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    Sigh...now what do I do with it??? 😀😀😀
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    I've never had a nerite leave the tank, thankfully! The mystery snail went on walk about though. But I already posted that epic saga! Ha!
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    That was awesome! Great job, @StephenP2003! And that Betta!!! He got me! 😆😆😆
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    Our mystery snail disappears too! Our nerites also do the same thing. It must be a snail-y thing!😉
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    That's a good point, and something I've noticed too, that the more fish there are, the less fighting there is. When the tank was full of hundreds of guppies, I never saw any chasing, except for the breeding going on. As soon as we removed a few hundred, I started seeing females chasing females and males as well. So there is a truth to that. The dwarf loaches are a joy to watch, but mine have been very shy, and not very engaging. I did lose a smaller one. I don't see them eat enough and I've tried several ways to get food to them, but I fear they don't get enough. I have 4 of them and do enjoy them. The sparkling gourami are doing very well! The tank water went green, so that's finally clearing up. The Sparklers (as we call them) did just fine through the green water and all came to meet me tonight when I brought their food. They are so inquisitive and cute. They are still young, I think, so not much conflict yet. We'll see how it goes as they get older. I'm hoping yours do well. I think the honey gourami are just very slow-paced and peaceful, and the endlers are all about eating and breeding, so they leave each other alone most of the time. 😃 As long as whatever you add is along those lines, they should do well.
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    @Mansoboy, I sure am sorry to hear of your losses! It's always disheartening to lose them several days in a row. I have a group of 6 honey gourami with guppies, endlers, white clouds, SAEs, dwarf chain loaches, shrimp & snails in a 55-gallon. So just a bit bigger than yours. They are all doing beautifully together, so far. There are approximately 80-100 guppies & endlers, but roughly 25% are small fry right now. They all seem to be doing great. I have a group of 12 albino cherry barbs in quarantine right now & had planned to add them to this tank. Your post gives me pause, though. 😮 They are not high energy so far. Here's to hoping they stay laid back!
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    So beautiful!!!
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    I've not seen them in person... I'll have to do a Google search in images. But go easy on me... I'm trying to keep my MTS under control!!! 😆😆😆
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    Oh, @Maggie very good plan! We've all got those little bits of food odds-&-ends. Good way to use them up before they expire. 👍
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    Aren't they just the most amazing martyrs/beggars you've ever seen?! They can make me feel SO guilty. 😆
  11. Alesha
    Last week, my helpful hubby who was giving me a break & feeding the fish one morning, dropped a whole container (the big one!) of Xtreme krill flake. There was much weeping & wailing! We attempted a recovery with broom & dustpan. But we have 2 dogs. Sigh. I could not give my fish food covered in dog hair. Blech! We got online to check our big box local fish stores. None of them carried Xtreme. So, Doug took off to the nearest locally-owned pet store. They didn't carry it either. He picked up a Fluval bug bites flake food & a Hikari product with krill. Turned out it was whole krill! 😆 Way too big for my fish. I went to the Aquarium Co-op site & ordered Krill flake & Spirulina flakes on Christmas Eve. It arrived today!!! Excellent shipping speed, as always! Thanks, guys! Now my fish can come out of their funk & be happy campers again. I swear they've been pouting about the other food I've been offering! 😆
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    Can you open the windows at all? I think it would be helpful to get that fresh air into the room too...sort of dilute the fumes a bit.
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    Great thread, @Kat_Rigel. I've experienced the same thing. We've purchased blue shrimp twice now from a very reputable fish farm. Can't seem to keep them alive! We've also purchased skittles groups. The reds do ok. The yellow die out quickly. The snowballs reproduce slowly. And the brownish ones are super prolific! Recent, after several months, we are seeing some blue babies again! I'm pulling them when I see them & adding them to the new sparkling gourami tank. I'm hoping maybe they will do better with no competition.
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    Alesha replied to Ken's topic in General Discussion

    Very clever! That is good-to-know info. Thanks for sharing it.
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    I have a 20-long stocked with 13 green tiger barbs and 12 male guppies. There is plenty of room for all of them. But notice - no females. If they were in there, it would fill up in a few months. Hope that helps. Good luck with your tank. 🙂
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    Welcome, @Tyler! Glad you are here! I'm a fellow central-Floridian, too! It sounds like you've got a great set up going with lots of fishy personalities. I hope you enjoy the forum and add your own personal input. Folks are especially interested in native fish collection. Me too! I've never done that, even though I've lived here almost all my life. Not much of an outdoor person, but I sure love the INdoor fishy life!
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    Welcome to the forum! We are happy to have you. And it sounds like you are going to be a perfect fit. Those are awesome goals for the new year and lots of people here can help you accomplish them with great advice, how-to posts and photo project journals. Jump right in when you have a question or comment!
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    I think it really depends on which tank inhabitants you have. Some fish are specifically known for jumping out of tanks. Some snails are known for going walkabout. I've never had a Nerite, Ramshorn, Assassin or pond snail leave the tank. But my first mystery snail left the tank the first week we had him. And that tank was completely covered! But he was big enough that his shell pushed up the plastic lid as he moved and he was on the floor by the time we found him. Sheesh...I was a nervous wreck! So, it's really up to the individual person and the individual fish/snail. If you are more comfortable having a cover, then have one! We ending up running a strip of packing tape along the plastic lid on the above mentioned tank and the snail couldn't move it after that. I've also filled up spaces with baskets of plants, allowing the roots of float in the tank. You can also use plastic mesh used for knitting projects. I saved all the pieces that I cut out for HOB filters back when I used those. Since I don't use them now, I'm able to put that spare piece back on the glass lid to fill the open space. I usually just let the lid sit on the airline tubing. It's never restricted the airflow as far as I could tell. 🙂
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    Oh, that's a good combination. The other fish bring out the blue and peach-ish coloring on the Firemouths. And it's a really busy tank too, for those who like that. Nicely done. 🙂
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    They look like they are still firmly rooted into the substrate. I think I'd just leave them. It may be that the roots will grow downward and pull them a little tighter into the gravel. They look good!
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    Really interesting video! How large are the adult Firemouth Cichlids? They look huge on my laptop screen, but then again, so do the neons! 🙂 Also, could you explain the BAP program? My husband teaches online 2 days a week for homeschoolers, and I'm wondering if this program would be something to suggest to some of the students. I don't know if any of them keep fish, but I know, as an adult, I have learned so much just doing this as a hobby. I'm wondering if it has a home educational application, as well.
  22. Alesha
    You can leave the sponge in the tank during the med trio application. I also believe Cory suggests leaving the meds in the tank for 7 days before doing a 30% water change. After that, let them rest for a week or two. Then do another med trio treatment. Hope that helps. :)
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    I was going to do an update on my Ruffle Sword Flower today, so I went to get a picture and it wasn't there! I went searching for it and found it peeking out of the top!!! That's around 6 inches of growth since Wednesday afternoon. Pretty impressive! Can't wait for it to blossom!!!
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    Ohhhhhh...ok, that makes sense. Maybe if your tank set up included a pendant light of some kind, rather than just a tank light, it would do well. It'd be an interesting experiment. Let us know if you give it try.
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    Oooo...very interesting!!! I've never had a microscope, but it certainly would be fun to see which I had in my water. Whatever I have is definitely not caring for the "lights off" days. It has died off to the point I can see approximately half-way back into the tank. So...it must need the light several hours a day and as soon as it doesn't have it, it begins to die fairly quickly. The other interesting thing to note is that while I've had the lights off in this tank, the water wisteria has started growing like crazy! It's up out of the water and curving itself to stay under the surface as much as possible. It's also putting on new leaves at almost every leaf/stem junction. I thought the plants would suffer with the lights off, The moneywort isn't growing, but isn't dying either. Soooooo...that leads me to the conclusion that my water has LOTS of nutrients even without the light. Hence, the green water must've been caused by a little light and whole lot of fertilizer. I've only squirted one pump of Easy Green in that tank since it was set up. I think I just seeded this tank with lots and lots of biological material, then dosed with fertilizer. That must be what pushed it over the green edge. 😉
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