Recent content by Nells250

Seems every year there's at least one blue lobster found up here! ;-) https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/2025/08/22/rare-blue-lobster-spared-fishermen-smast-in-new-bedford/85763857007/...

Usually all I use is a tap of conditioner, if at all, and Seachem Excel. Recently I started using some CO2 tabs from Buce Plant and iron from Aquarium Co-op as well. You know, stupid me has never actually tested straight tap! One shop man told me that the water where I live tends to "change"...

I have been VERY annoyed at the lack of progress I am making with this hobby. I'm sick of seeing everyone's pristine tanks with nice plants and no algae... My tanks look horrible no matter what I do for them! Only good thing is my bettas are fine. I am even loosing nerite snails!! TANK #1...

UPDATE: Have been loosing a lot of shrimp lately... not happy about that... there ARE some babies in there, so maybe some adults were just too old, but that doesn't make me feel any better. I have been using some PH-down as it was really high. Also decided, since I finally found some at a...

Tiny blue/black baby Baby red/clear Still one light blue in there

Read that amano shrimp eat green hair algae, which keeps covering the moss in Plant Test Tank #1. So when a local shop had some, I bought a pair. One was a bit of a sacrifice, as I put it in Tank #1 with Betsy the Betta. It ended up M.I.A. the next day. But the second one is in T.T.#1 and SO...

R.I.P Zip the Snail 2.0 5/2024-7/2025... Zip was responsible for cleaning Tank #2. Need to get a replacement sooner than later!

VERY good advice. Slate roofing is no doubt more solid than what I use, which is very easy to sand down.

I thought I took photos when I made them, but I can't find any. The first one wasn't thought out well... the two "legs" were made up of small bits, and one of them kept detaching. Too small of a connection for a good bond. BUT it is still in Tank #1 with Betsy the betta. The second attempt...