Katherine Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 I went in and replanted most of my water sprite today. The original plant (right) is staying planted and has all new growth from my tank, none of the original from the LFS. The two on the left keep coming unplanted. The roots have dwindled down to almost nothing and they're losing stems. (All stems from the LFS, no new ones yet.) I have a few very small bits that have been floating for a week or so that I'm going to leave as is. Then I've got some bits I decided to leave floating today after I replanted the rest. One is a section of a stem that had some new leaves and roots coming out near the top. The other is a whole stem that fell off the plant on it's own. After replanting I noticed that my center plant has a section growing roots. I'm leaving it for now because I don't feel like getting in the tank again today. Broccoli is a big hit with the baby mystery snails, as well as with the ramshorns. The adult mystery snails have been ignoring it, as far as I can tell. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Another trick for water sprite is to attach a small plant weight to the stem and let it sit on the substrate but not planted in it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 4:58 PM, Patrick_G said: Another trick for water sprite is to attach a small plant weight to the stem and let it sit on the substrate but not planted in it. I've thought about that. I don't have any and am debating spending the money on them or not... Do you think I'm likely to have success without them as I get more roots grown in my own tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 3:01 PM, Katherine said: I've thought about that. I don't have any and am debating spending the money on them or not... Do you think I'm likely to have success without them as I get more roots grown in my own tank? Honestly, I have bad luck with Sprite, but the plant weight trick has helped. Floating them worked the best, and I think they’re beautiful when they spread out on the surface. The aquarium co-op plant weights are a good deal, I think they're 1/2 the price as Amazon. I use them all the time time. My substrate is mostly just plant weights! 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 5:10 PM, Patrick_G said: The aquarium co-op plant weights are a good deal, I think they're 1/2 the price as Amazon. I use them all the time time. My substrate is mostly just plant weights! 🤣 Alright, you just pushed me over on ordering. They were 1/3 the price of the ones I found on Amazon! And I've been looking for an excuse to buy some coop heaters. I set up the 75 and bought new heaters for it just a few months before the coop ones were available, and have kind of been kicking myself for it. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 5:58 PM, Patrick_G said: Another trick for water sprite is to attach a small plant weight to the stem and let it sit on the substrate but not planted in it. I read something on a thread the other day that the “crown” of the water sprite should be above the substrate. Whatever that means. 😐 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 6:49 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: I read something on a thread the other day that the “crown” of the water sprite should be above the substrate. Whatever that means. 😐 That makes so much sense. I’ve often buried it and then it died. I think the crown is the node that all the stems grow out of. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share Posted August 7, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 8:49 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: I read something on a thread the other day that the “crown” of the water sprite should be above the substrate. Whatever that means. 😐 Yeah, I'm definitely going to need plant weights to make that happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 @Katherine plant weights are great for holding veggies down for snails! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share Posted August 7, 2022 My newest bath of repashy is a hit with the adults! (And all the fish.) 60% Ipago Repashy 20% Calcium Carbonate powder 20% Topfin Tropical Fish Crumbles (The fish would not eat these on their own.) And Penny decided broccoli is ok after all. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 (edited) On 8/7/2022 at 5:19 PM, Katherine said: ORD this guy is sooooo cute! 😍😍😍 Edited August 8, 2022 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 Well, Jayne, that's a silly way to take a nap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 The danios have been moved out of QT. The tetras are unsure of what to do with this new situation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) I just noticed somebody went on an algae eating binge last night. The lower ledge here was just as green as the top yesterday evening. Edited August 17, 2022 by Katherine 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) Here's a whole structure shot of the 'rock stack' so I can compare algae levels going forward. Now if whoever was cleaning this would switch their focus to the windows I'd be very happy. Edited August 17, 2022 by Katherine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 On 8/17/2022 at 4:04 PM, Katherine said: The danios have been moved out of QT. The tetras are unsure of what to do with this new situation. Yay! Also @nabokovfan87 suggested when adding new fish to move around the stuff in the tank so that new territories can be established. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted August 19, 2022 Author Share Posted August 19, 2022 The algae eating is getting serious. There's also a visible trail through the front glass. Maybe I don't actually need more nerites like I thought I did. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 The danios are absolutely voracious and pretty frequently go raid the snails' food dish. @Guppysnail What are some things I should be looking out for to make sure they're not harassing the snails too much and they they (snails) still get enough to eat? Should I be thinking about moving the mysteries out to their own tank? I have been feeding the fish pretty heavily at the same time as I put new food in for the snails, and then most of the fish will leave it alone for a while, but if there's snail food left an hour or so later (and there always is) there will be a large group of danios over there having at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Tentacles are the only thing I had zebra danio bother. To much like a worm food source. My snails learned to keep them tucked in. I didn’t have any issues until the zebras numbers dropped and they were bored. Then it was pick on snails. Unless you see them at the snails all the time I would not worry. However expect short nipped off tentacles here and there and the snails won’t stretch them after awhile knowing if they do they get nipped. If your snails become inactive or are in their shell a lot more than normal it means the danios are stressing them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 I haven't seen them intentionally bothering the snails yet. And so far no big behavior changes, I'll keep an eye out. Thank you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted August 22, 2022 Author Share Posted August 22, 2022 I finally caught Penny laying eggs! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 Here's a current full tank photo. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 On 8/21/2022 at 9:12 PM, Katherine said: I finally caught Penny laying eggs! How awesome!!!! Great Kodak moment! What time was she laying them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 5:51 PM, Katherine said: I went in and replanted most of my water sprite today. The original plant (right) is staying planted and has all new growth from my tank, none of the original from the LFS. The two on the left keep coming unplanted. The roots have dwindled down to almost nothing and they're losing stems. (All stems from the LFS, no new ones yet.) I have a few very small bits that have been floating for a week or so that I'm going to leave as is. Then I've got some bits I decided to leave floating today after I replanted the rest. One is a section of a stem that had some new leaves and roots coming out near the top. The other is a whole stem that fell off the plant on it's own. After replanting I noticed that my center plant has a section growing roots. I'm leaving it for now because I don't feel like getting in the tank again today. Broccoli is a big hit with the baby mystery snails, as well as with the ramshorns. The adult mystery snails have been ignoring it, as far as I can tell. I've never had any luck with planting my water sprite. So I just float all of it now. I started with 2 of them and now almost the whole top of my 29 is covered with them. I like the way they look up there and they don't hang down to much into the middle of the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted August 25, 2022 Author Share Posted August 25, 2022 On 8/24/2022 at 6:50 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: How awesome!!!! Great Kodak moment! What time was she laying them? 8 pm ish. Tank lights go off at 9. Room lights were on and the sun was still out. On 8/24/2022 at 7:13 PM, TeeJay said: I've never had any luck with planting my water sprite. So I just float all of it now. I started with 2 of them and now almost the whole top of my 29 is covered with them. I like the way they look up there and they don't hang down to much into the middle of the tank. I've got one actually rooted, one being held down with a plant weight, one whole plant floating, and a few bits floating. We'll see how things go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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