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one of my snails laid a clutch about a week ago. This morning I checked on it and it has a few holes in it. What’s going on? Clutch is floating in the tank for warmth and humidity.

Good to know. Would adding some of the dirty substrate from the 5 gallon help things along too? Fantastic! Super happy to know I won’t have to mutilate any sponges for this

I have a 5 gallon that I’ve finally cycled. I’ve been considering upgrading to a 20 gallon & id like to keep my 5 gallon going. if I purchased a second sponge filter the same as the first, could I cut the sponge in half and replace half of it with new, then put the other half in the new tank...

I have a 5 gallon cycled tank that I’d really like to upgrade. I was wondering, since the sponge filter I have is meant for up to 20 gallons, could I just transfer everything (including plants, filter, heater, substrate) and the new, larger tank be cycled immediately? Or would adding additional...

Not the best picture because she’s a very active lady. My guppy has a long white string coming out of her. This is the first time it’s happened and I’m sorta freaking out. What’s going on with her?

Good to know, thank you. I wasn’t sure if it was related since it started right after cycling my tank. It seems like this will just become an additional food source for my snails as long as it doesn’t get out of control?

I’d been doing a fish-in cycle which finally completed (I think). Ammonia and nitrites are at 0 and nitrates are around 20. This morning I woke up to a few patches of what looks like white fuzzy algae in my tank. My snails were eating it. Is this normal for a newly cycled tank? A good or bad...

Since it’s a fish-in cycle I assumed the fish were producing the ammonia? Every other time I’d not do a water change for a day I’d find my ammonia at either .5 or 1 so I was pretty shocked to see my results this morning.

Doing a fish-in cycle. Did a water test this morning after not performing a water test since the day before yesterday. Things were just insane yesterday and I didn’t get a moment to test or do a water change. My ammonia levels didn’t rise as much as they had been previously, my nitrite levels...

Hey there snail friends. Lately I’ve noticed my mystery snails crawling all over each other. I’ve been keeping my eyes out for mating & today I saw one of my gold mysteries starting to mate with another one. She was attached to the tank side when this happened & she let go. They tumbled to...

I’m pretty new to guppies. These photos are two weeks apart - when I brought this lady home (top) and about two days ago (bottom). I feel like her gravid spot has gotten larger/darker and her belly has gotten larger. I can tell her apart from the rest because she has a nip in her tail. Is this...

That’s great news! I just have to say I really adore this forum. Thank you guys for making this all approachable and digestible. I started out posting on Reddit for advice and people were seriously rude for no reason. So thanks a ton from me + my snails/fish.

Awesome, I’ll do another one tonight then. :) Thanks for your help. Sorry if this is a silly question (and please don’t take this that I’m not going to do the water changes because I 100% plan on it) but do the super frequent water changes slow down cycling the tank?

I’m very much a newb to this & I don’t know how large of a water change to do just based off of what color my test comes out to be, which is why I found and have been relying on the chart I found. How do I know how large of a water change to do without a reference? This is the chart.

I’ve been going off of a water change chart I found that tells you how much water to change based off of parameters, today I did a 50% water change. I tested my tap water and it’s 0 for nitrates, nitrites, and ammonia. I’ve been using this bacteria since starting the cycle and haven’t seen...