Guppysnail Aquarium Journal

[Guppysnail]

[Guppysnail]

I put this as a topic so everyone to see since it’s an unusual fish to breed. 
My Badis badis spawned and I saw cave wigglers a few times but was not intentionally breeding them so though dad ate them all. 
Found a handful of juveniles in the tank today 😲

recording here so it stays with my stuff. 

[nabokovfan87]

Very fun! Congratulations.

[Guppysnail]

Baby Worm belly 🥰

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Looks like I have some girl babies also 🥰

This is why I did not find them. Adults do this to blend in with the plants. Look behind the leaf pointing down 

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Melini corydora eggs ready to hatch. You can see the eyes. 

[nabokovfan87]

On 6/30/2023 at 11:11 AM, Guppysnail said:

Melini corydora eggs ready to hatch. You can see the eyes. 

ORD.  Congratulations though!  It's either "another batch" for some hobbyists or it's the most amazing thing you get to see over and over.  I really enjoy seeing nature do it's thing. 

[Guppysnail]

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 7/1/2023 at 10:46 AM, Guppysnail said:

You didn’t sleep at all, did you?

Edited July 1, 2023 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea

[Guppysnail]

Success 120 snails and 245 fish rehomed. All worms are gone. I came home empty handed…sort of. Some plant and fish I bought. 🤗. Thank you everyone for your support and encouragement 🤗

Special thank you to @Purple Guppy and @Elodie Rose for all the in person help. I couldn’t have done it without you. 🤗

[nabokovfan87]

That's awesome, congratulations!

[Elodie Rose]

It was great fun! Glad it went well!

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

That’s wonderful @Guppysnail! Now put your feet up and relax and enjoy the holiday!

[Guppysnail]

On 7/1/2023 at 6:32 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

That’s wonderful @Guppysnail! Now put your feet up and relax and enjoy the holiday!

Today I’m will. Tomorrow I have 2 fish rooms the fish utility bathroom and dining room that looks like it was ransacked by a heard of angry badgers to clean up  🤣

[Guppysnail]

Meet my new kids. 1 Dario sp. ‘Mayanmar’ Black Tiger Badis. 

and 2 Sewellia lineolata hillstream loaches. 

 

Picked up 5 random plants also  

No shopping time.  I’m going to work on finding my new Badis some mates and I’ll be tearing apart and redoing 7 tanks to get everyone in permanent tanks…AFTER I put both ransacked fish rooms back in order 🤣

I came home and found 6 small Apisto kids and 2 big that hid well enough I missed them so need to work on homes for those also  

 

 

[Lennie]

On 7/2/2023 at 2:49 AM, Guppysnail said:

1 Dario sp. ‘Mayanmar’ Black Tiger Badis. 

Diego it is

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@Lennie I think Diego is a perfect name. 🥰

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Caught a glimpse of Jaws while filming baby badis. Almost got a photo of one of the moms sort of. 

 

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 7/1/2023 at 4:46 PM, Guppysnail said:

Looking great! I would love to get some of those Ricefish! 😅

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I redid the 29 Honey gourami/ Badis badis tank. The Xmas moss did not adhere to the wood. I have moss resistant wood apparently. 
The tree was making it so I could not see enough. The badis fry are easily 3-4 months old and I did not see them until last week. 
 

I added more if the multi-tiered caves the badis like to inhabit to accommodate the new kids. 
 

Without the tree to keep it corralled the guppy grass was unruly and unsightly. I swapped it for hornwort. Well as much as I could. Guppy grass is like submerged duckweed when it comes to trying to remove it. 
 

My monstera roots are already hitting substrate. I stuffed Xmas moss in them so they hopefully don’t become algae farms. 
 

My dracaena was failing so I pulled that out of the hob. 
 

Looks odd because I just did it an hour ago. It will settle and grow out. The badis prefer to wiggle through plants and moss so I allowed most of the left over Xmas moss to just float and find its own home. 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 7/4/2023 at 1:57 PM, Guppysnail said:

The Xmas moss did not adhere to the wood.

I go round and round it with green thread. Then I just superglue the loose end of the thread to the wood. 
 

[Guppysnail]

On 7/4/2023 at 4:28 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

I go round and round it with green thread. Then I just superglue the loose end of the thread to the wood. 
 

I do not expect any human to actually read the full 100+ pages of my journal. I’ve tried the string and glue several times. I had about 7 tries of different methods on this tree. Once the wood dried I realized why nothing worked. The wood is so deteriorated it peels in layers. Other wood it sticks fine just this stubborn piece. 
I actually had dried out old manzanita that must have still had spores or something on it from Java moss. It lived in a drawer for 6-8 months. I threw it in a new tank that never had moss and the moss re-grew on the manzanita from the spores. 
It’s ok though because the badis are bottom dwelling so the trunk obscured view along with to dark from the branches. 
The badis really prefer the caves. When I took the trunk out I saw my girl between the sponge filter and its base trying to use it as a cave. So this set up is much better for both them and me. 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 7/4/2023 at 5:01 PM, Guppysnail said:

I do not expect any human to actually read the full 100+ pages of my journal

😂😅

On 7/4/2023 at 1:57 PM, Guppysnail said:

Guppy grass is like submerged duckweed when it comes to trying to remove it. 

And there could be shrimps in it. 😳🤣

[Beardedbillygoat1975]

Not enough tiny terrorists commentary! All seriousness great job with your sales and moving your fishroom along to your liking! 

[Guppysnail]

On 7/5/2023 at 12:06 AM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said:

Not enough tiny terrorists commentary! All seriousness great job with your sales and moving your fishroom along to your liking! 

ATM I am still mad at the tiny terrorists. 
I netted well over 150 Aspidora babies from 3 tanks and 70+ Apisto to take to the swap I placed them in a throw together 20 gallon tote tank so I could fast them for a day before bagging. 
Of course shrimp got netted. I had to net the babies to a small bowl a few at a time and sort Shrimp fish shrimp fish shrimp fish. It more than doubled the time it should have taken to bag. 
Everyone at the swap got quite a laugh because most of my bags had shrimp in anyway since they cling to the net. 
Some folks were searching bags to determine what color shrimp they wanted to go with the fish. 🤪

I had placed my snails I was keeping in a small 5g I pulled out of the closet so I did not accidentally bag any of those at 4am.  When I went to tear it down a few days after the swap of course 20+ shrimplettes had hitched a ride on the sponge filter.  So now I have to tend an extra tank until the shrimplettes are big enough to net  🙄