VickiK
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VickiK, I hope Romeo will heal up okay. Poor fishy.
Oh he will. I am a good Fish Mama. He'll recover!
VickiK, I hope Romeo will heal up okay. Poor fishy.
I agree!
As much as I dislike having all of these malaysian trumpet snails (and cherry shrimp), I feel bad for wanting to dispose of them. I wish I had never brought them into my house!! Especially the snails -- I'm at the point where I show no mercy.
VickiK, I hope Romeo will heal up okay. Poor fishy.
Good to hear.
At least they don't jump out of the tank when you open the lid to feed? My cichlids have done that.
Can I point out that in addition to being snippy jerks they can also be rather snobby.
Nah I just have 5 or 6 but only 1 of them regularly greets meWhy is that? Are they turning their noses up at the tetras or something?
Nah I just have 5 or 6 but only 1 of them regularly greets me
I haven't chimed in this conversation yet, so hopefully I'm not butting in. I too am having issues with my puffers hiding all day. Vicki, the easiest way I know to tell male and female is once they are mature, the male develops a dark line laterally on his belly. Supposedly there's green "wrinkles" behind his eyes too but that's hard to tell. I think there's just some color variations in the fish, but maybe it's because there's two different species, Carinotetraodon travancoricus and C. imitator sold as dwarf puffers?
By the way, my snail tank was setup to feed my little guys... And I enjoy watching them!
As much as I dislike having all of these malaysian trumpet snails (and cherry shrimp), I feel bad for wanting to dispose of them. I wish I had never brought them into my house!! Especially the snails -- I'm at the point where I show no mercy.
They don't stay hidden in the sand in my tanks. I think of them as pests. And they get into my filters!Why don't you want them? I've been purposely letting them breed to put a population in my puffer tank. I figured they will help clean a little at night when the puffers sleep and they'll stay mostly protected under the sand...though I'm sure one or two would get picked off on occasion.
I don't think many puffers eat the malaysian trumpet snails.
I wonder if you mix in a few Ram's Horns, then maybe they'll try them and decide they're tasty!
That's what happened with pond snails in my first heavily planted tank. Could not get rid of those and I had tons in my canister filter. I ended up getting assassin snails because at least those leave my plants alone. I have another tank that is infested with pond snails and I'm thinking of spreading some assassins around. Malaysian trumpet/ramshorns don't seem to bother my plants but pond snails are another story. End rant.They don't stay hidden in the sand in my tanks. I think of them as pests. And they get into my filters!