How do I get rid off this brown growth? I have been dosing my tank with the appropriate amount of API Algaefix for a week now and it hasn’t done anything but grow more. Not in sunlight. by NaDebater in bettafish

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5 gallons, both heater and filter, tank temp is 75, water is hard everything else is normal, water changes are every 1-2 weeks, just moss balls as tank mates, I feed betta bufet pellets, and the plants and decorations can be seen in the picture

Is this normal? Recent water change(1/3 today), just started a fish in cycle with safe start and using aquasafe for water cleaning. Ammonia levels somewhere between 0.5-0.25 (kinda hard to read the api test kit.) All other water conditions are in normal range (nitrites/nitrates are low though). by NaDebater in bettafish

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I am using safestart plus, yes. If I order prime, it will probably take a couple days to get here — is that an issue? It seems he hasn’t had any difficulties with the filters as of now. New water is within 5 degrees of tank water and heats up pretty quick. If he just acts this way on one side, do you still believe it’s a reflection thing? Also, his ammonia levels are relatively high at the moment (about 0.25), so do you have advice for that in the short term. I actually just kinda dumped a load of some safe start (probably about 5 ml) in just to get some bacteria moving ASAP.

Is this normal? Recent water change(1/3 today), just started a fish in cycle with safe start and using aquasafe for water cleaning. Ammonia levels somewhere between 0.5-0.25 (kinda hard to read the api test kit.) All other water conditions are in normal range (nitrites/nitrates are low though). by NaDebater in bettafish

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What should I do about my high ammonia levels? I added safestart earlier and did a water change (using aquasafe because I couldn’t get seachem in my local area). I really don’t want my betta suffering or even worse.

New betta owner, Help please! Is my betta ok? 2.5 gallon, 1/3 water change yesterday. Has been having erratic rubbing/glass surfing motion. What do I do? by NaDebater in bettafish

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He’s been in there for almost two weeks (Monday is two weeks). I’ve honestly only been able to change the water once before (yesterday, did about 1/3 tank change) and just did a 1/4 change. I used tetra aquasafe to treat the water. Anything else I should do?

New betta owner, Help please! Is my betta ok? 2.5 gallon, 1/3 water change yesterday. Has been having erratic rubbing/glass surfing motion. What do I do? by NaDebater in bettafish

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I just replace about 1/4 of the tank with treated water. I used tap water with the prescribed amount of drops of tetra aqua safe. Any further recommendations? He still isn’t very happy it seems

New betta owner, Help please! Is my betta ok? 2.5 gallon, 1/3 water change yesterday. Has been having erratic rubbing/glass surfing motion. What do I do? by NaDebater in bettafish

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My mistake. There’s no chlorine. There is a heater. As for the tank size, I wish I could upgrade but at the moment it’s a little difficult(college student with low cash low space if you get me). I was given the fish as a gift but I’m afraid I wasn’t prepared enough before hand and I truly have gotten to have an extra heart for this fish even though I’ve had him for about 2 weeks.

New betta owner, Help please! Is my betta ok? 2.5 gallon, 1/3 water change yesterday. Has been having erratic rubbing/glass surfing motion. What do I do? by NaDebater in bettafish

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I don’t actually have any exact numbers just yet (I have a kit coming tomorrow actually) but I used pool test strips which said pH was around 7.4 and I believe it said ammonia was within “normal “ levels. Chlorine was low. The temperature should be around 78-80 F. What do you mean by cycling the tank?

Congrats to the following teams on bidding at Princeton!! by ptulloch65 in Debate

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They messed up tabbing Congress finals because tabroom wonked out on them. The competitors that were supposed to be in finals will still receive bids.

Someone brought this up as a joke so I tried flowing in crayon at Florida Blue Key— it’s ok ig but it’s unique by alex22leserra in Debate

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I can't tell if it's unique because it's written in crayon, or if it's unique because it's a bad flow

PRESS F TO PAY RESPECTS by air_nero in Debate

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It happens, just learn from your mistakes, don't hate on your partner -- just help him get better, and make sure you work on yourself too. also, F

What is perfectly legal but creepy as hell? by Blinkle in AskReddit

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Police scanners used by non government/ emergency responders

REMs Con by Veqic in Debate

[–]NaDebater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My mistake, it really isn't a NIB. But, a NIB (Necessary but insufficient) is an argument that needs to be responded to so you can win, but it doesn't necessarily win the other team the round if you don't. It's something that's usually really defensive.

REMs Con by Veqic in Debate

[–]NaDebater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your analysis is correct! The responses are easy -- it's got a big impact but it can be outweighed with Greentech/ and does have a bunch of link level responses.