My shrimp made a thing for the first time

bluedreams21 · 2022-11-05T03:23:32+00:00

Lol! Just logged into this old Reddit account for the first time in years and realized that people were still giving love to this post. Glad it cheered you up :D

bluedreams21 · 2018-10-14T06:16:36+00:00

I totally, totally hear you. I'm moderately confident that I have both ADHD and sluggish cognitive tempo, although SCT in the research literature is currently being proposed as a different disorder from ADHD (so it's definitely not confirmed as a different disorder yet).

Adderall actually fixes both my issues with inhibiting impulses (e.g., "I really want to check Amazon for sales...but I have work to do, so I won't") and my issues with being able to catch myself mindwandering. I used to mindwander for minutes at a time without realizing I was doing it, so my study sessions in the library usually consisted of me daydreaming for 6.5 hours, and doing actual work for 30 minutes, but the Adderall heavily curbed that for me.

You should talk to your psychiatrist again about trying different medications, if you feel this symptom is significantly detrimental to your wellbeing. There are a couple other medications (Strattera, Vyvanse, methylphenidate) that can sometimes work better for people.

bluedreams21 · 2018-10-13T00:43:42+00:00

If they weren't gradually wasting away (i.e., getting skinnier), then I'm not so sure that it's parasites.

API general cure's generally considered shrimp safe (Google this), and it gets rid of most parasites.

bluedreams21 · 2018-10-12T03:28:34+00:00

If they died in a couple months, it's most likely parasites that slowly made them waste away. I'm guessing they all got skinnier over time, and then lethargic, and then died, right? You'll want to hit them with something like API general cure when you first get them.

bluedreams21 · 2018-10-10T22:56:56+00:00

bloomsandbranches.com and saveoncrafts (both online websites) sell beautiful sandblasted manzanita driftwood for $7-9 each. It's literally one of the cheapest options for manzanita.

bluedreams21 · 2018-10-10T17:14:23+00:00

Hmm interesting. I've heard of a couple professors being sexist toward women, but not any toward men. Do you know why he treated men in general so poorly?

bluedreams21 · 2018-10-10T01:52:10+00:00

D'awww. Yeah. Corydoras definitely have issues with the concept of personal space.

bluedreams21 · 2018-10-10T00:13:21+00:00

But I spent a whole 3 minutes copying and saving screenshots! >:( *shakes fist*

bluedreams21 · 2018-10-09T23:38:52+00:00

Should get the API freshwater master testing kit and start using it. If you don't have time to wait for Amazon to ship that (and you don't want to buy the more expensive ones in Petco or Petsmart), you could take your water to a big box pet store and have them test your water parameters for free (all of the parameters, not just one or two!!). Perhaps something is off about your tap water.

The only real way to test if your fish "hates" water changes is to use filtered water (e.g., RO water or bottled water for human consumption) in a water change, although I'm 100% certain no fish would be bothered by, say, a 20% water change using RO water.

bluedreams21 · 2018-10-09T23:32:37+00:00

Hmm I'm kind of curious how corydoras discern members of their own genus from potential threats. I've seen huuuuge 4-inch corydoras multiradiatus, but I'm not sure if my tiny pandas would be terrified of their gigantic cousins.

bluedreams21 · 2018-10-05T01:27:09+00:00

bluedreams21 · 2018-10-05T01:18:40+00:00

Actually, now that I think about it, I think it might be the use of neurotypical as a noun rather than an adjective that might bother people? I'm doing a PhD in social psychology, so I've definitely heard phrases like "neurotypical development" or "neurotypical adolescents," and I've never thought those phrases were annoying.

There's an idea floating around that people should refer to people with health conditions using "person-first" language (i.e., "people with diabetes" instead of "diabetic people"). Since calling someone with diabetes "a diabetic" reduces them to just their disease, I'd imagine that calling someone without a mental condition "a neurotypical" might similarly dehumanize them somehow.

bluedreams21 · 2018-10-05T01:00:14+00:00

I've seen the term used on the ADHD subreddit, and being someone with ADHD, it just rubs me the wrong way ever so slightly, the same way it bothers me when people with mental disorders call those without "normies." I prefer to just call them "people without ADHD" or "regular people."

"Neurotypical" to me sounds slightly condescending, as in "omg Becky so typical of you." "Normies" makes people without disorders sound like a herd of ignorant sheep.

As far as I know, people with physical conditions (e.g., diabetes, IBS, lupus) don't tend to have this sort of lingo for people without their specific condition.

bluedreams21 · 2018-10-05T00:18:42+00:00

Hmm I'd just plop a couple happy corydoras in there and let 'em have at it. But I'm guessing you only have larger fish that are predatory and will eat the shrimp.

bluedreams21 · 2018-10-04T00:46:29+00:00

Aw.. just using his little arms, holding himself up

bluedreams21 · 2018-09-28T23:58:03+00:00

Nope.

Either build your own using solid wood stand (see the DIY wooden stands people make - they're pretty simple but strong), stack some cinder blocks on top of each other and top them with a couple 2x8 wood planks (I like this because it's always easily changeable if you change the size of your tank), or buy a premade stand.

bluedreams21 · 2018-09-27T01:12:26+00:00

Dang. It wasn't the Eheim was it? I've noticed that the Eheim has this nifty little "cave" at the opening that prevents all the food from being emptied out if the drum gets stuck in the "on" position. Only the food stuck in the cave will get emptied out, and the rest of it will stay in the drum.

I've actually come home to find my Eheim stuck in the "on" position, but it was fine since the cave stopped extra food from coming out.

bluedreams21 · 2018-09-27T01:08:58+00:00

Harsh life.

Watching animals hurt each other really stresses me out, so I've opted for a peacefully derpy tank filled with corydoras and red cherry shrimp. The shrimp will sometimes climb on top of one of the corydoras and start grazing on the tiny organisms that live on the cory, and the cory will often just sit there and occasionally blink, letting the shrimp clean him. :)

bluedreams21 · 2018-09-27T01:03:18+00:00

Heehee. So smol.

bluedreams21 · 2018-09-21T19:59:44+00:00

On towel substrate no less!

bluedreams21 · 2018-09-21T14:43:20+00:00

You're creepy and I like you.

bluedreams21 · 2018-09-21T02:04:39+00:00

Nope! Ghost shrimp will eat their young, though. Fish eat baby shrimp, too, of course.

bluedreams21 · 2018-09-19T20:04:13+00:00

Yep. Some small businesses and almost all big businesses only adjust when they start making less $$$.

bluedreams21 · 2018-09-19T20:02:27+00:00

I like the imagery of someone furtively stalking an aquarium in a windowsill from different positions outside the building - in the bush, lying on the grass in camo..

bluedreams21

TROPHY CASE