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  1. KatFish
    9/24/22 as of today, The Lieutenant is no longer a chubby little lady. I woke up to bid her a good morning and congratulations on her babies- however, instead the Lieutenant and I had a long debate about cannibalism and how it is frowned upon in most societies. The Lieutenant did not seem to care. In good news however, our mysterious colony of Mystery Snails have been breeding happily! Look at this very large clutch I saw the snail depositing! a rare picture indeed friends! While I mourn the loss of the fry, I mostly shrug it off. I had a feeling that she would eat them in her stress of being a single mother. We live and learn, and thank a generous friend here on the forums for sending me their mutt guppies to help give the Lieutenant her army once more! 😅 Well, at least there's the snails!
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    thank you very much for the idea about the paper and the chart! I wrote it down on a sticky note and put it in my test kit for next time! and yeah- I normally use a flashlight when I read the tests on my own, Honestly I don't know why I didn't think to just grab my flashlight to take the pictures too haha. I think I've gotten used to the convince of technology. I definitely do make my artwork (and my tech) more accessible for me to use. Like, I will spend hours color mixing skin tones for my art and still not be happy with it because I can't end up seeing the highlight shades 😅 thankfully when I do my abstract art, it doesn't matter when I just throw neons and rainbows on a pallette!
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    Thank you so much! I still have a bunch of silk/plastic plants (I bought this like big bulk box on sale- and I bought it for one type of plant)
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    I used to ace all those online color tests, and then I went into the eye doctor this year... I got absolutely bamboozled by similar shades of color, it drove me bonkers! I do art for a living- I can't not see different shades, you know?? Hearing the nice doctor lady tell me that "No, this is in fact green, and the other is blue" made me re-evaluate everything a little 🤣
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    Thank you again for the advice @Guppysnail! I was looking at the plants on ACO but they're out of the java moss (since that seems to be what a lot of breeders use for the fry) I have my fake silk plants in there, but obviously live is better. Since ACO is out of java moss, would something like their Octopus or Amazon Sword work? Or do I need to go to my LFS to specifically get java moss?
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    I'm looking between the net breeder and the Ziss Breeder box. Obviously aside from the jump in price- is there any difference in quality / QoL for the fry? Because if it's worth the money for the Ziss, I don't mind dropping the money, but I also want to be sure that it's worth it, you know? My only experience with breeding is my accidental breeding of mystery snails- So I just want to be sure I give the lieutenant and her babies the best. If my calculations are right- since I got her on the 3rd of Sept, that means she's been preggo for 19 days (oops on my part- thankfully, I only found the tiny spoon last monday, after I fed her) To all the people who breed fish, do you have any reccomendations on the Ziss vs the net breeder?
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    I absolutely will!
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    That's a smart idea! I'll give that a shot, thank you so much!
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    Thank you so much for the help!
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    Also- @Guppysnail can I get your advice on if my guppy is just a chubby little lady, or if she's pregnant? She's a single guppy, due to the loss of the group when I bought them from my LFS- and she was the only survivor. But I've only been feeding her about once or twice a week with this tiny brine shrimp spoon I got (i got it from a "hatch your sea dragon kit!" that was a bust haha, but the spoons been useful!) I use one spoonful when I feed her- and she's been pooping, but I don't see her tummy ever shrinking. she's just been getting more... chubby. I've added a few pictures since she moves around a lot- so I hope these help
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    Yeah I've been tackling the ammonia levels with 50% water changes every day. I think what happened was, when the HOB on my old tank made us think it leaked (because further testing has proven no leaks) even when I tried to save some of the old water- it ended up having to restart the cycle. 😮‍💨 Live and learn, you know? Now I'm just tackling ammonia burns as I lower the levels and get things back on track. that's why I'm doing the tests as often as I am, so I can keep a record.
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    I think my Mystery snails laid eggs! It cant be the lieutenant, because guppies are live bearers- so they're like.... tiny fish- Ironically, I don't think I've ever seen the mystery snails ever lay a clutch 😂 more just appear!
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    I have these like... flat marble things from the dollar store that I bought because they were bigger than their mouth, and all night I can just hear the *clink, clink, clink* of them moving around the marbles 🤣 Part of me is tempted just to buy a pack of ping pong balls, just to see what happens. But yeah, I ended up moving the pot when they started wiggling around it and it was shifting. Also- I don't know why I didn't think of this- but clearly my logic failed me. Basil plants don't like Aquarium salt- who knew 🤷‍♀️ ( /j )
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    This is the Goldfish tank, Yeah. throughout the water changes during the week we've been adding more water to get back up to the top ( mainly just to watch the HOB to see if it's gonna overflow on us again haha) after today's water change, we finally got the water to about 3/4ths-ish full to the top. I would say there's a good... maybe two and a half inches of air from the lid. I did steep some almond leaves in my dechlorinated water and throw that in, to help lower the ph- since I know that 8 is getting too high for goldfish. I didn't put in the actual leaves- mostly because I was kinda worried they'd eat the leaves- they already tried to eat the basil plant.
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    I didn't even think about adding the chart! Of course- The top one is with the flash, and the bottom without. I've tried it with the grayscale, and sadly even then still trying to compare them isn't helpful for me haha. I might need to my actual editing stuff instead of just my phone- so I'll try that instead. anyway! Here's the picture of the chart! Chart w/ Flash Chart w/o Flash:
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    I wasn't exactly sure whether to put this in the Diseases section or not- so pardon me if I made a mistake! But I need help reading the color of my results from my Freshwater test kit. I'm just colorblind enough that the shades of color aren't different for me at certain levels. I took pictures of them with and without flash, so I hope this helps! If I need to redo any tests for you to get better pictures or something, please let me know, I am more than happy to do so! High Range pH: Nitrate: Nitrite: Ammonia:
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    Should I pre-dissolve it in dechlorinated water or just let it into the tank?
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    Oh really?? I've seen the comets moving the moving the substrate (which is why I decided not to do a planted tank bottom, haha) becuase I knew they were foragers, but I never knew that! I will absolutely keep an eye on it. Personally, I wasn't 100% set on the placement of it inside the tank anyway, but I didn't want to keep stressing the fish out by fiddling with stuff after doing a big water change, you know?
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    I currently have 3 sponge filters and a HOB that came with the original 10g kit that claims to filter up to 20g. But I am doing daily water changes. The current reason as for why I don't have the water all the way to the top, is because it seems like the HOB overflows with the cartridge it recommends you use. The water goes right up to the very tippy top of the HOB- and this is before me putting in the basil plant. I put in the plant to help block the water flow, and give the natural nitrogen cycle help like ACO's guides and videos recommend with live plants. Same thing with the terracotta pot. It has seeds growing inside of it, soaking up the water through the pot. Once my local garden center opens back up- because they close up once august ends- I will buy another terracotta pot, and then be able to raise the water level. I hope by that time however, I have been able to think of a better way to work on the aquaponics set up, for the tank, to make this a non-issue. Thank you for your advice on the medication- I couldn't remember what the name of the product was I was looking for, it's in my shopping list to get once my family gets some more money. For now, it's twice daily water changes, and active monitoring.
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    Yes. My family and I are well aware. We live in an 18x60 mobile home in a mobile home park. when the county tax rate for where I live is no longer 8.5% on major assets like a home- maybe then we actually qualify for a loan to buy a real home with a backyard for me to give the Comet Goldfish the space they deserve. I appreciate your advice, but this comment was unnecessary.
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    9/17/2022 I've been making small updates to the tank, as I try to make the best living situation for the two comet goldfish- Crabbe and Goyle. I did a huge water change after learning about the possible ammonia burns on Crabbe, and while I was waiting for my boiling water to cool down I took my new basil plant and did my best to remove as much dirt from it's root tangled mess as possible (The roots were literally so bunched up from top to bottom of the nursery pot) and put it in my HOB filter. I was planning on putting it in the Terracotta pot, but it was too tall. So I found some seeds from this DIY herb garden kit and I took the kit apart and put it all in my pot- then stuck it in the tank. I don't know if the seeds will survive. I didn't really know that those DIY kits had an expiration date until I saw it on the box, so... shrug. I live for the thrill of experiments anyhow. I just wish I could stop fiddling with the basil plant 😩 The more I keep messing with it, the more of the dirt that is stuck in the massive root clump comes out! It's annoying! But I keep fiddling with it to try and make the plant sit up straight! I'm going bug nuts, friends.
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    Tank update- Thank you so much @DiscusLover for the article! I did a big water change on my tank, and that helped out a ton. The water is already so much clearer! Here's a picture of the tank in general- and yes, I stuffed a basil plant in my HOB filter 🤣, I have seeds in the terracotta pot as an experiment- (but honestly, they came from a kit that had an expiration date from like... 4 years ago, so... I don't exactly have any hopes of the seeds survival.) Also- I realized that (before I added the basil plant) my HOB's filter had a carbon thingy in it. sighs So am I going to have to redose my tank? It's only been a few minutes since I put in the dose. Advice would be appreciated.
  23. KatFish
    Thank you! this is a really helpful article!
  24. KatFish
    Parameters: (and please ignore the cloudy water in the tank- The nitrogen cycle got re-kicked off when my old tank leaked, and I put them in a new one, so I'm dealing with the algae bloom) Temp: 68*F Ammonia- (scarily high) at 8ppm Nitrate- 20ppm pH- 7.4 Nitrite- .05ppm I have been doing 50% water changes everyday on the tank, to help fight off the algae bloom. Here's a question for you all- Can goldfish bite each other, or give each other what looks like cuts? Because they haven't been showing complete hostile behaviors- I don't see signs of fin damage, or them being on separate sides of the tank. But when I first got a close up look at Crabbe, it looked like he had a coloration spot, and I thought it was just because he was growing. But now with this "cut" I'm not so sure. I put maracyn into the tank, as well as some stress coat. Here's what Crabbe's "cuts" look like. This is the one that I think is the coloration: And this is the one I think is the bite/cut: Do I need to separate Crabbe and Goyle? Is there a different type of medication I can use to stop the "cut"? Or am I just being paranoid and this is a coloration? I've only dealt with Tropical fish before, and my accidental owning of mystery snails- so goldfish (pun intended) dropped me into the deep end! Thank you so much!
  25. KatFish
    Yeah, I'm having the same issue with those guides too.
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