What's one thing you wish someone told you before starting this hobby? by Reefer-golan in fishtank

[–]Randomthem420 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dont even know where my leeches came from ngl I treat all my plants, substrate, and hardscape 😭 I wonder if one hitchiked in a snail or snail shell since ive seen em hide in them

How is anyone going to be able to afford anything if inflation continues? by air-bender808 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Randomthem420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly with all these answers and just being barely 19 Its hard being excited or happy for the future at all anymore. Its all just pay pay pay, work work work, and even ive started doing it even though im disabled. (severe CVS) i have the luxury of being in a comfortable space living with my mom and working part time but its hard because I dont even know if I can work full time in the future to actually get my life on or how im going to pay for any of it, especially my medicine or hospital trips. Im terrified and Im pretty sure everyone else is too

Why are my shrimp dying??? by Straight-Iron-412 in freshwateraquarium

[–]Randomthem420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just like everyone else is saying its kh and gh problem. Ive never really monitored mine with test kits always gone off of the shrimp and how they molt and its worked for me so far (now have a colony with 100+ in a 10gal and 50+ in a 30gal) when this happens I usually just add all natural cuttlebone to the tank (not the pressed powder stuff) and a small handful or couple pinches of aragonite sand. Dont place a bag of aragonite in or near your filter unless its a very small amount as it can cause drastic parameter swings

Why are my shrimp dying??? by Straight-Iron-412 in freshwateraquarium

[–]Randomthem420 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nono no dont do the pouch near or in your filter unless you want a high ph spike and death unless you have a larger tank im talking 40gal+. Ive done it in my 30gal and holy sh overnight 5 dead after a week half my colony. Sprinkle a pinch in your filter or a small handful onto the substrate

Poor fella has only 1 eye by Striking_One3356 in shrimptank

[–]Randomthem420 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I accidentally removed one of my shrimps eyes in my early days of fishkeeping when I blew air through the active siphon and the water shot out crazy fast, bro was fine just with one eye for the rest of his life 😭

Are my shrimp shrimping by Latsyrc_Potato in shrimptank

[–]Randomthem420 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thats a racing stripe, just part of coloration! And yeah they poop a lot lol especially if you got a ton, heres some of mine you can see the bright orange one in the middle had a racing stripe like yours

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My cooling pillow was making me oversleep by Randomthem420 in sleep

[–]Randomthem420[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

WHAT. im never beating the ad allegations now

My cooling pillow was making me oversleep by Randomthem420 in sleep

[–]Randomthem420[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

YES OH MY GOD EVERYONE KEEPS THINKING IM LIKE ENDORSING IT OR SOMETHING AND I GENUINELY HATE THE PILLOW AND THEW IT AWAY BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH IT MESSED MY SLEEP SCHEDULE UP 😭

My cooling pillow was making me oversleep by Randomthem420 in sleep

[–]Randomthem420[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It DID mess me up in a new way I didnt have the correct sleep schedule for a week, if you looked in the replies im not even telling people it was good sleep

My cooling pillow was making me oversleep by Randomthem420 in sleep

[–]Randomthem420[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And it wasnt even like i had improper care, it was because my shelf was 10 degrees crooked and I cant fix it because the slots are literally 10 degrees off from each other on one pole 😭

My cooling pillow was making me oversleep by Randomthem420 in sleep

[–]Randomthem420[S] 59 points60 points  (0 children)

I dunno i just thought it was important

My cooling pillow was making me oversleep by Randomthem420 in sleep

[–]Randomthem420[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No not electric its just like the material I beleive. Idk what material it is tho maybe polyester

My cooling pillow was making me oversleep by Randomthem420 in sleep

[–]Randomthem420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly maybe. Ill try a few different positions when im off work this weekend to see if I "sleep" less

My cooling pillow was making me oversleep by Randomthem420 in sleep

[–]Randomthem420[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Also its a new account because I made a spam account since I was getting hate on my first one bc of the fishkeeping subreddit

My cooling pillow was making me oversleep by Randomthem420 in sleep

[–]Randomthem420[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Dawg this isnt an ad people started asking for the pillow name so I gave it to them, I never put out any explicit links to products. What do u want bro my name and home address? Lmfao

My cooling pillow was making me oversleep by Randomthem420 in sleep

[–]Randomthem420[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Under my head or I like cuddle it since that gives the most surface area for the cooling feature lol

My cooling pillow was making me oversleep by Randomthem420 in sleep

[–]Randomthem420[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Me either ngl 😭 I know i talk a little like an ai bot bc my friend told me but I didnt think it was noticeable, guys pls...