[Help- collecting snails]

Yeh the fact that I have not seen them on the side of the container was a red flag for me. That was different. 

I was thinking of adding to my compost. I doubt any life. 

[LIQUID FERTILIZER with WATER CHANGES or a few days after?]

Yeh my understanding is that flourish is some kind of growth hormone. I guess is it necessary? And probably I shouldn’t use it if I don’t have enough nutrients right?

[Help- collecting snails]

Nerms

i have been collecting snails for my LFS staffer to feed to his puffer. 
I have been collecting them in this plastic container (holes in lid for air) and putting plants in there that I trimmed. 
it smells putrid and I can’t see any snails on side of wall. Do you think they have died? I don’t want to bring him a mass of dead snails. 

[Plants above water to reduce nitrates]

I just added the lucky bamboo 🤞🏻🍀

I put some through holes in a sponge container and the ones that were two big I put on top of filter to see if they will grow into sponge

[LIQUID FERTILIZER with WATER CHANGES or a few days after?]

@Mmiller2001how do u use it? After water change? With fertilizer? how often?

[LIQUID FERTILIZER with WATER CHANGES or a few days after?]

Does anyone use flourish?

 

[pH decreases from tap]

Any ideas why the tap water is 7.4 coming out of the tap and 6.4 when I test it in the aquarium?

Planted tank w snails and no IAL

Amm 0

nitrite 0

nitrate 5-10

 

[Fish Ideas for Star Wars Tank]

@Odd Duckand @Fish Folkthese are great!

 

i should have mentioned. It’s a 20gallon long.  

[Water change device?]

Some people like the python - I wish I could use but the faucets in my rental house aren’t compatible.  
 

I was getting tired of lifting the buckets (and watering the floor in the process LOL) so I bought this water pump. It was reasonably priced and works like a charm. 
hygger 400 GPH Quick Water Change... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TXHPKZZ?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

 

[New to planted tanks]

@Bethany92great news! It’s so stressful when things get out of whack!

I have found this water change guide on the coop website helpful. Here is the link:

https://www.aquariumcoop.com/pages/water-changes

[Fish is not healthy and tail is shredding]

@Coluwas it caused by the plants or is that just a red herring?

[Help for Baby Betta...again...Is this Cotton Wool Doease under his chin???ools like a fuzzybthing attached to his xhin area]

@BettaMarine65that looks like my fish med box! You are prepared!

[Help with Betta]

@Colucould it be a swim bladder problem?

[Fish Ideas for Star Wars Tank]

Hi Nerms!

I am working on a new tank (20g L) that is going to try to recreate Dagobah (where Yoda lives and where Luke Skywalker trained). 
 

I would like to have fish representing the following groups/people…ideas?

- stormtroopers

- rebel alliance

- luke

- yoda

[Betta with possible fin rot?]

@Silvia that’s what happened with mine - first it was the classic black spots at the edges of the fins, then i start seeing black slots in the middle of the fins. Then the black spots became no fin.

 

things really turned around when i used kanaplex and added salt.  I started at 1 tbsp per 3 gallons and eventually got to 1 tbsp to 1 gallon. Then he really started to turn around.

i took him out of his planted tank and put him in a QT tank and put the heater up to 80F

Here is the thread

[Fish is not healthy and tail is shredding]

What kind of floating plants did you get?

[Bettas and pH]

Thanks all!  I had been using spring water for a while and got used to seeing pH in mid 7s. Then i stopped worrying about the pH. I recently switched to tap water and decided to check the pH and noticed it was in the low to mid 6s and got a bit nervous. Fish and snails seem unbothered.

[Plants and nitrate consumption]

I am wondering if aggressively pruning plants will help w nitrate levels. Do plants grow faster and therefore consume more nitrate when they are pruned back?

[Betta with possible fin rot?]

My betta had these. Keep an eye if it worsens and the black dpreads

[Any ideas of what going on with his fins?]

I have put big leaves in my 10 gallon. I find that my betta likes to build bubble nests with the bigger leaves. 
 

I suppose if when floating they block light for plants you could break them in half. 

[Bettas and pH]

I just checked my bettas water and pH was 6.5 

can a pH be too low for a betta?

[Next Plant Suggestion]

On 2/16/2022 at 6:11 PM, Cinnebuns said:

I am taking plants one at a time with about a month between each. Basically whenever I feel I can take on more and am stable with what I have. The first 4 I picked were easy picks and easy plants. I have had some learning curves but have been successful for the most part. I have water lettuce, marimo moss balls, Java moss (kinda, I did it wrong and lost some. Now I have it attached.), and a small Java fern.

What plant would you recommend I try next? What might compliment my scape and stock well?  Stock is 3 guppies (and growing), 7 panda cories (and growing?), 2 nerite snails (sometimes in a diff tank) and 2 mystery snails. Substrate is gravel but I have been considering making a "sandbox" area. I don't really want to get into CO2. Might be open to root tabs but I know very little about it. 

Beautiful tank!

I second the bulb Rex. I have a dwarf lily and love the lily pads it sends up and the leaves near the ground

 

i have also enjoyed Amazon sword (left) and water sprite (back center left)

[White new leaves - is that OK?]

I noticed these white new leaves (i think they are new) on my pogo plant - is that ok? I dose easy green once a week. And I use root tabs every 2-3 weeks.

[Plants above water to reduce nitrates]

On 2/20/2022 at 11:45 AM, Guppysnail said:

I also use lucky bamboo this is an awesome thread

 

Thanks! I just ordered some lucky bamboo. And i have a sponge holder already that i can use!

[Do you gravel vac a planted aquarium?]

I have a planted tank and gravel vac around the plants. I tried to not and i ended up with a nitrate spike. I only have a betta in the tank. I have a think gravel layer. not sure if that contributes to more gunk collection.