What to do about puffers, get them or no?

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Re: What to do about puffers, get them or no?

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kelsi.nikoel wrote:[
No my Shrimp are just babies, I only got them about 5 days ago, aparently the one that's already red is a female so hopefully they will start to breed once they get older

Just take your danios to your lfs and give them to them then you've got a free tank
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Re: What to do about puffers, get them or no?

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From my experience red cherry shrimp don't take much to breed at all, in fact, if you have enough males / females, in a planted tank with dirt, chances are within 2 months or so, you should have pregnant shrimp... at least that was what happened with me...
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How long does it take for snail eggs to hatch? I am anxious for the 14 groups of eggs to hatch now. at first it was like 2 now there is 14. lol Happy little snails....
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Neurotic wrote:How long does it take for snail eggs to hatch? I am anxious for the 14 groups of eggs to hatch now. at first it was like 2 now there is 14. lol Happy little snails....
I think it was a week maybe a week and a half for my eggs to hatch

It's funny because today I looked in there and now there's tiny Ramshore snail everywhere (before they were just little specks)
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Re: What to do about puffers, get them or no?

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well one of the sacks this morning was empty but I didnt see any specs on the glass. so I am thinking they are in the gravel. :)
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My snails just laid eggs!!! :happydance:

But I also found a dead one today, I think it had ich :shock: :(
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kelsi.nikoel wrote:My snails just laid eggs!!! :happydance:
Exellent, can I see some pix?
kelsi.nikoel wrote:But I also found a dead one today, I think it had ich :shock: :(
Is that possible?
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Re: What to do about puffers, get them or no?

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puffertt77 wrote:
kelsi.nikoel wrote:My snails just laid eggs!!! :happydance:
Exellent, can I see some pix?
kelsi.nikoel wrote:But I also found a dead one today, I think it had ich :shock: :(
Is that possible?
Idk if it is really possible for snails to get ich, I just know that it had white fluffy stuff on it.

And my camera must really suck cuz I cant get a clear pic. Any advice about taking pics of aquariums?
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Snails can't get ich. They do get a white decay on their body slime very fast though.
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Nick wrote:Snails can't get ich. They do get a white decay on their body slime very fast though.
So, how can I prevent this decay? Or is this ony after they die :(
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Ich is white, but not fluffy. It's more like sand.
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Happens after death, just before the terrrible, terrible smell starts.
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So, I just figured out my snails are apple snails :shock: are these ok to feed my puffers?
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kelsi.nikoel wrote:So, I just figured out my snails are apple snails :shock: are these ok to feed my puffers?
Yeah I've seen them fed to Mbu's on youtube and they loved them
Apple Snails get really big so if you've got a small puffer might be a good idea to feed them the snails before they get to big
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Re: What to do about puffers, get them or no?

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puffertt77 wrote:
kelsi.nikoel wrote:So, I just figured out my snails are apple snails :shock: are these ok to feed my puffers?
Yeah I've seen them fed to Mbu's on youtube and they loved them
Apple Snails get really big so if you've got a small puffer might be a good idea to feed them the snails before they get to big
Thanks, the two i have are already kinda big (one is about the size of a quarter and the other is bigger), but i do have some smaller "pond snails". I am not sure whitch ones layed the eggs but i have a ton of babies everywhere they are tiny :)
I was going to post pics but how do you do it if the file is to big?
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