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glue it to a rock, then bury the rock

I've had three extended (weeks long) snail outbreaks in a 10g, 40g and 100g. Things that didn't work for me were feeding less, or manually killing them / trapping them / extracting them. I just can't bring myself to feed fish a lean diet... But assassin snails have worked for me every single...

I'll be honest, I thought you had a Malaysian trumpet snail outbreak 😅

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thanks! I guess he needs a name now. any suggestions?

This is my L397 Tiger pleco in my 250g community planted tank. If he showed his face more often I would give him a name...

thanks for the tips. fingers crossed it doesn't apread. I actually have a few cuttle fish bones in the sump to try and increase kh, but it doesn't seem to help me much...

the pH fluctuation is due to the high co2 ppm needed for some of these plants to thrive. also seems to keep the BBA back. I'll try hoovering all the dead spots around the logs, and give the bio media a good rinse out. the nitrate is very high after dosing ca(no3)2 but falls as the plants...

TDS is 120 after a water change down from 200

my ph bottoms out at 5.9 with co2, from a high of 7.0 in the morning. after a fresh water change it is 7.2. I would guess my nitrite is zero but I never measured it. i'm dosing an additional 30g calcium nitrate a week for my plants, which the tank is filled pretty densely with, so I figure the...

thanks for the feedback. i've been doing 50% water changes a week, the last one being 2 days ago, along with a glass clean. my substrate is 1.5mm sand which doesn't lend itself well to vacuuming. for the large part I never disturb it, but agitate the water over it to sweet debris into the sump...

vs his friends I noticed this poor bugger hopping around in my tank a few days ago. he is about 1.5 inches long. I also have 3 german blue rams who are slightly larger, two 6 inch Siamese algae eaters, a 3 inch Tiger pleco, and a 2 inch zebra pleco. all other fish are smaller. I can't imagine...