My tanks
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Also so as for the tetra. For those who dont know her...
We got skirt tetras in this tank, one of them--my favourite--is not so smart. I mean this kindly. She once was a normal fish. But twice she died.
I dropped in a Wardley shrimp pellet for the cories and ding-dong Bacardi came and swiped the entire pellet, swallowed it whole and it got stuck in her throat. This ended up with me chasing her down trying to get her to spit it out, but she only stopped swimming when she turned belly up and id grab her, open her mouth and swish her gently through the water to try to loosen the pellet. Once it fell out, id keep gently moving her through the water and she would revive. Think fishy CPR.
This happened twice.
Since being revived, she doesnt swim well, kinda off balance and she swims into things. She is cross-eyed and swims with her pectoral fins forward. We believe there's some kind of brain damage involved with her losing oxygen both times she choked on food.
Shes goofy though, even if a bit special. But shes already really unbalanced, so the molly knocking her down looked worse than it really was.
To put it into perspective... ive had to rescue this fish from getting stuck headfirst in a plant. Which, she just sat there.
She.... keeps us on our toes.
Video rescuing her from the plant
We got skirt tetras in this tank, one of them--my favourite--is not so smart. I mean this kindly. She once was a normal fish. But twice she died.
I dropped in a Wardley shrimp pellet for the cories and ding-dong Bacardi came and swiped the entire pellet, swallowed it whole and it got stuck in her throat. This ended up with me chasing her down trying to get her to spit it out, but she only stopped swimming when she turned belly up and id grab her, open her mouth and swish her gently through the water to try to loosen the pellet. Once it fell out, id keep gently moving her through the water and she would revive. Think fishy CPR.
This happened twice.
Since being revived, she doesnt swim well, kinda off balance and she swims into things. She is cross-eyed and swims with her pectoral fins forward. We believe there's some kind of brain damage involved with her losing oxygen both times she choked on food.
Shes goofy though, even if a bit special. But shes already really unbalanced, so the molly knocking her down looked worse than it really was.
To put it into perspective... ive had to rescue this fish from getting stuck headfirst in a plant. Which, she just sat there.
She.... keeps us on our toes.
Video rescuing her from the plant
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Now that the sand has settled and water is clear, here is an updated photo of the 20g set up. My peppered cories are very active today.
Yes. I have 2. One went weak so i use it in a smaller tank. My sister in law had her old one that worked well so she gave it to me so i use that one in this tank. Temps dont need to be high in this tank. Max 75F
If someone is going to buy a new heater, i dont recommend them as they fail easy.
Mine was free and it still works so may as well use it until it doesn't
So quite a long time ago when i first started the hobby, i ended up getting a weird snail in my wild plants. It grew to a bit larger than a bladder snail, but has a door and is shaped more like a lymnea snail.
This thing vanished 5 months ago. I thought it died because even rearranging the tank and taking apart all of the hardscape... i never found it.
Peek in tonight to see if i can spot my bamboo shrimp and what do i see? The snail.
Naming him Zombie. He hadnt grown at all since ive last seen him.
This thing vanished 5 months ago. I thought it died because even rearranging the tank and taking apart all of the hardscape... i never found it.
Peek in tonight to see if i can spot my bamboo shrimp and what do i see? The snail.
Naming him Zombie. He hadnt grown at all since ive last seen him.
