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    Corydoras Spawning media experiment

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    On 6/6/2022 at 5:46 AM, Guppysnail said:

    the pandas may be suspending the eggs. I find the eggs on single strands of hair algae floating in the middle of the tank as well.

    My tetras are laying eggs on the roots of java fern that are freely swaying in the current.

    On 6/6/2022 at 10:50 AM, Guppysnail said:

    the coffee strainer floating box

    I love this! How clever!

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    Mystery snail eggs & inverts journal

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    On 6/6/2022 at 10:21 AM, Guppysnail said:

    This is an awesome idea.

    I saw someone do it in a video!  I think it works so well because it is thin & flexible.

    On 6/6/2022 at 10:21 AM, Guppysnail said:

    It’s so cool. The first time I seen it I was shocked. Their foot seem to swell up and the eggs slide down the outside of the swollen section. They kind of zone out in a trance almost. 

    I am excited!  I did get up earlier this morning, but today was not a clutch day, and York was cruisin' around underwater, tidying up the glass.

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    Mystery snail eggs & inverts journal

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    Posted · Edited by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

    Clutch 4 (size 1” x .75”) was laid this morning. I think I need to get up 30 minutes earlier because York is always next to the clutch when I first look at the tank in the morning. It would be fascinating to watch the process. This clutch has been frozen. 🥺  I gave York a snack, though.

    Also I found that an awesome snail egg removal tool is the test kit color card. I didn’t notice any damage when using that.

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    What's Happening?

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    On 6/3/2022 at 12:21 PM, Cinnebuns said:

    if anything other than air comes out

    I’ve used them for years. It’s supposed to be just air, nothing else. It has no scent or anything, but they are loud enough to scare a human walking by too! 😆

    What's Happening?

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    On 6/3/2022 at 2:34 AM, nabokovfan87 said:

    Take a small hand towel and cover that back opening of the tank if need be

    This stuff is awesome for covering gaps.  Easy to cut with scissors and make notches for tubing, cords, etc. I recently bought some. It was $2.65 for 6 sheets of it.

    Also I know these are pricey but they work like a dream. Has a motion sensor on it and sprays a loud blast of air when there is movement. ssscat

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    Mystery snail eggs & inverts journal

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    Posted · Edited by Chick-In-Of-TheSea
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    As it turns out, York was pranked by Hampshire*. 😂 She laid eggs on York throughout the day.  York usually sleeps on the sand, but today she slept on the glass, and that’s prime egg-laying territory for Hampshire. Hampshire “decorates” regularly. 
     

    See the shenanigans that go on while I’m at work?!

    Here’s a photo of Hampshire eating a zucchini. She usually ignores any food I put in the tank, but seems she likes this one.

    *nerite

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    Update: these were limpets, not nerite eggs. Limpets are beneficial organisms.

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    TacoPlayz Aquarium Journal

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    Epic!  😍 I love that you didn't give up, even though you had setbacks. I think we all had setbacks in the hobby. I remember my first one. I was young and had a tank in my room, and I had one of those painted Indian glass fish. I doubt those are even around anymore, but as a kid I had a few and liked them. The fish started swimming in circles one day. His body became permanently curved in a semicircle shape. Then, you know... he didn't make it. I remember being so sad. To this day, I don't know what would cause the swimming in circles illness. But hey. I still love fish tanks and I have learned so much along the way through Aquarium Co Op and the magic of the internet.

    So, 11 tanks now!  Incredible! I see you have 3 spare 10 gallon tanks. Why not make one of them a quarantine tank for new fish?  You could observe them for a few to make sure they are healthy before adding them to the community tanks.  That way something like ich won't wipe everybody out.  Another idea for a 10-gallon tank is to do a Walstad method tank.  Lots of videos on YouTube about that.  Basically it's a tank that is as close to nature as possible.  I've never tried to make one, but it's a goal of mine.  

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    200 vs 375 bio wheel

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    Posted · Edited by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

    On 3/5/2022 at 9:25 AM, Biotope Biologist said:

    Your best bet is to take that bio wheel and throw it in the trash. I’m sorry we used to sell those things at chain petstore and the filter itself is great the biowheel gimmick, not so much. 
     

    The idea it’s trying to achieve is aeration but often the wheel gets stuck or collects detritus and debris and suffocates what bacteria colony may have been living in it creating more mess than cleanup. 

    I've had a more positive experience with biowheels. Mine has been going 16 years and I haven't had a stuck wheel, ever. I never even cleaned the thing until this year; I only changed out media (rarely) or rinsed it in tank water. My brother had one too, years ago, and it ran great.

    That being said, the newer models of biowheels are getting bad reviews. Seems like they don't make 'em like they used to.

    On 6/2/2022 at 12:06 PM, Biotope Biologist said:

    although your cactus hat lady stares into my soul and I am uncomfy

    LOL. My friend made that for me. It's weird right?

    I made the bunny one by hand at a pottery place.

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    200 vs 375 bio wheel

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    Posted · Edited by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

    @nabokovfan87 You’re a genius. 🏆Based on the diagrams you posted and @lefty o's removal tips, I got the impeller out easily. Found some calcification on there and cleaned it off, but I think the real issue was that the impeller wasn’t seated properly after the last cleaning. Reassembled and it runs again! 

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    Mystery snail eggs & inverts journal

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    Posted · Edited by Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    grammar

    On 6/2/2022 at 8:30 AM, Guppysnail said:

    I let my clutches dry for a day then slide them off.

    This makes me think back to my original post where I wasn't sure whether the clutch was there for months or days. I just so happened to take the filter off THAT DAY to find it behind the outflow.  And that filter had not been off the tank in several years.  (I had been maintaining the filter media, but this was probably the first time I cleaned the gunk out of the filter box. Don't judge me, people! 😝)

    I think it was mere coincidence that I found that clutch and it was freshly laid, because that clutch, if I'm being honest, was pretty gooey. I'm sorry to say that some things squished when I took it off the wall. I ended up using a razor to prevent further damage during removal. I bet if I knew better to wait, I would have had less egg loss because it would have hardened up a bit. Live & learn. At least other people that find this thread on the forum can learn from my mistakes. 🙂

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