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Terri57

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  1. I replied, but it didn’t seem to save. Thank you for your thoughts! I’m not sure they are eggs. Upon further inspection, The brown inside the fuzz is soft. I’m thinking it might be fungus around poop? But I Turkey haste poop out of that bowl at least every 3 days, so it’s fast growing, if it IS algae!
  2. Is this algae or snail eggs? Any idea? Thanks so much in advance!
  3. I’m so sad. My 14 gallon community tank has been thriving. Shrimp mold regularly, I even have 10 baby antlers in a breeding net in there who are doing amazing as well. BUT... -One female Endler suddenly has a discoloration (possible Ich spot? Possibly not) - other Endler (The mama of the 10 babies) was doing some flashing last night. First time I’ve seen that. -this morning I did a 40% water change to lower nitrates and give them fresh water, and afterwards my betta, Who is usually super curious and always the first one up for food, went down into the plants when I fed them afterwards and just rested for a minute. I’m new to this hobby (since July). My tank was doing beautifully for about a month or so and I thought I was out of the woods. Now I really have no idea how to treat them! I do not have a quarantine tank. Thoughts?
  4. I do like nerites. They are possibly better workers, too from what I hear. I just don’t know why I have had such poor luck with them or mysteries in the past. Maybe I added them too early and the tank was not fully cycled yet? But I don’t honestly think that’s the case.
  5. Hi, I never have great success with merits or mystery snails in my tank. But I really want to try again with a snail because they’re cute as a button and to help clean the plant leaves. Water parameters today: ammonia - 0, ph - 7.6, nitrite- 0, nitrate - 40 (about to do a 25% water change). Don’t have a GH and KH test. I believe our well water is fairly soft so I’m thinking of adding a wonder shell to harden it up a little bit, but I’m really worried because the rest of my fish are doing so great. I even have 10 fresh new baby Endler’s as of Thursday! please, what are your thoughts on messing with a currently perfectly cycled and happy tank as far as adding a mystery OR nerite snail and using a Wondershell? Thanks in advance! T
  6. Thank you all! I think I’ll quarantine to be safe.
  7. Just went through a terrible time with fish and a snail dying in a new tank. Now it’s under control , tank is cycled, and I want to slowly start adding fish and a clean up crew, but I’m scared. My question is do you need to quarantine Amani shrimp and snails before adding like you do with fish? thanks!
  8. What's a sanity check? I'm checking MY sanity at this point. Yes, I'm using an Aqua Clear 20 that has the sponge, charcoal and ceramic beads.
  9. Man, getting frustrated that the. nitrites aren't decreasing. But I guess it'll take time. It took time to cycle initially.
  10. YES! I just watched it. He's so good! AND he was giving me ideas to create videos and post them on my Google Classroom pages for student on how to write constructed responses so they can watch it at home if needed. #teachermoment #thanksCory! Now if only there was a reason to use M&Ms to write paragraphs... See...me, too...that's why I was putting in smaller amounts during water changes. I'll read the post, thank you.
  11. Stability is the beneficial bacteria in a bottle. If I am re-cycling, I should probably add bacteria as if I were doing an original fish-in cycle, I'm thinking.
  12. I will watch this one. I have watched probably 15 videos on the nitrogen cycle as I was preparing to set up these tanks. DIDN'T know about it with my original 3.5 gallon when I put Arby (Betta) in there with just a dechlorinator. Then about a week later I learned about the cycle, came across Kaveman Aquatics' video on fish-in cycling, and did that, and thankfully it went great. Arby's tank cycled and he was doing great until I gave him ich. 🙄 I cycled the 14 gallon for a few weeks before putting fish in, and the water parameters for both tanks were pretty much identical. Now I have the nitrites and nitrates being stubbornly present in the 14 gal. BUT, here's my newest "aha" from watching and rewatching videos yesterday (this may be obvious to you guys, but it wasn't to me): I basically need to "recycle" the tank. As I've been doing my 30% water changes, I've been adding enough Prime to the refill buckets to dechlorinate the amount IN the buckets, and was hesitantly adding in a few drops of Stability to the buckets also in the hopes that a few more beneficial bacteria might help. NOW I'm thinking I need to look at it as if I'm doing a whole new fish-in cycle, right? Like, add in enough Prime and Stability to cover the FULL 14 gallons, not just the refill gallons, and hopefully in a week I will have a nicely re-cycled tank. What thinks ye?
  13. That makes sense about the spirulina helping to clear them out. My betta likes thawed, frozen blood worms, other fish too but not as much. I have some Hikari sinking pellets, Betta Bug Bites and Bottom Feeder Bug Bites, too. I'm going to probably get a bottle of the Xtreme Krill Flakes to try it out. Clearly I'm just trying to do anything and everything to keep these poor fish happy.
  14. Oh, my goodness, York!! This is about the cutest picture I've ever seen. It looks like it came out of a book. His curly antenae... Greg says thank you for the well wishes.
  15. Yes, Arby loves Bug Bites. Another question (aren't you glad you responded to my post? LOL!!): I have done 2 30% water changes since finding my dead neon and removing him from the tank. Nitrites the last 2 days read around 0.25. I did a quick test strip test this morning and it's still high, so I"m getting ready to do another water change in a few minutes. Do you have any experience with this?
  16. I'll look into Xtreme Krill Flakes. Aren't some fish herbivores and some omnivores? I think bettas are more insectivores?
  17. @Chick-In-Of-TheSea I just saw the pic of the snails eating a green bean. 😍 I SO want Greg to be feeling better... 🐌
  18. @Chick-In-Of-TheSea those babies are unbelievably cute. I wish I could add more fish and snails right now, but not a good idea for obvious reasons. @nabokovfan87 Thanks for checking in! My snail is still just sitting there, but he comes out and goes into his shell periodically throughout the day. Hasn't moved from his spot. I am doing daily 25-30% water changes to get meds out without overstressing him and have put a cuttlebone in, but I don't think he knows it or cares at the moment. My fish: all neons are gone now. Doing daily 30% water changes to lower nitrites and hopefully eliminate them soon. One endler was on the verge of being a gonner yesterday after a water change, but after an hour or so he perked up and he seems to be ok today. Weird. Everyone else is hopefully ok. One cat is less active than the other 2, but they seem to be doing better since I added the airstone full time yesterday. Oh, and I got an adjustable dual valve so the bubbles are less powerful, which may be helping them out. Question: I have Tetra tropical flakes and Aqueon tropical flakes, and I swear I've never seen fish taste and then spit out more food than these guys. Or they will eat some, but then zoom up to other pieces all excited, smell it, and swim away. Any ideas?
  19. Those little jelly things are baby snails?
  20. It's the littler one. He was almost dead by the looks of it an hour ago, and now he and his friend are swimming all over the place. 🤷‍♀️
  21. Newborn snails 🥰😍🐌 Just came home from PetSmart and MY ENDLER IS UP SWIMMING AROUND AGAIN! I can't believe it. Fingers crossed.
  22. Yes! This is my guy when he was feeling well just a mere week or so ago. I did NOT, however, know they liked boiled egg. 😂 And funny enough I have cuttlebone on my shopping list for today. The crabs eat it, too. Look how stinkin' cute they are. I really hope he makes it. Endler, too. If I end up losing everyone, I honestly don't know if I'll try again.
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