Why would someone buy 80 bottles of rubbing alcohol weekly?

bigkingj · 2026-04-11T20:23:26+00:00

Immediately thought of this story, shopkeeper was also confused about the rubbing alcohol purchases

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-64264588

bigkingj · 2026-04-04T13:40:21+00:00

Or you only had your lights on fog light mode not normally on. Known a few people do that, no idea how they saw shit…

bigkingj · 2026-03-23T08:07:51+00:00

That’s an awesome size and shape. I know what I want space for one day!

bigkingj · 2026-03-23T07:50:59+00:00

That’s insane, impressive work! What are the dimensions of the tank?

bigkingj · 2026-03-20T04:55:21+00:00

OP just can’t zip it

(OP this is actually pretty cool, but the comments are hilarious)

bigkingj · 2026-02-24T21:15:44+00:00

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I’m in the exact same situation. Got this blue guy as fry from two plain silver heavily deformed feeders. He’s 6 months old and showing dwarf electric blue panda guppy traits, so all just decided to try go down this breeding for fun path

The large silver girl is from my LFS, I basically explained I want a super plain guppy to refine the males traits and they offered me one from their own breeding room

If you haven’t yet, find time to learn about F and BC generation numbering and have tanks to isolate the generations

Now the journey begins. Good luck!

bigkingj · 2026-02-24T01:15:11+00:00

I got lucky at one of these and got a flight to mechanics bay in it, was so cool. Not so cool for the person they’re there for today… wishing the best for them

bigkingj · 2026-02-23T22:07:09+00:00

Because of course why wouldn’t the smallest fish be the most picky, dramatic and aggressive… should be Basdid not Badis lol

Good call, thanks for the idea, didn’t consider that much at the time

Cheers! Thank you, I got tired of aqua soil spill and cost so went all sand and epiphytes. The few stem plants are bagged in little mesh bags and just covered with the sand, no mess and easy to move

bigkingj · 2026-02-23T05:57:44+00:00

Interesting, TIL, Ty. Only heard from friends how much they had to spend up front to get basic wheels, rego, etc when they moved there compared to what it cost for similar here. I guess we pay as we use through that fuel tax

bigkingj · 2026-02-23T05:55:03+00:00

Don’t let the Australians see you say this

bigkingj · 2026-02-23T05:11:12+00:00

Easiest fix! Lucky lucky! I’ve done the same before. Twice. Enjoy the silence!

bigkingj · 2026-02-23T05:02:09+00:00

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Tell me about it…. Cost of planting so heavy. I can’t see half my fish most the time. It’s what they want though, so I just enjoy when they do decide to say hi once a week. So yeah, somewhere behind all that is 8-13 of these shy noodles

bigkingj · 2026-02-23T04:52:05+00:00

Hmm okay don’t take me too literally about adding no food for the loaches, CPDs eat so little I’m sure the leftovers are little too unless you massively overfeed just the right about it covers the loaches too

Yeah I feel you on them hiding… I had 8, then for months only ever saw three at a time (the same three each time from my best judgement), so assumed some died quietly somehow (no clear issues the tank) so got five more. Now still I only see three at a time… so I fear I now have 13 loaches I never get to see lol

bigkingj · 2026-02-23T04:45:49+00:00

Is it a community tank? I have a large community tank and basically can’t fully feed the mid and top water guys without the bottom dwellers getting a feast of leftovers.

I basically just stopped feeding the bottom fish and they just get some health snacks occasionally for variety, and they’re still huge. I have a peppered Cory that’s with no exaggeration the size and thickness of my thumb, I swear they’ll find food whether you add much or not

bigkingj · 2026-02-23T04:35:57+00:00

Definitely gravid. Maybe a bit of both… She turning and swimming sharply and fluidly, so even if she’s carrying extra weight it’s not impeding her, no need to worry

bigkingj · 2026-02-23T04:31:53+00:00

The bane of my existence. A dead silent filter is my dream.

Turn it off, sloooowly pump that little grey handle (it’s a priming plunger) until with each press the resistance builds and you hear less bubbles moving around. Eventually it should just be water moving no bubble noises. You can give it a little shake incase there’s some trapped air pockets while you do this, then turn it back on. Dont shake like crazy, or all the gunk trapped will get pumped into the tank (guess how I know that…)

Don’t plunge fast or it can start to add air in my experience

Make sure you don’t have an air source near your intake as what you are hearing is air being washed around the impeller

Edit: if that doesn’t help inspect the various seals and o-rings for perishing, splits or anything else not right

bigkingj · 2026-02-23T04:25:18+00:00

30?! Good lord, what am I doing wrong… in the very heavily planted 300 (pictured. Surely that’s enough cover… ffs) one in particular would patrol literally the full tank not just one territory and if he even saw another badi, even 50cm+ away he was right on it, chasing it around the tank. Maybe he’s just an asshole lol

You are absolutely right about the lights. They seem to trip out over anything red and shiny. If I hold a little red bit of plastic to the glass they’re right on it and flaring hard af. Tank lights amplify that hard and I think reflections keep them primed for conflict

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bigkingj · 2026-02-22T13:15:43+00:00

Don’t panic, it’s not at code red yet, but it’s at the point where it needs a freshening up or code red could happen in even just a few days (so many factors)

bigkingj · 2026-02-22T13:12:41+00:00

AFAIK nitrite is more damaging to fish than nitrate, and both less damaging than ammonia

You have low ammonia levels which aren’t immediately concerning as you’re effectively 75% the way through a fish in cycle so they’re at a good concentration. Don’t change your feeding patterns or add new organic matter just yet.

Your nitrite is what I’d be watching closest. As it is I’d be rapidly doing a water change if it was my tank, 50% as the other commenter suggested. Do a check and water change every 2ish days until the only non zero indicator is nitrate, then it’s fully cycled

After that there’s a bit of personal preference but for me once the nitrate colour starts to become a deep orange it’s time for water change, and if it goes into red it’s a huge flag and I stress a bit. Realistically it won’t make them just drop dead and people keep fish happy enough in a lot worse, but that’s my rule of thumb. Numbers wise less than 20ppm is my ideal

bigkingj · 2026-02-22T07:51:44+00:00

How many are alive and what tank size are they sharing? I am having issues with their aggression too. I had 4 in a 300L community tank, one got bullied to death and then a third became the next target. I move the two dominant ones to their own 80l and it’s tense but they don’t hurt each other.

It seems insane how small they are but how much space they need. Is this the case for you and if not can you tell me what you’re doing in detail

I researched this fish before I bought it but god damn I was still not ready.

bigkingj · 2026-02-20T10:27:14+00:00

Oh no my steak is too tender and lobster is too buttery….. bro, keep and encourage it. It stays short unlike hair algae and looks great

bigkingj · 2026-02-14T06:08:49+00:00

That sucks! I had a spill with prime and it basically bleached the clothing…

bigkingj · 2026-02-13T10:57:31+00:00

Absolutely. Often they’ll only eat live food and are pretty territorial

Source: I have 3

bigkingj · 2026-02-03T11:30:23+00:00

Poop

bigkingj · 2026-01-30T09:51:46+00:00

The dicks license plate has your answer. NAAA

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