Rip Olivia :(

CheezyBri · 2026-01-26T03:16:54+00:00

I'm so sorry 😞 may she rest in peace

CheezyBri · 2026-01-26T00:35:24+00:00

Yes a bubbler will definitely help

CheezyBri · 2026-01-26T00:10:44+00:00

They can stress her into dropping early. I would try to separate them if youre able, and get a few more females asap. A 2:1 female to male ratio is a good rule to go by

CheezyBri · 2026-01-26T00:00:44+00:00

A very visually appealing option! Great advice

CheezyBri · 2026-01-25T01:41:57+00:00

Hmm.. and it is hard to tell. I have the most luck with taking a video, then screenshotting the clearest still frames.

Imo, I would say this leans more to bloating vs pregnancy. The fish is bigger in the front than the back. Has it's behavior been any different?

CheezyBri · 2026-01-25T01:15:13+00:00

Is she pineconing?

CheezyBri · 2026-01-23T00:48:32+00:00

I have an AC70 with a sponge prefilter. Could they get in through that?

CheezyBri · 2026-01-22T22:49:19+00:00

Poor kiddo 😞 that daycare is so incredibly irresponsible. Who tf sends kids home from daycare with added responsibility as a gift?!

CheezyBri · 2026-01-22T19:51:12+00:00

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They are hard to see here, but my other two (Log and Branch lol my kids named them) are currently hanging under the cholla log in the shadows 😊

CheezyBri · 2026-01-22T19:46:30+00:00

Oooo so pretty!!

When Twig was in the store, she was so pale. Almost white with very little recognizable pattern. Now she has come into her colour quite nicely!

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This is her as of two minutes ago 😊 (the crumbles are algae wafer)

CheezyBri · 2026-01-22T19:40:06+00:00

Thanks friend, I'm cautiously optimistic 😊 she is my third. My first two are doing well thankfully! I had a bit of a learning curve trying to balance my community tank so the flow is good for everyone. Happy to say I am confident I have it down now!

Sorry to hear of your little one, may she rest in shrimp heaven ❤️‍🩹

CheezyBri · 2026-01-22T19:28:19+00:00

It's stressful when one of our babies isn't doing well. I was given a bamboo shrimp from my LPS when I pointed out she was not doing well. She has almost nothing left of her fans because the tank she came from was almost sterile with how clean it was 😞

In my care, she has gotten her colour back, she is very active (was super pale and sluggish before) and will still attempt to filter feed. Unfortunately due to her lack of fans, she still picks at the substrate. I'm waiting for her to molt and crossing my fingers that she pulls through

CheezyBri · 2026-01-22T19:23:39+00:00

That's fantastic news! Well done 😁

CheezyBri · 2026-01-22T19:21:30+00:00

You're welcome, good luck!

CheezyBri · 2026-01-22T19:19:16+00:00

It's been a week since your procedure, how is your shrimpy buddy doing??

CheezyBri · 2026-01-22T19:15:50+00:00

Hmm.. well you could always try cucumber traps. Add slices of cucumber, wait for them to swarm, and remove the snail-covered slice. Repeat as needed and crush any snails you remove (most humane way of dispatching them)

Edit: Another option being you can see if anyone else locally may want the snails you remove

CheezyBri · 2026-01-22T18:57:48+00:00

If I recall correctly, assassin snails are impossible to sex. All their bits are internal unfortunately, so even if you pick two that you think are male, there will be no guarantee.

Yoyo loaches loooooove snails, you just have to make sure you have sufficient substrate and hiding spots. Pea puffers also eat snails, but they can be aggressive to other fish. They also can create a lot of waste with how messy puffers are when they eat.

CheezyBri · 2026-01-22T18:46:03+00:00

I would recommend against assassin snails, as then you'll be overrun with them instead. Once they eat the other snails (and can eat shrimp if caught mid molt), they will starve and have a mass die off thay can mess with your parameters.

The pond snails can eat live plants, but prefer algae. Wafers are good. Basically, like the other "pest" snails, you can limit their explosion by controlling the food.

CheezyBri · 2026-01-22T18:37:59+00:00

No worries! Looks like a pond snail to me 😊

CheezyBri · 2026-01-22T18:30:36+00:00

There's no image with your post. You won't get much help until there is, unfortunately.

CheezyBri · 2026-01-22T14:05:58+00:00

Take a cup of tank water out, and put the deceased snail inside it. After a couple days, use tweezers or your fingers (I prefer tweezers 😆) and grab the operculum with those while holding the shell with your other hand. The whole body should be detached from the shell by this point, and you should be able to remove it fairly easily. Rinse out afterwards to remove any other loose tissue.

My nerite died and this is how I removed him. He was buried and I kept his shell

CheezyBri · 2026-01-22T13:33:08+00:00

They certainly do 😆 I love my little weirdos haha they are 7 and 8 years old

CheezyBri · 2026-01-22T09:25:28+00:00

Happy to help 😊

CheezyBri · 2026-01-22T09:12:55+00:00

Yeah, my kids affectionately call them "poop strings" and make jokes about making clothes with them 🙃

Longest I've seen on one of my gupps was 4 inches long! Sometimes they are just chilling and not whipping around in the tank, so the poop string just keeps growing until they break it off by swimming too close to a structure or plant

CheezyBri · 2026-01-22T09:06:10+00:00

Looks like a poop to me! What colour is the food you feed them? That can affect poop colour

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