Chick-In-Of-TheSea
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We do, it's called Fish Swap - Buy/Sell/Trade
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Yeah yeah.. sorry for multiple posts but I had to add one more. The upside-down jellyfish. This looks like a part of a reef. Like soft coral. Then the whole thing lifts up and starts swimming around. There are a bunch of different varieties of these and I encourage you poke around the web a bit to check 'em out. (OK I'm done. Ha.)
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Other fish I see while diving that I think are "showstoppers" are Queen Angelfish and Gray Angelfish. Despite the depth, the "trim" on their dorsal fin perpetually appears like it's under a blacklight. I love the pattern on the gray angelfish, but my favorite thing is whenever it moves, the side fin opens up, and the part that faces its body is BRIGHT BRIGHT YELLOW. Also highly visible even at depth. Depth being 60' to 90'. For you landlubbers, when I'm saying colors are visible at depth, well, as a diver descends they can no longer see certain colors. It goes back to my Advanced Open Water training which had 4 sections. Referring to the depth part of the course, we are given a color card. Kinda looks like a color card that comes with a test kit, but every color of the rainbow is on there. We are instructed to watch the color card as we descend, and one by one, colors disappear off of it. The first to go is red. However, depth is irrelevant when you have a fish tank because you just look in a glass box and, given the proper lighting, can experience all of the splendor these fish have to offer.
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I think arrow crabs are pretty cool. I sometimes see them when diving, particularly in shallow saltwater areas close to shore. I watch them closely. I love their demeanor and their faces. They use their front claw to raise food to their mouth, alternating one claw at a time. I can't afford saltwater, and I don't want to take on the maintenance involved. Heck, you can't even use tapwater. You need "special" water. Heh. No thanks.
On 6/27/2022 at 11:57 PM, Patrick_G said:I like boxfish too.
I see a lot of boxfish while diving. And cowfish are like boxfish but the cowfish have horns. Mainly I see scrawled cowfish.
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Nip/Tuck
Moonknight
Ace Ventura
Mr Rogers!
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Lovely tanks @LaloJ!
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This morning we received a transmission from the operatives. Everything is going swimmingly. They worked through the night to secure the perimeter high and low. They met one of the locals and he was nice enough and participated in the perimeter sweep.
Now, this reflects poorly on the debrief, but we’re told we need to include everything: one soldier was sleeping on the job! Corn Colonel put out feelers to find him. He was eventually located and was ashamed and disappeared off into the woods.
We sent in a supply drop of Repashy MREs. This will help them keep their strength up. Hopefully their tracking devices are in good working condition to navigate to the coordinates.
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Everyone made it to the rendezvous point, each taking their own separate vehicle to avoid blowing their cover. We’ve now moved into the exploration phase. They will report back soon.
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Snail team six has been deployed 🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌 . I had several recruits that were eager to put their best foot forward. We did a quick equipment check and everyone had their helmet on and passed inspection 🐚✅.
They were airdropped☂ into a forward camp where they will acclimate and form their plan. (They look like Corn Colonels). 🤣 Time is short ⏳. They have one hour to strategize before they head into uncharted territory!
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On 6/27/2022 at 4:43 PM, DarthMollusk said:
Have you tried dipping a rock or slice of zucchini in repashy before it sets? Then voila, "candy" coated sinking things.
I was going to but then it set too fast. I wasn’t quick enough. Next time!
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So I’m not sure I like the Repashy for a snail breeder box. It spread out slightly, like melted ice cream on a sidewalk, and that was fine, but when it came to cleaning the breeder box, it took longer. Cleaning a breeder box full of snails is not a long task UNTIL you get to the part where you need to inspect what you’ve removed to ensure you haven’t sucked up any mini snails. They can be the same size as a tiny particle of food. I empty one turkey baster full of water at a time into the white dish and then I inspect. If I’m satisfied there are no snails I dump that water into the pitcher to be discarded.
Well, when moving the Repashy to the white dish, it made the water murky, and rather than food dust on the bottom of that dish with space in between the bits, it formed a layer. It was hard to determine if there were snails, and it took me longer. I get up early to do my snail maintenance and welfare checks before going to work, but this dragged out the process. I’m just not sure it was practical? But it would work well in the grow out tank, probably in a little terra cotta plate like @Guppysnail uses for the green beans.
I was pretty freaked out about moving the gang after reading about @Cinnebuns’s recent challenges, but seeing a little snail already living in there and looking good encourages me. I plan to send in “Snail Team 6” to perform a reconnaissance mission prior to issuing the order for the rest of the army to advance.
I was going to drain the 10 gallon and use all 29 gal water but now that there is a snail in there already maybe I won’t? Do you think a one hour drip acclimation is sufficient?
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I think it's hilarious they ignored the spawning mop and laid eggs on the cord. 😂
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You could try inputting your filtration and your fish into this tool and it will show you the % stocking level that your tank has. https://aqadvisor.com/
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@Guppysnail do you think it’s a mystery snail or a different species?
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The foot is light so if it is a mystery snail, any spots on the shell will disappear as they grow. So potential to have a blue or a purple, do you think?
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On 6/27/2022 at 10:02 AM, Brandon p said:
Are you sure that is a mystery snail? It definitely looks different the color patterns that rare throwing me off.
I guess not. Here's a chart about how color starts on them, and how color ends up once they grow. What do you think @DarthMollusk @Guppysnail @Katherine @Cinnebuns ? Do you think the type of snail pictured above is a mystery snail or a different type of snail?
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My pipes are in the attic; I'm in FL. Tank is 78, but tap can be like 82 or 84.
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I have groundbreaking news! Was changing water in both tanks today and I found something! A baby mystery snail! NOT a gold snail! (In the 10gal new tank). Every baby has been gold up to this point. I did not transfer any creatures to this tank. So.. how did it get there? How long has it been in there? And most importantly- isn’t it cute? 😍(I don’t usually remove snails from the water but I wanted to see what it was.)
This tank is a startup, going for a few weeks. Plants were from co op, all salt dipped 20 sec (but not the roots), except for the free “nerm glitter” I got. Driftwood was new. Sand was new except 1 shot glass full transferred from main tank to bring in bacteria. I had moved one of those swim-through rocks from main tank to 10 gallon to also bring in bacteria. It was in there for about a week. Water was transferred with pond pump at mid level and python hose. Lastly, the sponge filter. It seeded for awhile in the main tank. That is what I’d put my money on. A different colored snail taking a ride over on that.
This snail has plenty of algae and biofilm to eat, and I added a piece of cuttlebone. New driftwood creates a thick white slime. It’s biofilm, and it’s loaded with protein and fiber. It’s good for critters to eat. Fish like it too. I also battened down the hatches (gaps in lid) with duct tape, for lack of a better solution, and dropped the water level a bit to discourage escape attempts.
I’m ORD x 1 million right now. 😍
Need a name!
A. Lucky
B. Pioneer
C. Trailblazer
D. _______?
E. Sneaky
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At the time my mystery snails were born, limpets were also born from the same clutch. They look like clear eggs but they are living organisms. They just move very slowly.
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Hi! I have a mystery snail egg journal. The link is in my signature line below. It was my first time hatching the eggs, and I did it and I think it’s cool! Mine hatched on 6/8 and I have another clutch that has been hatching a snail here & there. My egg journal shows everything I did to hatch the eggs and afterwards the snails can be sold to the local fish store.
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On 6/26/2022 at 3:11 PM, Katherine said:
I saw on a video where someone was crushing their frozen clutches and adding them to their snello. To get the calcium back to the snails, maybe?
The thought actually crossed my mind, but then I felt weird about it: feeding undeveloped snails back to snails. That’s truly like the movie Soylent Green! 😳
They do chew out of their eggs though. And it’s recommended to keep the hatched clutched with them after birth, and they consume it.
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On 6/26/2022 at 12:29 PM, Waterlife said:
I get rid of cliches now. One or two cliches gave me 100 plus snails. I sold 25 to local fish store. I spread the rest out amount my other 16 tanks.
Wow, 25! (25 clutches or 25 snails?) It can get overwhelming pretty quickly with all the egg laying. I freeze the clutches that I’m not equipped to hatch. I do it as soon as they are laid. I had 5 clutches but chose to hatch 2.
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Today I made the Repashy Snello recipe, using the first recipe. Just had to boil some water & mix! It was easy to slice into little cubes and the fishies like it. York tried to bust into the breeder box to get some, so I placed her on her own special Snello cube.
See the previous post? She laid eggs again this morning! How many eggs can this snail make?! 😱 I thought she was going to lay more because she spent some time cruising around above the water and in some spots she “swelled” and I thought I might see the process, but then she smelled Repashy and her priorities changed. 😂
Cory recommended storing the unused Repashy powder in the fridge. I froze most of the Snello and will take a little out at a time as needed.
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Koi fish has weird white growth on the side of it
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