Recent content by tabletopfishguy

i recently just did a move and as im observing my tank theres an ember tetra with torn fins thats schooling but non stop twitching and has a worm on the back of its tail that is moving, Could anyone diagnose this and give me a solution?? All other tank mates including the culled shrimp in there...

would i see shrimp die off and a halt to breeding if there was something toxic to inverts? I know snails are different in their sensitivity to things though, i haven’t seen any issues with my shrimp so id thought the snails would be fine. The no planaria could possibly be leaving a residue thats...

active for a week is a strech id say activitive for about 5 hours then hunkered down, peeking out periodically

Distilled yes, but i remineralize with salty shrimp gh/kh, parameters are mentioned above i tend to remineralize new water to about that level. Not sure if thats enough for the nerites im not super educated with their needs for minerals.

im due for one regardless, thats on tomorrows bucket list along with distilled water since thats whats holding me back from a WC as of now

nope its shell is fully intact, its just the angle the lil guy was sitting at that made it seem like he was missing a chunk of his shell, he looks just like all of my other nerites. Hunkered down in the moss where i set them. I unfortunately dont have ANYTHING to test for ammonia as of right now...

yeahhh i had bad luck with mystery snails in the past the smell test is no new news to me… definitely had my fair share of recoils into horror. and the first time i went for a gulp of a sniff LOL

Just looking for some answers as to what my nerite is doing, i got 3 zebra nerites about a week ago and at first they were ridiculously hungry and ate the greenspot algae in my shrimp tank and after a few hours they just hunkered down and haven’t moved since, today i picked up one of my snails...

Me and my fiancé are getting a place together (whooo!!! exciting!!) that brings the feared and dreaded event… Tank relocation (dun dun dunnnn), I have a 10 gallon with a betta and 6 ember tetras,and a few hiding baby neos. That should be an easy move since im aware of the number of occupants and...

I figured the rhizome could have something to do with it, goin to keep the juvenile plants on the mother rhizome till it develops better, any of my stems that have juveniles seem kinda on route to break away from the rhizome regardless of if i want to keep it on the rhizome. Moved the Bio Film...