Recent content by Solsong

I have a baby horned nerite snail in my daughter's aquarium. I'm fascinated by snail behavior -- to the point I'd love to set up a snail-only tank for myself at some point. One thing I notice though is that any time the baby-snail, who's about the size of a very large ladybug, comes anywhere...

For those of you in the US, which fertilizer would you recommend in a planted tank? I have a 10 gallon tank with one betta fish and two snails in it. There are two anubias (one tall and one short); two lacey java ferns; one regular java fern; and one itty-bitty java fern baby that had...

Oh no, I'm not specifically sure. I was trying to use jargon and being a novice, I undoubtedly used it wrong. :rolleyes: I had a mystery snail that died recently. It's shell was pitted pretty badly and its growth rings weren't smoothing over. When I brought my water into the pet store for more...

My almost 3 year old daughter really loves fish. My husband and I have no idea why since neither of us were aquarium hobbyists previously. Whenever we'd go to the pet store to get our dog's food, though, since about six months old our daughter would become upset if she didn't get a stroll the...

Hello. I have a 10 gallon betta tank with 2 nerite snails. I need to add calcium to the tank for the snails. I've been reading posts here where people have recommended adding piece of cuttlebone. I've also been reading posts where people have recommended Wonder Shells. I was wondering if there's...