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Look at this leaf I found in the yard! I think it’s hilarious. Dinner plate for reference
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On 10/14/2023 at 6:27 PM, Odd Duck said:
Make very certain that you do multiple water changes before you put snails back in and be prepared to do a potentially sacrificial snail to see if the No Planaria is cleared enough to put multiple snails back in. I’ve read that nerites are particularly sensitive to it. I’ve also read that the effects can linger for weeks. So when you think the med is clear, do a couple more water changes, then try a single snail of each species. If all is OK, try a few more snails. I can tell you with certainty that it kills bladders, ramshorns, nerites (I missed one in a tank), and MTS. So presumably also chopstick snails or any others in that family. I’ve read it kills mysteries so I would remove any apple snail species just to be safe.
Quite frankly, since it kills MTS, I would assume it can kill any species of snail. It does do a good job killing planaria and likely most any other flatworm species. Just be very cautious before you add a bunch of snails back into that system.
I never put snails back after No Planaria because of this. I have been afraid to because you never really know. However, the tanks I treated now have bunch of limpets that have appeared and seem to be doing well. I assume they may have come from the bacter ae I add to these tanks. Or from playing musical plants. Not sure.
During treatment some MTS emerged from substrate. I removed them ASAP and they were ok.
And every now and then I will still see one in that tank. Idk how. I did run the carbon for at least a week, I think. And siphoned the sand once or twice. Hard to do because of shrimplets.
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On 10/14/2023 at 3:39 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
She was talking with Marks shrimp tanks as well about some of the dosing as well.
https://aquariumshrimpkeeping.com/how-to-get-rid-of-planaria-and-hydra-with-no-planaria/
I used the instructions on this site to do the treatment.
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On 10/14/2023 at 10:40 AM, Epiphanaea said:
Aww, look at his little face sticking out!
You know, the freezing may be contributing to the rapid breakdown.
The ones I had used previously in tanks had not been frozen. I plan to check these each week to see how long they truly last.
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Ok guys I did it. Put some leaves again. I had a bunch of my freezer. That’s where I put them after I boil them for tea, then later I feed to shrimps. Geppetto is really really happy @SkaleyAquatics @Epiphanaea
ok now back to the original topic 😌
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Cadet. 8 days since adoption.
A footrace:
Juniper:
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On 10/13/2023 at 6:29 PM, Epiphanaea said:
The solution is enough plants that you can’t tell, along with siphoning up during water charges.
Come to think of it, my bad experience with leaves was mainly in a shrimp tank, where I couldn’t siphon because there were always shrimplets. Should work fine in the betta tank. In the meantime I put a rooibos tea bag in overnight. Here is before & after.
There are a bunch of new crypts in there; I’m waiting for them to fill out the tank. They get easy green and root tabs.
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Something’s brewing in Geppetto’s tank…
Before & after, 17 hrs, no boiling.
Also, one of his plants has an algae “pom pom” LOL
I will add some leaves and pull them in one week. I’m not a fan of the mess they make when they decay. I will add mopani as well. People complain about tannins in mopani, so I think it will be a nice addition for him.
P.S. The rooibos smells kinda like eucalyptus. Mediciny? Has lots of antioxidants and beneficial properties like catappa leaves. He does still tail bite, on occasion.
ORD look at him peeking..
Also when he comes out he does this little back & forth dance.
Ok well, I now realize leaves aren’t just “mess” and “tannins” - they serve as enrichment. I don’t know why I didn’t consider them as such before. My fish is teaching me. I wonder if he will make a bubble nest today, with these new, embraced changes.Additional bonus, his colors actually look more vivid with the tannins in there. Idk why. I can see more of his greens. Yes. He is a blue & green fish! I knew that because I had shined a flashlight on him at night, once in the past.
When the light came on today, he and the shrimp were sleeping next to each other on the sand. Then they woke up, looked at each other, and were both like Aw, HAYL NAW! Geppetto flared and the shrimp zoomed. Reminds me of those one night stands in movies where the morning comes and it’s like “ok, you gotta go, here’s your stuff”(throws the stuff at the person) 🤣
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On 10/13/2023 at 8:34 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
This one looks like a blue dream - blue rili one. Very unique! Reminds me of my red-blue ones I have.
If you wanted to really try to for blue dreams I think you could cull the line and maybe rehome/sell the others. Entirely up to you, but I just wanted to mention that I do see some pretty decent blue dreamy look blue dreams.
But, I'm excited to see what happens when the two cross and if you end up with any carbon / carbon rili varieties!
TBH I am in love with the wilds. They are all unique in their own way. Looking in the blue tank, there are very few that don’t have the black pattern. I’d have to cull most and have a pretty empty top tank if I were to try to keep the line. I don’t see the value in it, if I were just doing it for myself. I just have more fun watching wilds. It’s like, wow look at that one! Whoa, check this other one out! Constantly surprising me with all of their outfits.
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The good news is I gave my friend 25 good ones and they reproduced, so the nice genetics continue on with her 💙
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I have used No Planaria on shrimp successfully to rid them of flatworms. It is absolutely not snail safe so be sure to remove your snail friends. Run carbon after treatment. (Note: prior to that I used PraziPro which did NOT work)
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So I pretty much messed up the blue dream tank by failing to cull. Now most have this black ink blot or stripe pattern. Not looking nice. I plan to combine the two tanks and reduce my maintenance. Not that I do much maintenance on these. But I dislike kneeling, then doubling over just to observe the bottom shelf tank. (First few photos are from blue dream tank, the rest are from wild tank. Currently they are goin all gangbusters over algae wafers. Heh. In that dish you can see some more of the stripe/blot blue ones.)
Oh and the last photos.. a shrimplet I thought was too cute not to include, and a berried wild mama with a very cool pattern.
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Micro sword is underrated. It’s very carefree and it lives on and on and on. You have to be willing to tack down the runners with plant weights though. Plants from runners shown here.
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On 10/13/2023 at 10:28 AM, FLFishChik said:
I’m thinking they are some type of detritus worm, they don’t have an arrow shaped head . But just in case, I’m going to treat for planeria
any suggestion on best product to use?
No Planeria would work, but it will definitely kill any snails you have. But if no arrow shaped head, it’s probably just a beneficial worm. I wouldn’t go through the trouble TBH
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ORD. He’s learning from the pros.
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On 10/13/2023 at 7:17 AM, Guppysnail said:
No I removed the ugf and replaced the gravel with Caribsea jungle river sand. No more sucking babies from under a filter plate.
What, you got tired of hide & seek?
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On 10/12/2023 at 8:48 PM, Epiphanaea said:
Find the fish.
Is this the same tank? Looks great! Found her. She loves it. And check out the bubble nests!
Any change with her eye? Maybe no ocular tissue was left or, not sure..?
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I'm not convinced these are rhabdocoela. Rhabdocoela have more rounded ends. Mine don't turn that sharply.
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On 10/13/2023 at 6:19 AM, SkaleyAquatics said:
I do not see how this is a problem but to each there own.
I just don't like little clouds of dust kicking up whenever the fish swims along the bottom.
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On 10/13/2023 at 7:10 AM, GoofyGarra said:
a few minutes ago i had bladder snails eating some krill flake a platy didnt want to eat... They got away with it until the platy realized there was a good amount of flake on the bottom of the breeder box, and she was still hungry.
Pest snails fall into a different category..
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Ok, here we go! Got the macro lens and got a video of lil Cadet! Had a growth spurt too! You can tell if you compare to yesterday’s pic (on the driftwood).
(It is easy to tell the snails apart because Juniper is bigger. )
The adults found daphnia at the tank edge:
The fishes’ leftover breakfast.
See, this is why everyone needs snails. Otherwise you’d have to manually remove that daphia.
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On 10/12/2023 at 11:12 AM, SkaleyAquatics said:
why not just add indian almond leaves to the tank? Almost all my wild type bettas, macropodus and parosphromenus get them in there tank. Some get more botanicals to increase tannins. The parosphromenus tank was nearly black with very little light penetration for a little while when they came in.
Well, because they turn to dust.
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On 10/12/2023 at 2:01 AM, TheSwissAquarist said:
I didn’t know you could buy shares in the forum? 🤣
Oh man, but it looks like the cycle crashed!
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@Shadow I got the early bird Saturday pass.
What did you get done today?
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Rooibos tea into the betta tank for 17 hours. Then some catappa leaves