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  1. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Got a nifty pothos holder for Geppetto’s tank. It’s nice & compact and I chose the one with the open bottom so the roots can go through. The scotch tape/twisty tie I was previously using would shift around every time I took the lid off to do maintenance.
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    Yes, also you will see a lot of empty space inside the shell around the snail (the body shrinks) 😭 If you have any that are questionable, remove them to a small bowl of tank water or something and check back every 15 min for movement. Gives them a chance if it’s just lethargy but if they have passed they will not pollute your tank. Have you retested kH, laying the strip on a clean towel vs a hard surface? I don’t know why you get blue repeatedly on that test unless it relates to that bleeding effect in the video @nabokovfan87 shared.
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    Aw bummer. Fingers crossed for the little ones!
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    After testing the heater for a few days, I’ve determined it’s a degree or two off. No big deal, and it will suit my basic needs. The jar is at 72 and most MTS are burrowed. I added the heater and set it to 72 and will take a reading with a meat thermometer tomorrow. I will gradually increase. At least to 74. The goal is to have some consistency for the MTS. They came from an 80 degree tank, so it’s understandable why they are not moving around so much. Another thing I did was reduce the light by a half hour with the Kasa wifi outlet. There were 4 dead moths in my jar! And a few dead ones around the jar. They are attracted to the light, I’m sure. Re: the algae. I didn’t really have the issue when I had all that dwarf water lettuce in there. I guess I need some more floaters. My friend is practically overwhelmed with floaters in her tanks, so I have a good source! ☺️ However I wouldn’t go with dwl again. It was sending down thick roots and anchoring firmly into the substrate which I didn’t like. I was always having to trim those to allow room and light for my moneywort.
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    No change in behavior I guess since adding that?
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    I thought you recently added a heater?
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    That sounds awesome! What if they made VR stench where you could smell the zombies nearby? Lol! But then also smell flowers in a field or pine needles in the woods etc. Do you game on Pc at all? Ever play 7 Days to Die?
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    I plop & dropped culls from tanks to the Walstad jar. At one point 25 shrimps were in the jar and everyone was active.
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    Wild/cull shrimps are my favorite shrimps. Same! & if you screw it up the animals could die. No thank you. (Same situation occurs with the ph up ph down stuff).
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    Sorry you’re not feeling well. Super dope about the game in VR though. I love horror games. Conquered Outlast and the Whistleblower expansion. Everyone else I’ve talked to that tried to play it quit because it was “too intense”. You have NO weapons in Outlast. You have to sneak and hide and yep! It is intense. But satisfying when it’s accomplished. I didn’t bother with Outlast 2 because reviews were saying it’s a bunch of scripted scenes and running. Bleh. The last Resident Evil i played was 5. Played co op with my husband. That Wesker was a real piece of work! Lol We looked for more co op ones but many were single player. I should still play them anyway. They are fun. I think they would be so epic in VR. I don’t think I could do Outlast in VR. That was terrifying enough on desktop. Also I recommend Dead Space (the first one) if you’ve never played it. Great job with the water changes. I do the same when I am just beginning to get sick, in case I get weak and can’t do it again for awhile.
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    Lovely!
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    The algae situation seems to be improving with the help of the Malaysian trumpet snails. However I noticed they seem lethargic, and I am certain that it is because the temperature has been low lately. I bought a tiny 10w heater and am testing it out in a bucket to see if the output is accurate, then I will add it to my jar. It is about the size of, say, a chapstick. A little wider. Controller is external and digital, which is nice. Walstad tucked a reptile pad into hers but I couldn’t find the one she used. Water tests 0 across the board for “the big 3”. Always have been for this jar, every time I’ve tested. Even in the beginning when I set it up and tested daily for 2 weeks.
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    He and I were emailing back and forth when I was dealing with scutariella japonica. Very nice guy, willing to help people out.
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    Omg is that Lemony Snicketts, you got as a youngster from @Guppysnail? Look at those whiskers!
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    Thats a great share @nabokovfan87. I like to lay my strips on a paper towel, which I labeled with the tanks before I start dipping strips. I lay the strip above the tank label (ie: S for shrimp tank, Q1 for quarantine 1, Q2 for Quarantine 2, B for betta, and 29 for the community tank. i use the same procedure with vials, laying the vial holders on top of the labeled paper towel.
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    @GoofyGarra you can keep them in filtered, heated bucket with air until some time passes. That is what I do in situations like this. When I dosed No Planaria, I took all the trumpet snails out and made a tank with a tiny flower pot filter out of a specimen container. I put well seeded sand from the main tank in there so they could dig. Also you could reach out to friends and have them “babysit” your snails too. 🙂
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    No Planaria tends to linger for a long time despite many water changes, and hobbyists using it tend to wait a few months before reintroducing snails.
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    I believe @TeeJay has these fish. Maybe he can offer some advice?
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    I’ve kept them between 74 and 78, depending on what other animals were in with them.
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    Does anyone know why nerites attach to each other? Button rides around on Hampshire a good 90% of the time, but I think both are males. I’ve never had any eggs. Also I’ve never seen any adult behavior; it is just like, an Uber ride. Is this just a BFF thing? Button knows Hampshire is a nerite too and this is a security blanket sort of behavior?
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    When you do transport the snails, do so in a cooler for temperature stability. Use the strips you have already and see if there is any reading. I would agree with @Guppysnail here. My snails burrowed for growth spurt, but at the water line snails are usually wanting air or relief from whatever else it may be. I hope we can figure out what it is. It’s frustrating not knowing the cause. Side note- Did you know that water temp affects snail shell development? Ie: fast growth vs slow growth, and thick shell vs thin shell, at certain temps.
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    These multi strips do not test for ammonia. Ammonia is a separate test. I would suggest getting the API liquid ammonia test. I did not have accurate readings with ammonia strips. I have tried several brands. Re: strips - Cory had made a video or livestream where he explains when having the ammonia test on a multi strip, it doesn’t work right, so it had to be its own product. Remind me what size the quarantine tank is and how many snails you have. When snails get to a certain size there will be ammonia no matter what you do, and they have to be adopted out. I had about 35-40 in a 10 gallon and when they were about chickpea size I had ammonia always. I water changed twice a day using Prime until the snails were adopted and I had no losses to parameter issues, as I was testing for ammonia every day since their birth. I remove uneaten commercial foods in an hour with turkey baster, with the exception of veggies or Repashy which can be left for 24 hr.
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    Also I remember a video Cory made about dechlorinators. They reduce the dissolved oxygen in the water so they CAN be overdosed. Take care to follow instructions on the bottle. Some you should dose for full tank volume and some you should dose only in the new water. Best to increase aeration if possible.
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    One time I did a water change and all my baby mystery snails burrowed in the sand. I thought maybe it’s because I forgot to check the temperature of the water going in or something. But @Guppysnail told me to watch for a growth spurt when they emerge. And sure enough, they came back out and had the little spikes along their shell edges and were growing new shell. So maybe that could be what’s happening @Sherry Also do you actually see them eat the food? If too young they will ignore food and go for biofilm or algae.
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    He’s a very nice addition to the community.
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