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Totally Gross
Brown sludge has infected my silk plants! Honestly, I'm not super worried about it. I know it is likely a lighting issue... I have the lights set for 3 hours in the morning, three hours in the evenings. It gives the plants a slightly-less-fake look..…
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Yeesh.
Weekly water change. Founder is huge. Others are already getting there. Parameter check. pH is a little high but overall great. Added two gently used alder cones (were used to help decrease pH for my main tank source water for 4 days) to help slowly…
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Fresh Layout
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Moved Just Snail(s) to a 2.5 gallon tank half-moon during the water change. The previous 1 gallon diamond shape just was not it for me. Changed from inert substrate of white gravel mixed with a small amount of active substrate to inert substrate of t…
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We have BABIES!!
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Its just what I said, theres BABIES!! Confirmed sighting of offspring in the Just Snails tank, 15 clutches of sneggs on the walls of various sizes (one visibly hatched or hatching) and Papa Snail is doing just peachy! No parameter checks and no incre…
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How Long Do Sneggs Need To Hatch?
That remains the questions. The sneggs have been in there a while... I do not see any babies. Might they simply be hiding? We shall some day find out!
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Little Update
Two days ago I added just a smidge of Indian Almond Leaf Powder, and topped her off with water. Seems fine. No parameter panic. Snail is fine. Up to 10 clutches of sneggs! I'm about to be rolling in baby bladders... Good for my assassins over in Two…
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Day Fourteen
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Ok! Just Snail(s) is thriving, as much as a snail nursery with a single juvenile bladder snail can thrive anyway. I overdosed on Equlibrium last week seeing how much I needed to use to raise the water hardness of a 1 gallon tank up to a good level. N…
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Day Seven - One Week In!
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Today is day seven. Its been a week since I set up what is going to be my assassin snail's food tank. Just Snail(s) is thriving. The founder is exploring and enjoying his home. He has grown noticeably since moving in... Last night I dosed about a qua…
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Day Six
This post is actually for yesterday, 7/20. I did a water change with Primo water, then dosed like 1/4 teaspoon of Equilibrium. Forgot to input a journal entry because I was tired from work and had a million other things going on, but my Founding Snai…
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Day Five
This silly little tank seems to be doing ok. The single snail is exploring, has eaten all his food I gave him yesterday... and thats it. Water change and parameter readings tomorrow!!
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Day Four
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Just Snail(s) (is this what Im calling it? I havent decided...) got a serious upgrade today. I added the plants! Water parameters looked good, pretty much matched the plant soaking parameters, and I just wanted to be "done" with it. So I put them in.…
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Day Three
Not really much to talk about. Recieved the silk plants for this tank today, currently soaking the two i plan to use in a mix of clean Primo water and some tank water from my Community Tank. I will dump the water tomorrow morning and put fresh Commun…
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Day Two
Im simply not going to write a daily journal entry after this first week. I am just monitoring how well this setup process goes. I do not have a name for the tiny snail that hitched a ride into the nursery tank. I was going to put a bigger snail in,…
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Wow (AKA Day One)
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I never thought i would actually be doing this. This tank is a real loser, its small and plastic and was designed as a holding tank for my zebra danios back in the day... it has since been totally emptied. I ahve done less than nothing with this tank…