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My dominant male has been sitting in the same spot all day, not moving much. He did go to the top of the tank for a minute or two then returned to the same spot.

His top fin is down which is also unusual for him, he’s usually a show off.

Water parameters are all 0 for ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate- tested today when I noticed the odd behavior- ph is stable at 6.9 in this tank.

3 males and 6 females plus fry

He is pretty aggressive with flirting and mating. Should I be concerned or is it more likely that the girls “put him in his place”?

No major temperature fluctuations lately and he ate normally last night. No physical signs of illness that I can see. My 2 oldest females are a little bigger than him but not by much, both of those girls are very close to having another brood of babies.

How do I cover all the holes for the filter and tubes so my newly adopted nerites don’t escape?

I found little rose hiding while I was about to post that I can’t find him and realized I do t want to worry he escaped in the future lol.

He’s just above the water line enjoying some tasty algae and biofilm lol

Photos are last night after I released them from the acclimation bag

I have a cute ramshorn snail in my large tank. But there is so much algae in my other tank and I would like to move him to that tank so he can feast on the yummy algae. How should I do this?

Can I just pick him up, or is there a specific technique to make sure he doesn’t get injured?

And do I, like with fish, need to put him in a container of water for the couple of feet to the other tank, or is it best to just carry him?

And I know some breeds of snails can drown if you don’t place them a specific way, like nerites, are ramshorn the same way, or can I just gently put him in the water.

The tanks are exactly the safe temperature and both have the exact same water parameters.

Other occupants in the tank he will be moved to are: baby Platys, a group of otocinclus, and a Siamese algae eater. All are very peaceful.

I have a ton of soft algae in my 29 gallon. There are 5 otos who can’t keep up with it- there are a lot of baby Platys so the algae builds up.

I have 2 options:

Get more otos

Or Move my Ramshorn (temporarily) from my 55 gallon to the 29 gallon so he can help them get the algae down a bit

I do adore my otos, 3 are more recent additions and they’re very happy and have adorable chubby bellies.