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Thanks all for the great info, I did pull an access panel off and it looks like 2*8 beams running and the tanks would be perpendicular to them along the wall. Cannot wait to get them moved just a little nervous about transporting them
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So, I am moving from my house, which has a concrete foundation, to a manufactured home. My question is, do you all think my new home will support my 55 and 75-gallon tanks? My new home was built in 1980.
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I’ve used plastidip with no issues, nice and smooth looking
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2-75 gallon
1-55 gallon
1-20 gallon
oh and a 20 gallon qt tank
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On 12/7/2022 at 4:22 AM, itsfoxtail said:
That's amazing! Have you seen any spawning activity in your corys? I'd be curious if they would with a big "predator" fish around. And if you have actually seen eggs does the betta snack on them or leave them alone?
No spawning activity with the cories my betta does enjoy the snail eggs that they leave on the glass. He doesn’t get them all because the snails are flourishing lol
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its a 20 G high, heavily planted with 6 corys, and many snails I got for free from the plants I purchased from my LFS . Wish my betta had a taste for snails lol. Everyone lives harmoniously 🙂
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Love your tank! Welcome 🙂
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I second the pygmy Corydoras, I have them in a tank with my betta and they have issues at all
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Welcome fellow Floridian !
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On 11/22/2022 at 10:30 AM, JettsPapa said:
Welcome to the forum, also known as the MTS (Multiple Tank Syndrome) support group.
thank you for the welcome
On 11/22/2022 at 12:00 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:"support" group, not "recovery" group.
it is quite addicting lol
On 11/22/2022 at 10:22 AM, Schuyler said:Talk about being thrown in the deep end!
Funny how many of these getting into the hobby stories involve getting a fish because of children insisting on one.
Welcome! Looks like you found your hobby
If you already have a massive snail colony you could set up a pea puffers tank
It was totally unexpected but I am thrilled. I was unprepared to care for such a pet and still feel terrible but,I finally have a hobby! I did think of the pea puffers, I was thinking of asking my LFS if they would like some of them, I've been giving them away to people that I find out are in the hobby that I run into. thanks for the welcome!
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Love your tanks, so beautiful! Also love the Pink Floyd references with the names 🙂
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Wow! Such beautiful tanks
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Hiya! I am relatively new myself (about a year) and had mystery snails in a tank. I really didn't know much about them but did see the egg clutches and left them where they were, I believe it was three weeks or so and then suddenly there were baby snails everywhere lol.
I don't think all of the clutches hatched snails but there were soooooo many of them enough of them did and I had hundreds of snails on my hands.
good luck with your baby snails and your bettas too!
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By the way here is a picture of my beautiful Discus Andy. Really wish I knew better how to care for him.
To be honest my girls told me the fish store didn’t want to sell him to them because they didn’t know what they were doing or nor did I. My girls are a little over the top and made a scene and threatened to start writing bad reviews of the store.
When I found out how my girls acted I went to the store and apologized. they are actually the store I use to buy most of my fish stuff from
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Thank you all for the kind words.
On 11/18/2022 at 4:28 PM, JJenna said:Newbie myself here! Your tanks are lovely. Loss of your discus had to be gut-wrenching but it looks like you didn't let that set you back! Welcome to the group.
It was devestating losing my discus because I had no clue what I was doing and felt so bad that such a beautiful fish died because of something I did (or didn't do)
On 11/18/2022 at 5:11 PM, TeeJay said:Well it looks like you have the scaping part down. They look great. Sorry to hear about the discus but with how far you have come in getting your tanks set up your well on your way to another one if you so desire.
I have been trying real hard to learn as much as possible, mostly from Y'alls posts and journals, and yeah I have the itch for another tank lol
On 11/18/2022 at 6:31 PM, Flumpweesel said:Well done for staying with it after such a set back, and those tanks look great love the tiki heads.
Thank you, I deliberated on adding the tikis and such but thought they looked cool so in they went, my betta tank even has a little sign that says No Fishing lol, I know a little tacky
On 11/19/2022 at 10:48 AM, smm333 said:Welcome! Your tanks look amazing. With those bigger sized tanks you have lots of options!
still trying to figure what to do with them, the 75 turned into a snail tank and I gave a few hundred away to a friend that keeps fish and he gave me a few dozen tetras and rasboras. the 55's are shrimp tanks that have a few Kuhli Loaches in them
Once again thank you all again and I will continue to follow and learn from you all!
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Thank you very much y'all
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A few pictures of some of my tanks ☺️
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I will post a few tomorrow , thank you for the welcome 🙂
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OK, so I am pretty much a newbie when it comes to aquariums. It all started last Christmas when my kids said I needed a hobby ( I had been widowed a year earlier) and I had been talking about setting up a tank. So for Christmas they surprised me with a 4" Discus that they paid a small fortune for and I didn't even have a tank setup yet.
So I needed to get the fish out of the bag and I had no clue how to care for any fish, so I went to pet supermarket and bought a 20 gallon tank kit with all the "fixings". A few hours later the discus was in his new home and I thought I need to watch some videos to see what I need to do.
Long story short my poor fish lasted three weeks, and I was heartbroken but realized that I need to research Fishkeeping before I get another pet. For three months I ran my tank(s) ( oh and bought two 55's and a 75) and cycled them and filled them with plants and driftwood. A few months ago I added shrimp to one tank and mystery snails to the other and a Betta to the twenty gallon, I still have a 55 that just has been scaped.
Every body is doing fine and actually the shrimp and snails had a population explosion,lol.
Enjoying my new journey and look forward to learning from this amazing forum.
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On 11/12/2022 at 10:00 AM, Guppysnail said:
Snails do strip calcium and magnesium from water quick. My tap is liquid rock and I have to add calcium
Wow that's crazy!
On 11/12/2022 at 10:36 AM, TeeJay said:Yes I always have to keep cc in my tanks. I have really high gh but 0 kh out the tap. So I keep cc in my hob and mixed in the substrate.
The first clutch I tried to hatch didn't make it back a couple months ago. It didn't dawn on me at the time that I didn't have any cc in the 2.5 gal I was using for a grow tank for them. Since it was bare bottom it didn't even register to me. So now I have about a quarter pound of it in a media bag in the corner of that tank so it's ready for them.
Never thought about baby snails, they kept making egg clutches all around the rim but I figured with no intervention on my part they would never hatch tbh.
good luck again, I will be watching your journey
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Good Luck with the baby snails! I am new to the hobby and have a 75 gallon tank that had just shrimps (probably a few dozen) in and decided a few months ago to put 2 Jade mystery snails in. Fast forward and the tank has at least a hundred snails( I did give a friend of mine that keeps fish a bucket of them since there were so many baby snails) and much to my dismay I tested the water yesterday and the ph and hardness barely register on my test strips. I literally just ordered crushed coral to try and increase the ph. I had searched for mystery snails to find out what to do and found your post and I wasn't sure if you were aware but I think all the mystery snails changed the water parameters and wanted to give ya a heads up.
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Tanks in a manufactured home
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I was just concerned that it would warp or go through the floor, but hearing from y'all and planning on them being perpendicular to the floor joists I feel okay with it.