Recent content by Splaker

We are on a well and must have a water softener to control the iron in the water. Thus, I think my water is soft. The cuttlebone can at least address this. I put about 2/3rds of a piece into my overhang filter a few days ago, but the snails had already died by that point. Can't hurt! I will...

looked at olive nerite - mine are darker Idk the PH at this time. I will try to get a reading..I just bought a calcium test kit.

65 gallons! I think that's plenty for 9. They may have come in unhealthy.. almost immediately they weren't as active... As you can see I have plenty of algae

I bought 9 nerite snails about a month ago. Only 2 are still alive - the ones pictured below. It's seems that these two, both dark plain shells, seems to accept the environment of my tank. The other snails were either the zebra ones or a smaller lighter brown snail. So these appear to be a...

What is this possible parasite called? I don't have the capability to quarantine it in a separate warm water tank. Can I just place it in a plastic container and treat it ? Thanks Here is a pic from just a moment ago. It's still breathing.

yes lots of wood... is this parasite possibility a threat to the other fish?

actually inwards belly. Concave what does that indicate? How do you deworm a fish?

I went to scoop it out and discovered it was still alive...but barely! Should I remove it and quarantine it?

A dead fish isn't anything out of the ordinary in our aquariums but thus was a bit odd and hoping it's not some sort of indication of a bigger problem. It lived 3 years. Is that the norm? I thought they can live quite long.. I did a water change on Wednesday and yesterday found it lying on its...

I'm not sure. I have to test it.

So in your opinion, does this appear to be a calcium deficiency?

It came from the store like that since I just got them a few days ago.

like this:

We are on well water and so we have a softener due to iron sulphide. Not exactly sure what the calcium level is so I will keep an eye on them.

Should I be adding some calcium to the water?