Chick-in-of-TheSea journal

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

I called the LFS and spoke to the nice guy that helped me (Adam). First off, thanked him for the free fish!  He said he was happy to do it. 😍 Again- shop local!  (I also think he may have charged less per fish too, because I thought the price check discussion with his coworker was a dollar more? But I was looking at the other tanks and only half paying attention.)

But I also asked what other tetras were in the pristella tank. Wondering what I got that has the red “eyelid”?  He said from time to time they have jumpers (the store is a bunch of acrylic cubes side by side with open tops), but he went back to the tank and looked. He’s saying they are all definitely pristellas. 🤨  We are just going to have to see what kind of color development we have.
 

I told him all is well and they have designated themselves black neons and are schooling around in quarantine with them. I think he got a kick out of that. 

[nabokovfan87]

On 9/10/2022 at 8:14 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

I told him all is well and they have designated themselves black neons and are schooling around in quarantine with them. I think he got a kick out of that. 

That's awesome 🙂

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Good morning. Let’s go check the plants in the garage. 

These are plants that looked bad in the tank. They are under this grow light in tank water with Easy Green. The pothos is just there for fun.

The anacharis keeps replicating along stems which seem to otherwise be dead. I trim the new growth and roots off and I put the stem pieces back into the vase.

Some of the water sprite is coming back too. These are the plants I am placing back in tanks.

The anacharis goes to Pippin because it just distributes everywhere in the main tank with no rhyme or reason. Pippin’s tank has little to no flow, so it stays put.
 

 

Also I believe the extra plants are keeping this hair algae at bay. 
 

He approves.

He ate heartily today. 🙂 

In the 29g the Crispus still look bad. York is helping to clear dead edges from the foliage. 
 

 

I have a floating pile of water sprite in that tank. Placing these little ones on top of the pile ensure they stay put.

The quarantine gang ate heartily as well, with a great amount of energy. I used that old hood light to do a symptom check and to allow me to suction some detritus. They HATED the light, and made the collective decision to go into the cube.

But they weren’t in there long. As soon as one comes out, the others follow.

I think I saw at least 1 dude flashing against the bottom. They swim with a darting behavior anyway, but something I need to keep an eye on. The LFS said their supplier medicates the fish, so that’s a plus. I didn’t have any white detritus either. Hooray!

 

 

 

Edited September 11, 2022 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Sad aponogeton. My helper continues to visit and help with the situation. Dodger worked a shift also. 
 

 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Tetra NERMs - this one’s for you. 85 species, many I have never seen before.

 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

The qt gang ate well again, and I made a feeding ring for Pippin out of airline tubing. Seems to help him out with all those floating anacharis. 
 

I noticed the qt tetras flash along the bottom only when the light is on. I think it’s nerves/disorientation and not illness. Everyone is back to schooling when I turn the light off. 

I think my 2 mystery fish with the red eye are called… wait for it…

red eye tetra. 😂

Head & tail light tetra was another possibility but I don’t see any tail lights. (Maybe when they put on the brakes? 😂🙄)

Still not sure. No black developed yet on the tail, and both species have that. What do you guys think?

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

York has been busy throughout the day, as I found Aponogeton pieces here and there. I agree with her decisions. These leaves are in poor condition and needed to go. There was a part of the description in the shop that said to expect a melt on these plants, so I’m not concerned. The bulbs look just fine and so do the roots.

York is somehow taking a nap on the anubias. Kind of seems like she’s teetering but she apparently doesn’t care. She earned a nice rest.

 

Oh also some of the qt gang are trying to breed. That’s awesome. They are happy.

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

So yeah. This happened. 
 

 

[nabokovfan87]

On 9/13/2022 at 3:54 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

So yeah. This happened. 

If it's glass, try to soak it with isopropyll.  It's likely a chemical residue of some kind.  That's what we would use (That or Acetone) to prep / clean everything.  Speaking of which... time to go glue up some holes on the tidal!

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

I made some community Repashy cubes and some yummy decorations. I will see who likes it later today.

I threw a scrap of it in last night -the edge leftover from cutting. Somebody quality tested it. Chomp chomp 
 

 

Edited September 14, 2022 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Put the Repashy decoration in. Here’s how it went.

 

Edited September 15, 2022 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[nabokovfan87]

On 9/14/2022 at 3:29 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Put the Repashy decoration in. Here’s how it went.

That snail is so gigantic! 😨

Ram looks happy though, looks like the tank is doing really well. 🙂

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

The Repashy pot made such a mess. Cory says it’s tank stable though, meaning it won’t mess with parameters. I cleaned my filters and water changed this morning before all this. 🙄

I pulled the pot out after about an hour and the gang lost interest. C-3PO hung on the edge as I was pulling it and had to be detached. He was the biggest fan, it seems.

I’m not going to dip decorations again.  I scraped off the food and made more squares out of it; popped them in the freezer. They can go in a snail dish later at some point.

 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 9/14/2022 at 6:40 PM, nabokovfan87 said:

That snail is so gigantic! 😨

Eh, that’s nothin. @Guppysnail, show @nabokovfan87 how big your snail is.

[Guppysnail]

On 9/14/2022 at 8:00 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Eh, that’s nothin. @Guppysnail, show @nabokovfan87 how big your snail is.

The one on the lid and in my hand is September LAST YEAR. he is larger now. I love him but he is over 2 years old so does not come out to visit at water change anymore. 
this is him now but nothing really for size reference…unless you own a terra cotta pot liner 🤣🤣🤣

Edited September 15, 2022 by Guppysnail

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

😍 What’s his name? Is he a chestnut snail?

Nice hairdo in the last one. Very punk. 😂

Edited September 15, 2022 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[Guppysnail]

His name is Caramel. He is a chestnut. He always comes to see me. He used to climb up and sit on the hump of the canister intake/outflow at every water change when he was younger. He is the most personable and human interactive snail I’ve ever had. Dean (zebra nerite) gave him a full haircut and shave. He no longer has his punk hair. 

Edited September 15, 2022 by Guppysnail

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 9/14/2022 at 9:25 PM, Guppysnail said:

His name is Caramel. He is a chestnut. He always comes to see me. He used to climb up and sit on the hump of the canister intake/outflow at every water change when he was younger. He is the most personable and human interactive snail I’ve ever had. Dean (zebra nerite) gave him a full haircut and shave. He no longer has his punk hair. 

❤️  ORD!! ❤️

[PineSong]

Great snail video! 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 9/14/2022 at 11:31 PM, PineSong said:

Great snail video! 

Funny, I thought I was making a fish frenzy video, but most of them were too dumb to figure out it was food. 🙄 Good thing I have a great cleanup crew.  It was a great day for them. 🐌

[Guppysnail]

Question. I had an idea to contain the mess. Paint the bottom of the terra cotta liner/food dish with repashy. That way the mess stays in the dish. I never thought of it before but it would help keep my guppies from running away with the entire repashy chunk. 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

That's a good idea @Guppysnail.  Here's Cory's video about repashy.

My tetras don't understand how to eat it off of a surface. Maybe guppies are smarter.

Edited September 15, 2022 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[Guppysnail]

Guppies taste everything. Even if it’s not edible. Once they taste yummy they definitely figure out a way to eat it 🐷

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 9/15/2022 at 12:30 PM, Guppysnail said:

Guppies taste everything. Even if it’s not edible. Once they taste yummy they definitely figure out a way to eat it 🐷

The ram tastes a lot of things I drop in. She likes some of the vegetables.

[Guppysnail]

I keep going to your ram eating the planter repashy and then to your journal. I keep mulling in my head how to work them into one of the fish rooms. I love how expressive they are.