[Feeding habits]

I usually feed mine twice a day, two of extreme nano pellets, krill flakes or bug bites, 5 days a week.  Then Saturday they get one of the above in the morning and then live bbs in the evening.  Sunday all but the molly fry fast.  My pleco baby gets green beans about every other day and an algae wafer sometimes.  The adult mollies get green beans too but not as often.  

[North Carolina]

I think @Daniel is your man on all North Carolina fish things!

[snail in shrimp tank.]

3 minutes ago, Paul_Obermiller said:

I would just keep the population down on the snails. Like when you see an explosion from the snails go in and take a bunch out. Or you could take all the snails out, just make sure you don't overfeed your shrimp. For green spot algae I would use nerite snails, they do a pretty good job of cleaning it up.

I agree, nerites are great algae eaters and do not reproduce.

[Loud Pumps]

What filter is the pump running?  If a sponge filter, then a coop nano air pump will work.  I use one on a medium sponge filter in my 29 g.  It is by far the quietest pump I have ever used.

[What's Everyone's plans for tonight!!??]

We are watching Cobra Kai , for two kids from the eighties, it’s pretty entertaining.  Once countdown to midnight, I will sleep like a baby tonight.

[Food for Fish]

I feed my mollies and pleco green beans about every other day or so.  The snails love them too.  French cut only per @Cory ha ha.

[Fritz or Seachem]

I like fritz complete mainly because of the pump on top.  Very easy to measure doses. Have never had any water issues with it either.

[Suggestions for a new 60-80 gallon aquarium and stand]

24 minutes ago, Daniel said:

I have purchased more than my share of $1 per gallon sale aquariums over the years which means I have a lot of Aqueon aquariums. None of mine have ever failed or leaked.

 

24 minutes ago, Daniel said:

I have purchased more than my share of $1 per gallon sale aquariums over the years which means I have a lot of Aqueon aquariums. None of mine have ever failed or leaked.

I too like @Daniel have purchased many aqueon tanks, none have leaked either.

[Mystery Snail Disappeared?]

1 hour ago, Patrick M. Bodega Aquatics said:

I commonly find my Nerites outside of the tank too. . . or not

 

I agree with @Alesha my nerites go everywhere but out of the tank.  I find them along the very top rim sometimes, but then poof, they are somewhere else.  

[Mystery Snail Disappeared?]

I agree with @Alesha as my nerites disappear for days.  They don’t burrow, but if there is a hiding place they find it.  The ramshorns don’t seem as smart.  They mostly live on stuff, not in stuff.  Snails are a trip!

[Best glass lid for 20G high?]

I have bought glass lids for my 29g and 20 long from Amazon.  I use the ones with clear dividers and easy to trim plastic pieces on the back.  

[Good Filters for 40gallon tank?]

I have an aqua clear hob with a coop pre sponge filter on my 29g.  It works great.  I highly recommend aqua clear hob’s.

[Do you talk to your fish??]

My mollies are in the garage now, so I tell hi and bye when coming and going.  

[Hikari Micro Pellets or Xtreme nano?]

My neon tetras and mollies do very well on the extreme nano pellets.  I also feed the extreme krill flakes.  I crush them a little for the neons.  Both sink slowly and feed my pleco and snails.  My fish have great color IMO.

[Sponge filter “seeding” for new tank]

I have been using 3 weeks and squeezing all the dirty gunk from every sponge I have in the water.  The water looks awful, but speeds up the process.  How long you keep the sponge filter in the established tank really depends on the bio load on that tank also.  

[Shrimp Safe Filter]

I run a small Co-Op sponge filter and nano air pump on my 5 gallon.  Works great and safe for shrimp.  

[Oops, guess I have a second tank now...]

Fish keeping is a slippery slope.  I was happy with a 10g until I wasn’t.  Then happy with a 29g until I wasn’t.  Now I have 4 tanks with at least two more in the plans.  It’s a hobby, make sure it stays fun!

[I can't post pics...]

Might try rebooting your phone, always my first go- to when electronic things glitch.  My Apple TV remote glitches this morning, so I unplugged the Apple TV box and rebooted it, the remote started working again.  Life is funny.

[Check valve]

Definitely use a check valve, the first air pump I set up a year ago did not have one and the pump fried the first time I hooked it up.  I guess I had no idea water ran downhill.  Put check valves on all of your air pumps in my opinion.  It’s cheap insurance.

[Aquarium Co-Op Junkie]

Happy Holidays to all!

[Merry Christmas ya Nerms!]

Merry Christmas to all!  

[Merry Christmas everyone!]

Just fed the baby mollies more than they needed, fed others too much and told them all merry Christmas!  Water changes planned for tomorrow as well as moving neons from quarantine back to main tank.  Merry Christmas fish families!

[Aquarium Co-Op Unboxings]

I ordered a 30inch light from AC on dec 8th and it is still stuck somewhere between Washington and Oklahoma.  USPS stopped giving updates on dec 12th.  I assume it will arrive sometime, just no idea when.  Not the Co-Op’s fault at all.  Glad it did not have any plants in the order.

[Green neon tetras... too difficult for a beginner?]

@Karen B. I found a dead ramshorn snail this morning, it’s disheartening, but part of fish keeping.   The fist time I ordered horned nerites, I got 3 and two died very soon.  The one that survived is still kicking and a very happy snail.  Snails are funny, they seem to live forever or die very soon.  I have neon tetras and I have very hard water and high PH.  They have thrived and look beautiful  for about 6 months.  I keep my numbers up to 20-25 of them and that seems to really make them happy.  Don’t be afraid to try green neons and have fun!

[Other Pets]

These are my two worst employees, Brooks and Baker.  They hardly ever show up to work.