The Arthritic Aquarist Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 On 10/25/2022 at 6:35 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: You can supplement with calcium to help its shell. Crab cuisine or banquet blocks are food sources with calcium. Or you could put a chunk of cuttlebone or wondershell in the tank. Congrats!! A very active little one too! You can always move the eggs to a breeder box with a turkey baster. Use one with a lid so the snails don’t get in. Thanks. I use egg shell which I grind up (for extra calcium). The shrimp also get Hikari Shrimp Cuisine, so snail likely eating that as well. He is getting on, however. He's getting close to 1.5 years old. I had two, which I purchased at the same time. The other sadly passed away in August. I also have 2 Nerites and their shells are doing fine, which makes me think it's more about age. My water is also on the hard side. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerceptivePesce Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 These are my "pup"squeaks. (I used to have airplants before my cats destroyed them. They are epiphytes, like java fern, and their offspring are called pups! Im gonna try to popularize pup usage for java ferns 😁) How much bigger will they get before I need to attach them to something else? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingcow Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 On 10/26/2022 at 7:20 AM, TheSwissAquarist said: Ah yes, the famous stowaway! I was at the LFS, and we did establish that she is a female Endler. I can't remember the color variant. Some sort of green. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 On 10/26/2022 at 7:47 PM, PerceptivePesce said: How much bigger will they get before I need to attach them to something else? I wait for them to get a few good roots before detaching. Usually when they are about the size of a quarter. Sometimes after detaching I will just let them float around until I have more plant to work with (attach). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 On 10/26/2022 at 6:47 PM, PerceptivePesce said: These are my "pup"squeaks. (I used to have airplants before my cats destroyed them. They are epiphytes, like java fern, and their offspring are called pups! Im gonna try to popularize pup usage for java ferns 😁) How much bigger will they get before I need to attach them to something else? I had some Java fern leaves that were pretty dead but were also pretty covered with baby fernlets. I just glued them directly to the piece of wood. They may come loose as the dead, brown leaf keeps rotting but I’m hoping that the tiny ferns will dig into and hold onto the wood piece since it’s got some surface softening and thin layer of biofilm happening. I spent a couple hours gluing various tiny to small fernlets onto wood the other day. Was so tired of dealing with baby ferns that I never even took any pics! But the wood pieces should look fantastic as the ferns grow! Nice and dense growth, I hope. On 10/27/2022 at 5:41 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: I wait for them to get a few good roots before detaching. Usually when they are about the size of a quarter. Sometimes after detaching I will just let them float around until I have more plant to work with (attach). I do exactly this. But I had a bunch more tiny fernlets floating around than I realized and had to do something about them. 😆 Fern gluing marathon! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 On 10/27/2022 at 7:26 AM, Odd Duck said: Fern gluing marathon! Hehe, that's what I did too. Some lived, some didn't. Still, more than got my money's worth out of that one java fern! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 On 10/25/2022 at 7:48 PM, Fish Folk said: he loves the “Gukkies,” the “Nails,” and the “Blekos.” This is adorable. I think I might just start calling them "gukkies," too. Too cute! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 On 10/24/2022 at 12:56 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: Who are the little ones in your tanks? Challenge accepted, LOL. My nano-est nano fish! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 On 10/27/2022 at 11:53 AM, Jess said: This is adorable. I think I might just start calling them "gukkies," too. Too cute! I am always worried about the Beh-TAHS because they're low enough for him to reach in and harass . . . 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerflower Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 I have some photos from this summer when I was raising my first ever batch of pearl medaka fry! ☺️ The very first baby I hatched, back in June. Teeny fry in their grow out pond. Some juveniles moving in to the pond with their parents. These fry were so fun and easy to raise and I can't wait to raise more next summer! 😁 Hopefully I'll have better luck finding homes for them. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveO Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 On 10/27/2022 at 12:29 PM, Jess said: Challenge accepted, LOL. My nano-est nano fish! Wow. Do your chilis really look this good? Mine are no where near this red. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 On 10/27/2022 at 3:28 PM, DaveO said: Do your chilis really look this good? Yeah there’s no filter or increase in vibrance/saturation here - this is really how they look! I’ve had them maybe a year and a half. They only got this colorful after I moved them to this tank (maybe 4 months after I got them). The tank has a sponge filter and a lot of plants, including floating ones. They never hide. There are about 13 in that 7.5 gallon and there aren’t any bigger fish with them. I think they just feel comfy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveO Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 On 10/27/2022 at 2:49 PM, Jess said: Yeah there’s no filter or increase in vibrance/saturation here - this is really how they look! I’ve had them maybe a year and a half. They only got this colorful after I moved them to this tank (maybe 4 months after I got them). The tank has a sponge filter and a lot of plants, including floating ones. They never hide. There are about 13 in that 7.5 gallon and there aren’t any bigger fish with them. I think they just feel comfy. Very impressive. Mine are just juvies, so maybe there is still hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 On 10/27/2022 at 3:53 PM, DaveO said: Mine are just juvies, so maybe there is still hope. For sure!!! I think they don’t get full color until they are fully grown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyM Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 I also have some Platy fry in various stages. I think mama is already pregnant again, even though I moved the male out of the tank a couple weeks later - praise be 🙃 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerflower Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 On 10/27/2022 at 10:29 AM, Jess said: Challenge accepted, LOL. My nano-est nano fish! I was on the fence about whether or not I wanted to get chilis for my new tank I'm setting up and your photo has definitely convinced me! I did not realize they could get that vibrant 🤩 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 On 10/27/2022 at 9:00 PM, dangerflower said: your photo has definitely convinced me! I’m glad!! I think they are perfect for a nano fish tank. Probably the bigger the tank, the more you need for them to feel safe. I found that the more the plants grew in (that is, the less empty space there was) the more colorful they got. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 I’ll had a couple of my Normal x Gold BN plecos. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahi27 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Omg I love this thread. Haha. I have much more to add but for now please enjoy my creamsicle dalmatian mollies and their lil bebbis. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 On 10/28/2022 at 1:03 AM, TheSwissAquarist said: I’ll had a couple of my Normal x Gold BN plecos. I’ve got a couple that are supposed to be crossed with blue-eyed lemon. They called them “lemon drops”. 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerceptivePesce Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 The mini Bolbitis I got about a month ago started throwing pipsqueaks! It wasn't doing too much till now. I'm super excited because I loved the way it looked when I first got it, and if it recovers, it will be my favorite plant! Those pup roots look pretty good. I may cut them off in a couple days and glue them to another rock. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rita Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Ember tetra fry... not sure how I even managed to spot this little translucent pipsqueak. I'm not trying to breed them but I have a bunch of plants so I get a new fry every few months that finds a way to survive! 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Pygmy Cory fry growing out in a mesh box 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 @nabokovfan87 - time to join this thread! 😊 On 11/14/2022 at 11:40 PM, Rita said: Ember tetra fry... not sure how I even managed to spot this little translucent pipsqueak. I'm not trying to breed them but I have a bunch of plants so I get a new fry every few months that finds a way to survive! It must have been a feat to get a photo to focus. Ember tetra are small to begin with! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Should have some baby mystery snails to show off here soon. 🤗 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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