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  1. H.K.Luterman
    First I'll post a video I just took tonight of Pooka's tank. It was dinner time and she was very ready for food! Her tank is a 40 breeder, she's a featherfin catfish, and she lives with blue platys and a super red bristlenose. Next is my 75, housing two senegal bichirs, a blood parrot cichlid, an electric blue acara and a ctenopoma. Here's my 29 gal, housing my humpback limia colony, male blue platys and a molly. There's some miscellaneous snails in there as well. 5 gallon betta tank (my oldest tank) And my 20 long, deep substrate invertebrate tank. There's mystery snails, ramshorns, malaysian trumpet snails and the beginnings of a bloody mary neocaridina colony. I didn't take pics of my pea puffer tank or my snail tank, as I'm wanting to give them both makeovers.
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    Cute little guy. Love the yellow color.
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    I don't keep any shell dwellers, but if I ever go that route in the future, I really like how Gold ocellatus look (Lamprologus ocellatus)... pretty much only for the fact that they are a nice yellow color. As for buying them, check out Aquabid.
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    I keep on hand: Seachem Prime - during water changes Easy Green - once a week on a few tanks (water column feeders) Flourish Tabs - every few weeks on a few tanks (root feeders) API Erythromycin - general anti bacterial Prazi Pro - general anti parasitic (gill flukes, worms) Ich X - kills Ich Crushed coral - add to harden water when needed, mostly just when setting up a tank
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    Finally, I have found someone else who uses the phrase "turd burglar." Handsome little dude. Congrats on the new tank setup!
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    Definitely look on Aquabid! You can get great deals on hobbyist bred inverts. Some great shrimp breeders on there.
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    Get into live plants!
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    Are you looking for a big group of small, colorful fish? Or a "community" tank with bottom, middle, and top swimmers, featuring a "center piece" fish? Or does the idea of a "water pet" appeal, where you keep a lone specimen? Is your water hard or soft? Do you want to use a heater? Do you want plants, or just hardscape? Answering these questions first will help us give some some more narrowed down suggestions. 🙂
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    Igor is laying eggs today, and unfortunately I decided to do a little maintenance on the 75. Blood parrots may have weird mouths, but they can still bite! She was so angry with me, she actually left little red marks all over my arm and hand! XD
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    Definitely look for the "eye wrinkles." It will take a few months for them to develop if they're young. Females will be a bit more spotty, rounder and lack the eye wrinkles. These are not my pictures, but will show what to look for, Male Female
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    I like to stick to one color. I've done yellows and blues, but always seem to go back to bloody marys. I currently have a dirted 20 long that houses bloody marys, and a few kinds of snails (mystery, pink ramshorn and maylasian trumpet). My advice is to definitely let the tank season for several months, and if you want snails, add them first to help get some bacteria and poop going - you want a "dirty" tank. Also, in my experience, shrimp do best with the least water changed as possible; I aim for no water changes, but if you must change water, do as little as possible. Here's my tank. It's got rocks and driftwood, valisineria, dwarf aquarium lily, susswassertang, and duckweed. Not running a filter and I'm waiting to see how cold that room will get this winter before I add a heater.
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    Synodontis eupterus (Featherfin catfish) are commonly kept in aggressive tanks, such as african cichlids, as they can very much hold their own. Depending on how aggressive your tank is, their beautiful feathery dorsal fin might get cropped short. Featherfins are territorial and need a cave to call their own. They seem to max out at 8 to 10 inches in home aquaria, with outliers reaching a foot. Here's mine. She's my favorite fish.
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    We went to Missouri for a week to visit my husband's mom, and while there we checked out the St. Louis aquarium, as well as the zoo. The aquarium was small, but a few of the exhibits were very well done. Here's some highlights: The entrance had this neat clock with cichlids inside, as well as a projected display on the wall. I was in love with their tank full of red garra (they called them Doctor Fish, since they're used to treat psoriasis). Do panda garra do this? I want a tank full of them now. They had this great set up for archer fish, where someone was holding a target covered in fish food for the fish to spit at. Of course I had to linger and stare at any catfish they had. Leafy sea dragons are always a fav. As are sea turtles Never seen this before - reminded me of those brushes you put in cow pastures for enrichment. And at the zoo, they had this great enclosure for the hippos that featured fish they coexist with, including a display on how the hippos feed the fish with their poop. X3 I think next time we're going to drive up through Springfield and see the wildlife museum/aquarium they have there.
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    I've been gone for a week, visiting my hubby's family, and we came back to find Mystery snail eggs! These guys are my fav colors of the ones I have, so I'm eager to have more. This aquarium top has never fit right for some reason, so I had to tape some plastic wrap on the edge to keep humidity and any baby snails in. The aquarium lily is getting crazy again. Also, I decreased water flow a ton to stop all the duckweed roots from getting caught on everything. And just some snail pics, because they're cute. Must be some tasty stuff on the Marimo today.
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    I'm in Madison, right outside of Huntsville here. I agree the nature is awesome, if only it wasn't so dang hot!
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    I really wanted a tank best suited for some so I put a whole layer of crushed coral into the substrate of this tank, and I think that coupled with minimal water changes (so far, because of meds), is keeping the KH and Ph up. Definitely not putting any hornwort in this one; there's some in my 29 gal and the snails shells definitely aren't as nice, as I think the hornwort is sucking up so much calcium. I love hornwort but keeping that tank's water hard enough has been a challenge.
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    It's likely! I'm starting to get some staghorn algae in the back, and I'd love for the shrimp to nibble it away!
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    Checked in on the tank before giving the 2nd dose of Prazipro (to kill any baby scutellaria that might have hatched between doses). All three mystery snails were being cute. This one was napping with a shrimp buddy. This one was waking up from a nap with a shrimp buddy. And this one was cleaning off something tasty from their shell.
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    Swim bladder issues and fin rot can both be caused by off water parameters. I don't see any live plants in your tank, is that correct? If that's the case, I'm concerned that you have 0 nitrates; it can mean your tank isn't fully cycled.
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    Some pics of Puzzle. I'm assuming he'll marble, it'll be neat to watch him change. I love his one little blue scale. Oh and here's a cute pic of Tesla, of course being followed by Igor.
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    Excuse me, Madam, I'm trying to get a pic of nerite eggs on those rocks behind you.
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    Nerites are awesome little algae eaters, but yeah, their eggs can be annoying. Here's a pic. I've found that if it's on wood, you can scrape them off easier than off rocks - on rocks they still leave little white dots. I've had my nerites for years and I like them, but I'm not a fan of the eggs, and will probably not replace them when they pass on. Definitely get some mystery snails! I think they are the cutest of all the snails, and they come in so many colors. They eat A LOT though, and hard water and calcium supplements are very, very important. Here's one of my favs.
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    I'm so pleased to report that the betta has achieved buoyancy! Whatever was wrong with its swim bladder seems 100% fixed. I'm still unsure if its a male or female. Now that its more relaxed, its ventral fins do seem more boyish, but its beard is non existent. It also has no interest in flaring, so far. I've decided to just call it a boy, and I think I'm going to name him Puzzle; not only because of how his markings remind me of puzzle pieces, but also because he's been a Puzzle for me to figure out. Here's video of him today: He's always full of zoomies. As opposed to when I got him 2 weeks ago.
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    It's hard to remember but I recall paying $20 for one of my bettas a few years ago. Just a Ye Olde Petco betta, but it was one of the large "King" ones. For inverts, I recently bought 10 Bloody Mary neos (my fav!) for $5 each, which is pretty pricey for neocaradina I think.
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    That's crazy! I didn't know that was possible! Maybe it has some sort of deformity that just caused the shell to grow like that, rather than unrolling a normal shell? Since all the other snails from that tub look fine.
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