Recent content by Applesnailgirl

Thanks Demeter32 I actually have some Carbon on hand, so I'll try that out today!! :hooray:

Hey all! Here in Washington we have been having a HUGE heatwave. I don't know if it's the stagnant smelling smoke from the fires up north, or the general humid hot weather, but my tank smells BAD. I know all fish tanks have that fishy smell to them, but it smells reallly bad, to the point where...

Too true nic1. I haven't heard of those but they sound great! I'll run into my local pet store sometime this week and see if I can find them. For some reason my cuttlebones get mushy REALLY fast, so I usually have to change them out once every 3 water changes or so.

Thanks for the comment! I actually have a couple of cuttle bones in my tank already, and I dose the tank with calcium powder every two weeks. The thing is, I just got this little dude a week ago, and the tank she was in at the pet store didn't have any supplements in it. I asked the man working...

Ok. I just got home and the runt of my group of snails was floating with this weird pouch on the side of her shell. I scooped her out for a few seconds to examine it and I noticed her shell was extremely chipped and rugged. It seems as if the side of her shell "burst?" open and something...

I've never heard of this happening before, but it's good that he's acting happy and normal. Hopefully someone with more experience in bettas will come along soon! Until then, best of luck to you and your little bud!!!

Oh! Thanks Demeter32. I thought that might be it, but I figured it would be better to check via this forum just in case. Whew! Always a good day when you find out your fish aren't dying ;)

Just a girl who likes snails

Hey there! I'm actually rather new to fish keeping, and right now I have a few apple snails. I noticed two of them on top of each other. My first thought, of course was that they were mating. But then I saw this weird white thing. It's moving around and kind of creeping me out. Is it a worm...