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On 6/10/2022 at 10:31 AM, Fish Folk said:
All are the same species. They turn on bright red / yellow stripes when spawning.
That's awesome. When using eco substrate, do you have to wait before adding fish and inverts?
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Ooh! @TeeJay I am excited! I have never had a shrimp tank before and am happy to keep up with your journey with this habitat! 🦐 Things are nice and coated with the "juice" particles, so that's great!
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I'm coming back to the intro thread to ask what "ORD" means. ???
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On 5/30/2022 at 5:27 PM, Fish Folk said:
Siphon out water & substrate,
I may have overlooked it, but what type of substrate are you using? Did you collect it from nature?
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Ooh, I like that one with the red belly in the middle!
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These are the things I saw initially in the breeder box on hatch day. Are these mystery slugs? Snails without shells? Yep, they move…
(Algae wafers were in there too)
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On 6/10/2022 at 9:32 AM, Guppysnail said:
until my little BN pleco developed an egg belly. 🙄
Again?!
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On 6/10/2022 at 9:08 AM, Guppysnail said:
I use a bamboo bbq skewer. I moisten it dip it in the food then swish in the tank repeat a few time to get desired amount.
That's a good idea! You have so many great tips.
On 6/10/2022 at 9:08 AM, Guppysnail said:You do not want to do this. Things will grow you do not want in the tank. Throw in a pice of lettuce or green bean switch it out every 24 hours.
Thank you @Guppysnail, oh wise one!
Might add sand to grow out tank? It would probably feel nice on their lil feet? I realize more cleaning though.
Also, who wants to see something cute? Turn sound on & Click
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Bueller? Bueller? Buellerrrrrrrr!!
Black neons missed roll call. They skipped school to play in the current under the filter output!
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@xXInkedPhoenixX in your very first pic, what type of snails are those?
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Brine shrimp treat. Watch at very end for tetra mating dance!
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On 6/10/2022 at 7:01 AM, Guppysnail said:
For egg yolk I clean out daily. If I overfeed I clean out sooner. You will get a feel for how much your horde will consume so there is always a touch present but not to much. If it’s a floating breeder in an established tank with good flow through its not as critical. If doing a bare bottom specialty “naked” new setup it is much harder and I don’t recommend especially once they hit grow out stage.
I like to do floating breeders in the established planted tank they will grow out in. Each time they move tanks even with seeming exact same parameters it causes a line on the shell. Naked setups tend to do this as well because parameters fluctuate more.That's what I was thinking too about food removal, @Guppysnail. And I also had a thought that since I'm siphoning things out with the irrigation syringe, maybe I can also siphon new food in with it. That way I have more control over quantity fed and I can keep track of it. What I added yesterday was half of an egg yolk, so I know it's definitely less than that. I also siphoned out a lot of the Snello. The Snello was the size of a square ice cube.
@Guppysnail these guys ARE going to a grow out tank, but the sponge filter is not ready yet; it's been seeding since 6/1 in the main tank here. I want it to seed for one month. However, when it is ready, I am putting the sponge filter into the 10gal, and ALL OF THE 10 gallon water will be directly from the 29-gallon that same day.
I have been giving some thought about testing the sponge filter prior to snail transfer. I want to stress the sponge filter. To do this, I will put a small chunk of raw fish or shrimp from the grocery store into the tank to let it rot. I would like to see if ammonia spikes and a cycle happens. After this process though, a complete drain out. Then 29-gallon water, then snails.
I think doing this is better than having something bad happen with parameters once the snails are in that tank.
@Guppysnail have you used a net breeder or a plastic breeder in the past with your snails?
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Keeping breeder box secure in corner with heater suction cups
Keeping breeder box secure in corner with heater suction cups
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How many of you forgot about clutch 2? 😉
I siphoned some food out of the breeder box. I way overfed. Some people say they clean the breeder box once a week, but I don’t feel comfortable leaving food in there that long. Wouldn’t it foul the water?
Anyway, here’s all the garbage I siphoned out with the syringe. (2 snails went for a ride and were safely returned.)
And here is the breeder box after. A snow globe hot mess. Look for the gang climbing the walls. They are a little darker than the egg.
Mostly everyone is on the walls eating the egg dust.
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Good morning! Daily check of clutch 2.
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Fish are picking at the hard boiled egg yolk dust that fell into the foot of the pantyhose!
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I’m happy to report that the snails are eating the hard boiled egg yolk! Also as an added bonus, when I added it, it turned the breeder box into a “snow globe” and coated the walls. I have about 31 snails on the walls and 3 on the bottom, so wall coating food is good.
It looks nasty but it benefits them.
I definitely put too much but will try to measure better next time as I get to know them. 🙂
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On 6/9/2022 at 12:50 PM, Bev C said:
but i do have a emergency plastic rubbermaid tote in storage in garage for emergency
Yep, my 10 gallon leaked and I had to move everyone to a tote recently. It worked well though.
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@xXInkedPhoenixXoh wow yeah, super swollen. Does she act territorial and chase others away?
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@Odd Duck thanks for responding so quickly. Her territorialism does make a lot of sense if she is holding eggs. Let’s see if she can find some romance.
Actually whenever I feed brine shrimp everybody likes to get busy. I should try that now that she has a school again.
I should also note that it wasn’t my intention for her to be alone for a few months but there had been an ick situation that wiped out her school.
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I saw something else that says it could resolve by adding males. I just added 4 of her species, so maybe this could work itself out.
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There is something called gill disease which may be worth researching. It’s normally treated with Maracyn Two (different from Maracyn).
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What can be done for egg binding?
She eats like a hog too.
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The fish eats eagerly and heartily
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First thing I would check is if the stand is level. If you have wood or fiberboard, over time it can warp from moisture. Can you slide a piece of paper under the bottom of the tank in any spots?