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  1. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Today the ram finished off the asparagus that the snails left behind. @Guppysnail
  2. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    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!
  3. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    He's so pretty.
  4. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    As long as oxygenation is there. Dechlorinators reduce the oxygen levels in the water. (See 7:00 in video) 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.
  5. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    So basically they are well aware of where the cafeteria is at. 🙂
  6. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    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.
  7. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    They have industrial strength grip on everything! Yep! He hatched on 6/8.
  8. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I'm sure my limpet population would love that! 😭
  9. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    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.
  10. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I just added some anacharis and it seems to help. Seems the aggression is only at feeding time and then everything is cool again. If I add sinking food and floating food at the same time, this seems to help because while some are at the top, others can mid-feed. Also the one that seemed to be getting picked the worst on was the sick one. I don't know if he just got sick again or if the picking on him made him sick again due to stress. Either way, he's back out in quarantine. Since he's been moved out, one fish will nip, but then the fish that got nipped will go nip a different fish, and they take turns. But again, only at mealtimes. Seems they were pretty merciless all ganging up on the sick guy though. I think they were trying to "get rid of the liability". ☹️ Once he recovers he might go into the snail tank. I don't know. At least until I can get more of a school going. After an ick situation, I had one black neon left. Seemed fine, it was schooling around with the pristellas, but I felt bad he didn't have any of his own kind. I had SUCH a hard time getting any. I went to 5 stores. None. And these are common fish. My friend found some while she was in a store and called me. I told her to get 4 because I didn't want her to front a bunch of money on my behalf. I might just order some via mail - never did that before, not looking forward to it but I need to a) wait for it to get cooler (it's often 100 degrees), and b) free up the QT tank. You know, I started out with swordtails! Then pristellas got added to my tank when my friend's landlord said he wasn't allowed to have an aquarium in his unit. Then pristellas ever since. I think I added the black neons on my own at some point. I don't remember. I guess I'm rolling with it, and will go ahead and increase the schools. If I were to do over from scratch, I'd start up a cichlid tank again, but these guys are "home" now, so I will make them comfortable, the best I can.
  11. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    The snail I feared is sick was still in the same spot in the moss this morning. I ruffled the moss a little around him and no reaction. So I turned him a little to check his shell. Seems ok, kind of clear though? This left him on his back. He stayed like that. I walked off and did some stuff to get ready for work. Checked again and his operculum was opening and I saw the skinny feeler out and moving around. Ok. Good. He’s checking things out. The only thing I could think to do is get him to nourishment. I put Repashy in the dish and I squished some and put him immediately next to it. He rolled on his back and stayed that way for some minutes. I walked off to get ready again. Came back, he’s walking around! He must have had a bite and got some energy! However he’s not out of the woods yet. Also he has a bunch of stuff on him. I didn’t know if it would hurt him to remove it so I left him like that. Also he pooped so his digestive system seems to be working ok.
  12. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Oh yeah, you’ve posted that link before. Probably earlier in this thread. That was insane. I couldn’t imagine dosing such a huge tank!
  13. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I took a break and when I came back more activity on the asparagus. Also this guy is not doing well. He’s been in the same spot >24 hrs. The same behavior that was exhibited by the last little one I lost - attached to Christmas moss for a long time. I moved a little of the moss next to this one to have a look, careful not to touch him, and he felt the movement and retracted, so he’s alive. I regretted handling the last guy that acted like this- maybe that caused too much stress, so I am going to leave this guy alone and just do this moss check each day to ensure he’s still attached. Water parameters are showing no concerns. 0/0/10.
  14. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I just checked on the guy in the display tank. He looks well. His color is almost back but I still kinda see faint spots where his issue was.
  15. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Cool! Let us know how it goes!
  16. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Yep, it would be pretty close by!
  17. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    York and a baby like asparagus. Dodger tasted it and went to go clean plants instead.
  18. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Thanks. It’s just one piece of spider wood. And the lighter thing on the right is actually fake! I thought it looked real enough to leave in there though. I think when it was bought it was labeled as artificial mopani.
  19. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I have not. All my fish are egg scatterers.
  20. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I can just use fresh. I have more in the carton and I don’t use it for anything else.
  21. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Added some anacharis yesterday to try to break up the war zone area where little fights break out at meal time. Looks kinda crappy but I never claimed to be no aquascape professional. Heh.
  22. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Boy that stuff is stubborn, eh? What’s the white stuff at 1:45? Is that algae also? Treated algae? Looks almost like lichens you’d see outside on a tree. Cute pudgy shrimp at 1:30. 😍
  23. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Woke up this morning in a bit of a panic. I qt the fish but didn’t medicate it. My logic was that I wanted to do two more water changes (did 1 yesterday) before starting salt, JUST IN CASE there was still salt in there from last time. So I thought, what if this is a fast progressing illness and I failed to treat? 😳 Rest assured, the fishy is fine. Did the last water change and did level 3 salt. Sheesh. Looks like SO MUCH SALT for one little fishy. Yesterday I had taken out the carbon pouch I made and set it on a rag on the floor to dry. Couldn’t find it this morning? Well, seems like a cat had fun with it and dragged it under the kitchen table. Lol. Think the carbon is still effective? It had 2 weeks of use. Carbon usually remains effective for one month, right? I’d like to use it again after Maracyn. Added the Maracyn at the same time as the salt. Dissolved in a cup of tank water first. Apparently I inhaled some when dumping it in the cup. For anyone that’s wondering, it produces a bitter flavor in the back of the throat. Fun. Huffing Maracyn at 5AM. Fortunately I’m only allergic to the ‘cillins, not the ‘cyns. Maybe it will keep me healthy. Did a baseline ammonia reading and got a zero. Cool. Yesterday I did add some Fritz Zyme 7. Seems medication always kills bacteria, and I had ammonia readings last go around. If that happens again, and I fully expect it to with an antibacterial and a truckload of salt, I’ll do the usual Prime band-aid. Frowned upon by several folks, yeah. But imagine how much meds I would go through otherwise to keep the appropriate level. And then the dosing with fresh meds whereas some meds would have already diluted in the water, etc. Could OD the fish. I’m not chancing it. It’s a 5 day treatment, so it’s not forever. Lastly, I put the lid on the tote and made sure the extra airstone was on the other side of the tank.
  24. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    The really green bit on top is new.
  25. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Since I was asked for another update. Ludwigia doesn’t look that great.
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