Sprice Posted February 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 oh I see the filter has to be removed thus you need to remove the plants, etc . That is a pain . I like the round look of the tank itself and was eyeing the bigger model for some pygmy everglade sunfish but I now see that I couldn't have it as planted tank . Checked out the Everglades, beautiful fish [emoji7] Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackhead Johny Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 '' They love snails and will quickly depopulate an aquarium of these sometimes annoying gastropods.'' This is no joke. I planned to get one puffer and so was growing snails in the tank it would end up in, as well as in 4 other tanks (just in case) For the first 2 weeks my single pea puffer would not eat anything. I figured it was going to starve. In desperation I picked the shell of a few snails and returned them to the tank to be ignored by the puffer. Then after 2 weeks of ever increasing worry I saw it grab a tiny snail. Within days that tank that was over run with snails now had almost none. I drop 10-12 in the tank each day hoping they will reestablish but they seem to vanish by the next day. Hair algae has now showed up. So today I have my wife pick up 7 ghost shrimp in hopes they will eat the moss and the puffer will ignore them. As it is the 15 gal is depleted of snails, the 10 is keeping up due to adequate waste food to eat from baby betta feedings. The 5 recently got golden dojo loaches and the snail population if going down.. The loaches also insist that there were never any cherry shrimp in the tank. The 55 has some snails left. I'm now planning to set up a plastic snail bin to try to raise snails faster (think aquatic compost). So 4 tanks to feed 1 tiny puffer. Imagine if I got 3 puffers. Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprice Posted February 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 This is no joke. I planned to get one puffer and so was growing snails in the tank it would end up in, as well as in 4 other tanks (just in case) For the first 2 weeks my single pea puffer would not eat anything. I figured it was going to starve. In desperation I picked the shell of a few snails and returned them to the tank to be ignored by the puffer. Then after 2 weeks of ever increasing worry I saw it grab a tiny snail. Within days that tank that was over run with snails now had almost none. I drop 10-12 in the tank each day hoping they will reestablish but they seem to vanish by the next day. Hair algae has now showed up. So today I have my wife pick up 7 ghost shrimp in hopes they will eat the moss and the puffer will ignore them. As it is the 15 gal is depleted of snails, the 10 is keeping up due to adequate waste food to eat from baby betta feedings. The 5 recently got golden dojo loaches and the snail population if going down.. The loaches also insist that there were never any cherry shrimp in the tank. The 55 has some snails left. I'm now planning to set up a plastic snail bin to try to raise snails faster (think aquatic compost). So 4 tanks to feed 1 tiny puffer. Imagine if I got 3 puffers. Whaaa? What a hungry little fella! That is crazy, where do they put it all? They're so tiny! When I checked late last night as well as some little scuds there are also tiny little worms! Really thin and white and small. Are they harmless? X Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Wondering whether to get more males or now I'm down to three get a few females or alternatively leave these 3 to it until...[emoji22] then get some pea puffers [emoji7] Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk What I like about those bowls is that they are acrylic which I did not know till looked them up and the light . It makes for a pretty little set up . You might consider adding regular male guppies which are less aggressive than cobra endlers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Whaaa? What a hungry little fella! That is crazy, where do they put it all? They're so tiny! When I checked late last night as well as some little scuds there are also tiny little worms! Really thin and white and small. Are they harmless? X Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Your worms are planaria . http://www.planarians.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 This is no joke. I planned to get one puffer and so was growing snails in the tank it would end up in, as well as in 4 other tanks (just in case) For the first 2 weeks my single pea puffer would not eat anything. I figured it was going to starve. In desperation I picked the shell of a few snails and returned them to the tank to be ignored by the puffer. Then after 2 weeks of ever increasing worry I saw it grab a tiny snail. Within days that tank that was over run with snails now had almost none. I drop 10-12 in the tank each day hoping they will reestablish but they seem to vanish by the next day. Hair algae has now showed up. So today I have my wife pick up 7 ghost shrimp in hopes they will eat the moss and the puffer will ignore them. As it is the 15 gal is depleted of snails, the 10 is keeping up due to adequate waste food to eat from baby betta feedings. The 5 recently got golden dojo loaches and the snail population if going down.. The loaches also insist that there were never any cherry shrimp in the tank. The 55 has some snails left. I'm now planning to set up a plastic snail bin to try to raise snails faster (think aquatic compost). So 4 tanks to feed 1 tiny puffer. Imagine if I got 3 puffers. ''So 4 tanks to feed 1 tiny puffer. Imagine if I got 3 puffers.'' lol . They had the tiny puffers at pet store I go to with cherry shrimp and the puffers one day killed/ate them but I have heard others say that their little puffers only eat snails . Going back couple of decades a friend had one of those big freshwater puffers think from Brazil but I cant recall the name . It initially only are crayfish but he was able to wean it to take feeder fish , earthworms and other food but not common fish food . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wygglz Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Whaaa? What a hungry little fella! That is crazy, where do they put it all? They're so tiny! When I checked late last night as well as some little scuds there are also tiny little worms! Really thin and white and small. Are they harmless? X Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Those may be detritus worms which are harmless. Planaria are a bit flat with diamond shaped heads. They are not harmless. Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprice Posted February 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 What I like about those bowls is that they are acrylic which I did not know till looked them up and the light . It makes for a pretty little set up . You might consider adding regular male guppies which are less aggressive than cobra endlers. Ah I hadn't thought of that, might get a couple of guppy's then [emoji18] Yeah I do really like the look of the biorb and the colour changing leds are cool although I'm not sure the Endlers particularly appreciate the 'disco' effect so I usually keep it on white or a dark blue moonlight effect in the evening sometimes. Got some half decent pics today Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprice Posted February 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Those may be detritus worms which are harmless. Planaria are a bit flat with diamond shaped heads. They are not harmless.Uh oh I hope they are the former! It's hard to tell as they are so tiny [emoji52] What is the best course of action, I like to try and use as few chems as poss, would water changes do it if I did 2 a week instead of 1? I find it fascinating all these creatures popping up, like a proper mini eco system...so cool [emoji18] Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wygglz Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 There are better experts here than I am, but fish seem to really like detritus worms and yours will probably eat them for you. Sprice, Louie and Soothing Shrimp 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Uh oh I hope they are the former! It's hard to tell as they are so tiny [emoji52] What is the best course of action, I like to try and use as few chems as poss, would water changes do it if I did 2 a week instead of 1? I find it fascinating all these creatures popping up, like a proper mini eco system...so cool [emoji18] Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Even if they are planaria and not detritus worms with fish there is no need to do anything . Initially I thought of planaria because I suspected you of over feeding the fish , lol . Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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