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  1. Maggie
    @Streetwiseyou're making me miss Upstate NY where I lived for 24 years. My ex's family is from north of Burlington, and we would drive up to visit a few times a year. I miss the Stewart's ice cream a lot (HQ in Saratoga County NY). And the pizza.
  2. Maggie
    Anubias is not an Asian plant as far as I know, but bettas fit very nicely on them to rest ("betta hammocks" look an awful lot like A. barteri leaves). If there's an Asian plant with similar leaves (large, sturdy and lay horizontally), that's what I would recommend. I have A. barteri for my betta, but something similar to A. gold coin, which has smaller, round leaves, would probably also work as a rest stop and fit nicely in a nano tank.
  3. Maggie
    On the bright side, if there are any they won't necessarily be moving around much, as they like to be anchored. I wonder if they'd be tempted to hitch a ride on larger snails, because they are known to anchor to various shelled native species.
  4. Maggie
    Here he is doing roundabout on the anubias.
  5. Maggie
    I'm so happy Hugo is healing! If I understand, you're going to let him just chill out and heal for a while? I think that's the best option at this point. I can tell you that Anubias barteri leaves look very much like betta hammocks. There's something magical about bettas and anubias. Cosmo hasn't rested on it yet, but he does love to inspect and swim all around. He ignores the fake leaf.
  6. Maggie
    How cute! I got my betta two logs (floating and on the bottom), but he currently has a serious crush on the thermometer. He rotates between that and other items in his aquarium.
  7. Maggie
    Update: there are four fry that now seem to be past the early critical stage of fryhood. Yesterday I added some new fry found in the water change bucket, so you can see the size comparison and how much the older ones have grown (they're still so tiny).
  8. Maggie
    Irene did a video series on various dips/soaks for plants. None of them work on all plants or all pests (Irene mentioned snails with a "trap door"- can't remember the name - can shut themselves in and survive alum treatment). Alum is the most effective while being safest for plants, but it depends on what you have - vals, crypts, and some floating plants seem to take a heavy hit - it completely disintegrated my crypt and dwarf lettuce. It also turned my marimo moss balls brownish, but not right away. This turned out to be a very worthwhile experiment, as my purchase was right at the time a few zebra mussels were first found on them (but not yet widely known), and I did a thorough inspection before and after just for documentation/alum testing purposes (nothing to do with zebra mussels). Even my "tougher" plants (Anubias golden and A. barteri) were weakened, I believe, by the treatment. I had to cut off a rotten piece of the A. golden. Whether or not it's worth it to do this after spending so much money on plants is debatable. I now just quarantine and observe. Heres her most recent video.
  9. Maggie
    It taught me not to fear fish-in cycling, and see how things can be done right many different ways. I like the friendly conversations and sharing of experiences and info.
  10. Maggie
    I got some of that along with brine shrimp eggs with a shrimp hatcher I ordered. It came in handy when I found danio fry! I think they sell it for people who want to grow brine shrimp, and give it as a sample.
  11. Maggie

    Shrimp diseased

    Maggie replied to Maggie's topic in Diseases

    Here's another one - this is what they do if they try to swim. Shrimp videos on YouTube suggested a salt dip (1 TBSP in 1 cup of water for 20 seconds), so I did that on 3 I could catch. If it helps I'll be able to tell, as right now none are able to swim.
  12. Maggie
    I don't have a spouse or partner, so thst sounds like a perfect Friday night date to me.
  13. Maggie

    Shrimp diseased

    Maggie posted a topic in Diseases

    Last week I thought they were all fine, but were hiding more than normal. I haven't added anything but plants to this aquarium (plants were quarantined for 2 weeks). Today none of them can swim and they keep having sessions of jerkiness followed by sinking upside down to the bottom. All fish are fine, even my remaining danio fry. Temp 73.5, pH 7.4, NH3/4 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, GH and KH both 7. Is it possible they had this when I got them in October, and it's taken this long to show itself? I'm not sure what to do for treatment. It's very stressful to watch them try to swim and they can't. https://youtube.com/shorts/Be7AVs6jrJ4
  14. Maggie
    I had soilent green repashy for my otos and never got the water/powder/heat ratio down so it made a huge mess, and the powder is very fine and some inevitable gets on the counter while preparing. It has a very strong smell - just mentioning all this since you said you don't even like keeping fish food in your freezer.
  15. Maggie
    Cosmo loves to swim circles around things - the thermometer, the sponge filter bubbles, and especially his anibias plants.
  16. Maggie
    How cool! Sorry I don't know the proper answer, but if it was my plant, I'd just watch it for a few weeks to see what it does. Or cut it a few inches down, let it float for a couple weeks, and then replant the cutting.
  17. Maggie
    I left mine on the top of substrate. Its interesting to see the roots finding their way down.
  18. Maggie
    I picked 55 gallon and wish I'd gotten one. If it wasn't such a terribly tedious and expensive process, I'd switch out my 45 for one. Anything over that would take over too much of my small living room. A 20 gallon is good, as you can pick long or high depending on what you want to put in there. I also like the 40 breeder for its good size combined with reasonable depth for easier maintenance.
  19. Maggie
    Lol, I got ads for a bunch of different Fluval Bug Bites on this topic.
  20. Maggie
    That's so adorable...when he nips at your fingers and then tries to go around the hoop, it's like he's looking into the camera lens saying "Look what this human makes me do for a snack. Feel sorry for me!", only to accept his fate and go through the hoop.
  21. Maggie
    @gardenmangood idea! I'll try that too if mine doesn't sprout in the next week or so. I do have the lights lower then normal while Cosmo gets used to his environment so maybe that's the key. Spring hit us like a freight train the other day here in Maryland but it's still pretty chilly at night.
  22. Maggie
    @GideyonI wondered the same thing, but packaged differently. Here is a pic of what I have. On the left is unopened Bio Gold, on the right is Micropellets, including some loose pieces and a penny for size comparison.
  23. Maggie
    @gardenman, oddly the lily in my betta tank has been in so far since February 15 and same thing as yours - not soft, but no growth yet except the fuzz on the outside. The first one sprouted in 5 days. Good luck with the replacement!
  24. Maggie
    The instructions on the Hikari Bio Gold package say to feed 3-10 pellets pellets "up to" 3x a day based on betta size, but those are not clear directions at all - someone could take that to mean 30 pellets a day! On their website, it says under 1.5" size - they recommend feeding 6 Hikari Micropellets (rather than Bio Gold which is larger) 2x a day; 1 5-1.75" - 3 Bio Gold pellets 3x a day; 1 additional pellet per .25" of fish, with additional pellets as needed, spaced out from regular feedings, and never more than 5 pellets 3x a day. I'm feeding my betta Hikari micropellets, about 6 of them 2x a day plus a snack because he is very active.
  25. Maggie
    More leaves, all staying at the bottom so far - it's really filling out.
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