Isa's Homestead Happenings and Hangout

[AGeese]

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Do they get any music? They look cautious

 

[Aunt Angus]

I won't anymore. Those Cessna, piper type private airplanes are so small. Some you're literally touching shoulders. They're really small.

We took a 14-passenger plane from Costa Rica to Nicaragua. Going over the volcanos, that thing pitched up and down violently! It was like being on a roller coaster. I've flown in 2-person planes and helicopters, too, but that little one in CR was terrifying.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I wish that there were more giant colors avaliable. All I see now are galaxy koi

 

[ColtHandorf]

At least even I know what a donkey Kong punch is

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I think my wife wants me to haul this off, but she cut it. What say you?

Burn it there. That always works.

Never heard of it.

Keets are growing up View attachment 3366150

What size aquarium should I get?

1. Red Tailed Black Shark
2. Giant Betta
3. South American Cichlids
4. African Cichlids

Pick 2, I'm going with #1 for sure.

Here comes the purist in me. I generally try not to mix species from different continents as they (ancestrally) have different water parameter requirements, especially if the fish are wild-caught. It really depends on what your goals are. Breeding or display?

I wouldn't keep a betta with any of those personally.

I wouldn't do less than 10 gallons for the betta, small tanks are a pain in the @$$ to clean, trust me.

The others, I'd do a 100 gallon at minimum, not sure if the shark would need more though. They get big

The betta will be fine with the red-tailed shark provided the aquarium is large enough. They are really chill fish if they are a single specimen. I kept mine in a tank with harlequin rasboras and a pair of pearl gouramis.

Can you mix cichlids in with other fish?

You can. It depends on the species. Dwarf cichlids like cockatoos and rams are easily placed with other fish, even when breeding. Angelfish and Discus are cichlids, and they are often housed in communities. Kribensis are a small African cichlid that I've housed with African Ropefish, African Butterflies, and Congo Tetras.

I've kept Firemouth cichlids with Swordtails in an S. Am. biotype aquarium. They worked well and the young swordtails provided additional food for the cichlids.

I would not mix Old World and New World cichlids, and I wouldn't mix Mbuna with fish from other African lakes. Be aware the fish from Lake Malawi can experience Malawi Bloat, so be sure they are getting enough vegetable matter in their diet.

I haven't kept sicklids, but I thought I read somewhere to keep sicklids with sicklids.

Lol, that's how my voice to text thinks cichlids should be spelled

@Kiki, is that you?

 

[Isadora]

Do they get any music? They look cautious

They're very cautious. The darn things are so sure I'm going to scalp them every time I walk into the coop.
And no, I haven't played any music for them.

 

[ColtHandorf]

They're very cautious. The darn things are so sure I'm going to scalp them every time I walk into the coop.
And no, I haven't played any music for them.

Mine are the same way and they were raised with English Orpingtons.

 

[bill3607]

I hate ******* group texts on my phone. Why does everyone feel like they have to acknowledge something that is sent out as info to blow your phone up.

This is going to sound ugly I guess but the way I feel but if someone on the group text out that a tornado came close to my house does everyone just have to say they are glad it didn't hit it? I mean like do you think some of us was hoping it did hit it or something That just happened.

And, it is everyday that the CEO sends out something which is just info and everyone of them have to answer back saying, Ok. idiots

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I hate ******* group texts on my phone. Why does everyone feel like they have to acknowledge something that is sent out as info to blow your phone up.

This is going to sound ugly I guess but the way I feel but if someone on the group text out that a tornado came close to my house does everyone just have to say they are glad it didn't hit it? I mean like do you think some of us was hoping it did hit it or something That just happened.

And, it is everyday that the CEO sends out something which is just info and everyone of them have to answer back saying, Ok. idiots

Are yours all at least in the same timezone? My aunt and uncle are 2 hours ahead and get up early and never remember it's earlier for us. So we'll be woken up at 3 because the chat is exploding

 

[ColtHandorf]

Are yours all at least in the same timezone? My aunt and uncle are 2 hours ahead and get up early and never remember it's earlier for us. So we'll be woken up at 3 because the chat is exploding

That's why the good lord invented "Do Not Disturb" mode on your phone.

 

[MACCanadianCoop]

Do not disturb mode