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Ugh... all of a sudden now the snail is laying on his side! I don't know if a fish knocked him over or if he's going to start to swell or what. I think he looks like he's dead but I've often thought that and been proven wrong, so I guess all I can do is watch and wait.

I've been waiting to write back to you until I had figured it out... And I think I might have, but I'm not sure and I'm back to waiting, lol. Here's what I was thinking: I tested the water in both tanks and noticed that, oddly, the ph was different. The only reason I can think of is the little...

I just wanted to mention that I've always had a difficult time telling the difference between the ammonia colors for the 0 and the .25. But when I was cycling, it was easy to see the change. My guess is your ammonia is fine and will always look like that when it's at 0.

Hi, I'm wondering how moving the snails went. I'm having the same issue- 5 snails temporarily in a 5 gal betta tank while I was moving. Each time I try to move one to my 60 gal they end up laying on their backs so I move them back to the 5 gal to recover, which takes a few days. So what did you...

The snail isn't upside down. Earlier I saw him upside down so I turned him over close to the side of the glass so he'd have something solid to grab onto, and I'd be able to monitor what he's doing.

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He has been half in/ half out of his shell for several hours. Earlier he was like this but moving his antennae around and looking like he was deciding whether to open up or not. When I got kinda close to the tank he flinched, so I figured I should leave him alone and he'd be fine. But just now I...

Thanks so much! When I was taking the pictures I noticed my betta looked like he ate one! I have cut down on feeding since the planaria outbreak, and I often feel slightly guilty that I'm only giving him food every other day... But now that I know he likes the worms I won't feel so bad, lol!

Thanks for the info. I just posted two pics in my original question.

Hi everyone! I am curious about something I see in my tanks. They look like individual small hairs floating in the water column. Until now, I've pretty much assumed that I'd accidentally gotten some dog hair in the tank- my dog is white and has mostly straightish hair and that's what it looks...

How does this work? I mean, I'm imagining you hold a piece of food just above the water so he jumps and grabs the food from your fingers on his way back in. But I could also see if he jumped and then after he was back in the water you fed him the treat, so that the jump is more of a performance...

Background: I am in the process of moving from a rental to a home I just bought about a mile away. So far I've gotten almost everything into the new house, but I haven't moved the fish yet. I was going to hire someone but the places I called either didn't call back or said im too far away. So...

I'm not sure, ive only been keeping fish for a couple of years and fungus isn't something I've dealt with. I feel you about not wanting to wait and let it get out of hand, though. Hopefully someone who knows what to do will answer you sonon. Good luck!

I don't think that is ick. I'm dealing with ick right now and it's almost like a grain of salt. I couldn't really see the picture you posted very well but my first thought from what you described sounded like some sort of fungus maybe.

Wow, thank you for the great info! I especially appreciate that you took the time to check that your poison mix was NOT just anesthesia, or a pain reaction. Your whole procedure was thoughtfully and compassionately executed.