I have a great little ecosystem going on in my ACF tank! I have some detritus worms and my guy isn’t eating them very much. He is small (about 2.5” body), is there any other critter I can put in my tank to eat them? *I know it’s not typically recommended to put other things with ACFs but has anyone had any luck with it?
I (34F) am attempting to make a career switch right now and have been doing a lot of environmental volunteer work, to see what I am most interested in pursuing. I’m still learning and don’t know much but I really take this seriously and want to be taken seriously. Field work is something that I feel like I will thoroughly enjoy but I’m feeling anxious about it.
Any tips or words of encouragement?
Interested in buying one of each. Happy to pay for shipping if I cannot find anyone local.
Hi! Looking for a Jade Mystery Snail and/or Blue/Purple Mystery Snail. Lemme know if you got em. Happy to pick them up or meet you somewhere.
Hi! First timer here! I got some hitchhikers in my recently purchased plants and I’m just curious if yall could help me with an ID. I know the pics aren’t great! These guys are tiiiiny.
I know that bladder snails are generally considered pests but I’m really excited about finding this hitchhiker!
I started my first tank a month ago (rescued a frog), and now it’s cycled. I was moving plants to a second tank (oops I already have mts)… and I found a bladder snail!
The last plant I purchased was 2 weeks ago so it took me a bit to find it! I’m hoping my frog ate the rest 🤣
I have a clawed frog in here so I haven’t gone full walstad yet for obvious reasons (he kicks up everything). so I have mostly floating plants, which I’m totally okay with! I have anubias, amazon sword (some of them do have little propagation nodules!), hornwort, red parrot feather, java moss and water wisteria as well as a few others.
I feel like some of my plants don’t look very healthy suddenly and I’m wondering if I’m just being dramatic?
This is my very first tank and I’m starting a 10 gal for a mystery snail today as well. I want to make sure I’m getting it right. That one will be a walstad!
Do my plants look like they’re dying to you?
Tank is cycled
PH 7.6
ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 10
Temp 76
Hi everyone, no judgement please- but I'm trying to stock my tanks with only captive/tank bred or rehomed animals. If anyone is rehoming anything in IL I'm happy to consider!
Currently looking for:
a school of galaxy rasboras/celestial pearl danios
a mystery snail
a rabbit snail
I know that there are a few stores that sell tank-bred stock BUT they also sell wild caught and I'm trying to avoid supporting those.
please don't down vote me! I'm not judging you! :)
I posted here a while ago (sometime last year) about my baby pacing and being extremely uncomfortable night after night. Eventually, it did lead to focal seizures and escalating symptoms. We’ve gone through multiple tests and multiple vets to finally have found one that wants to get to the bottom of the issue (after 3 f****** years). Which I’m grateful for but I’m scared and also feeling guilty.
Signs are pointing to potential kidney disease or Addison’s disease. My boy is 11 and I’m just really not ready for him to go yet, not that I ever will be.
I’m feeling guilty because I should have pressured the vet into more testing sooner, but I didn’t know any better. I also feel guilty for getting frustrated by his behavior when he wakes me up in the middle of the night and there’s nothing I can do for him. I overall just wanted to give him the best life and I feel like I’ve failed him :( my husband and I are going on a trip in September and my dog’s fav person in the world will be watching him but I still feel guilty, scared, and heartbroken over this whole thing and don’t want to leave him.