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  1. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    What I do is use the tube without the suction cups, and I point it at the fish I am trying to target feed.
  2. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Doing just fine. It is 2.5 inches.
  3. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Rotating the diet for the little one who is doing very well.
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    I found this helpful as far as getting fish to eat when they are ill. He’s using different meds, but I like the technique he’s using to make the food appetizing. I have medicated flakes that have garlic, but Spike would not eat them. Maybe if soaking in the garlic guard as well, he would consume more foods.
  5. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Very awesome! I love it, and the plants are nice and heathy.
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    I have a couple ACO heaters. They are 100% silent. Shrimps go in and out of one of them and there is still no noise at all. The one flashing EL is suctioned to the side wall so I don’t have to see it unless I look that direction. I use a floating thermometer to check temp. When I’m being redundant I will use an instant-read meat thermometer. I don’t mess around with heaters. If there is even a hint of something being wrong with it, I throw it away or try to return it. It is not worth the risk to my animals.
  7. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I highly recommend the new Godzilla movie (Godzilla minus one). 👍👍
  8. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Ailindany 300mm Fish Feeder Tube... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0821MHVCM?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
  9. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Hi @Katherine! Hope you are well. The new shell on the blue guy is very pretty. It’s amazing what some good nutrition can do for them, isn’t it? I adopted a few snails also vs. hatching. I don’t have open tanks right now for rearing snails, and I haven’t had the time to commit to baby snail care. Two of my new ones are purple; the other is blue. I lost all my originals to old age, except one magenta named Romeo who is, um, well, still pretty frisky… lol. I like the hill streams. Don’t they “blink” also, like cories do?
  10. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I am not sure but I did notice it. Maybe caused by his flashing against the sand? Perhaps I will get a catappa leaf back in there for healing benefits, just in case.
  11. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    50% water change. Everyone did good with the Expel-P treatment. Got a photo of Spike. His activity level seems good and he’s using mid-level of the tank today.
  12. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    BREAKING NEWS! Kratos goes on a big adventure! King Koopa nerite For those just tuning in, this snail hibernates and/or filter feeds 90% of the time. If you are ever looking for cleanup crew, this guy ain’t it! 🤣 🥲
  13. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Got it!
  14. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I think that would work well. And maybe the ram will enjoy the occasional worm too when you feed the frogs.
  15. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    What a bunch of cuties. Interesting the juveniles have a bunch of spots. As far as the cull, fortunately Bolivian rams are great community fish! The only thing is, they are not very assertive in feeding, so if you put them in with others that are greedy with food, they may just hang back and not get any. I use a glass feeding tube for Snoopy so I can send food down past the tetras to get to her.
  16. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    It looks like your school tank is getting light from the window too, and I am sure the hornwort likes that.
  17. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I just adopted one too 🙂 A diver friend and fellow hobbyist tank raised them and I have it in quarantine now. I have had it only for a few days. It is sort of a marbled black/white color, and the tips of its fins are white. The parents have white tipped fins too. It is too young to have bristles. It will be cute to see them grow in. Also, I'm all caught up on the journal now. I didn't quote all the things but wanted to add some comments.. 🙂 Congrats on shrimp eggs (lots of them!) and very sorry to hear about John. The shrimps must be very happy in your tanks! I often use Repashy powder to feed my shrimplets. I pinch it between my fingers and rub my fingers together under the water. The whole tank gets very active when the Repashy powder goes in. Also shrimps love to eat soggy catappa leaves. I love turkey basters for removing food and waste. I'm planning to get more so if I'm running more than one quarantine (what I'm doing now) then I don't have to disinfect between the tanks; each tank can have its own dedicated one. For hornwort, whenever I plant it, it doesn't do well for me..? The bottom will melt because it doesn't get enough light. I float it and have better luck; it lasts a long time. Shrimps love it.
  18. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    The Pennywort looks very nice!
  19. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    What I did was bundle the pothos stems together with a twisty tie. Then I kept the twisty tie out of the tank but allowed the pothos roots to hang down into the water. I scotch taped the ends of the twisty tie to the rim of the tank. I am behind in reading your journal. Trying to catch up! 🙂
  20. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    @AAE Hello Andy, and welcome to the forum!
  21. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I have seen people use the worm feeder cone w/ Repashy. If you would like it to dissolve & distribute faster, you can add more water to the recipe.
  22. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Since Spike is eating for 3 days consistently (had white worms again this morning) we are still continuing on with Plan A, the @Odd Duck Deworming Treatment. I did the 50% water change this morning with a thorough vac. I like to do the water change in the morning and let them relax during the day, then do the next dose at night. The next dose will be levamisole (Expel-P). Question - why are we blacking out the tank? Is it to keep the meds from degrading or is it for fish comfort and stress reduction?
  23. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Phooey. The baffle was a hair off in the measurement. Msgd seller. This seller has always been awesome with customer service. I’m a repeat customer (& the baffle on my Marina 200 is perfect). Also, found a colony of shrimplets in the HOB. They were eating the stuff off the floss. All seemed quite healthy. The s10 is pretty simplistic, so it was easy to see them and just dump the HOB into the tank. COARSE PFS IS INSUFFICIENT for shrimplet safety. Previously I zip tied pantyhose over it, but this time I didn’t because I really needed to polish the water. The HOB was added to solve an issue with a lot of particulates (I believe calcium from foods) in the water column. The water is looking pretty decent now but I still prefer to have the baffle for next time.
  24. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    You too, @Kaiju! ❄️
  25. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Oh man. @nabokovfan87 has been at war with BBA for quite some time now.
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