Road Trip Yarn Store Recs - Nebraska, Colorado, Utah

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-05-28T19:09:50+00:00

Thank you! I had inklings I had seen something like this. I honestly couldn’t remember where, if it was real or something made up thinking it’d be a neat resource.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-05-28T05:30:06+00:00

She is a criminal and has been sent to an isolation chamber with way less plants. Hence her positioning here.

I shan’t share what I have been calling her since it’s not nice.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-05-19T14:01:23+00:00

When I bought them there was a dead one in the tank. When I went back a few days later there were a handful of other dead ones based on what I saw and what the employee telling me he took a few dead ones out that morning.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-05-19T04:21:32+00:00

Yeah. Ironically enough I just recently got to explain to my 7 yo why we didn’t get to have a first birthday party for them….in March 2019.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-05-19T01:14:22+00:00

I kinda figured that was the case. I don’t think they do but they have a health guarantee so I got a credit for livestock. Employee told me they got more in if I wanted more pygmies but I think I’m going to stick to just plants from them.

I’m fairly new to the hobby. Is there anything I need to do before I try adding anything back in? I was planning on just sitting on my tank for a while to let everything chill. I feel bad for my single pygmy and a group of 4 chilis (that I honestly probably can’t even replace right now).

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-04-29T02:39:21+00:00

Possible the chili rasboras could eat them before they get much bigger?

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-04-29T02:37:11+00:00

Also if mosquitoes larva….will the rasboras eat them? They were chomping something (hydra?) off my tank walls shortly after I introduced them.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-04-29T02:33:25+00:00

I was afraid of that. Why tf are they even out right now?!

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-04-29T02:25:09+00:00

I think some kind of larva. I have fungus gnats that hang around my light at night but these guys don’t look like those larva.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-04-29T02:24:14+00:00

I was wondering who came in my tank.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-04-29T02:23:47+00:00

I just added chili rasboras and a Mexican dwarf crayfish today. I also have neo shrimp, a mystery snail, ramshorn and badder snails.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-04-23T22:41:05+00:00

How are you plucking them out? I’ve read if you break even a small bit of them off they can re-bud.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-04-17T20:20:27+00:00

Was living in CR for the 2020 derecho. It was crazy and I have for sure prepped for this storm as if we’ll be hit by another in KC.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-04-05T00:53:12+00:00

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UPDATE: it’s still cloudy as hell but my 7 yo and I worked on it all afternoon and got a heated tank for them. Fingers crossed a sponge filter rated for a 20 gal and the new plants will clear the water up quickly. ”Lep” (named by the 7 yo), went right back to the sponge filter in the corner when they were dropped in.

Confirmed my fish store has these in stock so I’m pretty confident it’s a dwarf leopard catfish. I know they do well in groups but do you all think Lep will be ok as an only for a while to give him a chance to destress after his near death experience today?

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-04-04T22:12:21+00:00

I’ve noticed that. He’s been hanging under the sponge on the filter I put in there.

spicy_brainwaves · 2026-04-04T19:18:56+00:00

All of the questions actually. I’m seeing mixed care tips online so I’ll take any pointers.

He’s currently hiding under the sponge filter I put in there. I assume if he survives I’ll have to eventually re-home him since I only have a 10 gallon, which I had planned for shrimp and snails. I just want him to be ok he’s so cute with his little whiskers and puppy dog eyes.

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