Apple Snails

[bitisGabonica]

Hi all! im a bit new to tropical fish, and i dont actually have a "proper" setup, but through luck and a little care i have a very small tank of tiny fish!


i dont know if this site is connected to fishgeeks..but i found them rather rude and almost snobbish so i have come here to see if it is nicer here!

all i have is a tank that is 15 inches long and 10 from back to front, to tell you the truth it is actually not a glass tank....because i have absolutly no space at the moment......its a flippin plastic storage box...totally see through, but totally practical, as we have lots of small ppl here and so the box is impervious to attacks of children! its also un breakable by me, and sio flippin easy to clean and move, for practicality its perfect...
Inside it are 7 fish, 3 neon tetra and 4 harlequin tetra.
The box is sat on top of my aduly royal pythons tank, on the warm end, and through a week of testing the temps...it never went over 80f or under 74....it sits mostly at 78 which i read is the tetras preffered temp , so its great! they are happy, lively and ...they have actually suprised me...i love to watch them, busy little fish...
as far as equipment i have a very small basic sponge filter and i dont have an airpump yet...because i fear even the smallest ones i can find are to powerfull

at the moment i have no gravel in there, they do have decor....which might make you laugh!

they have a peice of amethyst worth 60 £ ! lol and another stone costing 50...an agate stone and some little fake plants and a few decorative stones

i think though i will not move these fish...with others, as they dont live so long...and 2 or so years is perfect because by then i will be able to have a much nicer setup, which brings me to the point of the post!

apple snails? very small aquatic snails? ...see the problem is i feed these the flakes but..il get maybe 10 little flakes maximum and crush them upp a little and give them to them 2 or 3 times aa day but even this minute amount seems to much, so the wasted food is polluting the water faster.....they are fine...as i will get most of it out in the 10 - 15% water i change every 7 days or so....but these snails will apparantly eat this excess food?

i can however assure all the fish are very happy, they have been here a month now, and no death yet...and no signs of distress or illness, which makes me happy! its very hard though also to feed them less...because its such a small amount i give them anyhow, really i should get a pic ...its so minuite! different from the coldwater ones i had like golden orfe, big goldies and things!

are there any absolutly tiny scavanger type fish? or these snails?

thanks for reading me!

 

[afishdude]

do you have a filter on it?

apple snails get as big as a golf ball. there really isnt any type of fish that would sute you with such a small set up. not even close to bieng big enough for corys. maby some pond snails. as if it has no gravel they will be easy to controll.

edit: that tank would be big enough for the tetras as they are small. had to re think the size and water quantity.

 

[Ilya]

You don't feed the snails. You feed the fish. The snails will find their own food, they are scavengers. Anyhow, nice setup I guess. There was a guy who turned a toilet into a fish storage device (you couldn't flush, so it's okay). Do you have filtration/aeration? Could we see pictures?

You could find a really cheap tank on craigslist. That way, you won't have to worry about your plastic bin.

 

[bitisGabonica]

i have a tiny tiny basic ultra basic sponge filter lol! no air though, because i think even the smallest pumps would make way to much bulbbles in there...seriously its really small! i think the gallons capacity of this thing....is erm not much at all actually it might be to small, i will get a pic ..but i will have to try a new method....the last pics i couldnt get them as nice as i wanted i will try very hard though

the filter is a aqua flow mini !

but thats what im doing im learning...i really know very little...other than ph levels and nitrates...temps and food issues, i can spot ilness...but this is all literally!

 

[Ilya]

There is more to keeping fish than that. Look around craigslist so you can upgrade for cheap. That's what I did.

 

[bitisGabonica]

the whole point is i have nowhere to put my upgrade! i have tanks...coming out of my ears almost but at the moment i just rent a room!its horrible...i have 3 nice tanks waiting.....but i cant have them...one is small i think 26 inch long one is 2.5 feet long and the other is a big 4 foot one!

maybe though i might get a bigger box temporarily anyway.....bit bigger so i can have an airstone
and i will have them the tanks..lol i will! but not just yet

oh does anyone know how to covert size into volume? i forgot the sum !

craigslist? the list of craig?

thanks

also i have 4 snakes in here!

posting pics here, do you want that in URL? or a link to a pic hosted somewhere else? or is uploading a small pic here ok?