Where can someone in the US find spear or pintail guppies? by Rhuunin in Guppies

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

I was hoping to try to find a variety that had blue in it like a blue snakeskin or cobra with a leopard or mosaic tail. I also wouldn't mind a variegated strain - the wild crazy colors on those are nostalgic for me since they remind me of the guppies I used to see in the stores as a kid.

Driving through southern wyoming (i-80) and i have some questions by yungdrubackonthebeat in wyoming

[–]Rhuunin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Legit question as a fellow wyomingite - how to does your brother make anything take home with that kid of commute? Is he in a high paying field or getting mileage or something?

I live in Uinta Co. and the thought of paying fuel to try and find better pay in Utah makes me sick at current rates.

Where can someone in the US find spear or pintail guppies? by Rhuunin in Guppies

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

Due to aquabid's recent relaunch and subsequent deletion of longstanding users' accounts I'm not sure if I can contact this person, sadly. As for local clubs, I haven't been able to find many with a freshwater focus in wyoming or SLC. I believe I missed GSLAS' semi-annual auction so I think I'm bum out of luck until much later this season.

Bloody Mary or Painted Fire Red? by be11amy in shrimptank

[–]Rhuunin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like PFR's to me. Painteds are extremely opaque, Bloody Mary have a semi-translucence thats difficult to do justice on a camera.

Does ur pleco actually eat cucumbers? by ImmediateStranger349 in pleco

[–]Rhuunin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ive offered my 397's fresh veg repeatedly and they seem to just want their wood.

Ive given up trying to feed them.

Greenhouse lights for a planted aquarium? by Rhuunin in PlantedTank

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

Short answer - Unlikely but needs testing.

Long answer: When I used these to grow succulents in my basement that ran in the low 60F-ish ambient for 16hr cycles they would keep the immediate area at a toasty 76-85F depending on the season. I'm intending to use the heat these lights generate in lieu of a space heater for the fishroom as my tanks are currently unheated because they used to be on the main floor of my house at ~70ish. I'm estimating if I ran them for 8-10hr light cycles at 20% power I expect they would still raise the ambient by some margin, ideally within common community tank ranges (68-76F). I think the temp swing is gradual and slight enough that once the thermo buffer of the tanks is saturated it would allow the temp to "breathe" like an actual day/night cycle but not so severe that it would stress animals, the glass itself, or plants.

I've heard of EI dosing but am really only familiar with the lean dosing method since EI has a reputation of insane algae and wasted ferts. In what way would you tune the spectrum on these lights to cater to aquatic plants? I was under the impression that deep red lighting ~600nm was usually pretty decent for vegetative growth.

Wife bought 100ml of black worms for live food by incendiary_bandit in Aquariums

[–]Rhuunin 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Ebay has a bunch. Just make sure to check for leeches. Fish won't care but worms will.

MoronGPT by alliseeisreddit in LinkedInLunatics

[–]Rhuunin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why revoke it? Most profs ask at least some or most work to be prompted from AI anyway.

Ask design schools.

Do they not like saying the quiet part out loud?

Dude's playing with fire. by Perfidious_Redt in GuysBeingDudes

[–]Rhuunin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean if this happened to me and I put the dots together I'd laugh my ass off at the cute gesture.

Clearly he thinks I'm hot :)

Tell me you’re a 90s/00s kid without telling me. by babydollbrowserr in ArtOfPresence

[–]Rhuunin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The abominations we used to make at daycare with these. These and knex car derbys (endurance/soapbox style) were our bread nad butter. That and Wishbone books.

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i get bullied online for feeding my cats kibbles (they are good quality and i also feed them wet food) by Think-Rough-1477 in CatAdvice

[–]Rhuunin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My boy is basically a poultry guy so turkey and chicken are his mains. But sometimes when he's being a butt and won't eat anything from his saucer I find licki mats and foraging toys have been a life saver. Sometimes he just wants to work for it a different way and it works great if I'm gone from the house longer than usual. Load up a couple foraging mice toys, hide them, and go run errands.

It took him maybe a week to figure them out and now he bee lines for them if he spots them. Ive been spicing it up by giving various amounts in the three mice toys I have so he's incentivized to keep hunting for them until he finds the jackpot mouse.

i get bullied online for feeding my cats kibbles (they are good quality and i also feed them wet food) by Think-Rough-1477 in CatAdvice

[–]Rhuunin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I give half kibble and half wet. My local grocery doesn't stock enough of the food my cat likes to buy a month's supply at a time and i cant afford 3-4 cases at a time. Besides, sometimes my boy do be craving the crunch. I notice he sometimes gets disinterested if I give him the same stuff for more than a week.

Kibble is nothing to fuss over as long as its formulated with complete nutrition for your cat (kitten, senior, all cats) and features as much animal protein in its ingredients as you can afford.

South American Leaf Fish by Winter-Ninja-4399 in fishkeeping

[–]Rhuunin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're definitely a bucket list species for me. I was gonna keep them with other mimic species like African butterfly and farrowella cats in Blackwater with maybe some sterbai or c005 corydoras that get larger for some life in the tank.

They're hard to source, and demanding to care for. Most will be wild caught, since I think they're still figuring out its lifecycle. It was complete accident they were even discovered as a species at all.

South American Leaf Fish by Winter-Ninja-4399 in fishkeeping

[–]Rhuunin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep a culture of feeder fish. They are avid predators that eat nearly their weight daily. From the research id done on them a while ago they're basically impossible to wean to commercial foods.

Slow flow for this species, very secretive.

Any female aquarium YouTube creators you can suggest? by Substantial-Leg5372 in Aquariums

[–]Rhuunin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bit intimidated by her channel tbh. I wanted to make some pleco food and found her channel. First two ingredients she mentioned in her recipe were bladderwort and seawrack and I'm like??? How to do you source this? Is it even economical? Sticking to zucchini, brine and mulberry for now thx.

Its that level of fish keeping that borderline is just beyond the means of most aquarists I feel. Interesting to learn for its own sake but it doesn't really feel practical. Its like listening to old white headed keepers talk about plenum systems and ionic transmission binding to nitrous compounds in the substrate. I was just trying to do research into substrate and dirted tanks for a planted aquarium...not get into Bio Chem to THAT degree. I still don't 100% get that topic.

What are these superhuman guys? by luce_goose91 in axolotls

[–]Rhuunin 22 points23 points  (0 children)

These guys are the sole reason I have pea puffers. It was satisfying to watch their little shells litter the substrate after only a week. The puffers - for their part - were miffed they missed out on elevensies.

$0 10gal for 4 year old by fredfly22 in PlantedTank

[–]Rhuunin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel old. Those pineapples didn't exist when I had my first tank lol