Where do you get your enclosures? & Do you prefer building your own enclosures?

I want to get an enclosure for a full grown male boa before hand just so I'll be prepared. The glass ones sold in stores are extremely expensive, and it's a little tricky finding a good company that can build an enclosure for an adult boa. I was also thinking of saving some money and building one myself, but I don't know how complicated or high the learning curve would be. What do you guys suggest?

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u/Oki-J — 10 days ago

Are rosy red minnows pretty?

I know this is an odd question, but I just want to know if they'll get prettier as they age because I now have 10 in my 55 gallon aquarium. I had a fish die off and I lost around 9 Cardinal tetras due to what I believe was high pH.

I did a deep cleaning, lowered the PH, and added some minnows as test subjects (I know it sounds wrong, but they were super cheap at the pet store and I didn't want to kill off more expensive fish)

The new batch of minnows survived, and are thriving, but now I'm unsure if I want to keep them. Should I rehome them and get a more stunning fish like the Cardinals again, or are they underrated?

u/Oki-J — 2 months ago

After a mysterious die off, I only have one surviving cardinal tetra left that looks healthy. Should I rehome it or add more Cardinals?

I do not know what caused the die off. My ammonia levels were zero, my nitrite levels were zero, and my nitrate levels were around 20 PPM. I got them from Petco, so I assume it may have been a disease because a few of my original fish (a couple of cherry barbs) ​died too. I didn't see any white spots​, red marks, or slime on their bodies, so whatever disease got them is a mystery to me.

Now I am left with one Cardinal tetra that seems to be doing okay. Only issue is I can't just keep him alone in there. Should I try again with a different acclamation method with some more Cardinals, or just rehome this last one? They were beautiful for the brief 3 days I had all 10 of them.

u/Oki-J — 2 months ago
▲ 2 r/clay

A clay you can pour into a silicone mold

Hello, is there a clay that you can pour into a silicone mold as a liquid and then bake until firm? I need to use silicone because it is flexible and can get the little details on models I want to create.

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u/Oki-J — 3 months ago
▲ 5 r/Rants

My dad's smart house

"Hey Google, Turn on porch lamp."

"Hey Google, turn on kitchen light."

"Hey Google, find my remote."

"Hey Google, set my alarm."

"Hey Google,- Hey Google, HEY GOOGLE!"

All day long! It doesn't help that he has a deep, booming voice that echoes throughout the house. I get that technology can be convenient, but come on! The light switch is RIGHT THERE!

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u/Oki-J — 3 months ago
▲ 166 r/aiwars

Pro-AI mfs when their search for real images of real people or events turns up 1 million metric tons of Ai slop instead

I can't tell reality from fiction. Awesome!

u/Oki-J — 3 months ago
▲ 0 r/Rants

"Are you tired of eating the same boring meals every day?" ads

NO because I cook a variety of different meals with spices and flavor. I hate seeing these commercials because it is such an unrelatable, non-issue. Who tf cooks the same boring meal every day? Why can't they just pick up a recipe book? There is literally no excuse to not practice cooking. I don't care how busy you are, you will always have at least one hour available to saute vegetables or slow cook a stew that'll last you several days. Nobody is so busy that they just can't throw some shit in a pot.

LEARN TO COOK!

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u/Oki-J — 3 months ago