Chick-In-Of-TheSea
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On 6/19/2022 at 8:24 AM, TeeJay said:
Found a turkey baster works wonders lol.
Weird question but do you remember what brand? My turkey baster is bad. The stuff I suck up just wants to fall back out before I can get the baster out of the tank.
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I like Fritz Zyme. Easy way to add bacteria to your tank and prevents new tank syndrome, or helps tanks that need a bacteria boost.
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Grr. No hatching. During breeder box cleaning I always take the styrofoam (that floats the eggs) out so I can work. Well, it had some hitchhikers and one of them took a ride to the bottom of the tank and had to get turkey basted back up! Beam me up, Scotty! I bet she was pretty dizzy after that adventure. She is safe & sound in the breeder box again.
Here’s some pics of them hitchhikers!
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Welcome to the forum @charl22!
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My friend and I were joking about snail names the other day. Here are a few suggestions:
Scooter
Marble
Slime Shady
Qbert
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On 6/22/2022 at 7:26 AM, Guppysnail said:
bell peppers are crazy fun. You get yellow, red orange and green snowflake snail poo everywhere
Ooh Teejay is spoiling his snails! Yeahhh! Mine got some boiled zucchini today.
When I gave York the carrot, there was orange “dust” everywhere in the tank the next morning. I thought I had some weird strain of algae at first, then it dawned on me. I think I will stick with the greens… although she LOVED the carrot and carried it around. So it could be an occasional treat, I suppose. 🙄
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On 6/21/2022 at 12:55 PM, Brandon p said:
I sorry I hope it did not upset you. If it does I will remove the post. There are over 400 miles of canal in my city more that any other city in the world. It is 🤢
Nah man, you're good. 🙂 No worries at all.
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Hey! Welcome to the forum! Glad you're here!
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On 6/21/2022 at 12:12 PM, DarthMollusk said:
The adult snails will cradle one in their bodies when they find it to call dibs now
Hahaha I love that. Sometime my big snail carries things. Here she is carrying her carrot
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I should note that last time I got limpets, everything else started hatching the same day. Let's see what happens when I get home today. Do you think I will get any different colors? I think I will either get gold or gold. 🙃
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On 6/21/2022 at 8:59 AM, IanB said:
Most of my scapes have wood breaking the surface. I’ve never had any issues.
That is so pretty, @IanB.
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On 6/21/2022 at 11:32 AM, DarthMollusk said:
I embrace the critters too; makes life simpler and more interesting.
Mine are only a few days old and still look like little speckled amber seeds 😆. They've all got the same horn-dog blue dad, and half are from a magenta the other half from a jade mom.
Here they are, swarming zucchini
Haha, cute little guys. Would you believe I only have 1 mystery snail? But a mystery snail can get impregnated at the pet store or whatnot and hold onto the eggs for months! And sure enough, she laid eggs 4 times for me.
You can drop a cuttlebone in there or some crab cuisine. Either contains calcium and it's great for shell development.
Your are a lot bigger than the ones from my first clutch, which was a tiny, marble-sized clutch. I needed a magnifying glass to see them for a bit. It's been about 2 weeks now and they are a little bigger than peppercorns.
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On 6/21/2022 at 11:24 AM, DarthMollusk said:
Anything you do to get rid of them (other than cleaning) would hurt the babies, I expect
Na, I embrace the critters. Let's see what they do. 🙂 They're probably munching on the baby snail food and having a good time.
On 6/21/2022 at 11:13 AM, DarthMollusk said:(I've got a breeder box full of mystery snails now, too--hope yours are okay!)
That's cool @DarthMollusk. What color are yours? I started a snail hatching journal if it interests you.
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Hey all. @HenryC helped us out; he said they are called limpets (micro snails). Neat huh? (discussion link)
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Hmm.. @DarthMollusk
I will try to relink vid which shows how it moves and here’s a photo too.
On 6/21/2022 at 11:17 AM, HenryC said:they're called limpets, are actually micro snails.
Do they have shells? Too small for me to see. Perhaps the shells are clear?
I just left ‘em in there to do what they wanna do. I wonder if the shell will color up once they eat the calcium chips I have in there.
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It is in a closed breeder box with mystery snail eggs and baby mystery snails. I think it is a mystery “slug”. Some of these showed up when my first egg clutch was ready to hatch, before the actual snails hatched. It moves and it is suctioned to the plastic. There are several in the breeder box and they showed up this morning. One or two baby snails hatched prior.
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Mystery Slugs
So, this happened on my last clutch. Before the “real hatching” I got what I believe were mystery slugs. Well, it happened again. Is that what these are? Any thoughts? This is inside the breeder box which has a lid.
I was doing my usual leftover food clean out and noticed this. Multiple! And boy, do they have strong suction. Just like a snail.
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I stumbled upon a video on YouTube. It just popped up as recommended- not sure why? 🤣 jk 🐌 How to make Duckweed Snello
You think I can feed polite duckweed to them? Man, these snails are so spoiled.
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Good idea with the double sponge @TeeJay. Also I was eyeing those air pumps. We are about to enter into good ol’ hurricane season here. Thanks for the mini review on them!
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@Brandon p gross 😝
Have you heard of ring around the rosie, pocket full of posies. Back in the days of bubonic plague, people would keep posies in their pockets and when they had to walk through areas with high odor they would take the posies out and hold them to their nose. Seems like you may benefit from something like that in your city of floaters 🤣
Now, it seems there was some debate as to whether the plants ID’d as duckweed or salvia minima so here are some other photos.
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This review was under crushed coral on ACO shop:
Dani R. (Beaverton, OR, US)Great Product for Snail TankI was having trouble keeping correct parameters stable for my 10 gallon mystery snail tank. I added the crushed coral to a mesh bag after rinsing and it has really helped. The snails are happy and I am less stressed.
One thing to keep in mind is that it raises pH. pH above 7 is good for snails, but you'll want to see what the needs of your other tankmates are. Also, is it sharp?
They do benefit from calcium in the water column as well as consumed calcium.
On 6/20/2022 at 1:05 PM, Katherine said:They've just been getting regular repashy
I've been considering repashy for a new Snello batch. Is it easy to make?
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On 6/20/2022 at 8:41 AM, Guppysnail said:
Friends “wash” each other’s backs. 🤣
Nemo nerite was helping his mystery snail brother with his algae hair-cut. Shrimp stepped up to finish styling it
LOL! Next thing nemo's brother needs is to be bedazzled.
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@sweetpoison I didn't think this was helpful or productive to share this earlier because your tank was already set up, but I recently posted in my journal about how I add sand with zero clouding. Here's the link. There's A LOT of photos of the rinse process, but if you get to the bottom of those, there is a video I recorded of the sand-adding; there is a special way I do it. I posted another right below it where I stirred up the sand with my hand and the result of that. If you're interested it is here.
I'm looking forward to seeing your new setup soon!
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Need advice! What would you do??
in General Discussion
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I use a pond pump attached to a Python hose and this doohickey. Just to make sure my sand is undisturbed. I put a bucket in my sink and I let the faucet fill it up. The pond pump goes in the bucket. I add a tall cup of ice to the bucket and test w/ meat thermometer. I add ice until I can get it as close to tank temp as possible. Then after dosing tank w/ dechlorinator, I plug in the pump and it sends the proper temperature water to my tank. I keep the faucet running until I'm done. I had to check flow rate of faucet and distance I was going w/ the hose in order to select the proper pond pump. If you plan to use this approach, tag me and I can show you where I found the information.