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Speaking of snails...we have a pair of Apple Snails that have laid eggs twice but neither batch has hatched. They lay their eggs above the water level and we have made sure that when doing water changes/adding water (this time of year we get a lot of evaporation) that they remain above the water level but no babies. Is there something we're doing wrong?
We have a yoyo loach in our 49g tall tank and even though he does pig out on the flakes that we feed the other fish in the tank he still loves to dig around in the gravel and eat the ramshorn snails too. An easy way to trap unwanted snails is to use a plastic soda/water bottle with an algae wafer in it, the snails will crawl into it (maybe some fish too) and you just take it out and let them dry out, or crush them and feed them back to the fishies. |
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I actually like the pond snails, (they're fun to watch), but can reproduce very quickly. In the Spring, I place a bunch of them in my pond and they keep the algae down quite a bit. |
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Here are a couple of Blood Pythons... :p http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s...t/DSCF8808.jpg |
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I'd say it's likely that your fish aren't producing enough waste and the plants are completely depleting your tank. |
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My salt shaker trap I made is much, much smaller. The most snails I've captured at once with it is about 30. |
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Your salt shaker trap is a good innovation for a smaller tank. You seem to be pretty good at home-made equipment that actually works! :thumb: |
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So I dropped almost $600 today on a pretty major upgrade...
I bought two 30W TMC GroBeam 1000 LED tiles. This isn't my tank but here's what 2 of them look like together. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2H6l5L_yzC...ant-lowres.jpg |
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Also, I keep meaning to ask: Some of my plants' leaves are browning. Is that due to a lack of light or a lack of fertilizers? I do root tabs once a month, and Fluorish twice a week. Do I need to increase something? |
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Lost a betta and an albino corey today. Polk (the betta) had been doing poorly since he got his tail chewed down so that wasn't a surprise but the corey showed no symptoms or anything. Water parameters are within acceptable limits and the other fish are doing fine. Did a 25% water change and hoping it was just a fluke they died at the same time.
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Getting started on my project to re-build the case for my stand. Don't like the black, trying to build a red mahogany 'shell' for it; kinda excited about it.
I'll get some before/after pictures up here sooner or later, but I've been thinking about making this thing for a couple of months and I'm just now to the 'raw lumber' stage, so it may never actually get done. |
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Flushed my first fish yesterday. A pink Neon had a large hump on it's back, was laying around on the bottom and had an eye bugging out.
Any ideas? I figure it's pretty good to have it take this long to kill the first one off. |
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Or you could use Melafix as a preventative. It's not as strong as real antibiotics but is far less destructive to your overall tank health. |
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I also have a colony of Red Cherry Shrimp. They're in my 5 gal and doing really well and breeding like crazy! There have been no casualties yet w/ the RCS, eh, aside from the 6 I shipped to a friend... DOH! Never doing that again. |
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DAMN! The coloring is really vivid now! Especially the blue on the face. Very nice!
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Thanks. He's getting there. Should get about 4" long eventually. (that's what she said)....
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I hate you people. Out of sheer boredom I opened this thread around midnight last night. I haven't had an aquarium since I was about 14 and bred fancy tail guppies and lyretail mollies to sell back to my local pet store. This is all your fault.
http://i44.tinypic.com/120qed2.jpg Now my dumb ass has to figure out how to get a better lighting system as I'm sure these plants will die under this single included 17w bulb. Never did plants as a kid (beyond the occasional floater to stick in the corner for the babies). Any recommendations for fixtures/bulbs? 36G 30" front bowed. |
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Are you in Iowa? I'm looking for a tank that size.
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We live just inside Iowa, right on I-35, about an hour and a half from Arrowhead. |
So, I decided that since I couldn't sell my 30g tank, I would start something cool in it. Not sure where it's going exactly -- maybe a Cichlid tank, but most likely another planted tank. Both of those will require much better lighting.
Enter the ahsupply.com 55w CFL retrofit kit. $45. Sweet. That takes me from a 20w fluorescent tube to a high-power, 10,000K 55-watt CFL. Great for fish lighting, but also great for plant lighting. Tools required: Screwdriver Wire cutter/wire crimper Drill with 3/8" and 1/8" bits First step was to take the old ballast (which is what runs the lights, for you newbies) out. That was easy. Take out the bulb, remove four screws, and the whole thing popped out. http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...9/32e1dd9d.jpg I decided to keep the original switch, which you can see near the bottom of the pic there. Next step was to drill a hole for the new power wire (that's the three colored wires there), and some mounting holes for the new ballast on the back. I threaded the new power wire through and secured it with the snap connector. http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...9/83ab1f78.jpg The new ballast was so big, it couldn't fit inside, so it had to be mounted on the back. It's beefy enough to run two 55w bulbs if I want to, hence the two red wires. Also, my wife's purse is really red. http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...9/dc0c5b35.jpg Old power cord vs. new power cord. Big difference. http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...9/082a5d03.jpg New ballast mounted, and the wires run through back into the housing. http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...9/53faea83.jpg Next step was to merge the two red wires down into one, since I'm going to be using only one bulb for now. I can split them back up later if I want to add another. http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...9/d509d214.jpg Wires laid in, ready for the reflector. http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...9/385d8824.jpg Reflector laid in, and the wires for the new socket. http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...9/0f46bd3c.jpg Almost done. Just have to lay in the bulb. http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...9/eac8266d.jpg In! http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...9/7dd8691b.jpg And shiiiiiiiiiiiny! http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...9/77eda430.jpg So, these kits are great for anyone looking to cheaply upgrade their lighting. Will work great for either fresh or saltwater. |
That's one hell of a deal for a retrofit kit! Nice work! :thumb:
I thought about getting a few of those to put in my old fixtures, but the plastic housing is so damn flimsy on those things. Speaking of which, I recently sold one of my Coralife fixtures, and transferred the majority of my plants into my 10 gal. I ended up placing an Actinic bulb in the remaining fixture and it really makes the tank look awesome. I do miss having it heavily planted, but I also got tired of them being uprooted by the Pleco. Props to IA Chiefs Fan, too! That is a beautiful tank! It's a shame your kids lost interest. :( My 3 y/o is infatuated w/ "Nemo", so naturally, he has his nose pressed against the glass a lot. LMAO Hopefully he'll stay interested in fish, but I doubt he will after we get our puppy this summer. |
Starting to get the 30g on the right track.
Put the dirt in a couple of days ago. Used: Miracle Gro Organic Choice for the dirt Got some dry red clay powder from KC Clay Also got some dolomite from there And some potash from Suburban Lawn and Garden Capping it off with some black blasting sand I got from Tractor Supply Co. Total for all this was MAYBE $60, and I have enough to last a lifetime. Put the potash and dolomite in the bottom, covered it with the dirt. It's ready for the cap and water now, but I'm waiting on some driftwood to come in so I can put that in there and plant without having to go back in and disturb the soil. Also picked up some clown loaches to take care of my snail problem in the 10g. Will transfer them to the 30g when it's ready. The girl at Petco screwed up and gave me 5 clown loaches for $8. Score. |
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A few nights ago, I dumped about 50 pond snails in the tank and they enjoyed the feast! It sounds morbid, I know, but it's beneficial to the CL's health for them to consume a variety of foods. Speaking of which, if anyone needs any free pond snails, shoot me a PM. |
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There for a while I was removing 200-300 PER DAY from my daughter's 14G. |
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My CL's devour 50 or so within an hour or 2 and luckily very few strays are found afterwards. I'm breeding the snails purposely for food, (in my 5 gallon along w/ a growing colony of RCS). The snails are reproducing pretty well, but not to the point of having a few hundred per day. Again... :eek: Did you get an Assassin Snail to take care of the problem? I heard those guys are ruthless on the little buggers! |
I can't do anything to deliberately kill the pond snails (medication, Assasins, botias, etc.) because she also has Melanoides (Malaysian trumpet) snails and they're not only not a pest, they're beneficial to plants and their roots.
How do you like the RCS? My daughter and I are going to get some tomorrow. If we want them to breed and keep down the algae in the 14G, how many do we need? |
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I love the RCS!! They are entertaining as hell to watch, especially when the females are caring eggs. IIRC, I started out w/ 3 males and 1 female. That's all it took to get the colony started. I would guess that my colony is in the hundreds now and I just got them about 9 months ago. Honestly, if you're wanting to expedite the breeding process, 2 males and 2 females would be a good mix. I would be careful housing them w/ certain types of fish though. The babies will hide until they get big enough to venture out on their own. However, if they're small enough to fit in a mouth, they could get gobbled up. I just added a Crowntail Betta to that tank and he hasn't eaten any, (that I know of anyway). He does tend to chase them, but the RCS quickly dash away. |
Another thing to consider too is the filter intake. If the holes/slits are large, the RCS will get sucked up in no time. I just cut pantyhose to size and tied it up around the intake. It looks like crap, but if you just place a plant in front of it... problem solved! :thumb:
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I'd really only be worried about the Yo Yo but since he no longer eats snails, I can't imagine he'd eat RCS. The killifish might eat them if they're out in the open but they're not going to go hunting for them. |
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I'm using a Zoo Med 511 Nano canister filter on that tank and the intake holes are already pretty small. I have some sponges I could use but I like your method better! :) Thanks for the info. |
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Good luck w/ your RCS! Your daughter is going to love them! |
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http://i431.photobucket.com/albums/q...h_DSC01099.jpg We only see the Kuhli's about once a week. :) |
If anybody cares, here's a recent shot of my 55G. I'm pretty much done messing with it - I really like the way it looks now.
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I thought id get in on this and post my 55 Gal Cichlid tank.
Unfortunetley im to much of a newb for the site to let me post pics :p |
how many post are required to post pics?
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So, there was a mixup at a local store on a used 135 gallon tank, so they offered me a 125 with a stand for $450, brand new. Should I do it, or hold out for a Craiglist special?
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Take the new 125. $450 for a tank AND stand is pretty good.
BTW, we bought 6 RCS tonight, they're already hard at work eating algae! |
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I wanted a show tank for our theater room as it is, so I was always planning on getting a big tank. Still not sold on it, considering I can get a 75g for 1/4 of the price.
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The idea of having a little eco-system to watch grow is really awesome. But I could only do it if the system was self-cleaning. I'm pretty lazy.
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There's a guy on my fish forum that set-up a movie themed tank, ("Avatar"). It was pretty bad-ass! He used a lot of glow-in-the-dark plants and pebbles. He also had a black light and weighed down some plastic "Avatar" characters w/ flat pieces of plastic. I would think that all the plastic would leech toxins in the water, but he has a healthy tank of Glofish. Go figure. I would love to do a large movie themed tank! Maybe one of these days. Edit: Here's a pic of the guy's tank... |
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I'm pretty anal about introduction of potential sources of fish death. :) |
Well, it appears that the killifish WILL attempt to eat the shrimp because I saw one doing it this morning.
Luckily the adult shrimp are SUPER quick in short bursts (you can't follow them with your eyes, they're that fast) and we have more cover than they could ever need. |
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I cannot wait to get my aquarium back up and running. I have a really cool 65 gallon that is an awesome shape. Really tall and deep but not too long (3ft instead of the 4ft usual for 55 gallons). But apartment living is not too condusive to an aquarium of that size.
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Bought those active filters from angelsplus and solved the problems immediately. Going to go the same route for the 30g. Too easy not to do it. |
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I'm finding fish to be a pain in the ass and I'm about ready to use them as bait.
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