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  1. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Lately a few struggles with invert illness, but I'm on the right track. This sounds cheesy, but when I make a [dumb and not aesthetically pleasing pvc] cave for a fish, and the fish loves the cave and uses it like 50x a day, or I give some food (like a shrimp lolly) to the shrimps and they just go crazy over it, that brings me such joy. Making different snello recipes for the snails. Adding new plants and then observing new behaviors and mating dances from fish.. Those are the opportunities to make a difference for them, the moments where the hobby is just so awesome for me.
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    I got another bottle of sand added today. Needs one or two more but I’m just doing a little at a time based on my schedule. They will get their first water change tomorrow, and course 1 will be done for these wilds. And with the end of each course, a lolly to enjoy! Do you guys see how berried that female is on the sponge filter? She's probably gonna have really cute babies. Her pattern is neat. I can’t wait to be done so I can add live plants and wood. The addition of green beans each day is keeping them off the molts, so that’s great. Here they are eating some Repashy. & they love the ceramic media @nabokovfan87, as you can see. That was a great suggestion.
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    There is a term for that. It’s called a blep. She is blepping. 🙂 There is a whole subreddit dedicated to cat bleps. That is a major worry for me. It’s why I don’t buy online. Teejay wants some blues but I’m so scared to mail. Let me know if/where you find round bottom bags?
  4. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I love their hotel. They are a nice deep red. Very lovely! I traded my friend some alder cones for the cube and the house! She’s going to adopt 20 shrimp from me soon. She has prepared a tank ready and wants a colony.
  5. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    No wonder they were hungry! Found more shrimplets! Tiny and clear. Also I started to add substrate, as I decided this will be their home from now on. This is inert and does not affect treatment. It will make finding molts easier too. I need to start seeding a smaller sponge for them, for later. This is clearly too big for the tank, but it’s all I had ready to go at the time.
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    The sand cap works well because the plants can reach their roots down into the nutrients when they are ready to take them up. When placed straight into nutrients and the roots aren’t ready for them, this can result in nutrient burn. I’ve been wanting to try different aquasoils but never actually do because I don’t want to deal with parameters. I’ve experimented with organic soil capped with sand, on a small scale.
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    Something wonderful came in the mail today. My divemaster makes these, and I made a purchase to support her small business and a great cause. She hunts, prepares, and makes jewelry out of lionfish (and eats the fish). If you know a thing about lionfish, they are absolutely devastating on our coral reefs. She takes these to nonprofits also where she teaches kids and other visitors about the impact lionfish have and how they/we can help. This is very beautiful in person. It’s cast in resin.
  8. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Thanks for the update! Good luck on exams! You got this! 👊
  9. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    All my tanks have the Hygger 24/7 lights. They have timers with 3 settings, are dimmable, and the 24/7 mode does sunrise, day, moonlight, off and it auto-adjusts brightness throughout the day. Ie: sunrise starts dim, goes brighter, brighter, then it goes to dim daylight, then brighter brighter, moonlight (blue) starts bright and then ramps down to dim and then goes off. I love that. The gentle wakeup and night night.
  10. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Wood isn't just for looks. It is part of the ecosystem! Wood in its natural state will release tannins into the water which are beneficial for fish and other organisms. The wood, when first placed, will create a thick biofilm. Fish, snails, plecos, shrimp - they love to eat it. It is rich in fiber and protein. Or you can remove that thick film with a toothbrush if you don't like it. Afterwards there will be a thinner, invisible biofilm that resides on the wood. Invertebrates love that, and it also helps house beneficial bacteria in your tank. Some creatures like plecos eat the wood as part of their normal diet. Lastly the rhizome plants such as java fern and anubias, as well as mosses, can be attached to the wood. The texture makes a great surface for their roots to take hold and thrive in your tank. Attach plants! 🙂 The fish will love the cover and security
  11. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    I can't weigh in on this, as I do not have personal experience with the Krylon or epoxy products. If it were me I would spend the money on the driftwood, otherwise you can lose the money on the fish if they die, plus carbon or other things you'd have to add to the tank to make the water safe again, if it came to that. We just can't be sure where household items come from or what type of environment they were manufactured in. The care of contaminant prevention may not be present during the making or transporting of these goods. Also if you've ever cleaned around the bowl (ie: sprayed windex, etc) some cleaner could have hit the bowl, and the wood could have just soaked some of that up. There are other ways you can save on aquascapes. You can get river rocks from a landscape supply place or a hardware store. Terra cotta (unglazed) is safe for fish tanks. So is PVC pipe. Lava rock can be found at the hardware store also and is tank safe. Pool filter sand from the hardware store is another way to save money on a setup. DIY lids made from acrylic or from glass, etc.
  12. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Agreed
  13. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Staaaaahhhhhp -- I'm getting cuteness overload!
  14. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Very awesome @Hank!
  15. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Sheesh! Those wilds were hungry! They blew threw those green beans like crazy! So they got some excess green bean pieces the blues didn’t eat. Why waste em? I put Repashy powder in all the tanks. The wilds got excited and are eating it off the top.
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    Hey Swiss! We need an update on all your new fishes! 🙏
  17. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Hmm.. so, I've got one Bolivian ram and there is a journal below in my signature line. You might want to have a look? Since starting the journal folks began posting experiences with their rams in it. Redfish and flyingcow for example, experienced aggression and bullying with their Bolivian rams. It seems most of these cases were when only 2 rams were present. Page 4 is where the posts about the aggression begin
  18. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Educational snek video.
  19. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Welcome to the forum!
  20. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    👆 photo please! 🥰
  21. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    🤣
  22. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Currently using PraziPro for Neocaridina shrimp. Malaysian trumpet snails are ok with the treatment so far (I’m on the second course now) and copepods are as well. I believe it killed my hydra and limpets. I have a few detritus worms but I am not sure if they made it or not. It’s so rare that I see them anyway. I have sand, and the tank does not get overfed so they have remained sparse. PraziPro kills worms so I assume they are gone.. Unconfirmed as to if/how my ostracods were affected. I removed my nerite before treatment as a precaution. It’s my understanding that Malaysian trumpet snails can survive atomic warfare so I wouldn’t rely on their well-being as meaning PraziPro is snail-safe. Worm and parasite treatments in general are not snail safe. Hence no more limpets. 😞
  23. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Yeah… lately I’ve been solving something, as you know. 😞 Treating two tanks for illness. But this morning I took a seat in front of the tanks and just watched everybody have their breakfast. It was nice. There are SO MANY new shrimplets! And in the 29g a silly snail took a ride up on the bubbles. 🥰 How are your swords doing?
  24. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Tank maintenance be like,
  25. Chick-In-Of-TheSea
    Ok but do they ride the bubbles?
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