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Snail Treatment for Subwassertang
Irene replied to theotheragentm's topic in Plants, Algaes, and Fertilizers
Hmm, I'm actually not sure! I've never done repeated exposures before. What I did for my tests was to dip once and then leave the plants in a quarantine container for 2-4 weeks (depending on how cold the water is) and see if any snails hatch. If the snail eggs stayed light colored and never darkened into baby snails, then I knew they were safe. 👍- 6 replies
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Snail Treatment for Subwassertang
Irene replied to theotheragentm's topic in Plants, Algaes, and Fertilizers
@theotheragentm So far, I have tried as low as 4 hours (for 1 Tbsp alum per gallon of water) and I was able to kill ramshorn snails and snail eggs. I'm in the process of testing this new recipe on other pest snails (waiting for them to produce eggs), but the sensitive plants did much better with only 4 hours of exposure.- 6 replies
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It probably depends on how hard your water is, which you can measure by using a GH test kit. If your water is pretty soft (below 4 dGH) like mine, I like to add more minerals by using Wonder Shells or Seachem Equilibrium. Works wonders for my amano shrimp and cherry shrimp by promoting healthy molting of their exoskeletons. I have only kept balloon mollies (which are smaller than regular mollies) and they didn't eat my amano shrimp, but I'm sure they would eat any baby cherry shrimp if I kept them in the same tank.
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New Plants for New tank of African Ciclids
Irene replied to maryanngmeyers's topic in Plants, Algaes, and Fertilizers
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Marimo Moss Balls (Stealth Algae)
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clarification/questions about pH, GH, KH (in-depth)
Irene replied to wilkyb's topic in General Discussion
Here's an article on pH, KH, and GH from Aquarium Co-Op that covers water chemistry at a very high level as it relates to the aquarium hobby: https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/ph-gh-kh I haven't read anything about fish metabolism as related to their pH needs, but I haven't looked into it either. From what I understand, KH corresponds to the total carbonate and bicarbonate ions, and most hobbyists do not have an ability (or need) to measure carbonates separately from bicarbonates. Similarly, GH corresponds to total concentration of ions like calcium and magnesium. I have found freshwater test kits that measure calcium, but not kits for magnesium. For guppies and ghost shrimp, probably all you need to focus on is aiming for a pH greater than 7.0 and water hardness of 8 dGH or higher. If you are getting high-end guppies, you can always contact the breeder and just try to match their water. For the purposes of fish keeping, you don't need to go that deep down the water chemistry rabbit hole (unless you really want to, of course). -
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Irene replied to Wildflowergraham's topic in Aquarium Co-Op's Local Announcements
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FYI some of my more sensitive plants (e.g., guppy grass and some crypts) did not react kindly to the alum recipe (1 Tbsp alum per gallon soaking for 3 days), so I've done some experiments to limit the amount of time the plants soak in the alum. So far, my limited testing has shown that ramshorn snails, their eggs, and planaria were successfully eliminated after soaking for a mere 4 hours (at the same concentration of 1 Tbsp per gallon). The sensitive plants also survived the alum dip much better with that shortened time period. However, I need to do more testing to make sure that the recipe works for other types of pest snails.
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Fluval 3.0 Pro settings for 40 breeder
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