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Anonymous
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i didnt know whether to post this in /tv/ or in /an/ but since the topic is more about horses i'll post here in the scene where they ride out of the keep in helms deep and they knock over like 02183019283 orcs, wouldnt that seirously damage the horse, or are all the orcs being smashed aside no threat to the horse.
Anonymous
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nah it shouldn't hurt the horses, the orcs have a low armor rating they needed a +2 reinforcement.besides the moral status boost gives the rohan riders +5 spirit and str
OP !!yc7q4Ixft9h
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Okie dokie, guys. I have a proooblem. My boyfriend and I have a 60 gallon African cichlid tank, and the nitrites are currently off the fucking charts. The tank has been up and running for a couple of months now, and the water was testing fine for the first couple of weeks...but even though we do tiny water changes once a week, the nitrate/nitrite has slowly gotten worse. There's not a lot of ammonia in the water, but there's also a smidge of chlorine in the water, and that is alarming me. We treat the water with Prime, and the tank has an AquaClear filter on it. What could we be doing differently to help keep the nitrite down? Pic semi-related, it's my face every time I look at a test strip.
OP !!yc7q4Ixft9h
>>986989 Ohhh, okay...I knew it had to have something to do with the bacteria colony. I don't think they make fluidized beds for freshwater tanks though, is there anything we can that wouldn't involve taking the whole tank down? I don't know if the fish would survive it, to be honest. They're pretty stressed right now. Would changing filters, at least to maybe a MarineLand with a bio-wheel help? Or adding another, smaller MarineLand filter to the other side of the tank? We're already over-filtering a little bit, but how far do you think we could go before it's too much?
OP !!yc7q4Ixft9h
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>>986990 Yeah, there hasn't been any chlorine in the new water. I always test our water before conditioning, just in case. You don't think larger water changes would shock the bacteria colony anymore? The tank has been a little cloudy ever since we got it running, and I'm sure it's because the bacteria is like "what the fuuuuuck".
OP !!yc7q4Ixft9h
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>>986992 >I don't think they make fluidized beds for freshwater tanks, though. Lemme ammend this. I know they make them for freshwater tanks, but I've never seen any that aren't for commercial set-ups and aren't 4 feet tall. :c If someone makes them, and if it was affordable, I'd be all over that.
Anonymous
could make a DIY one, but they're messy and best to use in a sump. I don't think you can overfilter as far as biofilter goes. If you go too far you're just adding to bioload with the risk of bacteria dying off and polluting if there isn't enough ammonia. In my experience the surface area on a couple aquaclear filter pads is nowhere near overfiltering. Especially if they get clogged with a good film of brown bacteria, which you should have by now. water changes shouldn't disturb your little biofilter so long as you've removed chlorine and chloramine. That trace chlorine you're reading is disturbing, even a little can kill your biofilter and set you back to square one. That's really what I suspect is causing your problems, combined with an inadequate biofilter. I'm not sure about biowheels, I'm probably the only aquarist on /an/ to have never tried one. I love my fluidized beds and RF/UG's. stressed fish, clouded water, spiking nitrates/nitrites... that thing needs cycled again, and needs water changes, and needs the chlorine tested before the change.
Anonymous
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>>987016 also, if you're reading trace chlorine now, that means there was tons of it an hour ago.
Anonymous
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/an/, I saw a bizarre pleco today, and want to know if it is worth getting. Never seen anything like it before. It had the general shape and proportions as a candy stripe, but was JET black, with maybe 3-5 tiny white polka dots on it. Was about an inch, and $16.99 Any guesses as to what it might be?
Anonymous
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With plecs we'll need a picture; it's pretty much impossible to ID many without a good one.
Anonymous
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Acanthicus adonis with out many spots maybe?
Anonymous
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I'm going to go with Lyre tail. I'd say don't do it unless you can house a two foot fish.
Anonymous
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Can anyone identify the species?
Anonymous
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>>986788 Of course I know what locality morphs are. That's why there's half a different wild type cornsnakes...And if you're going by the saddling and various other markings, I guess that anything that looks like that snake is a pituophis..
FYI. TRS have the nose bands too...And if you're so sure that it's a LPS, find us a picture that looks similar to ops. It's already been done with the TRS.
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>>986788 i dont think the face is pointed enough to be a gopher/pine
Plus theres no dapples on the face which almost all wild gophers/pines/bulls have
the smooth transition and long square face still makes me say tex rat
Anonymous
Actually, it's 100% a fox snake. Image related. They are actually very uncommon snakes and so this is a great find. And while they ARE in the family Elaphe, I personally (and so do some others) disagree with them being placed in that family. But, whatever. It is a fox snake. It's a "rat snake"; but rat snakes are are very different and there is huge taxonomic debate throughout the genera.
Anonymous
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>>987008 I'd also like to add that it looks nothing like a texas rat, so, you guys are pretty insane. :P
This is an extremely handsome specimen though. He is quite the looker!
Anonymous
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Well, my almost 11 year-old (don't know exact age) has her vagina inflamated, and it poped out, we took her to the vet and said it was not a prolapse, but a dyslepsia. He said that if it continues inflamated she'll need a simple surgery, and was because she hasn't mated (she was fertile a short time ago). The thing is thta he inyected her hormones for this and also because she started to produce milk, this last one stopped, but her vagina still appears to be inflamated, the vet said it takes some time to the hormone to make effect on that. But now she's vomiting for 2 days, the vet said it was because of her condition. I want to know what would be the best thing to do for my dog. Thanks
Anonymous
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Fuck it with your penis. Hope that helps!
Anonymous
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You should fuck it with your penis of course! HTH
Anonymous
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She's probably in discomfort, so just be nice to her. If she wants to rest, let her rest. If she wants attention, give it to her. Poor thing.
Anonymous
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Hey /an/. I need your help.
Ive wanted a pet bearded dragon for a long time. Over the past few weeks, Ive been doing lots of research and have been trying to find a reliable place to get one...
Anyway, I found this on craigslist.
http://skagit.craigslist.org/for/2331561188.html I dont think beardies are supposed to look like that? Correct me if Im wrong, but you can see the spine and ribs of this poor animal, and it only has one working eye... and this guy wants $100 for it.
I dont know what to do. I want to call this guy and give him hell. I also want to save this reptile. But I dont have a $100 and he lives WAY too far away.
Is there anything I can do? I am in NO way asking for money. Just advice and opinions.
Anonymous
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Beardies are mass produced now. I had mine for about 3 years and she died one day out of nowhere. That Beardie in the pic looks sick. Beardies are great reptiles to start out with if you never owned a reptile before. I think beardies in general are not that smart when compared to other reptiles. I don't believe that they can recognize their name, be potty trained, or figure out things. I own a Tegu now and I am very happy with him. Tegus get much bigger, but they are smarter and you don't have to feed them insects their whole life. Do not feed your beardie dry food or canned food or any of that crap.
Anonymous
those "dents" in his head are actually where you would normally find two fat deposits in a healthy beardie. whaever he is dieing fromm hes already depleted his fat resources and is now going through muscle, i dont think he is going to live, but if you can plead to get him free, you may be able to save him by force feeding him medicine, but if he has an impaction thats probibly why he isnt eating in the first place so i dont know he would have to see a vet
Anonymous
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>>986964 i just noticed, he has sand in his inclosure, so its a good bet hes dieing from impaction he needs a vet
Anonymous
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his whole post is full of complete bullshit, he even meshed two excuses into one and it doesnt even make sense, he has not seen a vet . and this lizard i garentee you cannot run around and i doubt he moves hardly at all
Anonymous
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I hope something is done but don't blame yourself, OP. A ton of sick animals are posted on CL. It's a sad fact. I hope that whatever happens this guy doesn't sell the beardie to some chump for $100. Honestly it might croak before he gets the chance.
tits mcgee
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holy shit.... wamp wamp
Anonymous
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hey there /an/, i need some help! we're moving soon, and it's come to my attention that i have no idea how to move with a cat! He's a bit over a year old, and we're just moving across town, but I don't know how to make him comfortable with the move or keep him happy and not stress him out a lot. Do you guys have any tips? Thank you! This is him, etc
Anonymous
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Don't even worry about it. Put his ass in a carrier and just dump him in the new house. I did this with my 15 year old cat and he hated it and was generally afraid for a week of the new house and now he's licking his asshole next to me.
Anonymous
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Unless your cat is incredibly high strung, he'll be fine. If you want to make it as simple as possible for him, treat him like a new pet in the new house. Give him a bath or at least wash his face as soon as you get him there to get the smells of his old house off him, and confine him to a small room (like a bathroom) with everything he needs and gradually grant him access to the rest of the house as he seems comfortable.
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hey /an/ I met my new dog for the first time today. She is about 4.5 weeks old and will be coming home with me may 16th I'm so excited. Seemed to be nap time when we were at the breeders, so not much activity. Her name is Tula
Anonymous
were you on a waiting list? how and when did you know you were going to get her? i wonder how long it takes before they know who a puppy is going to
Anonymous
>>986958 my uncle refered me to the breeder. I talked to him and he said that he had just bred the bitch and was hoping that it took. I was the first one to make a down payment on the litter, so I got the first pick.
I got lucky because there was only one female and a female was what I wanted, as they are the better hunting dogs.
Sometimes the whole litter has a down payment on it and other times only one or two are put on thet litter.
Anonymous
>>986962 cool, how many males were there? my friend has a hunting lab that is female i guess i never knew that females were better?
Anonymous
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>>986970 5 males, 1 female
females are better because they are less agreesive with other dogs and dont have to mark everything and establish alpha male before they are ready to hunt.
Not saying that males are bad at all...just personal preferences.
wazzapo?!?!?!
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herp thread go go go!!!!
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>>986756 I could see it working with some lizards, but I doubt it'd work with mine. My golden gecko rarely comes down to the floor of her cage. It may work with the legless lizard, but I dunno. He's on dirt anyways...And prefers to be fed via feeding tongs.
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>>986598 When will it end?!?
Adalon !cla0aHFoM2
I guess this is a good time to bring up some questions I have about these Tokays. The male has what I'm pretty sure is MBD along the back of his spine and hind legs when I compared him with the female; will regular calcium dusted crickets be enough to eventually help reverse some of the damage or should I track down a vet? I've read that you can keep a small dish of calcium powder inside the cage for gravid females to access, but I have no idea if they would even notice it. Anyone tried that? On that note as well, these being wild caught Tokays, should I treat them with a light dose of panacur, try to get separate fecals and have them tested or just don't worry about parasites? Either way I won't be handling any other animals without washing well first, but I don't know if it's worth the cost of a vet visit and if the panacur would do more harm than good. They seem to have settled into their new cage pretty well and I've got the humidity just right now, but I don't know if this is really the best setup. I tried using cypress mulch but they seemed to avoid touching it and crickets would burrow under it too easy. I switched to some unfertilized potting soil stuff that holds humidity just as well, the lizards actually prefer it to the glass walls and stray crickets can't burrow as well. The thing is though, twice now I've seen dirt caked around the sides of my male's mouth and inside of it from what I assume was from a cricket on the soil. I've tried to use a dish but I need to tear the legs off the crickets and the geckos seem to ignore the dish anyway. Would some kind of carpet or slate with some moss for holding humidity be an ok alternative to using soil/mulch? Pic is current setup, the flipped over bamboo hide is where the male sits most of the day for some reason instead of the darker hide...
Anonymous
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>>986820 Considering they're wildcaught specimens from a pet store, yeah you should find a vet. However, his legs and back are going to be forever like that no matter how much calcium he gets. But it is a good idea to put out a calcium dish; I always have one out for my leos even if they don't breed. Not sure about the humidity thing, sorry. When I kept crested geckos I just used paper towels. It doesn't hold humidity as well and you'll have to mist the tank 1-2 times per day, but at least there's very minimal risk of impaction. You can try feeding them outside the tank?
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>>986820 As far as worring about using larger substrate b/c the crickets borrow in and hide. That is normal/fine for the most part as long as you check up on them and see that they are disapearing into your lizards and not all under the substrate. They will hunt out the crickets when they are hungry.
Another thing you could try is putting in a fake plant with a nice base on it ( so the lizards dont knock it around the cage ) for the crickets to hide on and in.
No personal experince with parasites sorry.
>Would some kind of carpet or slate with some moss for holding humidity be an ok alternative to using soil/mulch? Im a fan of mixing substrates together; its more natural IMO. Research proper husbandry for Tokays and if there are a few different things that work they may work well together.