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I really like # 4. It is pretty balanced all throughout and it fits the space nicely imo.

Reminder set! I'm just lucky that my current betta Peach (renamed) doesn't seem to notice or mind the snails. Mick would have offed them by now :P

I'm a bit biased because I have never had pestsnails until recently when I discovered some ramshorns in my tank. :p

Yes! I'm going to create one now. Oh heck no I won't be, I don't want them reproducing like crazy! There are plenty of plants for 'em anyway. :P

You got me! So far the count is up to 2. Any bets on how many will be in the tank in a couple of weeks?

If they are ramshorn, is it normal that their shells are semi-transparent? My water is pretty hard, gH 9 kH 7, so I don't think the water is too soft for them or lacking in calcium. I even had plans to soften the water more for my betta, but I'm not sure the snail's tolerance. I initially wanted...

Oh man I just found another one about the same size. 😅

I feel bad now that I didn't know it was in the tank when I did the salt treatment for my betta's cloudy eye. Poor guy must not have liked that at all, but luckily it wasn't a super high concentration.

Haha. Shhh not so loud, Gary might hear that I'm talking to a snail hater! When I first noticed him/her? I purposely put some bug bites in front of him and just watched him chow down, it was really neat. The snail is going to be spoiled if it's the only one in the tank, plenty of plants and...

It's super interesting to watch since I've only had fish. Sorry @AdoraBelleDearheart but I think I like him :p. I kinda figured I probably wouldn't have to add extra food. I'm also going to throw in an additional weekly WC because wow poop machine. I have a lot of large leafed plants that grow...

I recently got a lovely surprise with my elodea plants, anyone know what kind of snail this is? I'm thinking ramshorn. Will it reproduce in my tank? I literally know nothing about snails. So far I only see the one but I really don't want an infestation since the tank is only 5 gallons. No idea...

Ich only attacks imuno-compromised fish, so there was something in the main tank that weakened your current stock enough to allow the parasite to latch on. Healthy fish can fight off ich on their own. Common reasons for ich include poor water quality or stressed out fish both of which can lower...

It might be ich but it's hard to tell since the white spots are inconsistent shapes and almost look like part of his coloring. I would definitely add some larger pieces of driftwood for the plec and even some caves. As it is right now, he doesn't have any hiding spots in the tank and that can...

The blackening of the edges of his fins and how thin they look could be a result of early stage fin rot. However, the caudal fin could also look like that due to a deformity from poor genetics, which is common in many bettas purchased from large chain pet stores. I second the advice to never...

Have you noticed any other changes in the edges of his fin? I.e was his caudal fin fuller when you first got him or was there always some raggedy-ness? Some more questions before I render my opinion on what I think is happening: Tank size? Any tankmates? Temp? Full parameters (ammonia, pH...

Here's the same eye minus the cloudiness.Thoughts?

Purely anecdotal evidence here, but I've never had an issue changing out substrate in a well established tank. I've switched from gravel to white sand then most recently black sand. I've monitored parameters afterwards and never had any spikes. That being said, I've only done this in a small...

The first week I only had a heaped tablespoon, and I increased it this week to two tablespoons per 5 gallons because the cloudiness got worse, not better. I've been doing 50% WCs every 2 days since I noticed her eye. I had to remove the salt yesterday and today since the salt had been in the...

Her eye looks the same, maybe even cloudier now. I'm going to do a 50% WC to remove some of the salt and another one tomorrow since it doesn't seem to be helping and it's been in the tank for over a week.

I've never used anything stronger, so to speak, than salt so I'm a bit hesitant to dose an antibiotic until I know 100% what is wrong. Hopefully other members can take a look and chime in so I can get some other opinions since I've never dealt with anything that doesn't seem to respond to salt...

I keep his tank at 80 degrees.

From the best of my knowledge bloodworms are not suitable for daily consumption due to their high fat content. They are better fed as a treat. Bloodworms are not nutritionally complete, so by feeding only that your fish would be missing out on other important vitamins and minerals needed for...

I recently got a new betta almost 3 weeks ago. She has just stopped glass surfing, but during the first weeks she would flash and glass surf constantly. I tested the water and everything was good. I noticed after a few days of having her that her right eye was starting to become cloudy, from...

The difference would be color. Some color variations are more expensive due to how rare they are which would explain the price difference. Platinum dragonscales are a bright white color and they would have the same thick plated scales that other dragonscales would. As Colin mentioned...

No I haven't seen the fish flaring, and I can't see much of a beard underneath the gills either.

For DIY media I use coarse sponge, followed by a layer of filter floss and ceramic rings on top. You can just cut off the floss from your cartridges and add more media. I will say the floss isn't necessary but in your case it is since it has most of your BB on it and you will want to seed the...

Thank you! I'm pretty sure it's a young male and if so I got him for a steal of a price since they price koi females at half of the price of males where I'm from. :P

I recently bought a koi betta that was labeled a female, but the more I look at him the more I'm starting to think he's a dude. He's still young, but the anal and ventral fins are longer than I would expect a female's to be and his body shape is looking more 'torpedo' like. Even after a big meal...

It's actually not that bad of a tank size for a goldfish. I personally would get him a buddy since they are social fish and plan to upgrade down the line. With plenty of large WCs you shouldn't have that hard of a time keeping the water clean. You could always buy a new filter and use the old...

Unfortunately employees at big chain pet stores are rarely educated on proper fish care and just repeat what they are told/hear. Speaking from experience, they are not required to undergo training about animal/fish/reptile care and have to do their own research. Many do not want to put the...

I can't speak on the guppy situation, but I would definitely rehome the bettas. The females sound incredibly stressed out by each other's presence and sororities shouldn't be attempted in anything less than a 20 gallon long with a minimum 5 females imo. Tanks also have to be set up for them in a...

I think I've settled on Venus since she's a galaxy koi and that's what her colors remind me of. :)

I still feel responsible. I tested the water here and it was similar to his old water, but the pH was lower and gH was 2 degrees higher. I kept most of his old water and only used less than 20% new water. He had this open wound on his gill plate that also never healed and I wonder if that had...