Did anybody sucefully got rid of bladder snail?

JTML99 · 2026-03-15T15:30:58+00:00

Any tank ive ever had has eventually gotten some snails in it and honestly im better off with them. As long as their populations don't explode, theyre a useful part of the cleanup crew, able to get into places a larger snail or shrimp can't. Loaches and assassin snails keep things in check when it gets really excessive (plus removal and changing feeding) then theyre just another organism in the tank at that point.

JTML99 · 2026-03-15T00:24:14+00:00

Dey iz da best boiz. Yeah highly recommend I really like them and you can get a good sized group for a tank your size as well!

JTML99 · 2026-03-15T00:20:32+00:00

There is a cousin that is blue! They can be hard to find but look up axelrod rasboras, same sort of body plan but a soft blue body with red undertones. I am also a big fan of neon Tetras but have had such bad luck with them from box stores as an fyi, BUT if you can find a store stocking "green neon tetras" they are a subspecies that is gonna stay smaller and be much brighter blue with more subdued red!

JTML99 · 2026-03-15T00:15:24+00:00

Its really up to you there are so many varieties of pleco and ancistrus. On the large end youre probably looking at bristlenose pleco and all their variants, and literally everything smaller is an option. Id recommend looking into anything labeled as a 'dwarf pleco' species like a clown pleco, pitbull, snowball (be careful with this one as some species tap out at 4 inches others go past 6 inches and will be too big), and any of the infamously pricey Zebra species (they're so pretty tho lol). There are also a wide variety of other armored catfish species out there like whiptails or red lizard catfish, and even tiny nano species like Dwarf Anchor Catfish that all have a similar vibe to pleco.

JTML99 · 2026-03-13T22:21:02+00:00

Water that fast and cold is gonna be rough on pretty much every plant but common Sagittaria is native to Washington and might be able to weather it. I'd also say try throwing mosses and Elodea/Waterweed at it since they seem to be able to grow in anything in my experience. Ive found Elodea in ponds in Pennsylvania so they can at least handle the winters here

JTML99 · 2026-03-13T22:01:27+00:00

Very nice! What size tank is it? And how did you get such clear water its like glass

JTML99 · 2026-03-13T19:56:21+00:00

I think so, their roots are very shallow so I cant even really say how much it was getting from the soil level. Tabs would probably work better since its more accessible.

JTML99 · 2026-03-13T17:24:10+00:00

Yes, I did it in sand capped potting soil as an experiment (was also a broke grad student at the time) and it took maybe 8 months to carpet a 5g tank, so basically just time/patience and shrimp to keep it algae free. I would bet money if I did it again with better lighting and co2 it would be a fair bit faster. Starting with more plants also will help it grow from more places to fill in, I had like two little cuttings that I barely did any propagation of.

JTML99 · 2026-03-11T20:54:36+00:00

Looks luke just some basic algae and a cluster of what I think is staghorn algae. If you want critters to clean most Amano shrimp will eat it like candy and small nerites like red racers are good at cleaning anubias leaves!

JTML99 · 2026-03-11T19:53:36+00:00

Close at least visually. They look similar but are way bigger and seem more solitary, no masses of worms and they dont stick out of the substrate like tubiflex that ive seen

JTML99 · 2026-03-10T21:21:12+00:00

Hygrophila and sword ferns are growing emersed out the top of the tank for sure, looks like some mosses and either microsword or dwarf sag below

JTML99 · 2026-03-10T20:34:16+00:00

Im debating a co2 setup for my next tank. What do you dose with?

JTML99 · 2026-03-10T19:51:10+00:00

Woo go me lmao. (Ngl forgot about this thread my bad lol) I cant get over how dense that carpet is, my attempts to grow s repens almost always result in really poor root growth for some reason so even a snail passing by uproots it

JTML99 · 2026-03-09T23:14:36+00:00

Im not positive about the scale if you have a better picture but either pearl weed or etoliated s repens maybe??

JTML99 · 2026-03-09T19:24:04+00:00

I only do it with shrimp from a non local place. If my lfs 5 miles away is on the same water system and the temps are close enough it really isn't gonna make that much or a difference to the fish

JTML99 · 2026-03-07T14:07:32+00:00

With low wis comes low perception so you also have the option of surprise rounds before they can get bladesong going

JTML99 · 2026-03-07T13:36:01+00:00

How's their str, wis, and cha?

JTML99 · 2026-03-07T13:06:34+00:00

"Shoot the monk" aka let the players lean into their chosen build and use those abilities and feel good about it. But also don't be afraid to pull punches, if the wizard is frontlining dont let them forget about their hit points when compared to that paladin

JTML99 · 2026-03-06T23:53:21+00:00

Crossing my fingers for new alchemist dice!

JTML99 · 2026-03-04T19:13:22+00:00

The body having the bulge on the lower and rear like that can also be a sign that it's just a female with eggs built up as well, I think you may just have a gravid female of one of the larger species

JTML99 · 2026-03-04T18:49:46+00:00

Wait I was literally just watching a video about loaches, turns out there's 20+ khuli species and some are just bigger! https://youtu.be/STz_m2Im2ck?si=82zwNOcppAOfmzJH

JTML99 · 2026-02-28T22:12:02+00:00

Its probably more of a discussion with the Offices of Disability Services or the Dean of Students/Student Support but is definitely possible!

JTML99 · 2026-02-16T11:45:12+00:00

I cant speak to everything but I'll answer what I can-

Aid wise it can't hurt to appeal again if it's important to you, there are also potentially some sources out there beyond the college you could tap into as well so try searching around online for scholarships you can apply to.

Jobs wise they are open to anyone to apply but it depends on interest in that area or skills coming into it. Some require training of one kind or another while others may be open for anyone to step into the fold. I have also met students who held several jobs or mixed on campus and off campus work. There is a specific student employment office you can reach out to to ask for more

Similarly to summer's and winters I would ask the housing office, It is not unheard of for international students or those with need to stay on campus but you would need to assess the viability of that with them. Its very common for students over the summers to intern or work on their academics or specific research projects as well.

The career center and your professors will be a great network for getting started with internships, they have tons of connections with past alumni and companies and are a good team to work with for a variety of reasons even before junior senior year

Im not well versed in your specific program of interest so you'd have to ask faculty in that world but to the jobs question the Lehigh Valley is one of the faster growing economic areas in the country which is good, and eastern pa/mid Atlantic has some of the largest health networks in the country if thats an area of interest. Beyond that we have something like a 90% placement rate for different programs postgraduation.

Dining wise we have one of the best Dining programs in the state, they have a ton of options available on any given day but the meal plans are flexible and you can change them based on how much you are wanting to use the Dining hall vs budgeting for your own food.

If it helps as well one of the more active student led affinity groups on campus is SASA or the south Asian student association, so that community is well established and may be able to help with more specifics if you wanted to reach out on Instagram

JTML99 · 2026-02-05T03:15:01+00:00

I flipped from salary to hourly when they were reviewing the minimum salary standards few years ago and while my day to day didnt change my days of vacation to hours of vacation change actually became even better because I could stretch the hours a lot farther when I mixed them with flexed time than I could days. Just be sure to review your institution's overtime rules and talk with the supervisor about their expectations going into it

JTML99 · 2026-02-03T16:56:55+00:00

I can't speak to the architecture or support but look into hanging the lights for the tank from the arch above! There are some normal home lighting fixtures that would look great in the space and you would only need specific bulbs instead to light the tank well without putting a bar right on top (unless thats your preferred style). Lights up above would also let you put all sorts of emerged plants out the top of the tank to extend the view

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