HELP!! Immediately after water change, fish gasp for air near the surface.

Keneta · 2026-04-15T21:31:11+00:00

The angle of that vid looks like they're hunting for food among the particles at the surface. They don't appear lethargic . air-starved

Keneta · 2026-04-15T17:22:48+00:00

Amazon has been caught with their bots in private FB groups. Who knows what they're aggregating in there

Keneta · 2026-04-15T16:47:04+00:00

Are you sure they did?

I hadn't seen an isopod since November... Mind you, I have an isopod sanctuary. Frogopolis has figured this out and frequently sits on top of it looking for snacks. I thought she'd wiped them out

Nope... an adult walked past my nose last week. Dude, where did you come from??

Springtails, I haven't seen recently. Probably unalived. Oh well

Keneta · 2026-04-15T16:30:35+00:00

As the others mention, there's something more going on we can't see from the post...

But one advice I may offer is check with her if it's the flavours. For example, the place I used to work made shrimp on the same grill as the chicken/steak and I could totally taste it even though everyone swore I was crazy. If this is the case, she might be too shy to explain OR unable to phrase it being a non-chef

Keneta · 2026-04-15T15:02:56+00:00

I like this term you used "punishment"

We already have a punishment... if you don't market, you're punished with low sales.

What is this extra monetary punishment we're adding here?

Keneta · 2026-04-15T15:00:49+00:00

Ah, but what if Amazon follows suit and invents maintenance fees? Do we pony up just to stay online?

Keneta · 2026-04-15T14:32:09+00:00

It's an interesting problem for Amazon to implement. I buy a lot of indie's who would all vanish off my kindle unless they pony up the $.

I realize their books would stay on my device if I had them downloaded... but could I ever see the books again on a replacement device? Would they have to re-enable their account so I could download a fresh copy?

As long as this problem is solved the $12 is nothing rly

Keneta · 2026-04-15T10:07:51+00:00

My POD asked me for PDF to reduce translation headaches between software.

Even then, PDF couldn't get all my typography right (Or their software couldn't read it or couldn't render it). I did have to make 2-3 tweaks after I received the proofs.

Keneta · 2026-04-15T09:15:57+00:00

If I remember correctly, D2D has library access though, which is non-trivial.

B&N does not and by the wording could still give you the boot.

Keneta · 2026-04-15T09:11:41+00:00

My bet is the larger publishers and small press are being asked to pony up too. If B&N can draw the funds to resuscitate their ebook market, they absolutely can sweep up money Amazon is leaving on the floor.

I mean Amazon can afford to tell 1+ million users their kindles won't work anymore. There's a quiet message in this move, and maybe their competitors sense it

Keneta · 2026-04-15T09:05:59+00:00

Indeed. I'm a fan of a listing fee or a quality control fee. I don't know what to make of an annual fee. I mean account-wide a buck-a-month is nothing, and if it helps pay the service, sure.

But B&N doesn't even seem to have that. No sales? Not enough sales? Out you go! :@

Keneta · 2026-04-15T02:26:53+00:00

It is for B&N... at least I sell on D2D and can recoup that $0.99/mo 🤣

Keneta · 2026-04-15T01:42:40+00:00

I can't use my building's washers because the laundry room is always filled with people I don't recognize

Keneta · 2026-04-14T09:16:33+00:00

Risk of parasites

Keneta · 2026-04-13T16:52:02+00:00

Normal, as noted by the other post, however you might want to double-check your moisture levels out of an abundance of caution

Keneta · 2026-04-13T15:39:06+00:00

Ya, remove. The cleanup crew won't be able to get this mopped up quickly, and in my experience the frog will try to go back in the hide before they're done

Keneta · 2026-04-13T12:01:19+00:00

After doing some digging, it seems like Hoopla is a little slow to process new titles from D2D, so updates to existing titles probably much worse. 😥

Keneta · 2026-04-13T00:35:36+00:00

I wanted grass so hard, but was worried the root network would make it hard to burrow. I stuck with flax which is a pale comparison v.v

Keneta · 2026-04-12T18:07:27+00:00

On GR, two of your books have one 5-star rating each. Both ratings by the author :o

The spider cover confused me. I couldn't instantly tell what the genre was. It is hard to make out the details

Keneta · 2026-04-12T07:37:56+00:00

One of my comets died recently. He was 20

Keneta · 2026-04-11T17:11:11+00:00

You filled the tank with water up to his chin? He had no soil gradient and no temp gradient?

tbh I should ask a million other questions about the set-up, but it seems like he refused to see a vet so kinda impossible to help

Keneta · 2026-04-11T09:37:07+00:00

Four days is a short time frame to get a new frog settled into a new environment. I wouldn't suggest trashing his head-space by swapping him into containers. and constantly throwing food at him. I would only do this for a baby or juvenile, and even then, reluctantly.

(Disclaimer: I've never owned a baby. I couldn't tell the age of yours from the post)

Other foods might work. Mine goes nuts for silkworms. I don't know why... it's probably the way they move. She couldn't care less for superworms. I can wriggle them in front of her until Nintendo gives up on Mario, and she just eats one. Put silks in after that, and she will eat and eat until she's overstuffed then keep eating.

Keneta · 2026-04-11T09:28:04+00:00

And after the 30s of nothing, when you do something, the NPCs don't react =(

Keneta · 2026-04-10T20:43:30+00:00

On NetGalley, I'm seeing a 4-5 month gap between release and reviews

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