Recent content by awilkinson871

I ordered them off of Amazon. Most fish stores sell them also.

It does look like an assassin. It is going to need to eat so I would start feeding it shrimp wafers and bloodworms or brine shrimp as it is carnivorous. If you don't it will probably go after the other snail or it will die of starvation.

IMO- a 10 gallon is a little small for 3 mystery snails. Especially if they decide to reproduce.

An assassin is not likely to attack a large mystery until it runs out of other snails to eat. It will however reproduce. Are you sure it is an assassin and not a Malaysian trumpet snail?

Just biofilm. Totally normal.

The black on the throat means male. I had sneaky honeys too. I thought initially I ended up with 1 male and 2 females because of the dorsal fins, but they have all turned bright colors and have black on the throats.

They are probably eating snail poop...and they make alot. Since you arent vacuuming very thoroughly or often there is alot to eat. Once you add fish they will eat many of them, but they will never go away. They will just hang out in the substrate where you will rarely see them. Sometimes when I...

I am guessing you actually have ghost shrimp or some colorless cherry shrimp. Amanos can become berried, but produce larvae that need saltwater to live. Shrimp will breed, but many will become snacks for fish. They cannot overpopulate the tank so you don't need to worry. They also produce very...

I use a 10 gallon as my quarantine and have two larger tanks. I now have a habit of treating with PraziPro as soon as they get into quarantine as a "just in case." Early on I had fish die due to parasites and catching it later on is much harder. By the times symptoms start it is often too late...

My first guess would be internal parasites. I have come to the conclusion that all fish should be preventatively treated for them during a quarantine period because of the amount of times I have dealt with them. I will also say that 10 gallons is going to be too small for peppered cories long...

Lots of things can cause stress, bot just cycling. They can be stressed from overcrowding, no hiding places, water parameters, etc. I would never change Ph intentionally unless I was keeping something like African cichlids. Chasing a number leads to swings and death. If your tap water has a...

I had an issue getting a glass top for my 37 gallon because it was a "kit". All the glass ones were about 3/4" too long. I had it cut down so it fits. Any glass shop can trim it.

I would imagine the one shrimp released the eggs and the other took advantage. Why let the eggs go to waste when they are going to rot anyways?

There are so many possible reasons that you may never know. It could be stress from fish-in cycle, bad genetics, stress, etc. I will say 5 gallons is way too small for any pleco and should not have more than a couple fish at a time. If your tank is truly cycled you should have some nitrates...

I would suggest to quit cleaning the glass so frequently. I only clean the front when needed and leave the rest so the beneficial bacteria stays intact. If you have any ammonia that means the tank is not cycled yet or you are disturbing the cycle by removing too much BB. You say nitrites and...