Streetwise
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Bladder snails are small and mellow. They will clean glass and plants. The population should self-regulate based on grazing options. They are my favorite snails.
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@Robert, any Bucephalandra photos? I’m loving mine from the Co-Op!
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You all inspired me to take action on plants.
I jammed all the Bucephalandra into nooks and crannies. However, this was wood from my dry scraps, so it floated.
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I have not bought new fish in a while, and I have plants that still need to be planted, mostly some Bucephalandra from the Co-Op. I hope to get some more shrimp this year.
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Before I tried the local glass shop, I got pieces from a local hardware store like Aubachon, but they didn’t chamfer the edges, so they were too sharp. I didn’t try Home Depot or Lowes.
I measured for no hinge, and was fine without it, but I’m glad that it is an option.
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Have you tried Siamese algae eaters? I have a pair in two tanks, and they seem to live-up to their reputation.
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Glass shops can do custom cuts and chamfers. I got a custom piece for a 16G for about $15 in 20 minutes. I spent more time looking at LPS.
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@Its Hutch, what algae-eating friends are you hosting in this tank? Do you have some wood in there?
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Valcour just caught another chipmunk.
I’ve gotten wiser.
I heard the chirp from outside, and immediately shut the cat window. I turned on the outside light, ran outside, grabbed my cat, who spit out the chipmunk. It ran off.
Now he is complaining, and eating dry food, and I don’t have to exfiltrate a small animal.
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In my aquariums, ramshorn snails seem to dominate the tanks where they have been introduced. I prefer bladder snails, because they are small, and blend-in nicely with wood.
Ramshorn battlefield:
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I have not tried all snails, just the small-to-medium. I was trying to check the flow on my 16 HoB, and the impeller locked-up. I reached-in and pulled-up a Malaysian Trumpet Snail. I threw it back in the tank.
All my snails are hitchhikers, and they don’t bother me at all.
Adding very large snails would probably change the scenario.
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Embrace the ecosystem! To allay your fears, your invertebrates should self-regulate to a stable population.
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Neptune Apex is still probably the most complete solution.
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Outdoor Tub Mitosis
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I have had some buried gas in my organic soil tanks with substrate layers. I have poked it to off-gas, but I didn’t have side effects. However, I don’t really do water changes, so everything is in slow-mode.
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@modified lung, tell us more! We hear about landlocked sturgeon in Lake Champlain periodically.
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Can anyone clarify anoxic vs anaerobic?
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I keep ember tetras, dwarf corydoras, and neocaridina shrimp in a 7.5. I have so many plants that I can barely see anyone, but the tank is very healthy.
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We also have a workshop thread:
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This is my current schedule for 16, 20, 20. Those peak color variations are just to make each peak slightly different. You can scale up for deeper tanks.
My lights are technically on for 12 hours, not including sleepy-time blue.
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My schedule is documented here with two siestas, and a one hour blue on some of my tanks. With only ten points, it is ramp-up, ramp-down, flat pause for a siesta, another ramp-up, and ramp-down, another pause, a final ramp-up, and ramp-down, and a final blue sleepy ramp down.
If I had more points, I would do a sustained bit for each peak. However, my tanks are so stable that I don’t feel the need for more changes.
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Reverse Respiration
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@boylesdowntothis, thanks for the moderation call-out, but this thread has not required any effort from us! I mostly block obvious spammers. Our members are pretty awesome.