u/Horror-Line-1001

I have a pitbull/German shepherd mix dog and more than any other dog I’ve lived with I am amazed at her sense of smell. So it might just be the gummies, but, how cool is it that some/most of us know when our family is coming home minutes ahead of time?!

So my partner and I work different days of the week. When I’m home I know when he’ll walk through the door because my dog will get up and move to the door and wait for him. This happens most days about 8 minutes before he’s actually in the door. He says she does the same for me. We’ve estimated it’s probably 5 miles away?! And our hours aren’t the same day to day so it’s not like she’s predicting the timing.

She also led me from the yard, down the sidewalk, into the woods to a coyote den one time. Some walks I designate as sniff walks, meaning I’ll follow her wherever her nose wants to go, within public property. Well one time she led me from a block away to a coyote den with brand new pups! Obviously I immediately left once I knew it because I wasn’t trying to stress out mom.

But idk I guess I just can’t even imagine what it would be like to smell like my dog, but I really want to lol

I’ve had a 5 gallon aquarium running for about 2.5 years. It had a betta I had found abandoned in it. He has recently passed and I want to get another betta. However it currently has gravel and silk plants.

The first year I had the betta in the tank I tried to do a planted tank. I thought I set myself up for success because I picked the “easiest” plants, Java fern and Anubias, but I followed the directions on the package and planted them in the sand. I panicked once all the plants died and switched to gravel and silk plants. I still kept my botanicals and driftwood when I redid the bettas tank. Well now I know what I did wrong in burying the roots, and I have another tank where my plants are doing well.

Basically I want to try a planted tank again in the betta tank. So if I completely take it down and only plan to keep using my filter, heater, and a floating betta log, how much of my bacteria culture will I lose? I’m hesitant to do it because it’s been solid for so long now. I test it weekly since it was cycled. It went through a mini cycle the first time I redid it, but honestly it wasn’t even that bad. This time I wouldn’t really be keeping any tank decor or wood or anything.

I’ll include an old picture of my late betta, but to be clear there is no fish in the tank currently.

Her name is Miley. I adopted her from the shelter as a puppy and just called her “smiley” for a while because I couldn’t think of a name and everything made her smile. Eventually I just shortened it to Miley and it stuck 💁‍♀️ (last pic was taken at her doggy daycare lol)

Hi, I just started this tank 3 months ago. It’s been cycled for the past 1 month I’d say. My numbers have been 0,0,5 for several weeks now. I’m adding 1 endler per week to protect my cycle. I’m testing my water every other day at this point. If after a week it’s still stable, I’ll add another endler. I’m doing an all male tank. I have 3 in the tank so far.

I have a couple questions. I have one piece of driftwood that has had a layer of biofilm consistently for about maybe 6 weeks now. The other piece looks fine. I’ve read this isn’t dangerous and is just what happens in new tanks, and usually resolves within a few months. Is this true? I do notice the endlers enjoy pecking at it.

My other question is I do have a siphon/gravel vac that I use for water changes. I end up successfully getting about 50% of the debris from the bottom every time I use it. How do I pick more up? I don’t have a cleaning crew yet (although the endlers do pick at the plants and the wood). I’ve tried swirling above the sand, it just doesn’t seem like the suction is strong enough? Is there a better product for this?

Basically, it just looks unsightly to me. I have the fluval water testing kit. I’ve been testing every other day and my ammonia is 0, nitrite is 0, nitrate is 5. I know some biofilm is good and a food source but while the water is clear, I just feel like it looks little “dirty” despite the water testing being good and my fish are eating well/active/colored up etc.

Just the way she crooks her front paws when she’s relaxing cracks me up for some reason, seems sassy to me lol

My game has been pretty glitchy since it updated but this one is my favorite 🫠 all my pets have been getting that holiday bubble. Weird because one, it’s a dog…. and two, I can’t even play as a dog or cat so how can I celebrate the holiday for them in the first place?! 🤦‍♀️