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I love this idea! Do you have snails in your tank? I was doing my water changes today and two snails had made their way up the tube to collect a little of the detritus leftover. Something to watch out for, especially if the tubes are black and you can't see inside them.

Okay. Perhaps it will help someone exclusively searching for ADF feeding ideas. When I researched years ago, I saw people recommend inserting a tube in the water but never saw any setups that integrated it in a way that was hands off (most the recommended feeding strategies involved a turkey baster which seems even more tedious than tweezers).

I don't know who out there besides me keeps an African Dwarf tank but I've maintained a 10 gallon with three frogs for a few years. I've primarily been hand feeding them defrosted frozen bloodworms and occasionally a high quality pellet. They are used to getting fed in the front right area of the tank and I recently decided to streamline the process and make a frog straw. I made a new tank lid from multiwall polycarbonate, drilled a hole in it, and have run an acrylic tube down to where they're used to being fed. The inside diameter of the tube is 8mm so I don't think there's any danger of escape—at best they could stick their snout in it. Instead of defrosting and hand feeding, now I can drop frozen worms in the tube. As they defrost, they drop to the feeding area. The frogs will notice the smell in the water before they drop and start to gather (three raps on the tank also signifies feeding time for them). I wanted to share this in case anyone is looking for an easier way to feed their ADFs.

My betta is displaying signs of fin rot and a fungal infection. He had white coloration on his fin and I didn't notice what I think is fungus until I saw the fin deterioration. I started with treatment of Ich-X and Maracyn today (per this article). I am unclear if I should treat this as a minor or severe (should I wait a week to see if it clears up or should I dose both again tomorrow?). Hopefully the attached image helps someone with weighing in on that. Additionally, the Ich-X instructions say to make at least 1/3 water change before another dose and the article linked doesn't mention any water changes (and the maracyn course of treatment says not to). I'm confused if I should do water changes if I'm running a more aggressive course of treatment? Tank Info: 10 gallon planted tank with Betta, two amano shrimp, and various snails pH: 7.4 Nitrates: 0ppm Nitrite: 0ppm Ammonia: 0ppm Temp: 80F I've had him for about 18 months (to give you a general idea of age). I'll also note that I saw him flashing a little in recent weeks. I only noticed it a few times so I wasn't too concerned about it until these other signs of infection/stress/fungus manifested. I appreciate any help or guidance.