Guppysnail Aquarium Journal

[Hobbit]

Sorry you have to give up two of your sweet plecos, but I’m glad you found good homes for them! Where do you find people to take them?

[Guppysnail]

On 6/11/2022 at 11:36 PM, Hobbit said:

Sorry you have to give up two of your sweet plecos, but I’m glad you found good homes for them! Where do you find people to take them?

I joined that local club and they have a band ap I posted them on. Yes it was very hard to give these beautiful babies up but best for them and then new babies coming. 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

@Guppysnailthe water test kit color cards work well for removing snail eggs because they are thin and flexible. You might give one of those a shot.

[Guppysnail]

On 6/12/2022 at 9:28 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

@Guppysnailthe water test kit color cards work well for removing snail eggs because they are thin and flexible. You might give one of those a shot.

After your suggestion on another post that is exactly what I used. 😁. Definitely operator error and my lack of ninja egg collecting skips 🤣

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 6/12/2022 at 10:48 AM, Guppysnail said:

After your suggestion on another post that is exactly what I used. 😁. Definitely operator error and my lack of ninja egg collecting skips 🤣

Did it work?

always learning in this hobby, for sure!

[Guppysnail]

On 6/12/2022 at 12:30 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Did it work?

always learning in this hobby, for sure!

Better than a credit card. For the last few I used a coral feeder. I found that to be the easiest and most accurate 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 5/14/2022 at 6:01 PM, Guppysnail said:

I took out the sponge filters when I put the ugf in. Now they can’t play in the bubble stream so they play in the canister outflow. 

That is hysterical. And the antennae on that guy - very impressive!

[TeeJay]

On 6/12/2022 at 12:30 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

 

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On 6/12/2022 at 10:48 AM, Guppysnail said:

After your suggestion on another post that is exactly what I used. 😁. Definitely operator error and my lack of ninja egg collecting skips 🤣

Ninja egg collecting skills! I love it. You need to put that on a shirt 

Edited June 13, 2022 by TeeJay

[Guppysnail]

Morning MESSY project. 

Riccia fluitans (crystal wort) tree

I bought the Riccia trimmings at the club auction. There was a post on here how to glue moss so it motivated me to glue it to my wood in the guppy tank. I hope Angel and Lefty do not eat it but it is probably going to get munched by the 🐷 guppies 🙄

 

I moved Angel in his cave with his wrigglers to the guppy girl grow out tank.  I seriously hate moving fish and stressing them especially watching fry but there is no way I will get the fry out of the 29 once they are out of the cave. Plus it gives Angels cave time to grow a fuller algae carpet like Lefty’s in the shorter tank. 
Lefty still loves her cave

HAPPY ADVENTURES.. TRY SOMETHING NEW and messy 🤣

[TeeJay]

On 6/13/2022 at 9:48 AM, Guppysnail said:

Morning MESSY project. 

Riccia fluitans (crystal wort) tree

I bought the Riccia trimmings at the club auction. There was a post on here how to glue moss so it motivated me to glue it to my wood in the guppy tank. I hope Angel and Lefty do not eat it but it is probably going to get munched by the 🐷 guppies 🙄

 

I moved Angel in his cave with his wrigglers to the guppy girl grow out tank.  I seriously hate moving fish and stressing them especially watching fry but there is no way I will get the fry out of the 29 once they are out of the cave. Plus it gives Angels cave time to grow a fuller algae carpet like Lefty’s in the shorter tank. 
Lefty still loves her cave

HAPPY ADVENTURES.. TRY SOMETHING NEW and messy 🤣

Looks great I thing I'm going to order some more moss with my suswassertang to glue to some woodwork as well for all 3 tanks.

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

Beautiful, @Guppysnail!

[Guppysnail]

On 6/13/2022 at 9:56 AM, TeeJay said:

Looks great I thing I'm going to order some more moss with my suswassertang to glue to some woodwork as well for all 3 tanks.

I was worried about the fish bothering it. 10 minutes and the tiny terrorists (shrimp🥰) have covered it. 

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 6/13/2022 at 10:17 AM, Guppysnail said:

I was worried about the fish bothering it. 10 minutes and the tiny terrorists (shrimp🥰) have covered it. 

You thought you were creating a decoration when you were actually creating an all-you-can eat buffet.

[eatyourpeas]

On 6/13/2022 at 7:17 AM, Guppysnail said:

I was worried about the fish bothering it. 10 minutes and the tiny terrorists (shrimp🥰) have covered it. 

The Riccia has pretty much obliterated the duckweed in my tanks. It grows like crazy, and it is thriving in the Vampire crab tank, which happens to be the insane shrimplet factory!

I take it out by the mounds when I do WC because it covers the surface. 😁

[Guppysnail]

On 6/13/2022 at 10:26 AM, eatyourpeas said:

The Riccia has pretty much obliterated the duckweed in my tanks. It grows like crazy, and it is thriving in the Vampire crab tank, which happens to be the insane shrimplet factory!

I take it out by the mounds when I do WC because it covers the surface. 😁

I seen it in tree form engulfing the tank at my LFS and have wanted one like it.  I hope I have your luck with it.  

[Odd Duck]

On 6/13/2022 at 9:17 AM, Guppysnail said:

I was worried about the fish bothering it. 10 minutes and the tiny terrorists (shrimp🥰) have covered it. 

It looks like you’re growing tiny, strangely shaped, but colorful fruit!

[Bev C]

@Guppysnail i hope you hubby is doing better.. and thank you for your journal i stared reading it and finally got to read it all .. to update post Thank you for sharing your ups and down in your aquarium I have learned allot ,, and you have some beautiful  tanks, babies,, fish , snails and plants hopeful one day my plants will look half as good as yours … and wanted to say if you ever need someone to talk to please  know you are not alone ,, feel free to let me know by messenger .. and I am there for you I have no  kids of my own either and my furbaby and fish are my   babies 

Edited June 14, 2022 by Bev C

[Guppysnail]

Thank you @Bev C  it’s so nice to be part of such a genuinely caring community 🤗

[BeeD]

On 6/13/2022 at 8:48 AM, Guppysnail said:

Morning MESSY project. 

Riccia fluitans (crystal wort) tree

I bought the Riccia trimmings at the club auction. There was a post on here how to glue moss so it motivated me to glue it to my wood in the guppy tank. I hope Angel and Lefty do not eat it but it is probably going to get munched by the 🐷 guppies 🙄

 

I moved Angel in his cave with his wrigglers to the guppy girl grow out tank.  I seriously hate moving fish and stressing them especially watching fry but there is no way I will get the fry out of the 29 once they are out of the cave. Plus it gives Angels cave time to grow a fuller algae carpet like Lefty’s in the shorter tank. 
Lefty still loves her cave

HAPPY ADVENTURES.. TRY SOMETHING NEW and messy 🤣

Second to last picture... That wood looks like it's on fire. Very cool. 

[Guppysnail]

@BrettD Thanks. I actually scored that on sale at a big box store. The entire back is cut flat. It was meant to sit flat. My awesome non-fish hubby screwed the slate on te bottom so it would stand up like that. 

[Guppysnail]

This got rough in the OG CPD colony yesterday. I was watching 2 of my two dominant CPD face off because it was definitely more intense than usual so I knew this would be an ugly one. Normally I let them be but when I see it this bad I do try to interfere because one or both usually end up wounded badly enough they only make it a few days. I caught this one as it started so neither would be injured. 
The video got cut short when I realized this was a really bad one. I jumped up and put my hand in then food neither worked they relocated and continued. 

Since there isn’t hard scape other than mom n dads log and my shrimp moss rock I could move about I decided to add any of the fry large enough to not get eaten. During the process the boys continued fighting. Once a decent number (12-15 I was hurrying so didn’t count) were in they relocated under the intake and continued 🙁. Both stayed somewhat out of sight low on opposite sides of the tank yesterday so I have not seen how badly/if either are injured this time. 
Even peaceful fish can be violent when mating and territory are in play. 

 

 

Edited June 14, 2022 by Guppysnail

[xXInkedPhoenixX]

Very interesting friend! I've not seen my boys doing this as of yet (doesn't mean they don't just haven't witnessed anything but the typical displays with no actual body contact). My tank is so much smaller than yours too. I do worry a little bit about it but thus far have not seen any injuries or had any losses (that I'm aware of as I only see a few of my CPDs at a time). 

[Guppysnail]

On 6/14/2022 at 6:32 AM, xXInkedPhoenixX said:

Very interesting friend! I've not seen my boys doing this as of yet (doesn't mean they don't just haven't witnessed anything but the typical displays with no actual body contact). My tank is so much smaller than yours too. I do worry a little bit about it but thus far have not seen any injuries or had any losses (that I'm aware of as I only see a few of my CPDs at a time). 

When I first had them and after they matured and we’re about 1 year old I was petrified something was in my tank making them ill. It shows as a pinkish white spot then sometimes the side it’s on will swell.  One I lost I took a look with a magnifying glass and noticed a missing scal and what looked like a protrusion in the tank under magnification I seen it was a tiny scale missing and a tiny piece of meat missing. I was so frightened. But the next day I witnessed it happening.  And seen everything.  This is how I was alerted to all the drama that happens with these little ones.  I had 3 to start my colony 1/m/2f and got a group of 5 as early unsexed juveniles to add genetic diversity.  Turns out all 5 were boys 😣. They fought until 3/6 were left over 2 weeks. Then all was harmonious for 6-7 months until more male than female fry began surviving.  
if it was not for this brutality I may ave never taken the time to truly watch and understand all the dynamics of these little ones. I also would have worried needlessly that there was a mystery illness. 

Edited June 14, 2022 by Guppysnail

[Chick-In-Of-TheSea]

On 6/14/2022 at 9:17 AM, Guppysnail said:

When I first had them and after they matured and we’re about 1 year old I was petrified something was in my tank making them ill. It shows as a pinkish white spot then sometimes the side it’s on will swell.  One I lost I took a look with a magnifying glass and noticed a missing scal and what looked like a protrusion in the tank under magnification I seen it was a tiny scale missing and a tiny piece of meat missing. I was so frightened. But the next day I witnessed it happening.  And seen everything.  This is how I was alerted to all the drama that happens with these little ones.  I had 3 to start my colony 1/m/1f and got a group of 5 as early unsexed juveniles to add genetic diversity.  Turns out all 5 were boys 😣. They fought until 3/6 were left over 2 weeks. Then all was harmonious for 6-7 months until more male than female fry began surviving.  
if it was not for this brutality I may ave never taken the time to truly watch and understand all the dynamics of these little ones. I also would have worried needlessly that there was a mystery illness. 

Wow, how things can get so complicated sometimes. Remember the days when we would just sit back and chill and watch fish?  😝  Now we are referees and tank janitors and everything else, lmao

[Guppysnail]

On 6/14/2022 at 9:51 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:

Wow, how things can get so complicated sometimes. Remember the days when we would just sit back and chill and watch fish?  😝  Now we are referees and tank janitors and everything else, lmao

I sure do the more I learn the more complex it becomes. 🤣