And I have finally joined...

[StripySnailGirl04]

Hello everyone!
You might have guessed now, seeing my username, that I have kept and still keep snails. My aquarium journey started 6-7 years ago. And it is a big one so I'm gonna keep it relatively brief.
One day I get a 40l tank. I know nothing about cycling and am extremely impatient. A week's time sees 4 guppies get put into the tank. One morning and I wake up to, not only 3 guppies, but a skeleton too. This is the beginning of a few "mass extinctions" in my aquarium.
The remaining 2 females and 1 male mate. When I return from holiday, all seems well. There is a tank now overstocked with fry, nothing too bad. Of course nothing too bad until one of the females have an extremely curved spine and can't swim properly. To keep things short: she dies, 2-3 babies die each morning, get zebra and leopard danios, holes with pus seeps out of the fishes, get bare 35l quarantine tank dump it with salt and last fry gets eaten, rest of guppies die, we get assassin snails... It goes on!
Skip forward about 4 years and we start getting fish and plants from a different aquatic shop which is MUCH better.
Skip again to 2022:
I have 2 Rosy Barbs (I know they need shoals of at least 6)
2 Leopard Danios (Again, I know about shoals, am just scared of overstocking)
4 Cardinals (There were initially 6)
3 nerite snails( one laid eggs)
All in a 40 litre tank with only Nana plants, some other plant and assassin snail shells (They died)

My aquarium worries:
Guppies
Anti fluke and wormer
King British tropical flakes (has a guppy on the top)

My ultimate wish :
Get a tank at least 100 litres

I hope you survive my story...

 

[connorlindeman]

welcome!

 

[Lajos_Detari]

Welcome !

 

[Slaphppy7]

Welcome to TFF

 

[Rocky998]

Welcome to the forum! I have always admired nerites and am hoping on getting some in my tank soon! Could we see a picture of your tank?

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

I know my tank is not heavily planted but I plan on improving it.

 

[Rocky998]

I know my tank is not heavily planted but I plan on improving it. View attachment 152898

I like the anubias, looks really nice. Are those barbs in the tank? I cant tell

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

Yes. 2 Rosy barbs, 2 leopard danios, 4 cardinal tetras and 3 nerites snails

 

[Rocky998]

Yes. 2 Rosy barbs, 2 leopard danios, 4 cardinal tetras and 3 nerites snails

How big of a tank is this? I would recommend getting more of each fish, because most all schooling fish require a minimum of 5-6 fish per shoal or school.

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

Yes I know that they need shoals. My tank is 40litres but I'm scared of overstocking. I hope to get a 20 gallon eventually.

 

[Rocky998]

Yes I know that they need shoals. My tank is 40litres but I'm scared of overstocking. I hope to get a 20 gallon eventually.

I would recommend checking a site called offerup. You can find tanks for way cheaper than at your local stores. Just hope that there are tanks near you that you can just pick up. You can ask them if you can inspect the tank before buying it. I have seen 20g tanks for $15. Its basically sold by people who have had an old dusty tank in their garage and just want it gone no matter what. And facebook market place is another good one.

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

I won't be allowed. The word "girl" in my username might give you a clue to my age. But since you like nerites:

 

[Rocky998]

I won't be allowed. The word "girl" in my username might give you a clue to my age. But since you like nerites:

Awesome nerite pictures. Yeah, being a kid it can be tough... Im a teenager so buying things for my aquarium can be tough. But im sure if your parents have facebook you can ask if you could use it to get a tank for cheaper instead of buying a $100 tank. My parents dont understand some of my reasoning but they do understand finding bargains and deals.

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

Thanks for the advice!

 

[Rocky998]

Thanks for the advice!

Anytime!