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I got video of the pileated woodpecker who came down to a stump yesterday. We usually put seeds around the stump, but maybe he was just after bugs.

Now that they settled I’m loving the two tanks I just pulled the ugf out of and put in the jungle sand.

@Colu@nabokovfan87 @Chick-In-Of-TheSea Our little buddy has gone thru two round of ichX and kanaplex and looking great!! Thank you all for helping save his life ❤️🙏🙏🙏

Going home tomorrow - I hope that I’ll come home to happy & healthy danio fry, and maybe some glowlight fry as well? 🤞🤞 Arles’ Roman Arena

There’s a fly up there.

Four baby skunks came by everyday for their share of crunchies. They’ve gone off now. The outdoor cats didn’t pay much attention to them. If they got too close, the skunks just made this strange sort of chittering sound, hard to describe. They were really cute!

He looks great @Jaspyjasp!

I know this is a little silly. But I came up with a simple solution to the annoying EF flashing. I pulled off the suction cups and turned the heater around! ha ha....I'm so high-tech!

Tiger teddies, neoheterandria elegans

Good to hear he's made a full recovery

Flies and birds. Their all time fav 😝 No way a cat uses something specifically bought for them! Lie! 🤣

With the sharp decline of the bladder snails, a film settled on the surface of the jar. I decided to add “a hint” of air. Not sure what the plants will think of this, but I felt it was necessary. Also a routine trim of the dwarf water lettuce roots. They anchor into the sand and cause slight disruption to the substrate when they are pulled. But the roots would choke out the jar otherwise. All roots have to be inspected for snails. I found 2 or 3 and returned them to the jar. They are very easy to miss. There is some hair algae in the jar now. Kind of annoying. I remove it where I can. I have to be gentle so as not to uproot the plants. Lastly, there is a fly up there.

We've got Shelby an 11year old gsd, and Ravioli who's a 10 month old English cream golden

It’s wild to be staring at a fish and watch the colors change. Really fun. Here is them guarding wigglers. They turn almost black. I don’t think they would be to unhappy alone You do not want females. They risk becoming egg bound. Males will spare but the three I gave to my friend were in a 20 long for a month alone. With females being absent they only mildly bickered for territory but nothing noteworthy. 2 would have been good in a 20 long. However you will not see much color changing. They do their most color changes when breeding or courting are involved. As long as it is a mature tank that no longer risks ammonia or nitrite and parameters are kept stable. They are hardy but not for fish in cycling or new tanks that still have blips here and there. They do need food high in greens. They are fabulous community fish for a heated community. They don’t even bother the shrimp in their tank. Though two of the three I gave away did eat shrimp. They only spar with other dorsigera and it’s not actual fighting where anyone gets hurt. My friend put them in her community with German blue rams and guppies. They are thriving there.

This tank has been sitting in my garage for about 2 years waiting for it's "spot" to be emptied out, floors cleaned, walls repainted, ect. Then supplies bought, and the back & side sprayed. Welp, the day has finally arrived and it's in its permanent home. The plans of now are either trying a true low maintenance Walsted tank (which one minute I'm seriously considering.... the next I'm vehemently against!!!!), or aqua soil capped with eco complete, which I prematurely bought the supplies for..... In the back of my mind I'll probably settle on a Walsted bowl (to come later) and go with the original plan of capped aqua soil. Anywho, the first pic: Special thanks go to @TheSwissAquarist who helped me track down something called an aquarium mat! (who knew there was even such a thing!) The product can be found here: https://www.saltwateraquarium.com/diy-self-leveling-rubber-aquarium-mat-36-x-24-innovative-marine/

Roughly 3 months ago I ordered 5 Laetacara curviceps however they sent me dorsigera. I found I adored them so I kept them. They are beautiful fish. They change color and patterns quickly and often as a way to communicate with one another. Very personable fish with the water puppy personality of rams. They recognize me and definitely know the difference between me and my husband who seldom enters the fish room. They come running when I walk up and hide when hubby walks up. I was just keeping them in my journal but now they are breeding so I want to keep a separate log so I can track timelines easier. They sent me only 1 female. So I kept them together until she chose a mate. Once she chose a mate I gave the other 3 to @Purple Guppy to add to her community tank where she has some of my GBR babies. These are fantastic community dwarf cichlids. One has grown so beautiful she intends to enter him next year in the Keystone Clash competition. The second batch of eggs they dug 5 holes about the tank in the sand before they hatched. They moved the new hatch fry immediately and then two or three times a day would cart the wigglers to a different hole. Unfortunately on the third morning dad was swimming along the front as I went to feed grindle worms. That’s what he usually does in the morning for food. When I put the grindle worms in you could almost see him choking and spitting fry Willy Nilly everywhere. So they mixed in with grindle worms and got eaten. I had no clue he was transporting new fry. 😢 Yesterday their third batch hatched and they are guarding them well again. Each taking turns. Hopefully I won’t startle them this time. Here are some photos and videos.

I bought him with the idea of breeding, then thought maybe not based on a better look at his tail . . . then maybe yes based on color . . . then maybe not based on the echidna nose which I think is adorable but is generally considered undesirable. So, he may or may not be reproducing, but either way he’s pretty. Meet Cornelius.

Quick update: From my original group of ~34 fish, I sold all but 3 on a combination of Vivvy, eBay, and Aquabid. My conclusion: selling fish online is not a simple or quick task. I got about $10/fish for them. Of the several I kept, one has finally colored up as a male: He's about 2cm long, and we are currently at just about exactly 3 months post-spawning. To recap, I had three females. I lost two of them for unknown reasons, which is stressful. Further adding to my concern is that the female doesn't seem to be interested in my big male (and father of current crop). There is some spawning behavior but so far, no eggs. Here's that male (note the very parallel stripes). His stomach is a little sunken despite abundant food. Maybe has a parasite?: Picked up this little male 2 weeks ago because he had some interesting non-parallel stripes: Here's what he looks likes after gorging on brine shrimp for 2 weeks: Interestingly, he's only slightly larger than the fry that is just coloring up. I also find it interesting that the fry also has non-parallel stripes. Maybe it's a juvenile marking thing? So maybe I'll trying spawning this guy...

Hospital tank is a smaller volume of water so you will use less medication you could move him back to the main tank and treat the medication won't harm your plants

Edit, it probably won't stay filled until I can find a rug that 'really ties the room together'. My current setup is lacking something!

Thanks, so far, so good. All with the exception of I already got a scratch in it..... Tomorrow ill probably fill it to see if she holds (I probably should have done that outside 😬) and also try to get some of the oily film off it which I think was from manufacturing or sitting in the garage too long. As for aqua soil vs dirt. I listen to Bently I think heck no to dirt, aqua soil is the way to go! I just listened to the video you posted and I think, what's the worst that can happen! 😂 In the end ill probably go with the method which will teach me the most, and im sure you are aware of my affinity for pushing the eco system narrative sooooo I think you can guess what way im leaning......... (at least for tonight) 🤣🤣🤣

Not even kidding... Stuff like that I would have to make photos / explain to customers how to use the product. JUST SAYING Fluval. 😂 Pictures, and how you say things really helps explain things. "as shown in figure 1" etc. Picture for one of them, AWESOME. I got the thing open! (victory dance) and then had no idea about closing it or what the words even mean. So then... "lift-lock" clamps = the top of the clams and "lock-lift" clamps is the bottom of the clamp? Very confusing, maybe it's just a random typo, who knows. I would totally add it to the box / videos and add a photo of how to in the manual.

The tigers are so gorgeous. 😍😍😍

Like I said I pried the lid off many times 🤣

Med trio is more of a preventive treatment with the symptoms your fish has I would treat for a parasitic infection with paracleanse

My brain wants to say that it's BBA, but I don't really know. Telltale signs of BBA (or something similar) is that it almost always starts on the edge of the plant leaves. I think it may just be a matter of light, but it depends on if you're seeing the algae in other locations. Water changes are your friend with this type of thing to remove the spores from the water. (Algae trying to preserve itself in the environment, propagating elsewhere)

Works perfectly well and "as designed" is the best way I can put it. I can get into a lot of technical speak, but the just of it is exactly as mentioned in the conversation previously.... use the handles to do the work, even if it's very unclear specifically that it's a feature of the product. After initial setup, and you know the o-ring is installed correctly (preferably lubricated as well) then you go ahead and center the lid of the canister and proceed to hook on and pull it into place. I went ahead and checked all around, the closing gaps all around the o-ring seem to be good. From the engineering side of things, if you see leaks, this is literally the filter telling you it's time to replace the o-ring and not to "push down" as others had explained they did (myself, hearing it from the internet advice out there) because that causes misalignment and potentially damage to things like the impeller or other items. As a sidenote, I also removed the previously installed fine pad as it was used and clogged. I have no idea how much it helps to increase flow (necessary for my use), but I wanted to mention it for the sake of anyone else out there that just isn't sure. Every 3-4 weeks would be when I pop open the filter and check the floss to see if it needs changed. Especially if you're using the fluval branded ones that compress a bit more than something like polyfil.

im sure they will also become less shy once they start breeding and there are more of them. Until then it is fun to do my hide and seek game with them, where i find one, and follow it around (with my eyes) until it goes somewhere i cant see, then i choose another one...

What I would do is treat with paracleanse every two weeks following the instructions on the box for three full courses of treatment so treat on week 1 week 3 week 5

I'm hoping I can go without a light and just put my bowl in a sunny spot! If not the desk lamp will be plenty I would think!

I got the dropper below. It is really nice and I'll probably use it from now on when dosing EasyGreen. Interestingly, I felt like I was using *a lot* more EasyGreen with mL markings from the dropper as compared to squirts from the EasyGreen bottle. Maybe that's why I felt like I needed more than the recommended 1 mL (one squirt) per 10 gallons of EasyGreen. So, I, for one, would love to see an EasyGreen solution with a dropper of some sort, whether it is the bundled small and large bottles (with a regular cap for the large bottle), or something else.

I cut up a foam filter pad and use the pieces to plug the openings around cords, pipes, and tubes. It’s black so it doesn’t stand out and is easy to cut to to size. It’ll squeeze in and fill the gap nicely.

I am firmly hooked on the my TFBs Red Tailed Tinfoil Barbs. Their schooling behavior and personalities are just fun to observe. I have a new appreciation for SAEs. Kind of like the ant farm that some of us had as kids; they are almost always busy. At the same time, when I look at some of the photos posted in these forums, I think I am missing out on some new favorites.

I did a major remake today of the south american tank. Given all of my wood is nature collected it rots quicker, releases a lot of debris and has been in the tank for nearly two years. I took all the would out of the tank, cleaned the substrate under it, cleaned some of the wood with a brush and a knife and returned some of it back to the tank. There is too little now, i have to find and add some more, but it is not as bad as expected. I also added another bunch of leaves. The hygrophilla does not look good. I will take it out and tomorrow at the fish fair buy an amazon sword to fill in the corner. I may have to move the lotus again, but after i add some other wood Not quality pics but for ideas. One of the wood pieces is still floating so it is wedged in there. The tank is funnily so empty now. I even added back one of the anubias I took out some time back and left it in the bottom area to break line of sight for the brams. Let me know what do you think

Amphipods aka scuds are harmless cleanup crew and fish food. As long as you are not overfeeding and keep the tank clean they will not overpopulate. They are incredibly fun to watch.

After a few weeks they will become bolder. They are shy until they feel safe.

I was keeping multi's for a few years, but then stopped. Totally miss them. Everyone in who is hooked on this hobby should try shellies at some point in their aquarium journey. Here is one of my fishies from back then. 🥲 (I miss you little fella!) One of these days I'm going to start a colony again.

Shellies are super fun! Especially if you have a nice big colony of them. They are so fascinating to watch.

I'm kind of torn on what my next tank will be. It's either going to be another African cichlid tank or another rainbow tank and haven't decided yet 😂 there's so many beautiful mbuna but also I would like to get some shell dwellers. Either that or one of the larger variety of rainbow. I have a spare 55 that just keeps looking at me and saying it needs to be set up!

I also love and am hooked on shrimp keeping. I don't keep many types (Crystal Red, Orange Rili, Tangerine Tiger), but I am always (ALWAYS!) temped to convert all my fish tanks in my fish room into shrimp tanks!

Hooked on these little guys. Started these about a month ago. Hopefully will get an easy win with babies… looking good on that front have 3-5 Buried females now.

I'm kind of getting very hooked on tetras these days. This is my current favorite. Just picked up a small group of these beauties (picture below not mine). Hyphessobrycon spec. "Cherry Red". Next I'm thinking of getting some hyphessobrycon wadai, a.k.a 'blueberry tetras'. But that will probably have to wait until spring.

Yea that is basically what I am going to go for...I am just not sold on the small racks I have. The big one I have already with shelves may instead house all the breeder tanks and sump. Then I will build the others for my big tank and other fun stuff. Just trying to be a little more conservative with my space, power and back health. 😂

I'm not sure how you can route things, but I really like the layout that simply betta did for her rack. Drain setup: Air setup: I've seen it done a lot of different ways, but the reason I like this is because you can literally move the rack and it's all one unit. Works well long term. Essentially: Water in from RODI for top offs. Storage on the top shelf to drip in during water changes. Bottom shelf is a sump for the sake of filtration on the whole rack. Each row goes to the drain, that drains down to the sump, pumps back up to circulate. All runs through overflows and "just works".

I saw the rocks in person yesterday and they look quite nice. It's good to have a smooth variety available now, too. The curved glass tanks are very eye-catching!

Am not seeing any Redding that would indicate an active infection fin rot can eat away at the fins it would then turn into body rot am not seeing any indication of that it's an odd one what I would do if you notice him more lethargic or stop eating or heavy breathing what I would do is do a course of kanaplex just in case there's a bacterial component

Nerite snails sell for $2-$3 each locally and given the time and effort it takes to breed them and raise them, and the most a retailer would give you for them (maybe $0.50 each), it just doesn't make a lot of sense to me to try breeding them. It's a heck of a challenge and can be done, but is it worthwhile? Eh, probably not. E-Bay has multiple sellers offering ten for $20-ish with free shipping. You need a freshwater tank to hold the breeding nerites, a full saltwater tank to hatch the eggs and start raising the fry, which are planktonic in size. You need a food source for the fry. Then you need a transition tank to move them from full saltwater to full freshwater. Don't forget, each "egg" that we see is actually an egg capsule containing around seventy eggs. That should give you some idea of how small the fry are at hatching. You need food that's small enough for them to eat and given their size at hatching, that's not easy. You can do it, but is it worth the trouble? Eh, probably not.

I'm currently researching nerite snail breeding methods, and I believe I came across the article you referenced (see first bullet). I also found some other useful links that people may find useful: Neritehead method: hatch eggs in full salt water DannyDanDaniels method: acclimate adults to and hatch eggs in brackish water Research from AquariumBreeder: brackish water steps and cool pictures of nerite snail egg capsule