Chick-In-Of-TheSea
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On 7/30/2022 at 9:49 AM, Highwater said:
Sure does look like one - I always find a few later in tanks where I've removed the clutches -
These are on the 3 rd week since I busted them out - I was very happy to see the purple or lavender ones again -
I feed few pellets of this crab cusine - seems to really help growth and keep shells solid
The weird thing is, there were no eggs, no fish, no inverts or anything in the tank when this guy was found. All I had added was plants, so I am certain he was a plant hitchhiker (even survived a 15-20 sec salt dip, poor fella). But I’m glad he did. He’s a part of the snail family now since everyone has been added to this growout tank.
I like to offer crab cuisine as well, since it contains calcium. It doesn’t last long! They love it!
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I’m interested to see what happens with the green pepper and if the shrimp and snails like it.
I haven’t tried that with my snails yet, but they do like boiled red cabbage.Oh also you might have a bit of a typo in your post. See if you can find it. 🤣
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On 7/29/2022 at 7:10 PM, TeeJay said:
Yep I love all the repashies. The green community and grub pie.
My snaily friends like the Soilent Green.
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Did you breed these guys @nabokovfan87?
P.S. Cool soundtracks!
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It is doing just fine. It sometimes joins the others in the food dish but most often I see it on plants. However, it hasn’t really grown? Maybe it is not a mystery snail? Sure looks like one though.
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Is that leaf at the top, outside of the water?
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Annnnd for some reason I’m over on YouTube watching vids on how to setup a fiddler crab tank. 🤣
But let’s be real. I do not have the space for said fiddler crab tank.
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Wow! A nice growth spurt already. How are you liking the net breeder? Does it seem to work well for them? I don’t believe any would be able to escape from a net breeder whereas mine were able to escape through the slats of the plastic breeder box.
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On 7/29/2022 at 9:44 AM, Craig Halstead said:Hello
I love the idea of this forum! I joined a few days ago now to try and get help with a sickness that I'm having in one of my tanks.
So far everyone has been very helpful. This is the first time I'm having to treat sick fish. It's so tough!
On another note I'm from a small town call Capon Bridge WV. This forum is going to be great as we don't have a aquarium club that is local. I'm working at starting a group but it's a slow process. I currently have 3 tanks setup and a 10g QT. Below are a few pictures.
Very nice! Welcome to the forum!
There is a diseases section on this site. If you haven’t already, navigate there and create a topic with the issue that’s going on. Someone is bound to know something. We have hobbyists of all levels here.
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On 7/28/2022 at 6:53 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
Do you have any repashy community blend on hand?
I don’t. I only have Soilent Green. I gave them some frozen brine shrimp this morning and a few Xtreme Krill.
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On 7/29/2022 at 2:04 AM, Cinnebuns said:
most snails will eat eggs
Makes sense. They eat dead fish too.
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Can I use a 100w heater in a 5.5 gal or is that too many watts?
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Ok so low maintenance snail. No cooked food required. 👍
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On 7/29/2022 at 10:24 AM, TeeJay said:
No unfortunately that's the tidal 35 so I haven't come up with a way to block of the skimmer type intake that that particular filter has on it.
Yeah I looked on this chart but the tidal 35 sure isn’t on there.
https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/faqs/which-pre-filter-sponge-should-i-get
Maybe @nabokovfan87 can help. He keeps filter diagrams in his back pocket.
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Hi Lilian! The results were:
Ultimate design - @nabokovfan87
Tubbin Time - @Atitagain
Taco eating - @DannyBWell
Re-written directions - unknown/cannot find results
Best Scape - @Mmiller2001
Best Breeding setup - @Hobbit
Best invert tank - @Minanora
Congrats again everyone!
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On 7/28/2022 at 7:10 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
To the first question, yes.
Second question.....
Silvertip tetras:
Emperor Tetras:
I also see aquahuna has "blue emperor tetra"
Rio Flame tetra (red/yellow)
Ember Tetra (red)
Glowlight Tetra (very cool looking iridescent bronze fish)
Penguin Tetra
Lemon Tetra
Rummynose Tetra
^^ I would look into all of these. If not available locally, aquahuna is a great place to look at and ACO has a discount code.
Chili rasbora, neon green rasbora, etc. are all some similar fish that would do well in that tank as long as temps are verified to be acceptable. For both of these it shouldn't be an issue.
There's a lot of interesting fish out there and the nice thing is, you're at the most fun part of the hobby for a lot of people. Trying to decide what goes in the tank and looking forward to the result! Take your time.
As far as "how many" I will point you towards AqAdvisor. It's very easy to use, if you have any questions about it please feel free to ask.That was very satisfying to watch 100 fish added to a tank.
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It is serving the purpose of hiding the cords.
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On 7/28/2022 at 9:12 PM, TeeJay said:
tidal 35 hob
Can't tell from the pic, but do you have a prefilter sponge? Wouldn't want any little ones to get slurped!
On 7/28/2022 at 9:29 PM, TeeJay said:I wonder if the bladder snails would snack on the Cory eggs
You could always keep the bladder snails in a breeder box with a lid. You'd need to drop in some food for them, but that would solve the problem, just until the eggs hatch.
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It’s nice! I used a black trash bag and it happened to have a lot of static. I just trimmed it, that was it.
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Presto! Black background.
cost $0
adhesive: n/a
water application: n/a
Didn’t even leave home! How did I do it? Magic!
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I did reverse respiration on new plants, then found this. It was dead.
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On 7/28/2022 at 7:14 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
I can link you to what I use. It's super easy to use and work with. I think it just works well and it's super clean when you see the end result.
I can't get behind the tank. I can only work from the sides.
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The other one was kinda busy, huh?
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Mystery snail eggs & inverts journal
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Well folks, another snail adoption occurred today. Very close to home, about 2 miles. Another hobbyist with a 20 gallon and a 55 gallon has adopted 10. He requested delivery, which I did offer in my Nextdoor listing, given that it was close enough to my home. This is fine with me. It gave me an opportunity to do secret shell checks for limpets and remove them. Yep, that’s still a thing.
Anyway…
Here’s the tank before the adoption. I just wanted to take a photo of all the brothers and sisters before splitting them up.
The snail dad is going to place 3 in one tank and 7 in the other, so that is how I bagged them. I gave a care sheet, 2 chunks cuttlebone so he can put a chunk in each tank, and some crab cuisine.
It was $1 per snail, so in truest NERM fashion, I used proceeds to buy some Taco Bell for lunch!
I don’t know why but I always get so nervous and my hands shake when removing snails for adoption. I think it’s clear I am overprotective of the little guys, although they probably think an earthquake is occurring when they get handled! 🙃
After I returned home, everyone else got a cabbage leaf.
Dodger is having a nap right now so will have leftovers later.
Also some more snails came to the back door. Two today. This is a daily thing, only since the decision to hatch eggs happened.