Also for the snails, why don't you add some sort of copper based meds. Inverts can not tolerate heavy metals and would kill them off, you would have to move your nerite for a few weeks after the copper meds are done to make sure there are no residual meds left in the water or silicone.
As far a ferts go I'd suggest dry ferts. They are the cheapest route, with the premixed liquid ferts you are paying for overpriced water and ferts :) You could add Iron and see if that helps with the red coloration of the plants you want. Are you dosing Macro and Micro nutrients? I'm sorry if I...
When the snail tries to right itself when you hold it upside down, there will be a shealth for a male and nothing for female.
"A relative easy (?) way to determine the sex of an apple snail is by taking the snail out of the water, keep it on it's back and wait until the animal comes out of its...
I had a big problem in my 5 gallon hexagon tank with the white stuff on the gravel, filter ect. I put a few ramhorn snails in the tank and its almost all gone.
I had a mini long hair dachund growing up, he lived until he was 20 (human) years old. He had 2 major back surgeries in his life time and only bit me one time when I was little because I backed him into a corner. My dachund didn't like to play at all like a normal dog would. He was a vacuum...
How do you get water from the tank to flow over the filter floss and bio media into the wet dry system? Im attempting to make a diy wet/dry sytem for the first time.
What do you think about the stainless steel mesh prefilters? what size would be needed for an aquaclear 50? 13mm or 16mm? supposedly they don't clog as easily as the sponge prefilters.
What if you tried feeding him with this? http://www.petco.com/product/107463/Petco-Puppy-Handfeeding-Syringe.aspx?CoreCat=LookAhead
I'll keep looking online for more options