I never know how to explain my way of eating to people because im not really a vegetarian, so it gets confusing and people always ask me.
The foods I eat are extremely simple. I dont eat anything that has been processed, or altered by man in any way. So pretty much raw fruits, raw veggies, and then tuna, shrimp and sometimes grilled chicken. But I never add anything to it, not even salt, and I dont eat cooked food, or food recipes, Its just..plain and simple healthy food, the way God made it. My main concern isnt avoiding animal products, but avoiding the chemicals and oils that are put into processed foods. I get tired of trying to explain it to everyone, and it seems to be similar to the raw food diet, but I hate to call it that because im not on a diet..It would be a lot more simple if I could just say "im a…. whatever-tarian" and leave it at that. So, does anyone know if there is a name for this or not?

thanks :)

Hi, I have a 55 gallon with 4 discus in it, and I have pretty hard, alkaline water. I don’t like using chemicals to lower pH or anything, but I know lots of people use peat in the filter to bring down the pH, and I thought I should try it. I just don’t know what kind or how much to use or anything. I’m afraid I’ll buy something toxic on accident. Could anyone suggest what kind of peat I need to buy, and how much of it to put in the filter?

Hey all,

I’ve had a stable fish tank for a couple of years now. Consistantly, the water has been hard, and has been very alkaline (7.4 range). However, recently, I noted that my fishes fins were looking a bit ragged and bloodshot. I ran the pH recently, it’s it’s gone totally acidic on me (6.0). So far, I’ve added some buffer, and did a 30% water change, hoping that the hardness of my tap water would help to balance it out, but so far it hasn’t moved much more than to the 6.4 range (this is the third or fourth day of trying to fix it).

As for the tank, it’s 30gal, and contains goldfish and some guppies- which I’ve had about 3 years now. There is a large hood based filter running right now (filter is made for a 40 gal tank), and I don’t typically add a lot of chemicals or anything to the water. Within the past few months, my fish did have a problem with some fungal whatnot, which I cleared up with some tablets. And now, I’m having issues with this. Any ideas?

You know those pills for weight loss, what kind of ingredients are in them or is it just chemicals and stuff.

Deer necks (meaty) my dogs are power chewers but I don’t know if deer necks are "break bones" and if I’d need to remove the bones after they eat the meat?

Also can they eat beef gullet? Is that a good choice to buy?

Thank you in advance for the help.
These are raw not cooked. Dog food contains a ton of chemicals in it to give it an abnormally long shelf life. I choose to feed my dogs fresh natural food, safely though.