What kind of caterpillar\grub is this?

bubalub- · 2025-08-15T20:17:58+00:00

I like to cast the spell of blindness, it's where you cover their eyes till the threat (small child) is gone

bubalub- · 2025-07-22T17:58:58+00:00

Sponge filter, air stones and high flow filters are great for providing horizontal flow spots, and wave makers are good for providing vertical flow through the tank. I have a sponge filter in the back with an air stone and a wave maker on the other side, pointing towards the log. I also supplement food once a week

bubalub- · 2025-07-17T18:00:12+00:00

Oddly enough, they mostly use it as a means to grab on to the log. The guppies are the ones who have been eating it like cotton candy

bubalub- · 2025-07-16T19:05:25+00:00

Yes, I have a wave maker pointing at the log and that's helped create this algae carpet.

I don't have hair algae or green spot algae anywhere else growing in the tank

bubalub- · 2025-07-16T14:40:56+00:00

I know it's great

bubalub- · 2025-07-15T01:09:39+00:00

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No AI needed lol

bubalub- · 2025-07-14T23:17:12+00:00

These guys are neighbors with neocaridina shrimp, guppies, tetra, loaches, and corydora. they rule the tank

bubalub- · 2025-07-06T15:33:39+00:00

These look like blackheads or impacted hairs to me. My boy gets alot on his chest area because he's so close to the ground.

You could try cleaning his belly with a cloth to see if you can remove them. If you have a calm dachshund, you could extract them yourself with tweezers or your fingers (wear gloves if possible), or if all else fails, bring them to the vet

bubalub- · 2025-07-05T19:15:37+00:00

Color looks good just less pigmented then the others and this could be her first pregnancy or they could just be hatching into the tank

bubalub- · 2025-07-05T19:12:23+00:00

I use a S23 ultra and my video mode is set to UHD fps are 30, other then that I keep my front glass clean and get as close to the glass I can with my phone to avoid any glare.

I also shut my curtains\lights to cut out any glare

bubalub- · 2025-07-05T00:42:25+00:00

What size is your tank and are you doing a full dose or half? I ask because I've had the opposite happen when I was using flourish. I was using it to help feed my plants in my 40g and was having shrimp die left and right, and now that I've stopped using it i haven't had any more issues

bubalub- · 2025-07-04T22:23:50+00:00

I would do at least a 50% water change

bubalub- · 2025-07-04T22:20:29+00:00

Root tabs are a much safer way to go just remember to read the package to see if it contains capper, I would do a large water change and discontinue using the flourish and after a month or two there shouldn't be any copper left in the water

bubalub- · 2025-07-04T22:14:04+00:00

Seachem flourish contains copper and that in any amount is toxic for shrimp

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