u/paulri

I'm seeing references in this sub, to a water test kit (as opposed to test strips, which I ordered but will return to amazon). I went onto Petsmart's website and saw quite a few examples. Is this the one folks here would recommend for my freshwater aquarium? I would prefer to buy one kit that has everything, instead of separate kits that test only one thing: https://www.petsmart.com/fish/food-and-care/water-quality-testers/api-freshwater-aquarium-master-test-kit-17465.html

Is there only one factor I need to test for? See my previous thread for any issues I might have: https://www.reddit.com/r/AquariumHelp/comments/1ulmr6x/at_what_point_does_it_make_sense_to_do_water/

OK I know I screwed up. I'm just trying to move up from here.

I have a 58 ga tank with a plecostomus from 15-18 inches tip to tip, and two glow fish that are about an inch and a half each. For some reason I switched off the filter (I have an old AquaClear 110, good for tanks 60-110 ga) a couple of months ago. FWIW I have rarely fed these fish since I turned the filter off, perhaps once or twice a month.

Yesterday I did a water change, and removed most of the excrement that had gathered at the bottom with a suction tube, . There are three filter media that have remained inside the filter all this time--one sponge, which was still wet, and two bags of small ceramic chips, which were dry.

So now, I'm wondering what would make the most sense here. I know that when you start up an aquarium, you should spend a few days cycling the water. Should I get it tested immediately, or wait a week? I don't know if this should be treated as a new aquarium or not--half the water is new, but the other half is old, from before I did the water change yesterday. Plus as I said, the sponge at least was wet.

Anyways, at what point should I get the water tested? Immediately, or just wait a week for the chemicals in the water to attain some sort of balance? And should I hold off on any further water changes, to allow an accumulation of positive bacteria, or continue to do water changes until the test strips say the water is good?

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I want to be able to take a pre-existing meeting I have already created, and add extra days for the meeting (it is a meeting that repeats every week). I also want this meeting to not generate a new link, but retain the old link. Is this possible?

A month or two ago, I opened up a Wells Fargo Reflect account. Then, I went onto bankrate (I assume that was the reason) and lo and behold, a week ago WF mailed me an application for their Reflect card. I realize that all they can do is say no, but I'd rather not take the hit to my credit rating with an application and all that. Would they immediately reject me because I already have the Reflect card, or would they grant me a second one?

I just bought tix for the Etruscan exhibit at the De Young museum (it is in the Legion of Honor building). I thought I read somewhere that admission to the Etruscan exhibit also got us general admission to the museum itself. I called the De Young number, but the staff who answered didn't seem too sure about this. Does anyone here know their policies?

Like everyone else here, I'm regretting Rickea's ACL tear. These are big injuries that take players out for the rest of the season--not just a game or two. Every time I hear about this, I ask myself a question--is there something that can be done to prevent these injuries, or at least, make them less likely to happen?

In other words, if you stretch a lot before working out or practicing or playing, does that make it less likely that you will get one of these injuries? Or are they simply freak injuries that have no predictor?

The last week or two, I have been unable to update FDE from within the browser by going to the Help/About Firefox submenu, like I normally can. It looks for the update, but then gives me an error message (not the message that tells me that FF is up to date). This occurs even when there is an update available to be downloaded. I can go to the ftp directory and download the installation file, but I'm wondering if there is something we can do on our end, to get these updates downloaded and installed within the browser.

I would like to run these three versions concurrently, installed in different folders. FDE & Release is not a problem. I downloaded the latest beta, but it keeps trying to install into the Release folder.

Can I just make a new folder for it in my Program Files directory (running Windows 11)? Or is that asking for trouble? Is there a better way to install & run all three at the same time? I will be running each of them with their own dedicated profile.

One other thing. If I do end up installing into my own, custom-made directory, will updates feed into that same directory, or will I constantly have to install the exes in order to update?

One thing I like about Chrome is the ability to name different windows. Can I do this with an addon in Firefox? One site I need to use for work purposes, does remarkably better on Firefox, but I love having several browser windows open with different names for each.

I decided I wanted to try out Firefox' new adblocking features, per this article: https://chipp.in/security-privacy/how-to-enable-firefoxs-secret-ad-blocker/

Easy enough, but is there a quick way to toggle this off, per site, like I can the uBO?