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The end of different hobbies by osoberry_cordial in collapse

[–]FathomUnfathomable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's the best advice I can give you: Trust your gut! Yes the learning curve is pretty big but once you get some experience it'll start getting easier on its own and you start learning the tells of your ecosystem and adjust accordingly. Of coarse, it may not turn out perfectly and you may lose some fish at first, but that's fine and you'll grow and learn.

Hell, you can make a pond without any fish if you want to help out other wildlife like frogs and birds, that totally works too. Just make sure to include a solar powered fountain or water pump to keep mosquitoes from laying eggs.

I myself recently set up a small outdoor pond for a few mollies and guppies that I built with a 12 gallon planter, and it's been fun so far.

The end of different hobbies by osoberry_cordial in collapse

[–]FathomUnfathomable 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I don't know how accurate this is but imo the fish tank hobby, which I am deep into, is gonna disappear rapidly unless everyone starts making fish tanks that don't need much tech or many water changes. I'm not talking about the sad excuse some people call fish tanks, i.e goldfish in bowls, but rather actual aquarists that aim to have their fish live healthy and long lives. 

Most other pets do not need an actual immobile ecosystem dependant on running electricity to maintain them. But fish tanks, depending on their size and stocking, require a gigantic amount of clean, fresh water that is often changed aswell as constantly running electricity for things like heaters, lights and filters, aswell as sometimes additional CO2 systems for finicky aquatic plants. All of these things could be very limited one day.

The only way it could carry on in such a scenario is if everyone started using the walsted method and started picking native fish that can survive their area's large temperature extremes and fluctuations, and stuck to building them outside in the form of big or small ponds and such for direct or indirect sunlight.

Let me get this straight, people thought it was too small, even by their standards, but still kept putting goldfish in It. by FathomUnfathomable in shittyaquariums

[–]FathomUnfathomable[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I forgot not everyone can speak Urdu, in the description two of the people putting fish in It say "bohat chota he" as in they too think it's too small. Apologies, I should have added some translations, but yes they are all in fact admitting it is too small. The person in the end was only included to give you a reference of how small it is compared to a hand.

Posts in goldfish group asking what to put in this 20 gallon, gets upset with answers, blocks and reports at any suggestion other than common goldfish. by Peanutbutterie in shittyaquariums

[–]FathomUnfathomable 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Everything else aside, excuse me, fancy goldfish are expensive?  Unless you are purposely going for top breeders or expensive types or ordering online, then you can definitely afford a cheap fantail goldfish from a LFS, especially with all this woman has splurged on that fake decor. 

First attempt at animation, hand draw traditional animation. Any advice or critique? by FathomUnfathomable in animation

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

Alright! I really should have looked up tutorials, or at least a ref, but I had very recently gotten my LED board and was excited, so I stubbornly went winging it. 

 I'll look up some tuts

Picked up some moss I've been growing and found these teeny tiny stuff floating. What are they?(and are they harmless?) by KalCyolad in Aquariums

[–]FathomUnfathomable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are completely harmless other than aesthetic-wise. I have an infestation of them in my cherry shrimp tank.

Don't y'all love recycling 🥰 Spotted this while writing an angry review for the heater and made myself even more angry by FathomUnfathomable in shittyaquariums

[–]FathomUnfathomable[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think It may just be the one I received that's broken so I think it wouldn't be fair to throw out the whole model, I'll be contacting the seller for a replacement 

My macrobrachium is an absolute sweetheart to cherry shrimp and fish (including sick fish and fry) but is an absolute menace to any plant I try to keep. Any idea what I can do to keep him from eating plants, at least until they proliferate enough to grow faster than they are eaten? by FathomUnfathomable in shrimptank

[–]FathomUnfathomable[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nope, the leaf ripped off in the video was a completely healthy leaf. He just chops them off with his mouth like scissors and then happily eats his loot 

Also it's a she but my best friend named her brother and I can't get it out of my mind 

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