The first time I saw my yoyo loach laying on its side, I thought it died and I needed to scoop it out. As I did it, it suddenly sprung back to life.

Turns out this is just how yoyo loaches sleep, on their side.

So here's my yoyo loach playing dead.

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I have a heater for my fish tank with its own built-in temperature display.
But because I want to know whether the temp displayed is accurate, I bought a a second standalone thermometer. If the two numbers match, then I know the temp is correct.

Well, now both are showing two quite different numbers. I couldn't tell which one is malfunctioning, and so now I have to get a third thermometer 😥

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Testing new location for my fish cam.

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The fish keeper's test suite.
No CI, it's all manual process by hand.
I run the tests once a week, or when I just came back from extended travel, or when I add new live stock.

Green is not the color we want (indicates presence of ammonia, which is harmful).

Blue, Yellow, and orange are good.

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Really missed seeing my fishes after being away from home for almost 2 weeks. I counted each one of them, and happy to report that they're doing fine. 😊 The baby fishes have grown bigger since last time I saw them, they're no longer blurry blob on camera.

At PyCon US a friend showed me his camera for his cat so he could watch his cat while away, so maybe next time I'll get the same nanny cam too.

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