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    Nerite snail eggs ?

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    On 7/27/2022 at 11:16 AM, Odd Duck said:

    Nerite eggs are white as far as I’ve ever seen.  Do you have a pic of your translucent ones?  Those may not be nerite eggs.

    No kidding?  Then mine are probably limpets.  I have limpets in another tank, and I have moved mulm & decor, etc between tanks. 

    Mystery snail eggs & inverts journal

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    I almost forgot to boil some green beans this morning!  The snail army got Snello and some banquet block, with crab cuisine sprinkled on top.  (Crab cuisine does look like sprinkles, doesn't it?)  It was a glorious sundae, and they sure do love their Snello.  However, they'll blow through all that in an hour, guaranteed.  They're going to have to wait for their second course, because I had to go to work, and the green bean was too hot to serve.

    Glow light Tetra - Movement

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    A very warm welcome to the forum!  Glad you're here!  Trying to figure out your stocking question.

     

    Are any of these your filter?

     

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    Also these notes came upon aqua advisor.

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    (The bristlenose eats driftwood as part of his natural diet - you don't need a huge piece of driftwood. A little one (ie: the size of a fist) will do just fine. It might float at first, but you can put a rock or something on top of it until it sinks. You should boil driftwood first to remove contaminants.)

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    Tub Pond Near Disaster: Don't Do as I Did

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    Omg I had a bad experience when I was adding sand to the 29 gallon. Took out a little water with a pond pump. Maybe 20%. Unplugged the pond pump. Left it in in case I wanted to drain more water. Depended on how much displacement would occur with new substrate.

    Went outside for awhile to rinse the sand. Came back in, heard the filter making an awful noise, running dry. This was the tank.

     

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    It had gravity drained. I almost killed everybody. My heart sank to the floor when I saw what happened. Everybody survived though. They just got like a 95% water change. 😥 

    And fortunately I had unplugged the heater when I took out the 20%
     

    Lesson learned. I will remove pump or any kind of hose ASAP.

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    Mystery snails

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    On 7/26/2022 at 9:51 PM, TeeJay said:

    Well look at that! Lol. Yes is a fine powder you can add to the water to help the biofilm grow for the shrimps and such to snack on.

    They think you just fed them the good stuff. Believe it or not, snails have an awesome sense of smell. Mine will race across the tank when I drop food in the tank, especially Snello.

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    Mystery snails

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    On 7/26/2022 at 9:28 PM, TeeJay said:

    That was my first thought was eggs laying. But then that didn't make sense because the both did it at the same time. And if they both are female that would mean they would have been fertile when I got them from the  pet store almost 2 months ago. I mean it could happen but I figured that would be a pretty slim chance. I did add a smidge of bacter ae to the tank tonight so maybe they were eating that off the surface. It was just the weird way they were contorting there body's had me freaked lol

    Mystery snails hold onto fertilized eggs for months. If you’ve been on my egg journal, you saw I hatched some snails. Well, I only ever had one mystery snail. It has laid eggs 11 times since I got her in March! At least 2 of those clutches were fertile and produced babies. The other ones I froze because I don’t have more tanks for them.

    What are These?

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    They could be limpets (microsnails). Watch closely to see if they move. It’s going to be hard to tell, given their size. Harmless but unsightly. They will multiply if they have a food source such as algae or biofilm.

     

    Mystery snails

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    Could be the disruption of the substrate. Once things settle they will be about their normal business again. But also my mysteries often go up to the water line because they like a little bit of air. Mystery snails have gills and a lung.  They live mostly underwater, but in times of drought in the wild, they will go into the mud and they will switch to using their lung. This is also why they can be shipped in damp paper towel instead of in water. Fun facts! 

    Another explanation could be that there is a film on the top of your water that they like. Sometimes the film is clear and you can’t really notice it. Some of my little ones were traveling upside down on the surface of the water! It was weird! I call it moonwalking.
     

    Mystery snails will also will start going toward the top if they are considering egg laying. 

    Katherine's Planted Tank Journal

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    On 7/26/2022 at 1:42 PM, Katherine said:

    I am using easy green and coop root tabs. My water sprite are still settling in and I'm having issues with algae in my vallisneria. Not the best person to advise on ferts.

    Pretty sure the algae can be killed by taking the plant out and soaking it in seltzer. They were talking about that over on the Reverse Respiration thread.

     

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