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  1. Maggie
    Keep us posted! Do you have a pic of the parents?
  2. Maggie
    @DanielI got it! Gee, it doesn't happen often when a career in law lets you get a joke in the aquarium hobby.
  3. Maggie
    Yes on the shaking of the second bottle. You can see how it comes out clear if you don't shake, but a bit cloudy and thicker after you shake. Also once added, the test tube must be shaken for a full minute. I've heard there are mini paint shaking machines (for craft use) that work for this purpose, for anyone who has trouble shaking bottles that long. I'm almost there - had a real bad complete radial wrist fracture in 2019 and that shaking motion is hard sometimes.
  4. Maggie
    Wow, I sure wish I'd had you as my chemistry teacher! The most memorable thing my wacky chemistry teacher did was to blow up his experiment. It was a small explosion, but all the sleeping kids woke up. It was probably on purpose, but he made it look like an accident and we all laughed at him. I loved chemistry anyway, but it sure would have been fun to combine with biology, which I hated (didn't want to cut open animals).
  5. Maggie
    I just put mine under the plants that use them. But if you want to fertilize the entire substrate, think of the bottom of your tank like a chess board with squares. Each square is 4-6" in length and width. Now place one tab in the middle of each square. Hope this helps!
  6. Maggie
    If it's soft and squishy, it's probably bad.
  7. Maggie
    Yes - cut that piece of tubing as small as you can or bubbles will go out the sides. Just enough tubing to connect is all you need.
  8. Maggie
    Oh I got the notification and it said it was private so I thought maybe a members only chat.
  9. Maggie
    Today I got the substrate put in and did a dry run on the hardscape. I'm going to attach all this together with aquarium silicone, as it sits precariously. I need a bit more space for betta to swim through, I think. I ordered 3 water lettuce plants (wish the coop sold some strictly-floating plants). I had two of those ceramic caves but one smashed on the floor.
  10. Maggie
    I have never seen a seed shrimp that I'm aware of. What are they? If I did have any, they'd be called shrimp scampi by my fish.
  11. Maggie
    Hi Alesha! I had trouble with cycling my 5 gallon minibow originally bought as a quarantine tank. It was so awful I shelled out bucks for a whole new 10 gallon setup! I put the minibow away for maybe a future shrimp tank or super-emergency hospital tank.
  12. Maggie
    I just have one coop towel and I never want to use it because its so nice - better quality than any of my hand towels!
  13. Maggie
    I recommend the API liquid test kit, but a lot of people prefer the Tetra test strips due to ease of use (I think they must be quite a bit more expensive). Feed sparingly. I used Fritz bacteria starter (I have tried 3 different brands and that one seemed to work the best), and tested every day or even twice a day, at least for ammonia and nitrite. I added the initial dose per the instructions, then a little bit more every day and with every water change until cycled. Good luck - I am planning my own betta tank and can't wait until it's all ready for an occupant! Luckily I have other aquariums and am cycling the new filter in one of them.
  14. Maggie
    I'm surprised your tetras haven't wiped them out by now! I had worms come in on snails and plants, and my rasboras got rid of them in no time.
  15. Maggie
    I'd try neon green rasboras (Microdevario kubotai). They're tiny and look awesome in a school. I love all rasboras.
  16. Maggie
    Clockwise from top: Abubias barteri, Cryptocoryne wendtii, Anubias golden. All soaking in alum solution now. The anubias should make it okay but I'm a tad concerned about the crypt - we shall see! The C. barteri's leaves are really hefty - I love it!!
  17. Maggie
    Admitting neglect in that regard 😳
  18. Maggie
    @TheDukeAnumber1this is begging for a meme...just sayin.
  19. Maggie
    Saltwater seems like too much work and money. I couldn't imagine the drips and spills of saltwater all over the place - my laminate floors would be eaten up! Also, no plants. Gotta have plants.
  20. Maggie
    All my swords have leaves like this. This one is about a foot high now and starting to take over that area. It still has brownish and not great looking leaves, yet it keeps getting bigger and bigger and the otocats practically live in them.
  21. Maggie
    On Thursday I bought three moss balls, and wanted to see if they'd survive an alum treatment for snails, etc. I was interested in @Irene's test using alum versus other methods for snail eradication. Using my phone camera I examined them for any obvious critters. I saw what appeared to be several single eggs and groups of very small eggs (too small for snail eggs IMO). I caught a glimpse of some wiggly worm in the water. I rinsed and squeezed out the moss balls gently in cool tap water, then put them back in their container where I had mixed a rounded 1/8 teaspoon of alum in one cup of dechlorinated water I examined them over the next few days. I discovered that the thing that looks like a single, whitish-transparent egg is actually some kind of plastic bead and there are still many in there, so I wonder if this is some kind of growing medium. I saw no sign of snails, eggs or worms. Today I rinsed and squeezed them out in cool tap water again, and refilled their container with dechlorinated water and a tiny bit of fertilizer (1 drop mixed w/a capful of water, then a couple drops of that mixture). So far they look just as robust as when I started. They're going in my new betta tank next week (plants from Coop arriving today!!!) and I'll update this thread only if they start to turn brown. Right now they get a little early sun and are near my other plants with an LED room light on for about 8-10 hours a day. I just noticed a dog hair in the water, lol. You can still see the tiny plastic beads.
  22. Maggie
    Me too! I accidentally ordered a gigantic container of it, too 7 ounces, not .7! That should last about 10 years, right? 😬
  23. Maggie
    @Some_sugar, coax means to convince, to talk into, usually used when someone has doubts or concerns. So if I'm on a diet and my friend brings donuts, she might have to try to coax me into having one. Or she might nor have to! 😀
  24. Maggie
    This would be a pretty penny, but since we are dreaming, I can afford it and I won't have to do any digging or DIY stuff. An 800 gallon, partially buried, pre-made outdoor goldfish pond (they do make these). I'd have about 15 or so large goldfish in there. The pump would have an attachment that detoured some water through a tube and fancy faucet into a second, 60 gallon summer tub where i could keep guppies, shrimp, lots of plants, and grow duckweed for the goldfish. That second tub would then empty back into the main pond system. I guess not many plants in the pond, but lots of plants and flowers in the seating area around it.
  25. Maggie
    The light can be the expensive part of buying piecemeal, and if it is a one piece light/hood, that's the part I'd be concerned about. In my minibow, the light got wet just from the teeny little filter flow, and stopped working. Other than the cost of a separate light, you can buy everything piecemeal, of the same quality/brand, but with a glass lid, for about $30 more.
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