Chick-In-Of-TheSea
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My red ludwigia has aerial roots too. Not sure why.
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I wish I would’ve gotten better pics. Sorry guys. They are in a tote now so no more pics. I must observe from above. I will do the course of medication and then let them in qt for extra week(s). So far I had put the Maracyn in there, this morning. Looks like it is antibacterial + antifungal. I hadn’t done anything with the ick x. All of the warnings on the bottle make me nervous?
I looked at photos online and the fish symptoms looks more like columnaris than fungus. I’ve read on other threads that columnaris is really bad? Can wipe out a whole tank? Glad I isolated these guys.
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On 7/9/2022 at 7:07 PM, Colu said:
It possible it's bacterial and not fungal if another fish has developed similar symptoms
Fungus is not contagious?
Fish 1 seemed panicky in qt (wall surfing) but once I added the buddy, they are both cool and immediately socializing. I think he was worried he got separated from his school.
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On 7/9/2022 at 6:48 PM, Katherine said:
Blue Soul
He is so handsome! ORD! 😍
Happy to follow along and offer support! Your tank is pretty!
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@Colu not really? It was discoloration on the body, white. And the patches seemed square shaped. Found another neon has it too. Milder case. Symptoms more subtle. Moved out to qt.
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On 7/9/2022 at 6:32 PM, Katherine said:
in my 75g community tank
I’m jealous! Haha
My base of operations here is on such a smaller scale. My qt tank is a tote 🤣 and that’s initially where I floated the incubator.
And don’t worry at all about posting here. This isn’t my thread, it’s our thread! You guys have been supporting me the whole journey! I’m so exited for you! 🎉
@Katherine The clutch will be easier to remove if you let it set 24 hr. And in my opinion the best way to get it off with minimal damage is with the test kit card (if you plan to incubate). Some people just leave them where they are and see what happens.
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@Katherine I think where you’d run into actual expense is if you plan to set up a new grow out tank. The equipment for that is what will cost you. And buying a stand for it.
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On 7/9/2022 at 5:10 PM, Katherine said:
How expensive would you say it is to feed a clutch of babies?
First of all, congratulations! I wouldn’t say it costs much at all. When they are newborn you can give them hard boiled egg yolk. Mine ate it but what they eat is so little you’ll never even make it through a whole egg before they graduate to other food. To measure it, @Guppysnail told me to just dip the moistened end of a bamboo skewer into the hard boiled egg yolk and whatever sticks is what you feed. It becomes dust in the breeder box and coats the walls. Its great because the first thing they do is climb walls.
I have had a small pack of algae wafers and it’s been lasting a long time. I only gave them little bits of “MINI wafers” in the beginning. The Repashy will last a good long time too. You may end up vacuuming a lot of that out until you figure out the portion. For my clutch I would put Repashy that was about 1/4 of a die 🎲. Newborns are like sesame seed sized.
It isn’t til they get to be pea sized or chickpea size that they begin to eat a bunch but even then, you can give them a green bean and it will last 24 hrs, and keep a piece of cuttlebone in there for the calcium.
Will you start a journal? 🙏
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On 7/8/2022 at 1:28 PM, Torrey said:
If a piece of seeded sponge in the fish bag will give the snail something to crawl on, and will process any waste into nitrates
I have seen people put a chunk of the ammonia-removing sponge in bags before.
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Guess what? My first baby has left the nest and went to a very good friend; the one who quickly asked if she could have a snail when I announced I was hatching eggs. Here are some of her tanks, and here is the baby acclimating. She put him into quarantine with a like-sized nerite. After he was released, we watched a movie. When we went to check on him later, we found he had traveled. He must have gotten tired after tank exploration because he was snoozing next to an algae wafer. 🤣 He will go into a planted 10gal after his quarantine.
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On 7/8/2022 at 10:37 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
Here's what the filter looked like, not too bad in my view
Looks quite clean.
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Just do package instructions @Colu? The Maracyn is saying 1 packet per day. IchX is saying daily but do 1/3 water change before each dose.
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Oh noes. That’s worrisome. The [thingy we don’t know what it is] might be putting pressure on the exit? 😳
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Thanks for checking. Visual symptoms indicate white fungus. Going to treat QT Tank with Maracyn.
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On 7/9/2022 at 3:45 AM, nabokovfan87 said:
I don't think that's algae. Might be just bacterial blooming.
After the snails moved in they ate every last bit of it. Tank is spotless! Took them 2 days. 31 baby snails.
All the salvia minima either died or came out in water changes, not sure. Bummer.
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@xXInkedPhoenixX Try giving the ram a sinking pellet. If you don’t have one try an algae wafer as an experiment. They love picking at stuff on the bottom.
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On 5/18/2022 at 3:10 PM, xXInkedPhoenixX said:
peak of Fish Mountain comes out
Wow! I didn’t know those guys can hang out in the air. Epic!
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On 7/8/2022 at 10:14 PM, xXInkedPhoenixX said:
I really do love my Bolivian he really is very endearing and so moody in such a lovely way. I really enjoy watching him get so very excited in the morning when the lights come on and he sees me walking in for feeding time- he's very interactive.
Bolivian rams have such a charming personality. 😍
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On 7/8/2022 at 5:53 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
I cut my hand open, trying to let it heal and then I'll end up cleaning the HoB and try to grab some worm pics for y'all.
Oh no! You ok? You might want to glove up before doing any tank stuff.
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On 7/8/2022 at 1:06 PM, Torrey said:
Red plants?
I'm not there yet😅
The only thing I know about red plants is that they need Easy Iron.
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Ignore the bloating. He just binged heavily on live brine shrimp. Do you think this is fungus?
I have on hand:
quarantine trio
salt
Empty quarantine tank
2nd pic, brine shrimp chomp in progress
Sorry for the sediment, I moved some stuff around and stirred up the substrate!
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I think I have found an even better solution. Went to a few LFS today. The one I initially didn’t want to sell to has changed owners. The mother retired and gave the business to her son. The tanks look better. This is what their snail tank looks like today. And they said I could come in tomorrow to talk to the son, and that he likes to support locals. Buying from the community also saves him fees.
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Thank you so much @Torrey. Wait til next month, why? Think they’re too young?
Snail ID help possible pagoda??
in General Discussion
Posted · Edited by Chick-In-Of-TheSea
Looks like a Japanese trapdoor snail. @Cinnebuns has some of those and maybe could offer care advice?
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