HyX
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So yeah! I'm a snail guy. A little background: My family inherited an abandoned 6.5 gallon semI hex plastic tank back in February. The tank had been left unpowered and unfed for who knows how long. This was less than a month after losing my Mother, a lady who loved fish, so you can see why we took it home. After we learned about overfeeding... responsibility fell on me to care for the creatures inside.
We had two Glofish Tetras, a handful of Bladder Snails and a heaping population of detritus worms in there. Daphnia were present at one point but we haven't seen them since the first big clean out. The family fell in love with the glofish and wanted everything else exterminated. I felt differently.
The snails became my wards. The worms my clean up crew (after a major population reduction) The glofish were recently rehomed to their current temporary tank. A glass 5 gallon fixed up to the best of my abilities and the snails were returned to the 6.5 semI hex. Backwards really but I try not to stress the fish out! They've had a big couple of months and we're not moving them again until things are perfect.
I've started from scratch with this stuff. Learning as we go mostly through googling which species is which from the worms to the glofish. My Father has significant experience in the hobby, albeit from thirty years ago. We've got different ideas on bioload/filtration and VERY different ideas when it comes to 'pests' in the tank lol. Still it's been great talking shop with him and picking up knowledge nuggets as we go!
Since then the fish are doing great. Partial water changes today and we've gotten two Marimo moss balls, one for each tank. Slak Kasteel (Snail Castle) has been rebuilt, received a new mechanical sponge filter and given all new decor. I intend to push these guys into spawning a large stable colony. Just love my little garbage disposals! As I master these snails and give them the best possible lives - I'm gaining confidence. Learning to trust myself more with the glofish.
The next 'big' project is setting up a ten or a twenty gallon for the fish. We happen to have both laying around as my Dad's been finding tanks here and there for years. Our goal is 4 Glofish/White skirt Tetras and we're looking at possible tank mates for those sizes? (10/20 long)
We've even got a beautiful 28 gallon round face tank around here somewhere... but I've got plans for that thing. Would a selfcloning Mamorkred crayfish fit? Along with some of my future snail army (only the strong survive) and MAYBE something that would eat crayfish fry? The snails and crayfish seem to line up carewise.
I'll add pictures tomorrow as it's currently night time in the tanks. Thanks for reading any and all tips suggestions comments and questions are welcome! Loving the forum
We had two Glofish Tetras, a handful of Bladder Snails and a heaping population of detritus worms in there. Daphnia were present at one point but we haven't seen them since the first big clean out. The family fell in love with the glofish and wanted everything else exterminated. I felt differently.
The snails became my wards. The worms my clean up crew (after a major population reduction) The glofish were recently rehomed to their current temporary tank. A glass 5 gallon fixed up to the best of my abilities and the snails were returned to the 6.5 semI hex. Backwards really but I try not to stress the fish out! They've had a big couple of months and we're not moving them again until things are perfect.
I've started from scratch with this stuff. Learning as we go mostly through googling which species is which from the worms to the glofish. My Father has significant experience in the hobby, albeit from thirty years ago. We've got different ideas on bioload/filtration and VERY different ideas when it comes to 'pests' in the tank lol. Still it's been great talking shop with him and picking up knowledge nuggets as we go!
Since then the fish are doing great. Partial water changes today and we've gotten two Marimo moss balls, one for each tank. Slak Kasteel (Snail Castle) has been rebuilt, received a new mechanical sponge filter and given all new decor. I intend to push these guys into spawning a large stable colony. Just love my little garbage disposals! As I master these snails and give them the best possible lives - I'm gaining confidence. Learning to trust myself more with the glofish.
The next 'big' project is setting up a ten or a twenty gallon for the fish. We happen to have both laying around as my Dad's been finding tanks here and there for years. Our goal is 4 Glofish/White skirt Tetras and we're looking at possible tank mates for those sizes? (10/20 long)
We've even got a beautiful 28 gallon round face tank around here somewhere... but I've got plans for that thing. Would a selfcloning Mamorkred crayfish fit? Along with some of my future snail army (only the strong survive) and MAYBE something that would eat crayfish fry? The snails and crayfish seem to line up carewise.
I'll add pictures tomorrow as it's currently night time in the tanks. Thanks for reading any and all tips suggestions comments and questions are welcome! Loving the forum