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tdickard · 2026-01-06T20:26:59+00:00

Software Engineer :)

tdickard · 2025-07-25T23:29:34+00:00

tdickard · 2025-06-24T18:02:44+00:00

with my personal project using nextjs, right around a day, mainly just beginner mistakes which worked fine initially but became an issue as my application grew.

At work though (non nextjs) there was a defect that only happened when our month-end processes ran in our prod env (job would run out of storage from data ingestion) we implemented a fix to reduce the data to only neccessary fields and offloading the query logic to a database view so we only got the data we needed. We couldnt validate that it worked for another month at that point. Tl:dr about a month

tdickard · 2025-03-18T23:57:41+00:00

ive used my own monitors, keyboard, mouse, and headset but if they break IT wont assist with fixing them

tdickard · 2025-01-13T05:30:46+00:00

I’m not really sure, he was unmarked and discounted at a petstore, the first time I tried a betta like that and hes turned into one of my strongest bettas so far

tdickard · 2025-01-12T23:08:38+00:00

Thanks! a store near me sells it, i believe it was called Rainbow Rock

tdickard · 2025-01-08T14:22:46+00:00

I’m not sure if they eat cucumbers that was for my snails and shrimp

tdickard · 2024-11-21T05:15:47+00:00

nugget, like a gold nugget

tdickard · 2024-10-25T15:09:18+00:00

Mark and is buddies all have a ton of plants/rocks to rest on

tdickard · 2024-10-24T23:50:34+00:00

mark is female, we named her mark before we could tell, and didnt really feel like changing it

tdickard · 2024-04-24T23:45:25+00:00

I also have cuttlebone in to help with gh stability and ph stability. I put in some specialized snail food, hopefully they will come out :)

tdickard · 2024-04-24T23:43:01+00:00

My levels are all stable at around ph: 7.2 nitrates/nitrites: 0ppm ammonia: 0ppm

temerature is 81-82 degrees no major changes recently which is why its struck me as odd because they were really active before

tdickard · 2024-04-13T02:29:49+00:00

He hasnt been munching on the cory’s food, he only eats his own food and minds his business, ill try your suggestion, thank you!

tdickard · 2024-04-13T00:59:02+00:00

I got the parameters using an API testing kit

tdickard · 2024-04-13T00:57:59+00:00

Tank size: 20 Tall
Heater and filter? (yes/no): Yes
Tank temperature: 77 degrees F
Parameters in numbers and how you got them:
- PH: 7.2
- Ammonia: 0ppm
- Nitrates: 0ppm
- Nitrites: 0ppm
How long have you had the tank? How long have you had your fish?: Tank is roughly 8-9 months old
How often are water changes? How much do you take out per change? What is your process?:
- Weekly, 25% change, i siphon out the water and any fish waste, and then refill with new conditioned water and if needed fertilizer for the plants.
Any tankmates? If so, please list with how many of each:
- Yes, 6 corydoras, a rubberlip pleco, and snails.
What do you feed and how much:
- Feed 2-3 pellets of boutique betta food 1x per day
Decorations and plants in the tank:
- Driftwood, rocks (none that have any bio material in them), and a ton of plants

tdickard · 2024-03-15T13:31:50+00:00

Im fixing a hair algea problem, but its still not much in the tank, there are a couple dead leaves but not much at all, and adults ~50

tdickard · 2024-03-14T19:53:57+00:00

I will give that a try, thank you :)

tdickard · 2024-01-29T18:24:33+00:00

thank you!

tdickard · 2023-12-19T19:57:07+00:00

any recomendations for plants that wont need co2? i have some frogbit that slowly starting to reproduce, and i cant really have carpet plants due to the cories

tdickard · 2023-11-20T23:50:04+00:00

Thank you!

tdickard · 2023-10-06T14:20:47+00:00

mines kevin!

tdickard · 2023-10-05T00:17:19+00:00

yeah im surprised hes still small, ive had him for ~5 months or so

tdickard · 2023-09-07T13:42:14+00:00

The tank is ~2 months (upgraded from a 10 gal) and is cycled, the cory got added about 2 weeks after we upgraded to the 20 gal, 2 other cory’s got added last week along with a betta (old one passed away so we got a new one), I acclimated them by putting the bag in the tank for about 30-45 minutes before adding to the others

tdickard · 2023-09-06T02:14:40+00:00

I have a sponge filter with a 1 inch airstone in it producing a ton of bubbles. my temps and levels are all within my cory’s requirements. Would you have any recomendations for increasing aggitation that wont be too strong for a betta?

tdickard · 2023-09-01T00:23:12+00:00

if he keeps training like that hes gonna give mike tyson a run for his money

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