TMaier
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It is awesome! Very peaceful to look at.
thank you I took the plant out at the left hand side. I freaked thinking it had more hydra on it but now I think it was just hair algae... it was string and whitey colour. I'll pick up another plant to fill the space.... is there a way I can clean plants before putting them in to avoid catastrophe?!It is awesome! Very peaceful to look at.
YES.thank you I took the plant out at the left hand side. I freaked thinking it had more hydra on it but now I think it was just hair algae... it was string and whitey colour. I'll pick up another plant to fill the space.... is there a way I can clean plants before putting them in to avoid catastrophe?!
awesome thanksYES.
You can dip them in a salt solution or diluted hydrogen peroxide or bleach. Different plants can handle different strengths of dip, so be sure to look into that.
I personally really like hydrogen peroxide. It's pretty strong, so you can't use it on delicate plants, but it's very effective. After it does its work, it leaves only water and oxygen.
You would need way too much salt to be in your tank.... would a salt solution work of I placed it in the tank... would thay solve any problems thay may reoccur ? (I have used the original plants which may have given me everything... though I really hope not!)
OK, bad idea lol fingers crossed then!!!!! (I think most.of my problem was my hydra and worms in the substrate so my plants may have been the cauae originally but maybe -hoping - safe now!)You would need way too much salt to be in your tank.
Suck it up! If you can't suck it up then your not hooked on aquariums to the point where it will ever be worth your effort. They aren't easy and they are time consuming money pits. You have to LOVE it so much that you want to try harder when you hit a hurdle, not quit.
thank you now that I have a more manageable tank I feel a bit more at ease. my betta is deffinetly a character. he now seems to be glass surfing now so rather dworried about that :/ but I know my water is suitable and now critters (that I have seen after redoing my tank) so maybe just about phase! lolAll this is true, but your wormy issues aren't the end of the world, and your betta sounds like a perky little fellow [emoji5]
Sometimes when you're doing it all alone and feel new and incompetent it's good to have some experienced ( or less experienced in my case!!) voices telling you that everyone has been through these problems before
Don't give up unless when your tank has settled a bit you find that you aren't enjoying it even when the issues are ironed out . I had a rough night with a molly that got dropsy and felt like I'd messed up and my effort had been for nothing... I'd just bought a sick fish - now my tank is back to being awesome and super entertaining
I was thinking of getting an assassin snail... would it try and eat my shrimp though?Hi there
Sometimes Betta will glass surf to get attention..see if you can watch with the lights out, when it can't see you
Mine does it all the time, he will literally forget what he's doing and glass surf until I come over
Assassin snails might help your worm problem? They love live food....try asking the fish store and see if they know?
Using a gravel vac will definitely help to pick up extra population....I have read not to use worm killer because while the worms themselves are not harmful, a mass die-off could cause a dangerous ammonia spike....if I remember the source I will post it. I had googled aquarium parasites
thank you I'm feeling more at ease knowing I'm not the only one who has had these 'Omg' moments.mum raised me to be a panicked! haha. so I do panic at each little thing..... is he happy in a big tank (I've read that you can get too big of a tank!!!), is he healthy, are the hydra hurting him! and yeah he will happily eat too much I've realised... he is going without tomorrow as I over fed him today (then Google it cause he got bloated).Fish are smarter than you think. Opportunists when it comes to feeding. They'll mooch 8 meals a day out of someone if they can. This is where your discipline keeps them alive.
When you vacuum your (gravel) substrate, push the vacuum down, twist a little, and wait till the 'schtuff' goes up the tube before slowly pulling the vacuum up. Move a little and repeat. This has to be done slowly. Sand you have move even slower and more methodically.
I went so far as to install a PVC ball valve on the vacuum hose. It allows finer control on the flow, and a way to kill the vac without yankin' it out of the water.
I think every aquarist goes through these growing pains. If they didn't there would be no answers on these forums!
Hang in there, the end result is worth the frustration.