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    Transitioning from live-feed raised to dry-feed

    Yes, I home raise the rats my python eats, cause I live rural - and driving into the city to get $40+ of frozen rats is a pain if I don’t have to. They get scraps from the garden, scraps from me cooking, and dry food - they’re pretty much miniature hogs. I’ve been bit once - and didn’t realize...
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    Ph Question…

    I’ve kept shrimp for a couple of years. My well-water has no chemicals, but the Ph is on the acid-side of things. So I thoroughly rinse crushed coral, dump a cup into an empty water-jug, top that off with water - and let that sit a couple days before using that to do a partial water-change. This...
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    Transitioning from live-feed raised to dry-feed

    I had this problem several years in the past, and wondered if anyone knows what I could have done differently. Instead of buying a box-store questionable betta - I threw in to purchase a red-dragon rose-tail off Aquabid from Thailand, and have it shipped to me in the Virginia hills. I fell in...
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    Just had a prowler outside my window... terrified me.

    No one ’s really safe anywhere anymore. Cameras and a motion-detect spotlight under the eave on that side of the house. I rented a house once, just me and my small kids, and wanted to mount bars on the windows in back where it’s dark. Landlord said it was a fire-marshal violation. As a...
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    What's with the trend for 'Open' tanks?

    I have cats. They don't eat the fish, they drink the water! At first I was telling myself "Wow! Some crazy evaporation!" Then I saw one ON the tank drinking the water! So I have a glass lid now!
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    Never using anything but Tropica plants again

    I've put new plants in mason jars before. Let them sit awhile to see if any hitchhikers are on them.
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    Betta Thai Import

    Where is he? I don't do Facebook, but does he have a website?
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    Male or Female Betta?

    Looks like a Plakat make to me.
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    A color I’ve never seen before!

    Is this Copper gene added to "fancy" color?
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    Been Gone Awhile...

    ... but back to refresh myself on info. New project brewing in my skull.
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    Used To Be....

    ... on another fish forum a while ago, but it's dissapeared by the time I came looking for it again. So I'm here now. I mostly lurk and read, sometimes I come looking for ideas or to catch up on the newer stuff.
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