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  1. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I don't have experience with this topic, but I found this. I hope it helps. https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/egg-tumbler
  2. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Very possible they are limpets (microsnails). Grab a magnifying glass and check for movement. My advise is to let the plants soak in seltzer water in the dark for 12 hours (weigh them down so they don't float). The carbon dioxide will benefit your plants but kill pests (even if they are not limpets) and algae that hinder the plants. Check out the Reverse Respiration thread for more info. https://forum.aquariumcoop.com/topic/24465-reverse-respiration/
  3. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    @Damo.Lo Crumbling:
  4. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    X Zebra nerite X Olive nerite
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    I'm still trying to figure out why you like cruddy, nasty filters so much. 🤣 At the same time I'm happy to have a filter expert that seems to always have answers. I'm happy to report that, since I made that recording, the biowheel is spinning happily along. It was only half wet when I recorded that, and now that it is fully wet, it's going like a champ. I do have some silicone grease as well. Seems we divers always have that on hand for our o-rings; it prevents dry rot to ensure a proper seal between our regulators and scuba tanks. Some people bash biowheels, but not only are they a cute little waterwheel, they also provide aeration. The aeration make the bacteria that live on the biowheel happy. Meanwhile other people are hacking their filters by putting airstones into them. In my opinion, Marineland's got it figured out. Which sponge where? While we are on the filter subject, I made a baffle this morning. I am about to add 2 fish back to the tank that have been hospitalized for the last month. When my eyes opened this morning, I was thinking about the last time they were in the tank. I remember them “playing” in the current. I worry I misinterpreted that. They separated from their school and were swimming against the current under the outflow. Maybe that stressed them. Maybe it wasn’t the same 2 black neons that got sick. AM I WORRYING TOO MUCH?! 😭Either way, I want to do my best to ensure a comfortable environment for them, and they’ve been thriving in the qt tank with a sponge filter. Here is what the baffle looks like. I used a VOSS bottle for a nice clean look. I’m rather happy about how it turned out. Water comes out the holes I punched as well as out the sides, so there is still a nice surface agitation. One sponge filter and an additional airstone also provide surface agitation.
  6. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Love it! You are doing the right thing. Probably there are differing opinions on this, but I would skip the water changes and just let the bacteria do its thing. Not much reason to change water unless fish/inverts are in the tank and some kind of parameter exists at a level that is unsafe for them. Also live plants will consume ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate to some degree. Live plants actually like that stuff.* *source: Ecology of the Planted Aquarium
  7. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    This video at 8 minutes in gives advice for wasting disease. Causes and treatment options:
  8. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    One possible cause of weight loss in fish is called wasting disease.
  9. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Going to reintegrate these guys maybe tomorrow or Friday. I plan to do it after lights out to keep the stress level down.
  10. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Photo 3 there are spiky things along the edge of the shell. That means shell growth spurt occurring.
  11. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    You want to be checking “the big 3”. Ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate. You've already had ammonia, and if you’re not getting readings on that, you’re on at least phase 2: nitrite. You’ll want to be testing for that. Generally once the presence of nitrAte is there we’d say a cycle is complete or nearly complete, however, you are using fertilizers and those add nitrates. Therefore we can’t really say it’s bacteria that is creating the nitrate. If you are consistently getting zeroes on ammonia and nitrite though, you’re on the home stretch!
  12. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    One time my tank gravity drained because I left a hose in the tank and went outside to rinse sand. Came back & fish were swimming in 1" of water and filter was running dry.
  13. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Are you aerating the eggs, and what is the expiration date on the eggs?
  14. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    She got the mopani. No complaints except the pleco doesn't touch it! She said he's always in his cave. Are plecos nocturnal? I wonder if he's out and about while she is sleeping?
  15. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Yeah, I'm guilty of that one too. 🌧️
  16. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Dr. @Colu might be able to help answer this question.
  17. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    It's pretty cheap too.
  18. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Me neither. Not only is it costly, but I don't want to stress them. They've already been transported a few times and I know that's hard on them. I wouldn't be opposed to a level 1 salt treatment, but last time I got new fish I just went with observation. Agreed. You don't need it until you need it, and if you aren't keeping it stocked, your fish suffer longer with illness while you go shop for it or wait for it to be shipped, etc. (or they don't make it)
  19. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Why not leave the shrimp stay and then move the fish out?
  20. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Because you don't have enough snails already 🤣 You're going to need bumblebee nerites to match your bumblebee cats. Oh my @Guppysnail. You've got a lot going on! Do you usually keep plants in QT tanks? Don't the meds harm the plants? Me too. I get a bummed out feeling when I put meds in. I have some finishing a medicated quarantine now. It's been probably a month and we had to go a few different routes with meds til it was determined what they had and the first course didn't work. Started off treating for fungus but issue was columnaris. Gave them a break, then switched off to Jungle Fizz & Kanaplex, gave them another break, then a bit of a mild salt treatment. I'm proud because columnaris can kill a whole tank in 2-7 days, and I had no losses. I quickly got these guys out when I saw a problem, and they survived, and no one in the display tank got the disease.
  21. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Also I found this! Chill out and relax with squid.
  22. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Update - things have gotten significantly better since I switched to dial liquid antibacterial hand soap, the regular gold one (not a foam). I use it on my hands and arms after scaping or maintaining the tanks.
  23. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    The song at 11:18 is my jam. (Also I wish the Leon merch weren't so expensive. )
  24. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    That's fruity pebbles.
  25. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    @Cinnebuns for this meme, I'd say "freshwater tanks" and then the treasure is "brackish fiddler crab tank". 😉
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