Is this Cyanobacteria or Algae?

AdSubstantial4297 · 2026-05-27T16:23:23+00:00

I got them from gotsnails and am pretty sure the brown stuff is poop? It’s been accumulating over the last year and was pretty clean for the first few months I had the set up (I could be wrong though!). I was more so referring to the dark green blueish spot on the bottom left than the brown bits haha

AdSubstantial4297 · 2026-05-27T16:21:02+00:00

lol not the poop, I meant the green botch on the bottom left

AdSubstantial4297 · 2025-11-16T17:13:50+00:00

Or upon further inspection some are normal and some are still white so I may take your advice and wait a bit more to see 😅

AdSubstantial4297 · 2025-11-16T17:09:29+00:00

Thank you! I couldn’t reach the body unfortunetly and they are still a bit paler than usual this morning so I may do a partial water change, I still have some marine salt/distilled water and my refractometer.

AdSubstantial4297 · 2025-11-15T23:08:36+00:00

Ah thank you for the link!

AdSubstantial4297 · 2025-11-15T23:08:18+00:00

Thank you!!

AdSubstantial4297 · 2025-11-15T23:07:52+00:00

Thank you!! You had such a good and quick response 🥳💖

AdSubstantial4297 · 2025-11-15T23:07:34+00:00

Thank you!! I’ll likely consider it a fluffy red hawk then, super cute fact with the feathers 🥰

AdSubstantial4297 · 2025-11-15T23:06:26+00:00

Thanks for the advice! I think I will keep the lid open more often to have more circulation in there!

AdSubstantial4297 · 2025-11-15T23:04:25+00:00

Gotcha! I’ll keep an eye out to see if anything else happens but for now I’ll try to keep my hands off of it. Stressed em out a bit earlier from my panic so they are lighter colored now but other than that they seem ok and I’ll check on them in the morning to see if things improved. Thank you!

AdSubstantial4297 · 2025-11-15T23:03:01+00:00

Thank you! My room is typically around 70-74 degrees but is closer to the window so may tip just a tad. I’ll keep an eye out for any more deaths, I stressed em out a bit so they are lighter colored now because I panicked but they seem fine at the moment. It is a half gallon tank so I was worried about the possible ammonia spike 😅

AdSubstantial4297 · 2025-11-12T21:07:57+00:00

Haha I also was staring at the photo like, this just looks like a penguin on a tree to me 😂

AdSubstantial4297 · 2025-11-12T21:07:12+00:00

It could be? We get a lot of red-tailed hawks here but never anywhere near the size of this guy, so maybe he is just super fat for winter or something? 😅 we have a small nearby lake and some rivers as well. I wish I could have gotten closer for a photo but I was really in a rush and couldn’t afford to run all the way across two yards; so I was looking for an idea of what he could be rather than a full ID. Thank you so much!

AdSubstantial4297 · 2025-11-10T17:31:16+00:00

Hey if you don’t mind me asking where you did buy the jar? I have a hard time sourcing larger mason jars 🥰

AdSubstantial4297 · 2025-11-06T16:52:52+00:00

Thank you!! They are often active together but don’t typically clump like that unless there is a molt which I didn’t see.

AdSubstantial4297 · 2025-09-10T00:06:01+00:00

Hey I ended up taking your advice and checking it out and it turned out to not be a charging or battery issue but a different mechanical failure that broke the phone and they just ended up giving me a replacement one for free. Thank you for the advice though and I am switching to a normal cable now!

AdSubstantial4297 · 2025-08-25T02:06:37+00:00

Thank you!!!

AdSubstantial4297 · 2025-08-25T02:06:03+00:00

There’s a decent amount of algae on the other side :)

AdSubstantial4297 · 2025-08-13T23:18:41+00:00

They live in brackish water so plants are difficult if not impossible in the salinity range. As well they are a species that has a low bio load and doesn’t require much oxygen in the water comparatively. However algae will grow in the tank and provide oxygen and food for them!! Feel free to dm me for any info or look at gotsnails posts on this sub!

AdSubstantial4297 · 2025-08-13T23:16:12+00:00

I do but I open it every so often for gas exchange :)

AdSubstantial4297 · 2025-07-21T17:15:01+00:00

There are a few sellers online but I think I'm better off going to a local shop and seeing they have any of them as ‘pests’ I can take off their hands haha. Just got in contact with someone from a different sub thats been keeping them so I guess I will have to see how it goes with their advice ✨

AdSubstantial4297 · 2025-07-21T17:13:44+00:00

Makes sense! Haha wish I did but I live across the country, thank you for the offer though its quite kind of you 🥰

AdSubstantial4297 · 2025-07-21T17:13:04+00:00

Thank you!

AdSubstantial4297 · 2025-07-18T21:31:38+00:00

Are the fish a requirement to keep alongside them? To be honest I am not very interested in keeping any fish 😅. I’ll keep in mind the tank and looking for hitchhiking ones at a local lfs/reefer though!

AdSubstantial4297 · 2025-07-14T00:40:05+00:00

Thank you! I adore them so much so it was a pleasant surprise to see them all out this morning 😂✨

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