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  1. Minanora
    Yeah I should have known better. I was testing the water every week, but didn't consider the changes that I made. Learn something new every day I guess. Next weekend I should finally be back down to 4 aquariums. At least, until the fishroom is done. 😊
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    You can bring an insulated cooler next time! My LFS is really close to our Costco. So I bring my "fish cooler" with me when I go. I have a large igloo lunch cooler that we got for Christmas a few years back. It fits two of those "family size" deli meat Tupperware containers perfectly, which keeps bags in place. I use this cooler too bring them fish and when I buy fish or plants. I generally have them bag 4 fish per bag, depending on size. I've ran errends for 6 hours with this cooler in the car. It's great, keeps them in the dark, keeps them stable, warm or cool depending on the time of year. The shape of the lid gives space for tall bags when needed, I also can fit the co-op insulated shipping bag inside for extra protection. I love this cooler, though I'm not a big fan of igloo coolers or ice chests usually.
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    Oh and I also added water to the 75, trimmed the plants in the plaza and changed water on the temporary orange shrimp holding tank. It's what's left of my son's old tank. There were so many shrimp when I broke it down that I didn't even want to try to catch all the tiny babies. Had an adventure with that tank yesterday. It's been a mulmy mess, I cut my feeding way down so I was only feeding the shrimp, and not the snails. Was fine for a few weeks, didn't need to change water, whatever, cool. Then yesterday I saw snails on the glass at the surface. Which was unusual. So I tested the water. Mass snail die off!!! Eeee.... 4+ppm nitrite, 2-4+ppm ammonia.... Only 10ppm nitrate. So yeah the little flesh bombs exploded in the last few days. Shrimp, totally fine.... Tiny babies everywhere, berried females, zoomy males. I changed their water and braced myself for the worst. I haven't seen a single dead shrimp. *Knocks on wood* Changed water again today and vacuumed the bottom of the tank. Just holding my breath since I am selling a bunch of these on Thursday. I want to have at least 100 quality shrimp to take in since that's what they asked for. Hopefully they keep their "bulletproof" title. That was the worst conditions they've ever been in. Period. So far they are totally content... Just grazing and breeding up a storm. So drastically different from the horror story of the shrimp I lost on Thursday. Nerve-wracking none the less. Adding to note that I've been observing the shrimp with a magnifying glass a lot since the snails went nuclear. All of their activities are as expected, and there's no sign of physical trauma that I can see. Lots of berried females with the number steadily increasing as usual. Shrimpletts, hard to tell if their growth is affected yet. I'm watching for bacterial infection like a hawk.
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    I worked on my usual chores all morning then installed the co2 system on the plaza and did a small water change. There's a new tiny guppy in there... 😂 It never ends. At least it's only 1. Tiny guppy. Can you find him?
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    I love what you have going on in that tank. I think it needs a lich lord miniature figure.... Or a risen. Just because..... Great. Now I'm going to put my old dnd figures in my tanks. I love all of your fun developments. I am excited about the 7g! Mr Swimmy is doing a number on the Guppies in the 75 as well. I'm going to move him as soon as the fishroom is ready.
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    There's going to be a lot of plants in there. The plan is for this to be my little sanctuary. Plants, art/craft stuffs, fishroom. It'll be where I disappear to... after I do all the laundry and dishes. 😛 A place where I can leave my paints out and not worry about taking up space in our dining room. Same with my sewing stuff, or whatever project I'm working on., and fish stuff. haha. I can't just leave things around with our big family coming over so often and such. We often have 6-12 people in the house at any given time on the weekends. Sister, Brothers, cousins, nephews, nieces, parents, friends, etc. It's chaos. I have a hard time getting peace because I have to put everything away before company so we have space to hang out. Winter and spring are hard because we can't just be outside. My kids have been spawning non-stop. However they all lay eggs EVERYWHERE.... scattered all over the place.... never like your happy lady, where there's a bunch all together. The most I ever see together are three eggs. Lol. I'm focused on shrimp eggs right now. Two of the females I got that passed away were carrying eggs. Both broods have eyes so I'm just praying I can hatch them out like I have in the past. A small big box net fits perfectly in the lip of a taco bell cup. It literally clicks into place, just have to bend the handle upward and viola, egg tumbler. Especially with the co-op battery backup air pump, I have it set to energy saver while plugged in and it's just right with a ziss air stone.
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    I only have bolbitis in one of my tanks and it's not thriving, but it's growing very slowly, in the chili ruins. It's been there since day 1.
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    Auto emoji is acceptable but it was supposed to be "8 )" 😂
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    I'm still not ready to relive the experience I had with the shrimp I bought. The retailer did good and I will be ordering more shrimp from them after the holiday. So today I just focused on my future fishroom/art studio space. I should have taken before photos, but I took photos today. It's got a lot more work ahead but I spent 6 hours working on it today. Getting organized and getting stuff ready for goodwill. It's going to pour rain tomorrow so I'm not going to make much headway. Yes this isn't the fish-she shed, but lumber prices.... This is phase 1 of my space. Behold! The future fishroom. It's 22x8'ish I can't remember the dimensions exactly. I'll measure it when it's empty. Phases of project: 1) get it empty 2) electrical 3) water and waste water lines 4) insulation, maybe drywall, maybe. I am running conduit for the electrical in the walls regardless since it's an external structure. Overkill but yeah then I can leave the walls open if I want. 5) lighting and finishing 6) furniture, racks, tanks, decor 7) fill tanks!!! Test the space. 😎 enjoy the space!
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    Is that a black saddle guppy male? Or is he just a fancy guppy?
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    The eggs... Yes, egg(s)... On the specimen container... I think they're Oto eggs. I thought the one I saw was laid by a Cory but the specimen container is close to the glass... I've only seen otos go behind it. It's full of water so the cories... I just don't think they fit back there. Plus the eggs are a bit larger than other Cory eggs I've seen. And they are yellow/orange ish... Very creamy in color. Also different than the Cory eggs I've seen. 🤔 The cories and otos are spawning in the plaza, so I'm kinda hoping they're Oto eggs. I see the cories planting eggs in all the bushes while the otos have been on the front glass chasing the female around. They're adorable.
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    It's beautiful.
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    I love the mini pathway. I say you finish it. Worst case you remove some after looking at it for a while. I feel like this is a good time to experiment. Maybe do larger stones in front that transition to small, so it looks like the path is longer than it really is. A vanishing point, so to speak.
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    Thank you friend. It's hours later and I still feel sick. I'm that crazy person that cries over dead fish and shrimp. Eventually I'll share my tale. I just can't bring myself to type it up yet. I'm sad, angry, sick, shocked, and disappointed. I shouldn't have let them ship this close to the holiday. They shouldn't have gotten stuck in transport. I just go through it all over and over in my mind. I'll relax at some point.
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    However a Cory laid an egg on the container I had them in... Silver lining I guess.
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    I now have that, "all my shrimp died" story. My stomach is roiling.... The new shrimp came in yesterday. All but one died. I'm heartbroken. FedEx...... 😔
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    FYI, I use my aquarium water to water my garden. I also compost my plant cuttings and pest snails.
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    Like 4sqft I guess. Half of a 75g, maybe. At least I think that's a large space.
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    I've used "no planaria" to eliminate hydra several times. It works well but you will likely lose snails. I'm using it to kill snails. Just monitor ammonia closely when you treat. Dead things =ammonia spike
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    I haven't kept the species. Those are beautiful fish though. I read that a school of cherry barbs or larger tiger barbs is okay but you may see some aggression on both sides. Space is key, the paradise fish will claim a pretty large territory and is not happy with sharing food. I have harlequins, they are fast, but I'm not sure that they'd thrive while being bullied into a small area. I think they would spend a lot of time hiding.
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    One Cory egg has hatched so far. Sadly it passed away before I got home from work. Well, I think it's dead... It wasn't moving at all, even when I did the water change on the cup this evening. I didn't pull it out though thinking it may be alive? I can't see all that well sometimes but the color looked like living tissue still. Hopefully more hatch in the next few days and we get some babies to raise up.
  22. Minanora
    I'm sorry you're having to watch her decline. It's not fun. Congrats on the guppy fry though and also that moss in the background is looking incredibly good!
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    I think it melts less if it's floating. I've had it totally melt and die, then I've had it do really well. I know it likes softer water than what I used to run when I had it totally melt away. I say just give it a try and see how it goes.
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    @WhitecloudDynasty may have insight. Is the spot matte in appearance or the same sheen as the surrounding scales? I've had fish get melanomas before but I've not seen melanomas on wcmm. But it concerns me that it's gotten larger.
  25. Minanora
    Aquatic foods. His eBay shop.
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