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Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Aquarium rant: if you have a home aquarium slightly smaller in size than the reflecting pool’s 6.8 million gallons, plecos are a terrible choice for algae control. They get way too big and introduce way too much ammonia. Snails and neocardinia shrimp are a much better choice and can actually live off algae and crud on the bottom to a large extent.

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FishFace@piefed.social ⁨21⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
Clown plecs don’t grow big - three inches or so. And they do keep algae down, though so does a scraper on a stick

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Soulphite@reddthat.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Terrarium rant: if you have a home terrarium it is not the same thing as an aquarium and no, do not put fish in it.

They will die.

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- Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I’m helping them evolve!
  
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jimmux@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Has there ever been a push to make the reflecting pool more natural and self regulating? It would look pretty cool with some water lilies and koi. You can even get lilies in red, white, and blue. Or use a native alternative if that’s more appropriate.

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- Hazel@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Wouldn’t be much of a reflecting pool if it’s covered in lilies.
  
  And just to be clear, I’d much prefer it being covered in lilies.
  
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- gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Probably not, because it does get pretty cold and snowy in the winter at times, which would kill the ecosystem, and there’s a lot of ecosystem that would need to go in that reflecting pool
  
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