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by VikingMummy2015
Fri Apr 26, 2024 22:09 pm
Forum: New to Fishkeeping
Topic: Baby snail appeared
Replies: 6
Views: 43

Re: Baby snail appeared

When you zoom in, yes it’s a black variant of a Sulawesi (mine are the standard yellow). My baby ones have smoother, more elongated shells.
by VikingMummy2015
Fri Apr 26, 2024 19:06 pm
Forum: New to Fishkeeping
Topic: Baby snail appeared
Replies: 6
Views: 43

Re: Baby snail appeared

Hmmm…difficult to tell but it doesn’t look quite right shell for a Sulawesi. You can see their distinctive body shape and colour from tiny (I have new babies appearing most weeks). An individual can produce live young (not eggs) because they hold onto the young internally for a looooong time.
by VikingMummy2015
Fri Apr 26, 2024 19:02 pm
Forum: New to Fishkeeping
Topic: Water levels
Replies: 11
Views: 192

Re: Water levels

You need 0 ammonia and nitrite. Anything above that is toxic unfortunately. On a positive note, the fact you’re getting increased nitrite shows your tank is at least starting to cycle, but you absolutely cannot add more fish as yet. You need to either carry out water changes (potentially multiple ti...
by VikingMummy2015
Mon Apr 22, 2024 13:06 pm
Forum: New to Fishkeeping
Topic: Hi, new and in need of help!
Replies: 5
Views: 198

Re: Hi, new and in need of help!

Nothing with drawers, but something like IKEA Trofast unit or an kallax easily supports a tank that small. My first tank was a 29L one on a trofast in my kids’ bedroom. I then had a duplicate tank on an Argos chest of drawers and it started bowing within weeks whereas the trofast unit is still on th...
by VikingMummy2015
Sun Apr 21, 2024 12:51 pm
Forum: New to Fishkeeping
Topic: Hi! New and confused
Replies: 116
Views: 3446

Re: Hi! New and confused

Remind us how your filter is set up? Because you shouldn’t ever be removing filter cartridges otherwise yes, you’ll be removing the beneficial bacteria you’ve worked so hard to grow! If it’s just carbon, it can be removed, but if it’s sponge in there, then it just needs rinsed in used tank water and...
by VikingMummy2015
Sat Apr 20, 2024 18:56 pm
Forum: Ponds
Topic: Staffylovers wildlife pond
Replies: 40
Views: 5782

Re: Staffylovers wildlife pond

I can’t remember which plants were from you, but this is how mine is looking as of a couple of days ago; much better than with all the snow!
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by VikingMummy2015
Wed Apr 17, 2024 23:24 pm
Forum: What's happening in your Aquarium? - Tank Logs
Topic: New Tank Log: VikingMummy
Replies: 657
Views: 44742

Re: New Tank Log: VikingMummy

They like lurking but today I was able to count 7 fry all visible at one time in various locations around the tank. There are definitely 2 that are larger and belonging to a different spawn from the smaller ones. Looking at those 2, one has green eyes and the other has blue so that’s exciting to see...
by VikingMummy2015
Wed Apr 17, 2024 18:49 pm
Forum: Livestock Health
Topic: Sick swordtail
Replies: 43
Views: 2798

Re: Sick swordtail

Even with the gH having been raised and maintained now, being raised in soft water (if supplier didn’t harden the water) and then being in soft water until December will have compromised them unfortunately and make them more susceptible to diseases that would normally be kept at bay by a healthy imm...
by VikingMummy2015
Tue Apr 16, 2024 23:19 pm
Forum: New to Fishkeeping
Topic: Hi! New and confused
Replies: 116
Views: 3446

Re: Hi! New and confused

3 days of that and you’re good to go. It’s amazing how quickly those nitrite munchers catch up once they get going.
by VikingMummy2015
Fri Apr 12, 2024 18:44 pm
Forum: Food, feeding and diet.
Topic: Feeding fry in a community tank
Replies: 4
Views: 413

Re: Feeding fry in a community tank

Thanks guys. I figured that was probably the case but always best to check as I don’t always trust my instincts!