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    Heavy Breathing in Single Ember Tetra - vid attached

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    Do you ever notice the other fish nipping at this fish, especially at feeding time? Lately I noticed my pristella tetras doing this to one little guy. He ended up getting sick because he couldn’t get to the food or handle the stress. He’s off on his own now in a quarantine tank. He was quarantined and recovered before, but when I added him back, everyone picked on him again. Then he became sick again, so back to quarantine he went. He’s doing fine but people told me I need to increase the school size. Shopkeepers like to say 6 in a school but hobbyists are saying it really should be more than the 6. It’s like they have a pecking order.

    Or, it could just be illness in general. How long have you had the fish, and what is the temperature of the tank?

    If your fish does gets picked on at mealtime, he may have quit trying to compete.

    Bolivian Ram Journal

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    Posted · Edited by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

    On 8/7/2022 at 7:23 AM, Fish Folk said:

    I've seen with many species of fish that light substrate = lighter colorations; darker substrate = darker colors.

    I’d agree with this @Fish Folk. I realize I might not get the full effect with my light pool filter sand. Scroll up to the photos from yesterday though. Pretty good, eh?

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    Bolivian Ram Journal

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    @redfish LOL!  Congrats on your new ram! You will love the little personality! Sometimes they swim backwards too which is fun.

     I actually alternate between 3 main foods:

    Hikari cichlid gold “sinking” mini pellet (if pellet too big for ram’s mouth, crush it) - someone said there is one called micro pellet. Get that one if you can. But definitely sinking, they are scavengers.

    Frozen brine shrimp

    Xtreme krill flakes

    (and then she takes it upon herself to “help” the snails eat their food - squash, asparagus, and Soilent green Repashy.)

    @Fish Folk says foods with carotenoids bring out their color.

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    Ziss bio media filter and setting up for least killifish

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    On 8/26/2022 at 10:53 PM, nabokovfan87 said:

    There was some cool stuff that I think it was @Chick-In-Of-TheSeawas using for the HoB from etsy where it hooks into the output and does a baffle

    Here’s the link. Mine’s in production. He does them custom, based on requests - custom to filter brand, choose your color, message him with desired features, and he will message back with photos of options for you. I asked for one that is appropriate for a waterline 1” down. 

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    Testing Time: Fixing the Seachem Tidals Bypass

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    On 8/26/2022 at 7:46 PM, nabokovfan87 said:

    I went to clean it out today...

    I just don't understand some design choices. I generally don't like prefilters because it's a hassle to clean. At this point it's mandatory until I get the plants functional and growing. Plant leaves go into the pump and that causes issues. 😞

    But, I was cleaning it today and there was an issue there the sponge was compressed against the back glass and the flow got choked out. This left a not so nice smudge of gunk and trying to get the bag over the sponge, well I'll just let you imagine how dirty the water got. I lean the filter back or literally just remove the intake tube to clean it. I haven't found a good method, especially when the filter and glass is so tight on the sponge.

    I unplug the filter and remove the intake tube. That way no one gets sucked in. 
     

    It is a pain in the butt, but it keeps plant matter out and also houses BB.

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    Mystery snail eggs & inverts journal

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    Well, I hadn’t planned on this but someone that adopted snails before contacted me again for more. I had them marked as sold in Nextdoor but she private messaged me. I told her 2 left, that leaves me with 4 babies. I’m ok with that. I know how to get more snail babies if I want them!

    And I could not allow her other tank to be without snails. Unacceptable!

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    I went to the bathroom for one moment...

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    @Lexi B I sure hope you have tile.

    On 8/25/2022 at 11:58 PM, Melkor said:

    I did the opposite once, and drained more than I intended. Thankfully the hose in the tank wasn't all the way at the bottom.

    SAME. 🙄  I left a hose in there, and gravity drained the water out while I was outside rinsing sand.  Poor fish had 1" to swim in, and the filter was making such an awful noise running dry.  GOOD THING I had unplugged the heater before maintenance.  (Everybody was ok, but it did cause stress - they were all panicking for sure.)

    Chick-in-of-TheSea journal

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    Yeah I know.. the big box store.  But I went in there to ask for some [fish] bags a few weeks ago, as I believed at the time I was going to transport snails.  The associate gave me 5 bags and asked me if I was moving, and I told him I was moving the snails: taking them to an aquatics club meeting.  He's a total fish nerd; he was working in the reptile department, then they moved him to aquatics and he caught the bug.  Now he's got a fish room at home with fresh AND saltwater tanks. Big box doesn't sell saltwater, and he buys all of his fish, fresh & salt, from the LFS whenever he can. Go local! Woohoo!

    Anyway he started asking me about snails: how I raised them, what's the best thing for them to eat, etc.  Of course he asked about algae wafers, but then I told him crab cuisine is even better and explained the calcium.

    I went in there 2 days ago looking for Wondershell.  They were out of it, but when he saw me, he excitedly told me - I remember what you said about the snails, and every time I sell a snail I have the customer buy Crab Cuisine!  I looked at the rack where the crab cuisine should be.  SOLD OUT!  I'm internally cheering, and I told him that's awesome!

    Then he went on to tell me all about his saltwater tanks, and Octopus Teacher (netflix) and all kinds of stuff.  Also told me all about the crayfish in the store molting. 🙂 I think he just likes when a knowledgeable customer comes in that he can get nerdy with.  He's fun.  I told him to get some Flamingo Tongues* last time I was in there, because they're cool. But when I saw him this time he said he did the research, and they eat all the plants/corals.  Makes sense.  When I dive, I always see them attached to seaweed or coral.

    Oh also major props to this guy because he replumbed some stuff to ensure they have a proper quarantine area that is not connected to any of the other tanks.

    This big box is not great by any means.  I avert my eyes from the betta section, especially. I don't buy fish there, and that's where I rescued Dodger from bully fish (I HAD to).  Just equipment and the plants in the tubes, sometimes I will buy those.  But it's great to know there is someone that cares about each fish's requirements.  He always tells me he tries to research what each one needs, and tries to provide that for them while they are in the store. And he can better educate the buyers as well.

    *Flamingo Tongue:

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    Chick-in-of-TheSea journal

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    On 8/25/2022 at 11:00 PM, nabokovfan87 said:

    When I did the project, 4th grade I think, I was so confused at what on earth was going one.

    We filled up a cup with sand and then we stuck shells into it.  Then we poured this gunk into the cup to fill it up and let it dry.  I appreciate it so much every time I see it, and how meaningful it is to me.  (think of it as a paper weight or just a decor item) but it's so aesthetically nice for some random crap a kid put together.

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    That is quite nice! I appreciate the barnacles.

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    New member. Joined after hearing rumors.

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    Hi, and welcome!  It's true!  Everyone's nice and actually constructive, sharing knowledge and helping each other out.  This video features Irene who works at Aquarium Co Op. She talks about optimizing the filter, and in hers she puts pothos, but bamboo has the same effect.  I will try to find the article specific to bamboo, but this video should get you going in the meantime!

     

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