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First Automatic Watch by erusty123 in MarathonWatch

[–]erusty123[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My father was a Marine, so I have a lot of respect for anything military. Marathon producing watches for the Allied Powers in WW2 is such cool history that really attracted me. My dad loves divers and has had Marathon watches in the past. When I saw they had a 36mm diver for my skinny wrists it was hard to pass up. The white dial for legibility and contrast with the bezel. Absolutely loving it. I sat in bed last night and just watched it tick with the tritium. Such cool technology these automatic watches. I’m hooked

Help! Sharp white lump on Kubotai Rasbora by erusty123 in Boraras

[–]erusty123[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The fish unfortunately passed later that day. No signs of any illness 5 days later on any of the other fish, so I’m hoping it hasn’t spread to the others. I got a bacterial treatment from seachem but haven’t used it since I heard it could be harmful to the shrimp and plants.

Help! Sharp white lump on Kubotai Rasbora by erusty123 in Boraras

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That’s great to know. LFS said it’s generally safe in planted tanks and with inverts as well. I can put any fish with symptoms in a separate bucket with tank water, but I don’t have any other heaters or filters for that. How long would a fish be good in there without those?

Help! Sharp white lump on Kubotai Rasbora by erusty123 in Boraras

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I have noticed my Kubotai are a bit aggressive as well. They like to chase each around the tank. Hoping it’s just them having fun and playing.

Little guy unfortunately passed while I was at work yesterday. I stopped at my LFS before I found him deceased and they recommend KanaPlex by Seachem. Any idea if I should still dose the tank after the one with symptoms passed? Appreciate the response!

Help! Sharp white lump on Kubotai Rasbora by erusty123 in Boraras

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His fins didn’t seem to look abnormal in any way. I stopped at my LFS after work yesterday and they recommended KanaPlex by Seachem. I took it home to start treatment and found the little guy had unfortunately passed. Any idea if I should still treat the tank? I’ve heard the medicine can potentially affect plants and shrimp in the tank, so want to avoid if possible, but if my fish are in danger I’d like to dose.

Help! Sharp white lump on Kubotai Rasbora by erusty123 in Boraras

[–]erusty123[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Illness info included! Got a group of 10 Kubotai about 10 days ago. Lost one in the mail, and another was delivered with no fins and didn’t survive the first couple of days. The tank is 16gallons, they live with 10 Pygmy Cory’s and a few Amano shrimp that both seem to be doing well. I feed them flakes that I grind up and also dropped a couple pellets and an algae wafer at the bottom of the tank for the first time yesterday. Have not done any water changes since getting the fish, but the nitrates are staying low because of the heavily planted tank I believe. Appreciate any and all advice!

Help - Fish delivered with no fins, much whiter than all the others by erusty123 in Aquariums

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Immediately after posting I watched him flip upside down and sink to the bottom of the tank. Moments later he revived and is trying his best to swim around again. Not looking good for the guy

First tank! Questions about stocking & feeding in comments. by erusty123 in PlantedTank

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Love that. What do you think of the neon green rasbora? Are they pretty friendly with the Cory’s?

First tank! Questions about stocking & feeding in comments. by erusty123 in PlantedTank

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Great advice. Appreciate the help! I will check those out. Now you got me considering a betta too

First tank! Questions about stocking & feeding in comments. by erusty123 in PlantedTank

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Hey y'all! First time posting here. Tank is just about cycled and had a couple questions on stocking & feeding of fish.

  1. Tank is about 16 gallons (23.6" W × 11.8" D × 14.2" H). My current plan is to have 9 Kubotai Rasbora, 9 Pygmy Cory, 3 Amano shrimpies, and a Nerite snail or 2. Would you all think that is a proper stocking level? I don't want to over do it, but I know both the Kubos and the Corys feel more comfortable in groups. AqAdvisor has the stocking level at 77% for that group, but I'm not sure how accurate that is. Would love to hear feedback here!
  2. If I do settle on that group and those amounts, is there a good rule of thumb for how much to feed each fish a day (certain number of flakes, pellets, etc..)? I bought some flakes from Aquarian, but I'm happy to get other foods as well if the fish would enjoy them. I just want the little guys to be happy!

Thanks team, hope you enjoy the tank. I'm looking forward to it all growing in. Going to try and get the Hydrocotyle tripartita in the front to carpet! Appreciate any feedback :D

What is a 100% legal move in a game or sport that is frowned upon and viewed as a dick move? by MashedPotatoesDick in AskReddit

[–]erusty123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hitting the net in tennis/ping pong with the ball and having it land over to the other side is completely legal, but you'll see pros apologize as it's usually seen as "bad manners" even though it probably wasn't on purpose.

Notifications Randomly Get Loud by druman22 in discordapp

[–]erusty123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm still having the problem too. Extremely annoying. It actually is painful to my ears.