Is this a glitch in the matrix?

Is this a glitch in the matrix?

I’m interested in the option on the left which is ticked. Each time I try and open the item it says it’s unavailable. I called my local store and the lady wasn’t overly helpful just wanted the IN number which I couldn’t access so I gave up and tried all 3 browsers. Before selecting a store on a new browser, I was able to click into the actual item but now I can’t again.

All other pages this size are around $18+ so they can’t actually be that price surely?

u/MercuryBeach_ — 8 days ago

High nitrite and out of town for two days - best advice please!

I have 2 tanks with high nitrite, I will list the values below and actions I have taken. I am out of town until Thurs 3pm (it is Tues 7.30pm now). Is there something I should do tomorrow before I leave home at 6am?

36L Aquaone focus
1 betta
Ammonia 0ppm
Nitrite 1.0ppm
Nitrate 20ppm
8-10l water change with 0.3 Prime and 4.5ml Stability

57L Fluval Flex
1 betta, 5 neons, 5 Pygmy corys
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 2.0
Nitrate 10/20
15l water change with 3ml Prime and 7.5ml Stability
The corys were only added to the tank yesterday

Thanks in advance! Pic for attention ☺️

u/MercuryBeach_ — 16 days ago

Rasbora looking pale and one death overnight

I inherited three rasbora with a bunch of other fish in a fully established tank about 4 weeks ago. I’ve been testing the water frequently and all has been fine. At the weekend I removed the gravel which has a black epoxy coating which had been flaking off for some time and replaced it with Seachem Flourite, plain gravel and sand. All prerinsed.

Last night out of nowhere the smallest of the rasbora suddenly sank to the floor upside down and an hour later was dead. My home water test showed all the parameters were fine, ammonia was the only one I couldn’t test for so have got water for a pet store test today.

I do feel like they are more pale then when I got them and they don’t eat with the same gusto as the guppies but I hear they are the piglets of the fish world.

Any thoughts welcome, we are new to tropicals!

Pic 1, 4 weeks ago. Pic 2, last night. The colour looks quite similar in the photos. Tank is a 123l Fluval flex

u/MercuryBeach_ — 23 days ago

I rarely see my serpae tetra eating when I feed flakes

Yes there are only two, they came with the fully established tank. Have owned it 3 weeks.

The guppies are super greedy, I swear they come to the feeding flap when I open it. The rasbora will catch some on its way down. But the tetra both just ignore it all

u/MercuryBeach_ — 1 month ago
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PSA United Food Co at Wong Food Mart, Hornby

Along with probably everything else you’ve been looking for Korean ingredients-wise!

u/MercuryBeach_ — 1 month ago

Want to unblock YouTube

A while back I blocked YouTube on my kids laptop using the cmd print method.

I’ve gone back to unblock and ran through all of the steps provided by a Google search and it still says a variation of no internet connection or unable to connect

Help!?

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u/MercuryBeach_ — 1 month ago
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CBD workers & parking

Where the hell are we gonna park when all the Wilson’s, Parkmate, Mainland gravel lots that we pay through the nose for are turned into multi story apartments? I see there’s another planned for Tuam St

Biking is obviously great for those who live in the city, and getting the bus works for some. Not everyone has flexibility with their start/finish times tho and like me I’m sure have to work around school drop off and pick up 😣

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u/MercuryBeach_ — 1 month ago

Want a not so tomatoey slow cooker recipe

Update: tried a algrodolce vibe. Thanks all!

More like a gravy than a tomato dish, don’t want to use a tin of tomatoes.

Appreciate and recipe suggestions!

u/MercuryBeach_ — 1 month ago

Preloved but new to us, still a WIP

My new chill zone. View last night after a 10 hr work day 😌

u/MercuryBeach_ — 1 month ago

Do you name your fish?

I only had goldfish when I was a kid, recently got into tropicals with my daughter. We bought a fully established tank with an 8yr old bristlenose.. unnamed!!

We’ve called him Bublé 😅

Names are pending for the others

u/MercuryBeach_ — 1 month ago

Anyone watched Kitchen Glow Up on Netflix?

I just started yesterday, already several episodes in! I’m currently planning a glow up, no footprint change but removing the second tier on my breakfast bar, new bench top, new hob, new splash back so this is awesome.

Not so much for the colours and design cos I already know what I want but for her reorganisation method of all the equipment and ingredients.

I’m sitting here after a day of chores and a quick trip to Hornby which made me want to tear my hair out 😂 trying to use her planning method to reorg my own cupboards and food and crap that fills it

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u/MercuryBeach_ — 2 months ago

How do you prevent small, miscellaneous items collecting into one or more vessels around your home?

EDIT: took 15 mins and sorted it all and put the bowls away. Thanks for the advice!

Where does your collection of “stuff” go?

No matter how hard I try I cannot prevent this!

It does my head in. I have a stupid 2 tier counter which is just screaming out for thiiiings to be placed on it. It is going very soon and I will have one normal flat counter with breakfast bar rather than raised breakfast bar area

u/MercuryBeach_ — 2 months ago

The ‘how to display PNB art’ conundrum

I think I have solved it..

I have very little wall space in my whole house thanks to sliding doors and large windows, open plan layout and additional doors where there could be none.

I have been brainstorming off and on about 3M Velcro options, a horizontal strip with the same on the back of art so they can be alternated here and there depending on what I have to display and what looks good where.

Suddenly I thought of picture ledges! Initially I thought of picture rails but these seem to be more for hanging than propping. Fix these in the wall spaces (I would paint them the same colour as the wall personally) and our PBN can be rotated as and when the mood requires! You’ll have to imagine how this will look because I don’t want to use AI for a mockup but I’ve included pics of my bedroom, right to left, (where my fav pieces will go, but they have to be in theme) and an example from Google.

*I semi made my bed to make it look presentable for this post so be grateful, I share with a Boxer, a Staffy and a cat.. they haven’t learned to fix the bed in the mornings yet 😅

u/MercuryBeach_ — 2 months ago

I asked this group: bigger bed or tropical fish tank for my 13yr old’s birthday

So many opinions! Some very valid and ultimately I left the decision up to her, she chose the tank and decided she can wait to upgrade from a king single to a queen next year 😉 Link here

I’m not in love with the LED strip on the bottom edge but her room, her tank! The remote for the tank lights also changes the colour for the strip which was unexpected! Not the other way around tho. Water is cycling just waiting for it to be ready for the fish!

u/MercuryBeach_ — 2 months ago
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Best beaches for collecting a) shells and b) driftwood

Thanks in advance, looking to do some beach indoor decor and possibly extend to juzzing some outdoor pots and garden.

Am originally from Dunedin where shell collecting is incredible, especially at Aramoana

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u/MercuryBeach_ — 2 months ago

Intense morning sleepiness

I’ve had hypothyroidism for 13yrs and Rheumatoid arthritis for 5 I think. Im the past 2 weeks on my 20km commute to work I’m driving directly into the sun for the majority of the drive and have the heater going as it’s winter (NZ) … not a problem in itself but at the point the traffic slows from 120kmhr motorway to slow off ramp traffic I get overtaken with intense sleepiness.

My eyes want to close, blinking gets slow, eyes are unfocused and I just want to pull over for a nap. Coincidentally just had my bloods done and they are all “within normal levels”.

Has anyone else experienced this? I have an appointment with my GP booked but couldn’t get one until next week.

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u/MercuryBeach_ — 2 months ago