u/AlettaVadora

Do you know me?

I was found near Flamingo Trailer park and Stockman road after several weeks of asking for help from neighbors.

I am not fixed or chipped, but I have a family who spoils and loves me! I didn’t like being outside and purr while my nails are clipped.

I don’t like being picked up, but love cuddles! I’m also good with other cats and neutral toward dogs so I probably have siblings! I make frequent air and floor biscuits because I’m a happy boy!

If you have any ideas on who I might be, please reach out with proof or tag my potential family! I miss them!

Please share me so we can find my parents!

I’m trying to find this boy’s family.

Not fixed or chipped, but definitely an inside cat.

He purrs when I clip his nails, constantly wants attention, and seems to be used to other cats. He also adjusted quickly to my dog but was uncertain at first. I think based on this he may have another cat he lives with.

Found on Stockman rd behind Flamingo Trailer Park.

He was asking for help for a few weeks before someone convinced him to come inside, he was shy for the first hour I had him then immediately settled in.

My little oto boy has what looks like a red ring around his belly? I’ve never seen this on him before. Behavior is normal. He was the first oto I ever got so I really want to make sure he’s ok.

His friends look normal and their faces are not as pink as his either.

5 tuxedos and 2 black tabbies

She looked like she was possibly having fry yesterday, she had a clear thing hanging from her earlier, that has since failed off but now she has a big red spot by her bottom fins and she still looks open.

Sorry about the blurry photos, she’s very active.

I think this is her first pregnancy which could be relevant. She has 1 other female swordtail and the rest of the fish in this tank are Platys.

One of my platys who has since been rehomed after unsuccessful attempts to reestablish the hierarchy was very aggressive and physically abusive toward the other fish. This lead to illness in 1 female who had thankfully been gaining her color back and acting healthier than she has in months. One of my other females was unable to recover and passed yesterday morning.

The male he was most aggressive towards- the preferred male for one of the females the aggressor “claimed” is still very stressed and hiding. He has lost significant weight in the last 2 months.

How can I get him back to health without removing him from his home tank? I think the stress of quarantine may kill him. He has lots of hiding places and the females seem to be gently checking in on him without entering his space.

Should I do several small meals instead of a bigger one, target feed him, or is there something else I should be doing?

Maybe feeding the whole tank in a way that helps him gain weight will also help the others as the main female is also under weight.

I want to make sure this baby is healthy but I can’t tell if this girl is way too round? I’m worried she may be bloated but I want to make sure before I take any drastic measures.

This is Petrasha, she’s a female, she’s the only one who looks like this, all her friends have tiny little round bellies.

I will note I had a recent death in the tank, a small nerite who had a failure to thrive, I have since done a water change and re-checked. All parameters are stable zero across the board. PH 6.6 and temp between 80 and 86 (summer with no central AC).

She has lots of soft algae, access to catfish pellets every other night, and Repashy has recently been added to her available foods.

Tank mates are: 5 other otos (6 total), lots of toddler Platys (grow out tank), a nerite who is very healthy, and a very docile Siamese algae eater (very young, still only eats algae, I am carefully monitoring behavior)

Sorry if I gave too much info, I’m very paranoid because I had an unexpected death in my other tank this morning.

Earlier this week I posted about 2 of my female Platys seeming sick and one of my boys being extremely skittish and these 3 losing color. I did a little research and found that this can be caused by a male being far too aggressive in his mating behavior.

I tried the time out method, locking the problem in a little travel tank inside the main take to try to re-establish the hierarchy. However I realized that he was still being aggressive, hitting the lid to try and get out to fight a smaller male and trying to go after my girls.

I chose to take him to my LFS and explained the situation. He was happy to take my boy and find him a home with more bright colored girls and will suggest his new family not have other males.

I haven’t seen this much schooling from my fish in months! They seem so grateful he is gone.

Lesson learned, if someone is a problem in your tank, you need to prioritize the group, not just focus on the guilt of rehoming. Sometimes it is necessary for the safety of others.

My little male is still hiding a lot, but he slept outside his hide for the first time last night!

I thought maybe the air stone was somehow holding her in place, but the babies are zooming past her and acting normal. I also thought maybe she was flirting because my boy came up to her clearly flirting but she has continued. She will stay like this for several minutes, swim to a different spot, then continue.

The scales on her face are also less shiny than usual.

Water parameters: 0 ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate. 6.6 ph consistently. Temp got up to 85 last night and is now 80.2. 2 air stones and filter in different areas.

8 females 3 males in the tank

I just found my little nerite upside down in the tank, I don’t know how long she’s been like that, she was definitely on the glass when I went to bed last night around 10.

How long do they take to come out of their shell after something like that?

I took her out of the water to check her and she’s definitely still inside and doesn’t stink.

Normally when I have to move her she comes out as soon as my hand is off her, but she’s still not moving after a couple minutes. At what point should I be worried?

And is it normal for them to fall? Is did she maybe get knocked down or something?

Parameters are steady, PH is 6.6, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrate, 0 nitrite

Temperature did get up to 84 yesterday so I put ice cubes in the tank to cool them but it was a very slow change back to 80 not sudden.

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.