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  1. Lennie
    I like drip acclimating my mystery snails. They open up faster that way usually. I've heard of cases them not moving for a couple days if not drip acclimated. But might be something else too, who knows.
  2. Lennie
    likely. Overbreeding is a big issue for a lot of people tbh, including me. And I don't like keeping a fish to control the population so livebearers are a pass
  3. Lennie
    Thanks! By a lil googling, I've come across the %3, %30, %35 and %50 percentages. Does the percentage matter? And should I avoid breathing it while doing the cleaning? Also, is it a good way to dip new plants? We don't have seltzer water here, and the tools to make my own just for the plants are too expensive. I have always been using alum dip myself.
  4. Lennie
    Hey guys, As the title says, How do you guys clean your new big tanks that are not easy to carry and wash with plain water outside? Or any new rocks that you wanna introduce to the tank for the first time. I usually carry my tanks outside, wash them with organic vinegar/water mixture and rub it all over, and rinse it with plain water many times, if the size allows. But what about the big ones? For the rocks, I again scrub them with a hard unused toothbrush and with vinegar/water mixture, and then pour boiled water on them and let them sit in it for a while, and brush them all over again and rinse with water. I know boiling rocks directly is dangerous. I used to boil my rocks as well as my woods, lucky me, I have never had issues. I was shocked when I learnt they can explode! What is the way you follow?
  5. Lennie
    Is this coloring related to cancer issues black swordtails are having or not at all?
  6. Lennie
    Sounds interesting! Can you share a pic, if you don't mind? Also how do you keep it algae free?
  7. Lennie
    Let's hope he will do better than his name, if introduced to a community tank! 😄
  8. Lennie
    I don't know about the fin situation. I'm here to appreciate this cool fella and suggest the name "Darth Vader" for him.
  9. Lennie
    @Cinnebuns that's such a cool fish! As she mentioned, long tailed versions mostly have more struggle with swimming. It can be tricky to find idea tankmates for bettas as their temperament change a lot. For plakats, I would def go bigger. I would say 5g min for normals, ideally 10g. I wouldn't go less than 10g for plakats as they don't have swimming issues like those other fancy long tail long fin types
  10. Lennie
    Honeys don't seem to have such dorsal fins on males, unlike many gouramis. So I wanna say thick lipped They are very cute btw!
  11. Lennie
    It’s fine let them grow more there, they won’t breed until they reach sexual maturity anyway! you can cull when they are bigger. what tetras do you have in 29g?
  12. Lennie
    She's super cute! Making me want bolivian rams 🙂 She is having a bad fin day.
  13. Lennie
    Thats actually hard to tell! In my case, my tap water has 20 nitrate. Many people have ammonia/nitrite/nitrate readings in their taps Also some stuff like silica may result in growth of brown diatoms for example. And fish like otos, borneos or some snails love to eat it. So every water change may add Nitrogen source to the tank too, so will fertilizers, active substrates, root tabs, etc., or water changes may bring many other things that we don't even know supports what kind of growth! Also there are many biofilm grazers too besides algae.
  14. Lennie
    It claims not being easily crumbled and not too soft. Only way to see is trying I guess! Yea it is suggested to use roottabs starting from the second month of the usage of soil. I personally haven't started supplementing my tropica aquasoil yet and it seems fine? Has been around 3 months or something
  15. Lennie
    Btw, you generally won't need your tank to be dealing with that 2ppm ammonia with the directions of tims ammonia solution. You may check these videos. And old sponge of @Irene was able to deal with actual fish waste but it still took much more than directions accepted as "cycled".
  16. Lennie
    It feels kinda impossible to calculate it to me. Almost all creatures in the tank constantly picks on something or grazes on surfaces. They eat algae and biofilm that the tank offers. So their diet is not limited to offered food only, but they almost always constantly eat something. All tanks offer different amount of natural food growth available based on many factors as everyone has a very unique tank and system really. Even stuff that we cannot test the water for effects growth of many things in the tank. I keep botanicals in my tanks that no way I can calculate the amount consumed by what fish/snail per day. A mystery snail cannot digest food well meanwhile X fish digests it much better, so their poop has different values. Some fish are herbivores, some are omnivores, and some are carnivores. Some eat very messily and some don't make a mess at all! Also for some creatures, I believe it is very hard to follow a very strict schedule as a fishkeeper. Like as a person who loves snails, my feeding changes every day, sometimes a snello, sometimes a commercial food, but other days just random blanched veggies based on the season! Also I believe the system of most fish and inverts are different, and when you feed a community tank, it is hard to exactly know which one consumes what amount every time. Also, bioload is not really a huge thing in the hobby really. It just helps people to understand some concepts. Like what type of a stock a freshly cycled tank may handle at the beginning. It helps not to be an impulsive buyer, and stocking very slowly so the beneficial bacteria may keep up with the bioload. Also calculation on aqadvisor helps people to not overstock their tanks as newbies, because generally speaking, understocked tanks are much easier to take care of and way more suitable for newbies. Also stuff like how densely planted your tank is, are the plants fast growers or slow growers, what's your water changing schedule, the size and age of the fish, will constatly change the calculations I assume. As the foods offered also may change based on the age of the fish, even sometimes daily. Also even the size males and females, and even generally the size of the fish from the same species changes a lot. Some are shy eaters, some are crazy feeders. If you saw one of my female rummy noses and a regular male of mine, you would understand. That female can eat the whole world.
  17. Lennie
    Sera ph test kit can read as low as 4.5. I use that one and pretty happy with it, if you decide on test to see if you have anything lower. Besides that, if it is actually 6, it should not be a problem I assume. I also don't think you should be needing this many bottles of beneficial bacteria.
  18. Lennie
    I've ordered two packages of neo soil. The ones delivered to be seemed like they had the shrimp label but removed later on. I contacted the authorised people as my country's distributor and they told me that this is perfectly fine for planted tanks. I am not planning to keep shrimp in that tank really. Just fish and lots of plants. All I care about is growing plants nicely, the way my tropica aquasoil does. I am unsure whether I should refund this or keep it. I cannot see anything that gives info about the ratio of nutritients in the soil, like Tropica does on the backside. I'm kinda confused. They also sent free root tabs with it. Any ideas? Should I keep it or return and get tropica which is way more expensive in comparison? @knee @Mmiller2001
  19. Lennie
    I'm not sure if they are the same. They must be local to these sides only if I'm not wrong
  20. Lennie
    you Im dying 🤣
  21. Lennie
    I don't think these are like yours 🤔 P.S: Made my avatar my snail for you as you love snails @nabokovfan87 🙃
  22. Lennie
    They look like the baby nerites we have never been able to see :')
  23. Lennie
    They are very tiny compared to normal nerites! They live in freshwaters here. They all have different shell patterns. Here are some pics from local forums here:
  24. Lennie
    yeah I get mts, you get nibbles 😄
  25. Lennie
    We only have rabbits, faunus ater, gold/blue mysterys, nerites and spixi snails here. Other than "pest" ones of course. Oh, and a snail that they call "miniature nerite(Theodoxus anatolicus)" which can reproduce in freshwater! They only live in Turkey and Cyprus if I'm not wrong. I feel like snails are very underrated here, sadly. We have access to so many fish but snails, not so much.
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