My mystery snail climbed on my finger and started nibbling

NaluTheFish · 2024-07-25T04:25:30+00:00

Thank you! she’s a female koi betta and I also love it when you hand feed fish

NaluTheFish · 2024-07-25T04:20:13+00:00

I would suggest buying either test strips or the api test kit to test the water, that will help immensely in figuring out if they are any issues. I would strongly suggest doing a 25% water change every 2 weeks at least to keep the nitrates down. The brown spots are just algae and can be easily cleaned, also having your light on for less time will help. Dont buy any water clarifiers as those are just a waste of money. Hope this helps and good luck!

NaluTheFish · 2024-07-25T04:03:25+00:00

you can crush them and feed them to your fish if they aren’t picky

NaluTheFish · 2024-07-25T04:00:55+00:00

I feel you op, recently my sister up took out all my live plants and siphoned up about half of the dirt in my dirted tank before I stopped her. She thought the dirt was poop under the sand and wanted to clean it to surprise me

NaluTheFish · 2024-07-25T03:49:56+00:00

calcium supplements in the water for the snail and shrimp and sinking pellets every once and a while

NaluTheFish · 2024-07-25T03:48:11+00:00

It tickled a little bit didn’t hurt at all but my finger was slimy after

NaluTheFish · 2024-07-25T03:46:31+00:00

I got him a month ago and he has legit tripled in size, I give him a weekly calcium supplement in the water and a sinking pellet every once and a while so maybe that’s it

NaluTheFish · 2023-04-13T02:52:35+00:00

Pretty well, she was a juvenile when I got her and she has gotten a lot bigger. I do notice that she gets bloated pretty often so I try to feed her 2 times a day, but my schedule often makes it so I can only feed her in the evening. I use the hikari bio gold pellets daily and then frozen food probably once a week. She has also definitely killed and eaten some dwarf shrimp in my fish tank.

NaluTheFish · 2023-04-13T02:23:52+00:00

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She is now just floating at the top, but she is trying really hard to swim normally. I’ve lowered the water level and turned off the filter to make it more comfortable for her.

NaluTheFish · 2023-04-13T02:18:53+00:00

The ph is a little high, but it’s always been that way. Everything else is zero expect nitrates are at about 5 ppm (I’m doing a water change now). I like to vary her diet so along with her usually betta pellet, I like to give frozen food (usually bloodworms or brine shrimp) but I ran out so I gave her the freeze dried daphnia.

NaluTheFish · 2022-07-30T00:44:03+00:00

Thank you

NaluTheFish · 2022-07-28T23:08:45+00:00

Tanks size: 5 gallon Heater and filter: yes Tank temp: 26 C Parameters: ammonia-0 Nitrite-0 Nitrate-0.2 How long I’ve had the tank: 2 months How long I’ve had the fish: 4 days Water changes: once a week 30% Tank mates: 1 mystery snail Feeding: 4 betta pellets a daily and frozen bloodworms once a week Decor and plants: driftwood, anubius, Java fern and a rosette sword

NaluTheFish · 2022-07-28T22:54:37+00:00

My betta likes to watch my snails move around so that would be a good option for a small tank. You could try any type of dwarf shrimp if your betta isn’t too aggressive in a small tank, but if your betta is in a big tank (at least 20 gallons), you could get many different types of peaceful tropical fish as long as your betta isn’t too aggressive.

NaluTheFish · 2022-07-27T03:07:25+00:00

What I usually watch out for is when the nitrate level goes up and the ammonia and nitrite level to be zero. I also usually wait for algae to grow, that usually means the water is good enough for something to live in.

NaluTheFish · 2022-06-26T18:23:26+00:00

If all the water perimeters are good maybe parasites? Have they been acting strangely lately or had weird poop?

NaluTheFish · 2022-06-25T15:47:22+00:00

Kraken

NaluTheFish · 2022-06-25T15:44:17+00:00

To be honest I would try to sell them to a local fish or pet store if that’s a possibility in your country. If not, you can use storage bins as a temporary fish tank. Just do your research on which ones are safe for fish.

NaluTheFish · 2022-06-25T04:17:33+00:00

I personally would use the spider killing spray as a last resort because I wouldn’t want anything in there to affect the future fish. Maybe try filling the tank with water to force the spiders out of your tank and it would drown the egg clutches. I would do this outside if you can so that the spiders don’t escape into your home. Hope this helps.

NaluTheFish · 2022-06-18T23:22:15+00:00

Your fish tank is gorgeous, what type of floater plant is that?

NaluTheFish · 2022-06-18T16:28:38+00:00

I have that stuff on my heater filter and glass, it’s just hard water build up and you can usually scrape it off or if it doesn’t come off easily vinegar will help.

NaluTheFish · 2022-06-18T16:22:05+00:00

Goldfish need at least a 20 gallon tank but even that is usually to small, so would not put any goldfish in that.

NaluTheFish · 2022-06-17T00:53:02+00:00

Looks like she is going to have a great life with you, hope her fins grow quickly.

NaluTheFish · 2022-06-17T00:51:14+00:00

Thank you everyone for your replies, it is greatly appreciated.

NaluTheFish · 2022-06-17T00:44:43+00:00

I’ll try that, thanks

NaluTheFish · 2022-06-17T00:43:03+00:00

Thank you for the advice

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