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On 7/18/2023 at 2:36 PM, Guppysnail said:
Keep an eye on the snails. They are larger so it takes longer to affect them. It binds to what they use to convert food to energy and they essentially starve. Anytime i reintroduce a snail too soon without enough water changes and vacuuming and wiping off the walls they perish slowly. Watch your ammonia levels.
Huh, I wonder if this is what's wrong with one of my tanks. I have a 20 long I bought used. I asked the seller if they had used any medications in it & they said no. But I've never had snails thrive in that tank, where they thrive in all my others. It's not for lack of food, that tank has livebearers & I feed heavily. Plus it's got lots of algae. I cleaned the tank pretty well when I got it, bleach & hot water. It's been up about a year now & lately it seems like the snails have been surviving longer. Could past medications stick around that much in the silicone or something?
ETA: The HOB came with the tank too. I put all new filter media in it, but couldn't clean it as thoroughly as the tank. Maybe that's another source of contamination??
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On 6/24/2023 at 5:58 AM, Hobbit said:
This seems like a good thread to add to after a long time away from the forum. 🙂
Same 😅 Glad to hear you're doing well 🙂
I myself have just been extraordinarily busy. Between work & yardwork & life, I can see how the hobby takes a backseat for a lot of people in the summer. But I've been itching to get some things going. I have 4 tanks I bought in April still sitting empty. Soon, soon..
I was at the co-op a couple weeks ago & got some new shrimp & plants. And I just made another plant order, so that should spur me into action.
I've had some ups & downs with my tanks. Thankfully 2 of them are very stable & running on autopilot. The other 2 are in a window & I've been battling cyanobacteria. I thought they'd be fine, they've been there since last August. But I now realize, that the light intensity was steadily decreasing when I set them up, and when spring rolled around this year & the light steadily increased, problems started. One of them is a 5 gal w/ no animals in it anymore, which I'll be tearing down. But the other has fish in it which I'll be moving once I set up one of those aforementioned tanks... For now, I've mostly blacked it out & the cyanobacteria isn't spreading.
One thing at a time... sometimes I shoot myself in the foot by having too many options. 🤷♀️
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I'm glad your Honey is settling in! I had a similar experience - I added a solo Honey to a community tank & at 1st he seemed lonely. But after a couple days, he started exploring the tank & interacting w/ the other fish.
More plants is a great idea, mine loves weaving in & out of the plants. Another thing you might try: mine has learned that food comes from tweezers & when I stick the tweezers in the water, he swims right up & will eat from them. I feed frozen (thawed) bloodworms & repashy from tweezers, but probably any kind of food you could pick up in tweezers would work. Swish them around in the water a bit, then let the food go. Pretty soon he'll catch on. 🙂
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On 4/29/2023 at 3:58 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:
All of a sudden I got slammed hard in the calves! It was this dude, top left! That’s a thing? He put a ton of power into it! I have a black and blue spot and 3 claw marks with bandaids!
Yep! Some roosters are real jerks! Mine is, I have to carry a stick with me when I go in the chicken yard.
Here's the start of my new flock: 3 Lavender Orpingtons, 3 Cream Legbars & 3 Buckeyes.
They're from a sexed batch, so there's only a 10% chance of any being roosters. I'm gonna be real choosy about my next rooster!
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On 2/16/2023 at 1:55 PM, eyeebrows said:
There's a single rock, though when feeling it I didn't find it sharp. He's a master at injuring himself though so I genuinely don't know.
I do have catappa leaves in there and I added some extra last night which I'm hoping will help. It doesn't appear to have progressed anymore today but I'm keeping an eye on it.
Sounds like a good course of action. Bettas are like that, sometimes too rambunctious for their own good. Maybe keep the lights low for a bit too, just try & keep him calm.
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Is there anything jagged, sharp or rough in the tank he could be tearing his fins on? It could just be standard wear & tear though.
Another thing you can do as a preventative good measure is add Indian almond leaves/ catappa leaves. The tannins they release have anti-fungal properties. It might not be enough to treat an existing infection but it can help things from setting in.
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Confirmed sighting of 6 Goodeid fry today. I'm glad to know my creation of hides & addition of dense vegetation worked. For a while, I didn't see more than one at a time & I feared they were either picked off or not getting enough to eat. But they're putting on size & swimming more freely. They're approaching a cm in length, maybe about 8 mm.
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Legend goes..... Cory coined the term during a Livestream. It's a mash up of the words aquarium & nerd, definition being a person who is otherwise normal but nerds out to aquariums. I'm not sure if he intentionally mashed up the words or if it was a slip of the tongue.
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On 2/11/2023 at 8:21 AM, Tanked said:
Interesting. I rarely buy one of anything, so I may have avoided those problems by starting with three SAEs. I never witnessed any aggression, but they occasionally did play with the other fish. Playing tag with the Danios was normal. I was concerned that they might get larger, so I added 3 more to the 29 gallon. Being over 2 years old, the original fish might be close to full grown at about 2". If not, I have a much larger community tank waiting to welcome them.
The only issue I have with mine, is that I wish I could get them to leave the flake food alone.
See, the thing is, I've read SO MUCH conflicting info & anecdotes about SAE, that I think it's one of those things where they're just highly variable in their temperaments, and a lot has to do with their environment, tank mates, etc.
They can definitely get up to 6"; I've seen them full grown in large tanks (on yt & stuff). But maybe they don't get that large in a smaller tank???
And no, you'll never get them to leave the flake food alone. Or any other food for that matter 😅
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On 2/9/2023 at 2:59 PM, lefty o said:
when small, they arent too aggressive as eaters, but once they put on some size, have no fear they will push other fish out of the way.
This was basically my experience as well. Mine were already sizable when I got them, about 2.5". By the time I rehomed them, they were approaching 4" & voracious eaters.
On 2/10/2023 at 7:35 AM, Tanked said:I first would suggest that you get a second SAE. Mine are social and graze constantly. Your issue will probably go away when the fish is out of quarantine.
My question has always been how do I stop feeding them?
And a caveat to this.. I put 2 in too small of a tank & it was not good. One would chase the other relentlessly & never let it eat. The "bully" got fat & the other got skinny. I separated them into 2 community tanks & they lived out their time with me happily. When the bullied one got comfortable in his new tank, he became a food-hog & put on weight quickly. After observing mine for quite some time, I learned their way of feeding was to watch the other fish in the tank & when they ate, go join them (and occasionally chase them away). They were never aggressive per se to other types of fish, but they were assertive eaters. Again, mine were relatively large when I got them. I've seen them for sale in the store much smaller than I ever had; they may act differently when they're smaller. Mine also never ate much algae, but again, I've heard they tend to eat more algae when they're smaller.
I've since learned (read on the internet; YMMV), they're the type of fish you want to keep singly or in a larger group. But they can ultimately get to 6", so you'd need a large tank for a group.
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Best of luck! I waited so long to get neos because I was so scared of killing them. But I finally got some from the co-op a few weeks ago & I now have at least 2, possibly 3 berried females. So I am quite relieved!
I got 12 shrimp initially, but I haven't seen more than 8 at a time. There's a mass of PSO & other plants in there though so it's entirely possible there's a few hiding at any given time.
I think you'll do just fine!
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Pulled 6 Cory eggs & put them in the shrimp tank this morning. Now we wait...
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On 2/6/2023 at 9:54 PM, TheSwissAquarist said:
Looking good! How big do the goodeids eventually get btw??
Not that big, 5cm (almost 2") for females. 3cm (1") for males.
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Up to confirmed sightings of 5 Goodeid fry & 2 berried female shrimp.
Just a nice pic of the Anubias corner in the 29.
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🥳 Confirmed sighting of a berried female shrimp!
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On 2/4/2023 at 11:50 AM, Sanzosam said:
My fault, grabbed stuff from the wild
Where do you live?
I, for one, am thoroughly horrified. 😳
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He's just napping! 😅 Love that loaf 💛
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I predict you will have success with with that set up. Fish tank water is gold! Also, oregano is a perennial plant. In the spring you can transition it outdoors if you want.
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I've been eyeballing this plant for a while too. It's so cool! I'm hoping to start a pond this year & if so, it's top of the list.
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Fairly certain I saw 4 fry this morning. It's like they passed a week old & are now willing to swim around a bit more. Still hard to get photos though!
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Huh, interesting. I had 2 ACO heaters in my tank & I just took one out yesterday because it was overkill (my house used to be a lot colder but we got a mini-split system installed last year). I did have about 3 small ramshorns crawl out, which I tossed back in the tank. Didn't notice any dead ones or smell. I'll have to look closer when I get home tonight.
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On 1/30/2023 at 10:39 AM, patricia said:
ty i though i moved the post not very computer savvy i think i will turn new tank into a planted tank only and keep the lone fish in the 10 gallon
No worries, I think moving a thread has to be done by admin anyways.
You don't want to get a few more black neons to go with the lone one? A few in a 10g would be a nice little tank with some plants 🙂
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@Streetwise can you move this thread over to General Discussion?
@patricia do you have any test strips? That's the best way to know where you're at with your cycle. See if you're getting any ammonia or nitrite readings. I second the recommendation to add filter media from another tank if you have it. But the plants are a good start too.
Are you adding anything as an ammonia source? "Ghost feeding" is the easiest way IMO. Just put the same amount of fish food in the tank as if the fish you're going to put in there is already in there. That way the beneficial bacteria has something to consume & has a chance to colonize the tank.
Do you know why your old tank succumbed to old tank syndrome? Was it a pH crash? This can be caused by low KH in your water (another thing tested for on most test strips). The KH buffers the pH so it stays stable. It can be added by using crushed coral in your tank, either in the substrate or in the filter or both.
Hope all this helps! Let us know how it's going 🙂
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Cool wild bettas! That's awesome!