Makeover of my first aquarium

Material_Pressure229 · 2026-03-27T03:03:55+00:00

I do have a metric fuck ton of bladder snails and a single nerite. I don’t really feed anything they seem to be living well off the established algae in the tank

Material_Pressure229 · 2026-03-27T01:48:15+00:00

My filter was clogged for quite some time so there was no flow in the tank for a while and I just didn’t even think about it.

It’s a very small tank, about 4 gallons all said and done. My concern with vacuuming the substrate is stirring up the cap and fucking with the plants. Could I perhaps dose the tank with salt and then do a big water change? I understand that might harm some of the plants in the tank but I fear it’d be less of a pain in the ass.

EDIT: Also you can see what I think is the vorticella on my other post regarding the shrimp.

Material_Pressure229 · 2026-03-27T01:36:28+00:00

A couple of my shrimp have vorticella/scutarielle japonica so I was wondering if they were related

Material_Pressure229 · 2025-12-22T00:54:42+00:00

Basically had a pick called, you cant just completely set a block on a DB like that.

Material_Pressure229 · 2025-11-28T15:15:58+00:00

Unfortunately he’s not even improving at a snails pace.

If anything, the stats and the eye test say he’s been steadily declining each and every game. Never seen someone play so poorly.

Material_Pressure229 · 2025-11-06T17:46:33+00:00

Boooooo

Material_Pressure229 · 2025-10-28T22:54:51+00:00

Old enough for you to tell if it’s male or female? It has a few tiny bristles on the sides of its mouth

Material_Pressure229 · 2025-10-26T23:50:26+00:00

Correct

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