Hello!
Today I bought a brand new fish tank starter package. I've kept fish before when I was younger and my dad was a huge fish aficionado. So over a decade later here I am, wanting to liven up my home.
Anyhow, knowing that I was going to buy a tank sometime in the following weeks, I set out jugs of water to sit. Gravel is expensive for a bunch of pebbles, but I had a ton of gravel that use to be in a thriving 400 gallon tank that ran across 1 side of my living room to the other. This is until my little brother who was about 4 at the time, decided to go outside and find a rock to throw through the tank. Destroying the both the tank and the flooring of both upstairs and downstairs. Anyhow that was over a decade ago and we kept a bunch of the aquarium supplies in our store room so I took out some of the gravel and washed it thoroughly. We stored 1 of the 80 gallon tanks outside in our shed and I salvaged the heater from it.
Sorry, I got into the story (ah the memories) but let me get back on track to my question. So my tank is set up and I'm allowing it to settle and cycle. I put some live plants in it already.
Anyhow, I let it sit for the day and tonight when I came home I see a tiny snail moving across the tank. Now I'm wondering where that came from? Was it from the live plant? (Does that normally happen with pet store plants? I bought them from Pjs Petstore). Perhaps it was in egg form this whole time waiting in the gravel? (like those prehistoric tripops or w/e you call them, where you just add water and they hatch, hehe) Or maybe it was from the heater that has been sitting in my shed? (I washed and scrubbed it clean though)
But the real question is, do I let him live or do I end his life? (I don't want the small guy to cause harm to my fish)
Today I bought a brand new fish tank starter package. I've kept fish before when I was younger and my dad was a huge fish aficionado. So over a decade later here I am, wanting to liven up my home.
Anyhow, knowing that I was going to buy a tank sometime in the following weeks, I set out jugs of water to sit. Gravel is expensive for a bunch of pebbles, but I had a ton of gravel that use to be in a thriving 400 gallon tank that ran across 1 side of my living room to the other. This is until my little brother who was about 4 at the time, decided to go outside and find a rock to throw through the tank. Destroying the both the tank and the flooring of both upstairs and downstairs. Anyhow that was over a decade ago and we kept a bunch of the aquarium supplies in our store room so I took out some of the gravel and washed it thoroughly. We stored 1 of the 80 gallon tanks outside in our shed and I salvaged the heater from it.
Sorry, I got into the story (ah the memories) but let me get back on track to my question. So my tank is set up and I'm allowing it to settle and cycle. I put some live plants in it already.
Anyhow, I let it sit for the day and tonight when I came home I see a tiny snail moving across the tank. Now I'm wondering where that came from? Was it from the live plant? (Does that normally happen with pet store plants? I bought them from Pjs Petstore). Perhaps it was in egg form this whole time waiting in the gravel? (like those prehistoric tripops or w/e you call them, where you just add water and they hatch, hehe) Or maybe it was from the heater that has been sitting in my shed? (I washed and scrubbed it clean though)
But the real question is, do I let him live or do I end his life? (I don't want the small guy to cause harm to my fish)
