Fresh2o
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Would more heavily rooted plants such as crypts or bulb plants fare better with the substrate diving fish?
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Likely. I suppose I have plenty of room to change up the plants in the areas where they dig the most. Also learned I need to feed them on time. They worried a smaller mystery snail to death or near to death. I have it in the hospital to see if it'll recover. Snails hide the food, so if they knock the snail around, they'll find food. That's my guess as to why they bothered it so much when they normally ignore the snails.
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Fresh2o
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Sorry to hear about the snail. Hard to say why it passed. Was it anywhere near mature size? I only have MTS and Rams horn (some pond) snails.
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I saw the dojos picking on it, it was still moving shortly before I pulled it out. The only other mystery snail death I've had was from the peroxide accident. One of the endearing qualities of them. Extremely hardy, pretty with interesting patterns on, and they remind me of Pilot from Farscape a bit.
Coursair
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Dojos are very strong and voracious and escape artists. They get bigger fast.
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ImACoolguy
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I've never had an issue from my 3. They just have no respect for personal space. Quite often my largest would knock snails off the glass as he zoomed by.
Caleb
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The loaches have a new home come the 19th. Treating the tank for gill flukes, lost all my baby snakes and my big female CPD before the meds arrived.
Here's the current iteration. After the loaches leave, I'll be changing things around a bit so the different plants are noticeable. Pogo is obvi! hahaha
fish enthusiast's crypts are out of this world gorgeous.
Got pressurized co2 set up today, left work early to get it done. teehee
Here's the current iteration. After the loaches leave, I'll be changing things around a bit so the different plants are noticeable. Pogo is obvi! hahaha
fish enthusiast's crypts are out of this world gorgeous.
Got pressurized co2 set up today, left work early to get it done. teehee
Pogo octo has taken over the tank, will be pulling, trimming, replanting and all sorts today. Loaches went out to Caleb and will be there Thursday. Packed in breather bags, in a perforated food storage container surrounded by cellulose insulation, covered by layers of paper with a 72 hour heat pack. Pretty sure these guys are going to arrive fat and rather unhappy about getting shipped but will be happy in good time.
I'll post a pic once the flora slaughter has completed
I'll post a pic once the flora slaughter has completed
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Sounds cool! Btw what was the name of the air pump you got recently? I saw a thread where someone was looking for a fish room air pump...
The noisy one that has the splitter built-in? That's the EcoPlus 728450. Brenna has one, too and it seems to be serving her well, too. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002JLJC0W/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_j5nZwb98VY763
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Yeah k think that's the one I saw, thanks!
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Wow that tank has made fast progress!
That didn't happen, btw.
Pile o pogo
Sans most of the pogo
Happy eaters!
Nearly every stem needs a trim, one way or another and there's a lot in there. Got started, looked up at the mountains from the foothills, floated the pogo and played Skyrim instead. ?
Not a great result, but now I see what needs done. I need to make a plan of what will go where and do it.
Pile o pogo
Sans most of the pogo
Happy eaters!
Nearly every stem needs a trim, one way or another and there's a lot in there. Got started, looked up at the mountains from the foothills, floated the pogo and played Skyrim instead. ?
Not a great result, but now I see what needs done. I need to make a plan of what will go where and do it.
Fresh2o
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It appears growing plants is not an issue for you. Good! That means you can be more aggressive while trimming back stems.
Thanks for the update (I barely have time to update what few threads I have).
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Thanks for the update (I barely have time to update what few threads I have).
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fish wrangler
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Blame Fresh for the octo. It is all his fault. He started this spread of this weed throughout us, and claimed it was a difficult plant...
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Fresh2o
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Blame Fresh for the octo. It is all his fault. He started this spread of this weed throughout us, and claimed it was a difficult plant...
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Maybe not so difficult, in hindsight, but it started as two insignificant stems in the back corner of my tank. For months there was barely any growth. I thought is was going to die. And then it took off and I shared it. I then got rid of the last of it.
I think it is a great plant in an appropriately size tank. Not in a 20g long (too shallow).
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