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  1. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Yep, if they have gone away and you haven't changed any water, it's plant food! No need to convert. Whichever test kit you are using, just follow the instructions that came with that kit. It will tell you what the safe levels are. Most people here use the one that reads in ppm, though, and that may be a good test kit to use when seeking help from others.
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    Congrats!
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    Unfortunately it does look like either a) parasites or b) fish hasn't eaten lately and is producing nutrient-deficient waste. Since the fish is newly purchased, I would treat for parasites. Your plants may not like medication though, so here's some helpful tips: https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/how-to-treat-sick-aquarium-fish
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    Ich X treats fungal infections and Jungle Fizz treats fungal infections as well as bacterial infections. It gets a little bit more complex with gram-positive and gram-negative treatments. @Colu is pretty good with that type of thing and maybe can help? Might as well give an update on the little dude as well. He's still doing good; good appetite and activity level. Still looks patchy - more than I'd like - but he completed 2 treatments of JF/Kanaplex and now he's on a level 2 salt after having a whole bunch of water changes.
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    There are 3 parameters to monitor when starting up a new aquarium. Here is a very helpful video that explains it. Quick summary - ammonia is the first thing to show up in a tank. It's toxic. Bacteria form that eat the ammonia and these bacteria give off nitrites (also toxic). A second bacteria show up that eat nitrites. These bacteria give off nitrates (ok for fish, within reason - see test kit instructions). The only ways to reduce nitrates are water changes (fastest way) and live plants. (Technically there are additives you can put in the tank to remove nitrates, but you don't want them totally gone because your plants need them.) I would recommend doing a water change at this stage.
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    There is a shrimp riding on Bug's back! 😍
  7. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I have a Bolivian ram named Snoopy and there is a link to his journal in my signature line. He loves yellow squash so much. @Guppysnail has a Bolivian Ram too.
  8. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Maybe they are fry, maybe they are nano fish, maybe they are critters that just don’t grow so much. Who are the little ones in your tanks? Mine are Nibbles, a little unidentified species of snail that stays at peppercorn size and Goliath, the runt of my mystery snail clutch. Everyone else grows and grows, and he stays about pea size. And now some lil blue dream shrimp.
  9. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Do you mean, in nature conditions vary quite a bit?
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    Ah yeah, you're good. Bolivians are peaceful with other tankmates, as far as I have experienced and have seen on the ACO and PTA videos. Except for other Bolivians. But then we still need more info on that, such as is there a certain number of Bolivians in a tank that do ok?
  11. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Hmm. Are they bite sized?
  12. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Yay, I'm glad! I was worried you'd be disappointed that I adopted one out. Haha! That's funny. You were wheelin and dealin. I remember catching minnows in the creek and putting them in my tank. They were hardier than the fish I actually bought at the store.
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    the color sure is getting darker on those front spikes... ! If they stay up top in some plants, they should be ok with her.
  14. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    What’s in that tank?
  15. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    It must be Mardi Gras. The snails are throwing beads! 🎉
  16. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I have a nerite on a mystery. And I thought the nerite was cleaning the mystery, but then I took a closer look at I saw the mystery’s snoot turned around cleaning the nerite! They are cleaning each other at the same time! And the little guy Goliath is closely supervising.
  17. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Thanks! There’s a handful of things but the newest thing is that I adopted 10 blue dream shrimp on Friday. And also I have a nerite on a mystery. And I thought the nerite was cleaning the mystery, but then I took a closer look at I saw the mystery’s snoot turned around cleaning the nerite! They are cleaning each other at the same time! And the little guy Goliath is closely supervising. I will tag @Cinnebuns to see what adventures are happening in her fish room.
  18. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I used a razor on my first one. Now I’m an expert clutch remover 😂 since York has laid more than 23 and the magentas are laying too. Gently grab on the sides, turn (like a knob, as if you’re turning up the radio), and it pops right off. But if you remove it on the first day it’s laid you might squish some. The trick is to wait 24 hrs (I mean, if you ever find one in your home tank.) I know you were in the LFS for this one. They will be firm enough on the second day that there should be no damage. Another easy way I’ve found is to take a test kit card and use that because they are flexy enough and work great.
  19. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Congratulations! What an epic freebie! Make sure you go back to the beginning of the journal to see what to do. For now you’ll have the clutch in a Tupperware floating in your tank, and there should be holes (small, like from a pushpin) in the lid of the Tupperware. Layer from bottom to top : damp (tank water) paper towel, dry paper towel, clutch, lid. The most important thing is water quality so make sure you have a tank that is 100% cycled for them. As babies they are sensitive to parameters. Let me know if you have any questions. They have a lot of requirements- for the most part they only eat live food, they can’t do fish meds. Need cold water, large tank, no tankmates, no substrate, TONS of filtration. And they look small on videos but that’s super temporary. They grow.. A LOT (think common pleco). She supplements with a carnivore Repashy but they really need worms and feeder fish all the time. And every feeder fish needs to be quarantined for a month because you can’t take the chance of the axolotl getting ill. Also if they get ill they have to be taken to an exotic pets veterinarian.
  20. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I love that.
  21. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Grab your favorite hot beverage; this is gonna be a long one! Today is a couch potato day for @Chick-In-Of-TheSea. It’s been such a busy week, and yesterday’s schedule had me out of the house from morning til night. I started the day by meeting up with my friend Erin to go to a craft fair. I totally NERM out at Erin’s place. She is the friend that adopted “Goldie”, a snail baby from my last hatch. So I took a bunch of photos so you guys can NERM out with me. This is Quex; her axolotl. He lives in cold temperatures; hence the insulating material around his tank. Quex ate 4 full earthworms while I was there. They weren’t even cut. He’s a lot bigger than he looks, at a whopping 9”. He should reach about a foot. He’s standing on some almond leaves; they are really good for him, as most fish meds are unsafe for axolotls. Erin raises the earthworms in this tub. They eat compost like coffee grounds, wet cardboard, banana peels, vegetable scraps, etc. I should have taken a pic of the worms too but we were on a little time crunch to get to the craft fair. I saw that the worms had reproduced though, and there were adult and baby earthworms in the tub, very active. Quex’s avatar is on the side of the tub. Lol Here’s Goldie. My, has she grown! Erin quarantined Goldie for > 1 month. I suggested she didn’t need to, but this is how she rolls. Goldie has a friend named Spike; he’s a horned nerite. Quite a little guy. We couldn’t find him because he was somewhere in the cave. Introducing Goldie to the display tank did not come without its challenges because: So betta did not play nice with Goldie. Goldie was moved back to quarantine until a divider arrived and now this is the setup. (Betta was not thrilled with this idea, but he’ll get over it.) And here’s the part where I have to make a confession to @Guppysnail because she sent me several beautiful magentas. Well, ever since the snails were in transit and I shared a photo with Erin, Erin got ULTRA excited, and the first thing out of her mouth was, “I want a magenta snail!” And so, these magentas were not up for adoption or anything, but this girl was looking at me grinning ear to ear, what could I do? And when the shipment arrived, I told her everyone arrived safely, and she said “Yay! Our snails are here!” (Mind you, I had not agreed to anything…LOL) Anyway, this is how Gumdrop has come to live with mama Erin, and Erin will be spoiling her with veggies, calcium, and all the snail goodies that she could ever want. So Gumdrop was safely delivered and into the quarantine tank she went (really an observation tank, because no meds are in there or anything). Here’s photos after acclimation. Gumdrop didn’t seem to be bothered by the transport and immediately started snailing around. Also she was delivered with a small piece of boiled squash, because that’s what was on my kids’ menu for the day, and I know she likes it. The squash was gone by the time we got back from the craft fair. So I hope @Guppysnail can forgive me for this one. I didn’t take the decision lightly, and I trust Erin, my dear friend with multiple tank syndrome, 100%. Well, hopefully you guys aren’t too bored by now, because there’s more! Lol This is Lucy! Erin’s turtle. Lucy is celebrating her 13th birthday this year. Lucy also likes to eat the earthworms that Erin is raising. She was a little bit shy today. Also Erin recently went to Maine and brought me this souvenir. Of course it’s a lobster but seeing how it’s little and in a shotglass, it sure does remind me of the shrimp I just adopted. 😀 And just as she weasled her way with the magenta, I weasled her into giving me some massive almond leaves for the shrimp. 😊 and then off we headed to the festival. —- Now, if you’re still tuned in at this point, we are now at Sunday morning at @Chick-In-Of-TheSea house. Yesterday’s menu was squash and crab cuisine, and today’s is Repashy Snello (although Snoopy has been stealing bites of it. He thinks I don’t notice) which is made with Soilent Green and calcium carbonate. These 2 are gossiping about their neighbors. Shhhhhh! Also, something is going on with the feeding ring I made for the black neon. Bon Bon decided it’s hers for today. And then she realized she knocked the flake to the bottom and parasnailed down for it. Lastly, I’ll just throw this in here. I’ve been finding pathetic clutches in the 29. Not sure who’s laying them but they are so minuscule and then the edge, instead of being a full egg, it just kind of “trails off”. Not sure what’s up with that. It’s not every time though. Some clutches are very nicely formed. I wonder if they just need to quickly offload a few eggs but aren’t really in the mood for laying. Just like we half-@ss our chores sometimes. (?) If you read all this and didn’t fall asleep then ⭐️! Thanks for tuning in! Happy Sunday, folks!
  22. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I don’t remember where I originally heard this story but I was able to find it again online. It goes as follows: A young girl was walking along a beach upon which thousands of starfish had been washed up during a terrible storm. When she came to each starfish, she would pick it up, and throw it back into the ocean. People watched her with amusement. She had been doing this for some time when a man approached her and said, “Little girl, why are you doing this? Look at this beach! You can’t save all these starfish. You can’t begin to make a difference!” The girl seemed crushed, suddenly deflated. But after a few moments, she bent down, picked up another starfish, and hurled it as far as she could into the ocean. Then she looked up at the man and replied, “Well, I made a difference for that one!” —— And this is how I feel it is with the bettas.
  23. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I see potential. 😬
  24. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    This sale is on again. I think Sunday is the last day.
  25. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Oh man @redfish I am so sorry. 😞
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