Recent content by plutoniumcaterpillar

I have a sweet, dear to my heart 15+ yr old Upside Down Catfish that has been doing great for a long time. Suddenly about 5 days ago he developed an issue swimming, where he can't control his body and has trouble staying upright when resting. Though he's an upside down cat, he typically does not...

Meant to post this a while back, but the mystery has been solved! The day after my last post, I went back to feed my fish and I noticed all these little gnat-like flies stuck to the lid of the tank, as well as another decrease in the number of "green worms" in the tank. They must have been the...

Thanks for the replies! I did a 25% water change shortly after posting this thread, and the next day I noticed a significant drop in the numbers on the tank decorations. Not sure if this had anything to with the water change or if it was just coincidental, but they don't seem to be posing any...

I have a 20gal planted tank that has these strange green, worm-like things living mainly on the decorative caves in the tank, but also on the glass. They appear greener on the caves, but still have a greenish tinge to them when appearing on the glass. When looking at them on the glass their...

Reading that really makes me want to get a Mudskipper now, they sound so fun! I just got a Red Claw a couple days ago. I'm thinking it's a female because it had smaller claws compared to the others in the tank at the store. I named her Apple and I love her already! :3 After I put her in the...

Man, hearing all of this from you has me too excited haha. I'm going to go out and get a red claw crab tomorrow I think! I called around again and no one had any fiddlers, but one store said because I inquired about them that they would go ahead and order some. I'm thinking I'll try putting one...

Hey this is great info, thanks so much! You've got a really cool setup, glad it's working for you! I currently have play sand as my substrate. I didn't want to spend the 20 bucks on the sand they were selling at the pet store, so I thought this would be much more cost effective. I was an idiot...

Hey thanks for the response, cokemanj! How big is your tank? I'm trying to figure out how many I could fit in mine. Also, do you have any recommendations on tank setup? I'm trying to cycle mine right now and get the water to a good brackish level. I am aiming for about a 50-50 ratio of water and...

Bump(?) Don't know if that works here :P

Bump(?) Don't know if that works here :P

I'm setting up a 20gal brackish water tank and I'm planning on getting a couple fiddler crabs. I've been looking up other brackish water critters and saw that Mudskippers live in the same environment naturally, so I'm thinking about getting one to live with my crabbies. Any advice? Has anyone...

I'm setting up a 20gal Fiddler Crab tank and have begun cycling it, but I was wondering if the crabs would be alright if I introduced them before the water was completely cycled? It's been going for about a week now, with about 3gal of water in the tank. It's a part water-part land set up and...

So does anyone have any suggestions?

Hello peeps, I currently have a male dwarf gourami who is healing from an injury, and I was thinking that when he was completely healed I would get him a female partner to reward him. I basically just wanted to know if male and female gouramis will get along ok in the tank together, and if I...

So I'm thinking it might be a fungus. After looking online I came across one called saprolegnia. Can anyone confirm a fungal diagnosis? And what would you recommend to treat it?