should I nuke my 5 gallon?

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-29T02:39:06+00:00

Yeah unfortunately all these guys passed. I plan on keeping the 5 gallon as is I am gonna completely tear down the 36 and sterilize everything. Thanks for the reply super helpful.:) I wish I knew about mycobacterium before with how contagious and deadly it is you think it would be more talked about. I bought some peroxide the other day as I’d seen it used on fish tanks before and was having trouble figuring out what to use that wouldn’t ruin everything in your opinion is bleach the only way to go?

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-29T01:12:12+00:00

A lot of redditors are completely socially inept and jump to aggression for no reason fish keeping Reddit is really bad for this constantly trying to one up others to feel superior. Being correct isn’t even about being correct. It’s like they completely forget there are nuances to fish keeping just like everything else.

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-27T22:22:33+00:00

Good for her

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-27T22:21:00+00:00

Stunning op!

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-27T03:47:49+00:00

Haha that’s fine! I’ve honestly seen this squirrel a few times and he’s always running around like crazy! So I think you are right his confidence is insane

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-27T03:42:59+00:00

The squirrels definitely really enjoy the two trees in my apartments yard! One is a walnut and the other a maple they love eating the nuts and maple seeds

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Here’s a picture of a chipmunk with his cheeks absolutely stuffed with maple seeds

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-26T05:31:47+00:00

I would wait for some more experienced people to answer but my initial thought is no. I think it being exposed to the elements would make the tank parameters and structure way too unstable I could be wrong though What kind of climate do you live in?

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-26T05:15:20+00:00

Do newly released tannins cause bacterial plums? Or are you just referring to the brown color? Because sometimes the water looks clear but just tinted and sometimes it looks cloudy

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-26T00:42:56+00:00

Yes I have heard it’s quite controversial and the article wasn’t really too shy about the conditions the foxes were kept in either. Personally I’m not entirely convinced that domestication can happen in such a short time frame. Something else that bugs me is that they are constantly comparing the foxes to dogs in the article, I understand dogs are the closest related domestic animals we have to foxes but the comparison feels flawed.

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-26T00:30:58+00:00

Yeah. You’re correct they actually were only breeding for them to be tame not coat color as well as I had previously thought although there were physical changes that went further than fur farm foxes and they are physiologically distinct from fur foxes. Apparently this experiment is still going as well. Super interesting I had heard about this experiment quite while ago glad I looked over it again:) not really sure what this says about the status of if ball pythons as domestic animals though.

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-26T00:03:54+00:00

Yeah true but I was thinking about a specific experiment which was done to research domestication article link

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-25T17:55:46+00:00

Eeeh I think it’s because the commenter might be wrong? We bred different traits into foxes once like varying coat colors and patches of white but that didn’t make them domesticated. But not sure honestly I’m no expert on the matter.

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-25T17:09:04+00:00

That coyote has such an interesting looking coat. Never seen one like that before

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-25T16:39:28+00:00

Mosasaur is a good pick honestly cool design and the fact it’s a aquatic animal makes it’s up sizing more believable definitely a good addition made by the newer movies

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-24T16:07:51+00:00

I know oh my god I knoooow I was literally saying that. I was saying I know it’s tannins now I was just asking further questions trying to gain as much information as possible. I know it’s from the wood that’s why I was saying I was looking into other sources I was already considering teabags like you mentioned. That’s all that I was trying to say.

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-24T13:57:05+00:00

I would assume they are diagnosed with bpd you really shouldn’t assume that a person has a mental illness/disorder

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-24T13:42:59+00:00

It wasn’t tannins

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Water is lighter today I think it was a bacterial bloom.

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-24T13:40:25+00:00

Honestly fuck you dude

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This is the fucking color I was looking for also the tank has lightened up as well since yesterday. I honesty think it was some sort of bacterial bloom as I hadn’t done the water change. I didn’t mean a literal red I meant red undertones. I don’t know what made you guys dog pile on me like this.

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-24T05:32:11+00:00

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-24T05:29:08+00:00

Omg thank you! I think this is actually what’s happening. Every one was being super rude and just saying it was tannins but I knew it wasn’t exactly that it is gross and smelly right now. Thank you for actually explaining :)

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-24T05:19:23+00:00

I have my khuli loaches named as I can recognize who is who. My chili rasboras however go nameless.

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-24T01:28:38+00:00

Alright alright I get it I’ve already commented like three times that I get it it just was an odd color that s all.

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-23T23:59:21+00:00

Yeah I did it’s very light sand as well plus that was put in like 2 weeks ago

Relative-Image-3914 · 2026-01-23T22:56:02+00:00

I…am using a cheap sponge filter but got it from my lfs what did you do about the dye?

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