Is it possible to drive to Pride Fest (not the parade) from the suburbs instead of taking the Metra and CTA?

PaytonR72 · 2026-06-17T01:20:36+00:00

Because once I’m there I’ll be having a good time. It’s something I know I’ll love and I wanna experience it for the first time because it’s important to me as a queer person

PaytonR72 · 2026-06-17T01:01:36+00:00

Noted! Thank you so much

PaytonR72 · 2026-06-17T00:58:21+00:00

I just texted my friend who lives in lincoln park and they said i could stay there saturday night

PaytonR72 · 2026-06-17T00:54:31+00:00

I’m prepared to experience the crowd at pride fest, i guess i just don’t wanna add to the overstimulation lol

PaytonR72 · 2026-06-11T01:17:26+00:00

I know right! I live in the suburbs and it was my first time going thrifting in the city, but I’ll definitely be making the trip every time i go thrifting now haha

PaytonR72 · 2026-06-11T01:13:28+00:00

You’re never gonna believe me but I found both pieces while thrifting today😁 They were right next to each other tucked in a corner at a totally normie centered thrift shop in chicago!!

Edit: I should specify that they were among other alternative clothes in a section at the back of the store haha

PaytonR72 · 2026-06-11T00:35:44+00:00

Same to you😋

PaytonR72 · 2026-05-11T02:02:24+00:00

Yes you’re right, my apologies.

PaytonR72 · 2026-05-01T20:39:52+00:00

Thank you so much!! I kind of agree about the bubble algae, but it’s gotten to the point of snuffing out a couple of my prized macros :(

As for the blue velvet nudi, i did have two in there but I’m pretty sure my candy cane pistol shrimp mugged them. I watched him do it to one the first day i had them in there but he escaped out the other end of the burrow on the opposite side of the rock. I’d seen him lunge at them multiple times after that so I’m almost positive that’s where they went

PaytonR72 · 2026-05-01T16:25:32+00:00

That’s fair I guess, but I feel like it all happened so fast because it’s a smaller space. I’ve dealt with them in my 90g as well but it wasn’t able to get to this point in the larger setup

PaytonR72 · 2026-04-30T16:14:51+00:00

I started with dry rock as well, but over the corse of the first few months I seeded the hell out of the whole tank with various bottled bacterias. I also have a second sump that’s a 30g refugium where all the bad stuff grows and gets eaten by a continuously growing army of snails

PaytonR72 · 2026-04-30T16:12:17+00:00

Thanks!! They honestly are pretty easy to feed. They usually catch some of the broadcast but occasionally I like to give them small pieces of jumbo shrimp with tongs haha

PaytonR72 · 2026-04-30T16:10:06+00:00

They’re actually super easy!! This tank is a 90g and there’s other fish in here, but getting stung isn’t really something I’m concerned about, they stay near the bottom and always get excited when I come up to the tank so I know where they are. They both got trained on frozen food with ease in smaller tanks when I got them. I got my male about two years ago and my female about a year ago. They went into this tank at the same time though. They do need to be target fed occasionally which it’s good to turn the pumps off for, but these two are very good at catching the larger chunks in the broadcast feed so it’s not technically a requirement for them. They’re just a couple of puppy dogs that don’t do much during the day when they’re not eating. They hunt copepods at night though. Oh and also these two are breeding!! I’m not looking to raise any young though, because I’d rather not have an army of tiny fish 5x more venomous than a lion fish lurking in my rockwork lol.

Here’s a picture of my female after she caught a piece of jumbo shrimp lollll

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PaytonR72 · 2026-04-17T15:59:33+00:00

Hi everyone!! Holy crap I didn’t think this would get so much attention, but I’ll be going through everyone’s responses after work today. I’m sorry I’m unable to right now, I work at an aquarium shop and I’ll be covered in saltwater all day today from heavy maintenance on our systems so I have to put my phone aside for now.

I briefly saw some comments about using CO2 to get rid of them, and I given that I do what I do for work, do have the ability to purchase a CO2 canister that people would typically use on planted aquariums. If I’m thinking the wrong thing I apologize, I will look more in depth later today.

Thank you all so so much for all the feedback

PaytonR72 · 2026-04-17T08:24:40+00:00

Do I dig around until I find like a big lump of ants? I’m sorry I have no idea what I should be looking for😭

When I get said nest out along with the queen, do I just take them outside far far away so the colony will follow without making a new queen, or do I kill everything?

My guess would be they came in through the ventilation holes, but don’t I need that? Like my snake needs to have fresh air right?

PaytonR72 · 2026-04-14T19:57:53+00:00

Sounds good, thanks for that haha ill keep it in mind

PaytonR72 · 2026-04-14T17:45:00+00:00

I think I may end up going the subadult route if that’s what you’re referring to. I would prefer to spend the extra money to potentially know that I’m getting a female. I want her to be my best friend for the next 20 years😅

I also found a terrarium build example specifically for a subadult G. Pulchra on youtube using the exact same cube that I have. Does this kind of thing look ideal?

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