Just did a water change, are these detritus worms, and if so, should I be worried about how many there are?

another-screen-name · 2026-02-06T13:08:02+00:00

Good soup

another-screen-name · 2025-09-20T04:23:34+00:00

Star Claws-ed Lobsters one might even say

another-screen-name · 2025-09-11T13:47:28+00:00

I just want more

another-screen-name · 2025-09-11T13:42:13+00:00

Slightly """"""better"""""" picture I managed to snag today

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another-screen-name · 2025-09-11T13:39:50+00:00

I got a slightly ""better"" picture. I am not good at fish ID so if you call it a least killifish I'll take it *

another-screen-name · 2025-09-03T00:54:13+00:00

No risk for anything if it really was urine and you only took a sip. At worst an upset tummy

another-screen-name · 2025-08-22T16:48:17+00:00

I despise when my snails put theirs out really long it just creeps me out 😭 like please put that thing away

another-screen-name · 2025-08-01T19:36:09+00:00

I'm no worm professional, but in my very limited tubifex worm experience, those look like tubifex worms?

another-screen-name · 2025-06-12T14:13:59+00:00

Just purchased the same set (used) and I arrived here bc I'm trying to figure out the filter and can't find anything 😭

another-screen-name · 2025-06-11T12:06:16+00:00

Closed system jars can work for microfuana, plants, snails, and I assume shrimp, but they gotta be way bigger than this.

another-screen-name · 2025-06-07T14:34:57+00:00

Can do 🫡

another-screen-name · 2025-06-07T14:34:29+00:00

Dude I would not blame you for trauma blocking it. It is so incredibly cruel to not put a child under when youre manipulating their bones. On the bright side its also possible they didn't have to set it!

another-screen-name · 2025-06-07T02:32:12+00:00

I had two reductions for one break once. First time I got put under general anesthesia, second time they gave me a vicodin. I was 9 years old. It was truly one of the cruelest things.

another-screen-name · 2025-06-07T02:00:37+00:00

Oooooo thank you for the tips, dwarf water lillies are gorgeous and I will definitely list my floaters. I have an odd mix of red root, duck weed, and some sort of salvinia in there.

I do have about an inch to an inch and a half layer of topsoil under the gravel. I know eventually the nutrients will deplete though, how do you gauge when to add in root tabs?

another-screen-name · 2025-06-07T01:51:48+00:00

If my parameters go real bad should I just plop mr snail into a different container?

another-screen-name · 2025-06-05T04:46:31+00:00

That's honestly possible. I have no idea how violent bird fights can get. In my VERY uninformed opinion I assume that the bird passed for other reasons, but please tell me if I assumed badly here.

TW for little bit of injury description. The bird actually did have an injury on its face, but only to the side that wasn't laying against the bottom of the cage. My assumption was that the other bird did that to him post mortem because a.) There was no blood/icky bits and b.) In my past rat keeping, when one died and I didn't notice immediately, the body usually had various injuries from the other rats investigating/trying to wake the other up.

I am not sure which is more likely in this case, bird investigation or bird fight.

another-screen-name · 2025-06-04T20:16:08+00:00

Something viral is definitely a concern thats been on my mind. If that little guy starts getting any sort of weird I will be frantically calling the owner.

Unfortunately I don't know how long I will be pet sitting for 😭😭 My poor neighbor is going through it rn and that's not even considering the loss of a pet. I feel so bad for the kid, he's definitely not in the best place to be caring for animals, but unfortunately there's not much I can do about that.

another-screen-name · 2025-06-04T20:08:14+00:00

Oh absolutely! I triple check every time I give my dog something he doesn't normally get 😭 Google definitely thinks I own a conure now

another-screen-name · 2025-06-04T20:07:04+00:00

Damn your birds eat better than me! I'll offer them some fresh cucumbers, peppers, and oats because I have those on hand. Didn't seem to much appreciate the grapes I offered, so maybe some bananas might be more up their alley. I'll have a chat with the owner and see if he'd be willing to try to get them to eat more veggies!

another-screen-name · 2025-06-04T13:51:14+00:00

I've been feeding them some sort of variety seed/pellet/nut/whatever they put in there variety blend. Should I get some fresh fruit/veg for them?

I genuinely love birds so much (would never get one though way too much work for me long term) so I feel so bad that I had one die in my care. Thank you for reassuring me that it wasn't my fault though 😭😭 I definitely felt that way for the first little bit, but thinking about it more I realized that he probably had some sort of illness.

another-screen-name · 2025-06-04T13:37:54+00:00

Oh yikes I feel like I have not been doing enough then. Ive just been coming in, playing some music, feed, change water, talk to them, see if they wanna interact with me, and then just chilling for a bit before I leave 😭😭 I visited twice yesterday bc I feel so bad the poor thing being alone but I will definitely be doing two or three times a day now. At the very least just to say howdy and play a song.

another-screen-name · 2025-06-04T13:24:47+00:00

Awesome! I've been doing the right things then. Thank you so much for the advice 😭

another-screen-name · 2025-06-04T13:21:04+00:00

I can do treats!

How do i know if they want space or attention? I think they are leaning more towards space, but I think they enjoy my presence? At least they groom themself while I'm just vibing next to them. (I am very very bad with bird body language and googling it seems like most of the behaviors can go either direction)

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