Recent content by klc43

@StevenF Good idea, Thanks for the suggestion! Its good to know these guys are harmless. My pearl gourami aren't eating them, even though they usually feed from the surface. (Or not eating enough for me to notice a different in the population.) Somehow my notifications didn't get through...

Thanks - Good to know! But still annoying.

There are some tiny bugs hanging out on my floating plants - mostly my red root floaters. When I move the plants, the jump off onto the surface of the water then jump back. They've been there probably a month. I had hoped they would go away, but they are multiplying. My pearl gourami do not...

So I bought a Hornwort plant from an online retailer. I did a bleach tip per their websites recommendations. It released about 20 red worms. But it also killed the plant. The same retailer has just offered me a $50 credit to try again. They said that they are bloodworms, and are a bonus as...

Thanks everyone! Definitely looks like bladder snails. It's amazing how fast they have grown in a couple of days. So it sounds like no one is going to try to convince me to keep them.

@Slaphppy7 Thanks for help with the identification! They do seem to match pictures of bladder snails online. After reading a bit, sounds like my only real options are kill them by treating the plants, or accept an uncontrollable number in my tank. I really hate to kill them, but I don't want...

PS My tank is 20 gal. 2 honey gourami, 3 corydora habrosus. Planning to get more cories and some small algae eaters. My PH is out of whack (high), but all other water parameters are good.

So I ordered some plants online, and didn't have any of the chemicals to sterilize them on hand, so I put them in my quarantine tank. I now have at least four little snails crawling around. I am a relative Newby, hoping for some advice. 1. I never wanted snails, they are kinda gross to me. But...

@PheonixKingZ No pink stuff has shown up in the tank, luckily. Water from the LFS isn't an option. What about grocery store water?

I just heard from a friend that our town has really bad water, and when she had a tank, she only used store water and added hardness. We get this pink stuff that collects in the shower. She said it's actually a form of bacteria. I have been treating my water with Prime and then for PH with...

I wanted to give an update for anyone who may be watching. I kept the female in isolation for about 3 weeks (I think.) With daily water changes. Her behavior had returned to her normal, spunky self, so put the female back in the main tank on Friday afternoon. Her and the male had been...

Update: So last night it became clear my male did not have this under control. So every time I saw an egg floating on the other side of the tank, I collected it with a turkey battery and put it in my specimen container. This morning I have about 50 eggs that have matured so that I can see...