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  1. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Bravo! 👏
  2. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I make a lot of invert videos and not many fish videos. So here’s the gang. The pristellas are over a decade old.
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    This guy is FAST! Have not seen reproduction (yet). Hoping it doesn’t get all crazy. Just rollin’ the dice for now. It hitchhiked in from the sword plant from the Walstad jar, and somehow.. I allowed it.. 🫣 It’s shell is coppery when the light hits it.
  4. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I’m at 80 and 180 for gH and kH @nabokovfan87
  5. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I give my dude 4-5 pellets twice a day or a very small piece of Repashy once a day. Or Frozen bloodworms, 4 or 5. Same qty with frozen brine shrimp: 4 or 5.
  6. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    ? Care instructions I’ve seen always say cories like water on the softer side.
  7. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Oh boy.. doesn’t sound fun at all
  8. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Similar thing happened to me. Life got busy and I stopped culling. Now the blue dreams have a black inkspot pattern and some have a striped pattern down their back. Also at one point I gave my friend 25 of the good genetic blue dreams. So my blue dream tank was looking kinda empty with a few of the inkspot shrimp which were never looking too active, unless they got something special, like spinach or shrimp lolly. My wild tank is always super active and swimming all around. So I just combined the 2 colonies. My wild shrimp are actually my favorite shrimp because they are all different, and I’m very happy and content with the decision I made. The tank is full of energy and life. I’ve come to realize I don’t care about cosmetic issues. If they are healthy and happy, so am I. And I am always delighted when I see a new pattern in the youngsters.
  9. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Hummingbird hobby update; yard animals Hummingbirds are in migration to Honduras now and visits I get may be very temporary. I am grateful for and charmed by them.
  10. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    It would be a good idea to add a heater so you can prevent those 10 degree temp swings which can be hard on the animals.
  11. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Mine is like 180
  12. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    This is normal, and it's nutritious for snails and plecos, shrimp, fish, etc. Given you don't have any critters in there yet, you can use a (new) toothbrush to remove it, and suck the slime out with a turkey baster. Here is a helpful article for new tank setup. https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/fish-tank-cycling Also a video about the nitrogen cycle, the most important part of setting up a new tank. You are a step ahead since you added bacteria to your tank. Do you have a test kit yet? You'll need a test kit for ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate (there are other tests, but these are the main ones for now). You can get liquid test kit (such as the API master test kit) or test strips. Multi-test strips will not have ammonia test on them. The ammonia one is separate. This cycle should be completed before adding fish (meaning you are reading nitrates, but zero ammonia and zero nitrite). You can feed the bacteria you added to the tank by adding a tiny pinch of fish food every now & then.
  13. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Your parameters are very similar to mine. My pH is a little higher, but my understanding is that a pH above 7 is ok for shrimp and snails. Where do you buy your shrimp? If you buy them locally they should be ok with your tap water. If you buy them online, they may have been raised in RO water which is very different. What is the feeding regime. Snails eat a lot and have to be fed more than you think. They also need more nutrients than algae alone can provide - they need a combo of protein, calcium, and vegetable matter. Shrimps should have vegetable-based protein food, as animal-based protein can result in molting problems. What is the temperature?
  14. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    What kind of snails are they? The bladder snails put air in their shells on purpose, but I don't think other snails do that. Unless it's a ridiculous mystery snail playing on an airstone... Sidenote: do I spot a glass catfish? 😍
  15. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    ORD I need some pygmy cories. I don't think any cories are in the cards for me. I have really hard water. 😭
  16. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Maybe @TeeJay or @Guppysnail knows.
  17. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Put them in your shrimp jar thingy. They will help keep the sides free of algae.
  18. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    That's a long treatment. When did you see the leech die-off?
  19. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I read a comment somewhere that suction cups can be revived by placing them in boiling water for a few seconds. Has anyone ever tried it? Wouldn't the suction cup melt?
  20. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I usually add an extra water change into the schedule when I experience this. As well as adding filter floss and/or carbon. I limit the time I use carbon though, because carbon is bad for plants. I may just use it a day or two.
  21. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Ah yes, this sounds like you are at risk for MTS (Multiple Tank Syndrome) and having no water in those tanks is triggering for you. We are a great support group for this issue (meaning we support MTS, not recovery from it)... 🤪
  22. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Cut the end off the airline and reattach the airline to the diffuser. Sounds like the end has lost its elasticity.
  23. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Bacter AE is a very good product to feed shrimp. Although many have reported that the dosing instructions are WAAAAY off on the package instructions (!), and I agree. You'll want to go with a very minute dose. Ignore the spoon that comes with the product. In a 10 gallon, use the tip of a toothpick to scoop out the product. Whatever little pile is on your toothpick is what you feed. You can double this for a 20 gallon tank, etc... It is best to mix it with a bit of tank water in a container (my friend uses a water test kit vial and shakes it up; I use a condiment cup from a takeout meal) and then pour it in so it doesn't just sit on the top of the water. I'd only do the bacter AE once a week. It does create a film on surfaces for the shrimp to eat but also adds microorganisms to your tank, which are great for keeping your tank clean. Overdose it though, and it could foul the water and/or result in detritus worms (not harmful, but unsightly in large numbers). Read some Amazon reviews to gain some insight on the product effects. Bacter AE is great for shrimplets and increases their survival rate. Other things I feed my shrimp are: Soilent green Repashy powder (small pinch, dilute w/ tank water & pour in) Prepared Repashy with calcium carbonate mixed in Shrimp lollies (see Etsy) - these are really fun. Shrimp Cuisine Boiled vegetables. Spinach is their favorite. I also give mine green beans, zucchini, squash.. These are fun too because the shrimp frenzy on the vegetables. I weigh the veggies down with a plant weight. If you are looking to have a large colony of shrimp, a community tank can hinder that because fish will eat shrimplets.
  24. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Just a heads up - the dewormers are harmful to any snail friends you may have. You'll want to remove your snails, if you have any.
  25. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    You are on the right track with Easy Green and a plant light. It is normal for new plants to go through melt, even if you have all the right things to start. They usually spring back. One nice thing about stem plants such as moneywort is that, if the bottom of the plant is doing poorly, you can cut the plant in half and replant the top in your sand and it will become a new plant (you may need to wrap a plant weight around it for it to stay down since it will not have roots at first). @nabokovfan87 is right regarding taking the java fern out of the sand. Here's one way to "plant" it. Cory uses rocks, but driftwood is another nice choice, and your baby snails will enjoy eating the slimy stuff (biofilm) that initially forms on the driftwood. It is a good source of fiber and protein for them. Check out Crayfish Empire for free samples of snail foods, too! They will even send you a package of calcium carbonate for free. (Just pay shipping) Their snail foods are nutritionally balanced with the calcium, protein, and vegetable matter that mystery snails need.
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