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  1. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    After mine grew to like chickpea size their bioload crashed my cycle in the 10 gal. I was water changing twice a day with Prime. Might want to keep some Prime on hand for later, since it detoxifies the harmful stuff.
  2. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Congratulations TJ! The babies are going to be really small. I would suggest using sand or bare bottom. Try seasoning the tank ahead of time like you did for the shrimp. Incubation should be like 2 weeks, give or take. They will also enjoy some moss.
  3. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    That’s his problem. 😈😂
  4. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    To tell you the truth, I’m pretty new to root tabs. Not sure how long they last in the tank before you’d have to replace them.
  5. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Yep the water change feature for a tank that’s low to the ground.
  6. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Doing some tank maintenance and well, arm was already wet. Might as well pull the diatom plants out for some RR. Candidates are red ludwigia (which is green because I’m too cheap to buy iron) and Java moss. Updates to follow. I’m particularly interested to see how the Java moss turns out. That’s been coated for too long.
  7. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Ok.. I liked the black background at first because I was going away from the “busy” background. I decided it wasn’t for me. Too gloomy. @Guppysnail called it. The no background. That’s what I’m going with.
  8. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Do you think the snails will eat asparagus?
  9. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Yeah the nano banquet blocks are good; they are slow release, so that is a good option for you. I like your setup. It's simple, but it works. I have something similar for quarantine but I don't even have a light on it. Yours is cooler. I wouldn't recommend transporting snails by the way - the changes in temperature are going to be a problem, plus filtration, air, all that. It's less risky to let them stay at home and just prep the best you can. They are still small so I wouldn't worry too much about bioload from them, just the food quantity. I too would recommend the green beans, fresh, boiled. They don't really affect water quality. Open up the greenbeans at the seam and take the seeds out. And the banquet block as mentioned earlier, for a time-release food.
  10. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    While this seems clever, this tank has a bunch of poor reviews (ie: light raises temp, and FAST. Hood doesn't fit properly. Etc) I might go with the fountain pump idea after all.
  11. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Do you know any local hobbyist friends? Maybe you can drop them at their place? @Guppysnail what do you recommend?
  12. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Try to find mom & pop LFS, you may be surprised what they carry.
  13. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I was considering one of those fountain pumps for water changes as an alternate idea. The little ones they use for pet fountains, connected to tubing. I figured I could just keep it in the tank, and throw a check valve on the tube when not in use.
  14. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    At minimum I would try to have your relative siphon out the uneaten food with a turkey baster each day. You don't want uneaten food sitting there to rot or that could kill everybody.
  15. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Don't tell @nabokovfan87 that! LOL Yeah, I think the the stress dreams are when you are trying to solve a problem, but you can't ever seem to do it.
  16. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Sometimes those parasnailers look like they have a reckless landing. I always wonder when they land on something hard if they're ok but they always keep cruising along.
  17. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I saw on this video she was talking about the dwarf lily, she loaded that thing up with root tabs. She put a "ring of root tabs" under it, as part of regular maintenance. She said it's a heavy heavy feeder.
  18. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Does he seem to like a particular cave or something? You can mix food with tank water, suck it up with a turkey baster, and send it down to him that way. Or use aquascaping tongs to put food in front of him.
  19. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I was looking around for a 5 gallon quarantine tank because the stand I bought accommodates a 5.5 gal on the bottom shelf. This is pretty slick! As we know, with quarantine tanks we have increased water changes. Also I would NOT be able to use a siphon on a bottom shelf tank. Has anyone tried one of these out?
  20. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Money saving food hack. Sometimes when I cut up a hard food like a banquet block, it creates a bunch of dust and pieces that can’t really be handled. Or sometimes I realize I put too many Repashy chunks in the tank. No problem. Ice cube tray or candy mold, food (suck it out of tank with turkey baster if you already fed it), tank water. Freeze. Later, let thaw in a little dish or ramekin. Suck up that food liquid with turkey baster, gently squeeze out baster into the snail dish in the tank. Add more tank water to the ramekin if necessary and use turkey baster again to get it all. (Won’t work in tanks with current)
  21. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Today I tried feeding a banquet block for the first time in this tank (for snails). Well, the ram decided it was hers and she did not wish to share. Funny thing is, she didn’t seem to be eating it or know it was food. When I first put it in, I thought maybe it was too close to her cave. So I moved it to the other side of the tank, but she followed it and defended it there too. I ended up breaking it up and serving 3 pieces, and that solved it. Also one large snail was taking a long nap in the ram’s cave, so that could have contributed to the issue. I guess the whole bottom of the tank is for the ram. So much for cories! 😂
  22. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Looks like either a worm or white poop. Might be time for a treatment of Paracleanse. Paging Dr. @Colu
  23. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    The ram is still instantly going to her cave at mealtimes, whether or not she sees me placing food there. She is very smart, and she remembers what to do; no flashlight needed anymore. She is always at the front glass to greet me anytime I approach. ❤️
  24. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    The angle on this photo has the snail on the right looking like a UFO. 👽
  25. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    This is such a good video that relates to this topic. It helped me a lot. Your aquarium is going to go through a cycle. It starts with ammonia (toxic to fish). The presence of ammonia “invites” a beneficial bacteria that eats it. That bacteria gives off nitrites (toxic to fish). The presence of nitrites invite a different bacteria that likes to munch on it. That bacteria is going to give off nitrates (ok for fish if not too high). This takes time. But the good news is, plants consume all 3 things! Ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate. Therefore you don’t need to add the fertilizer yet to get the nitrates. You just need to allow the cycle to occur. Adding bacteria does speed up the cycle though. Since you did a 100% water change, and “if” you plan to add fish soon, then go ahead and dose the bacteria again. nitrogen cycle in general- start here: Watch this one second. More info on the cycle- plants involved: And for fun- how to glue Java fern or anubias to rocks (what part of the plant to glue, etc) By the way this happens all the time! Don’t worry 😊
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