Chick-In-Of-TheSea
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Here’s the other guy that went through treatment and rejoined the gang. Look how happy he is. He just had a nice meal too, as you can tell from his gut. 😊
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I found this information regarding temperature for mystery snails:
- 68-72 – Best for promoting thick shells and slower growth rate. Recommend temperature for newly hatched mystery snail until they are pea sized. Often adult mystery snails will be less active and less likely to breed/lay clutches at this temperature.
- 73-75 – Ideal temperature, mystery snails will still be active but still able to focus on the shells thickness rather than length.
- 76-84 – This is breeding & laying clutch temperature. Mystery Snails will be extremely active, which means a lot of mating. However, this temperature will also promote a fast shell growth rate leading to thinner and more brittle shells.
Source: https://mysterysnailguardians.com/ideal-environment/
Does anyone have any thoughts or experience with this?
On 8/7/2022 at 9:33 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:
I wonder why York has a growth line. She's been in the same tank for a long time.
It makes sense for Dodger because he recently came from the pet store and/or wherever else he was before that.
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On 8/16/2022 at 10:55 AM, nabokovfan87 said:
It's formed an attachment and it's bonded and it is it's home now so to speak. It's very, very stubborn stuff to get off
If only the mosses we actually want to have would do this. 😆
On 8/16/2022 at 10:55 AM, nabokovfan87 said:treatment and removal
Maybe you need like, 100 shrimp to help you. What you need are critters that like to nom on the stuff so you don't have to do so much work.
On 8/16/2022 at 10:55 AM, nabokovfan87 said:I was also reading about how some corydoras won't spawn if they see algae because they assume the eggs won't hatch.
Well that stinks. 😐
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On 8/16/2022 at 11:26 AM, Patrick_G said:
I think we’d all like to see a pic of momma Mbuna with a mouth full of fry 🙂
Yesss!!! Please please please!
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Live baby brine shrimp is also good for the young mbuna fry. You'd just need an airstone, salt, a mason jar, and shrimp eggs.
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@nabokovfan87 can you remove any of the algae with a toothbrush after the treatment? Does it release its grip at all?
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On 8/16/2022 at 10:16 AM, Guppysnail said:
Your mystery kid looks more and more like a Japanese trapdoor. The spire point just looks different than a mystery. I’m not versed in them @Cinnebuns is but they are slower and grow slower from what I’ve read and what I’m seeing in my two types of viviparus snails.
He barely has grown at all! He’s still like a peppercorn. But I love him. 😍 He’s really cute.
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The unwell snail was on his back at the rear of the tank last night. I can’t see back there, really. I had to move a bunch of stuff to complete headcount. So I did the same as before - moved him to food dish, then he started snailing around. I think we are ok now.
I have 3 minis - 2 apparently have stunted growth and one is the little guy with the dark shell and foot that I “found”. I need to keep a close watch on them because they are significantly more lethargic than the larger ones. You can see all 3 in the pic with the dish.
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"I Am A Snail"
If you listen carefully here (turn on closed captions because the song speeds up quite a bit later) it starts w/ the "pet store conditions" and then it proceeds to give all of the instructions on how to care for your mystery snails. These guys liked one of my snail asparagus videos; they said I snailed it (by giving vegetables). LOL
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On 8/15/2022 at 8:56 PM, SimmonsSnailsNScales said:
what do you mean by dosing the water with nutrients? Are you talking about fertilizer?
I think you meant to tag @anitstuk on this one.
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Hmm.. did you change water recently? Sometimes the water companies make changes to water chemistry and it comes as a surprise to hobbyists.
Leaves will help to lower pH (catappa leaves, Indian almond leaves, etc)
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On 8/15/2022 at 6:45 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
You can also see the little holes I cut for the adhesion to bond / hold rather than just attaching
That’s a good idea. Gives it a bit more grip and resistance.
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Finally changed out to old hood to a versa top. More light is illuminating the tank now. Before & after.
Versa tops are annoying to trim and they never seem to fit right, but they sure do look nice.
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I can tell it’s doing something TeeJay! A few eggs look plumper, a few eggs look like they are starting to turn white. That’s good!
I bet these ones will hatch soon.
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On 8/15/2022 at 2:46 PM, Guppysnail said:
I like the feelers on gourami it makes them interesting.
Plus don't forget they make bubble nests!
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On 8/15/2022 at 12:04 PM, Guppysnail said:
The word CICHLID scares me due to aggression.
My bolivian ram is peaceful in the community. However, she will run off fish that are trying to take her food. She won't bite them, just warn them and kind of charge at them until they leave. Also the bolivian rams will get more defensive if they are breeding/protecting a breeding area. She should be grouped in with "cleanup crew" because she is always picking at stuff on the bottom, to see what it is and if it's tasty.
The ram greets me at the glass every single time. She is super social with me. She also doesn't scare easily. I can be aquascaping stuff right next to her with tongs and she isn't phased at all. I have to be careful around her, because sometimes she doesn't move out of the way. She's just like, whatever man.
Here she is hauling butt with the squash!
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On 8/15/2022 at 3:52 PM, Tropicalfishkeeping201 said:
Thank you so much, Just to confirm is it okay to leave the epsom salt in the tank until the next water change?
This is how he looks like. Thank you so much for your help!
He's so pretty.
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On 8/15/2022 at 12:30 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
adding more than you need will not be an issue.
As long as oxygenation is there. Dechlorinators reduce the oxygen levels in the water. (See 7:00 in video)
On 8/15/2022 at 12:30 PM, nabokovfan87 said:it takes 2-5 minutes for prime to do it's thing
Yep. A lot of people "age" their water in buckets with dechlorinator for a few minutes. I didn't use to do that, but just as an example:
I started to age my water because I noticed a bunch of snails laying on their backs after water changes. I thought maybe the current of the water going in was the problem, knocking them over, but it would take them some time to start moving again. However, when I age the water (ie: I'll go clean test tubes or something while water sits with dechlorinator in the bucket), THEN add it to tank, there is no effect on the snails.
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So basically they are well aware of where the cafeteria is at. 🙂
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On 8/12/2022 at 2:16 AM, B1gJ4k3 said:
Adding Prime too late on such a large water change? My water does have some ammonia in it (about 0.5ppm out of the tap), but I don't know if that would have made that much of a difference. I had done about a 50% water change earlier in the day on the 75 gallon in my garage (also with Boesemanis in it--about 70 of them) where I didn't put Prime in until later also and didn't have a problem. And I feel like this isn't the first time that I've forgotten to put Prime in until the end. Normally, I add half when I initially start filling and half when I'm finished.
When I change water, I dose dechlorinator into the tank before any tap water is introduced. That way I can be sure that anything harmful gets detoxified instantly. Here is a video explaining how to refill a tank with a Python. At 4:27 the guy adds the water conditioner at the same time the new water is going in.
http://www.pythonproducts.com/videos.html
Adding Prime late coupled with less filtration at the time of the issue may be the culprit?
Plus the water company can probably change stuff whenever they want to; I prefer not to rely on things staying consistent at the tap.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I know it's upsetting. Please try not to beat yourself up. You were doing the right thing, doing your maintenance, trying to keep good quality water for your pets. It's just that sometimes doing stuff out of order has an impact on them, plus that water company variable thrown in there - who knows what they do? Honestly, this could, and often does, happen to anybody.
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On 8/15/2022 at 10:27 AM, Guppysnail said:
Yeah probably not a good idea. If it makes you feel better when I was testing RR I used untreated plants as a control to see affects of RR on plants and also have a snail tank full of limpets. 🤣
They have industrial strength grip on everything!
On 8/14/2022 at 8:32 PM, redfish said:Hang in there little buddy. Is he one of your babies?
Yep! He hatched on 6/8.
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On 8/15/2022 at 10:06 AM, Guppysnail said:
I sprinkle fry food and flake all over the tank because I always fear that same competition issue.
I'm sure my limpet population would love that! 😭
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On 8/15/2022 at 8:28 AM, Guppysnail said:
That volume of poo looks like he pigged out and was sleeping it off actually. I think you made a wise choice to restrict handling but placing him near food. They do get stressed. They sleep in bouts of many hours to a day or so sometimes and when they wake for me they wake and either have already had or start having a massive growth spurt especially with that much poo. Keeping my fingers crossed for your little guy.
Some concerns I have is that he is a lot smaller. See snail next to him for reference. And also that his shell is a lot more clear. In person I can tell it's lacking a bunch of the gold hue. That makes me think he might have been malnourished? Again it comes to mind that the little ones probably have trouble competing with the big ones for food. Now that there are only 7 mysteries in the tank, I hope he will gain strength.
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I want the shells to be thicker on those tiny ones, so I might go to the 75. I'm having a hard time with water temp at the tap. Yesterday it was 103! My pipes run through the attic. I always add ice cubes if I'm water changing in the afternoon. In the morning I can get 78 out of the tap.