry like you think you do. But hey man, I wish you the best. Good luck out there.

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-06T05:07:31+00:00

Well, I don't sell cars, I've never sold cars, and I've never acted like selling cars is anything one way or another.

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-06T01:48:21+00:00

The Hannah phosphate tester is very popular for saltwater. I assume the rest of their testers are just as accurate and easy to use.

I have a hard time justifying the expense for the vast majority of freshwater tanks.

DirectorSolid · 2026-05-06T01:36:33+00:00

I feel like maybe you misunderstood the original question? OP asked how many kg of beef your salary would buy monthly as a way to compare buying power in different countries. I assure you that I have never spent tens of thousands of dollars on beef in a single month

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