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Have you considered shrimp? You could probably do a nice little planted setup with a pile of cherry shrimp or something similar. 5 Gallons is pretty tiny, really - from my understanding you're going to be really limited in stocking options, even a betta or goldfish would prefer a much larger tank. Plus there's the fact you're pretty much doomed to buy a gigantic second tank a few months into taking up the hobby, so you might as well wait until then to get fish 
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republicant posted:I have no idea how, since I'm pretty sure they aren't hermaphrodites, but my single electric blue crayfish is apparently female and has a rather large quantity of eggs. I think they can store sperm from previous mating or some kind of weird thing like that, I really don't know anything about crayfish reproduction. Congratulations crayfish! Is that the same thing as a marbled crayfish/marmorkrebs? Because those are all female, all self-cloning and rock out something like 1000 eggs at a time.
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Prescription Combs posted:1x cherry scrimp You got that right. Get a million of 'em!
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When I'm running carbon I skip the pre-made 3/$$$ packs and use a refillable bag with a couple scoops from a big 40oz container of marineland carbon. Saves a lot, and isn't much added work.
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Oct 14, 2015 18:06
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Synthbuttrange posted:Anyone got any suggestions on how to make aquarium water unappealing to cats? One of my idiots just loves lapping at it. Push it in
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Mozi posted:These are good but they are so thick and hard I can't cut them to change the dimensions, which is rather limiting. Pliers? I use plastic grids for my stuff and just tear them apart to my liking with a needlenose set. That looks thicker but you could probably do the same.
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Trails of white dots, probably eggs stuck in cracks in any rocks they can find. They're nice snails, but those eggs can be a real pain even if they never hatch.
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Nov 7, 2018 20:05
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That's not enough cories. Even if one or two of them are pretty playful/swimmy regardless, their behaviour changes when there's a bunch. I'm down to three through attrition and it's a little sad. Same deal with the neons, I had six die down to five and they started getting more shy/inactive. Bought a few more and all of a sudden they're exploring everywhere in a big school. Rest I can't speak for.
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Oct 10, 2019 02:14
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I'm down to one geriatric shrimp out of a 4-5 years old colony, not bad for $15. Did you just plonk yours in or something? Dying isn't unusual, but all of 'em are.
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Jan 6, 2020 18:03
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If you've got any kind of active local aquarium buy/sell/trade, you're about to make a few bucks on mystery snails is what's about to happen.
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Jan 21, 2020 04:27
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Crypts are pretty similar in that way. I started with two teeny ones and now the left side of my tank is a Sri Lankan Salad and nobody gives a poo poo about hiding in my crappy caves anymore.
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Schwack posted:
If I were you I'd just get more corydoras, they're happier in bigger groups of their own kind (unless your new tank is massive, anyway) and i didn't see anyone address it so yes, nerites are absolute poo poo machines, this is what you saw.
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Sep 27, 2020 14:14
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Bad Munki posted:Seems like in that case I could just run the air hose to the bottom of the tub and set a rock on it I've got a check valve on it, but I've been doing this for probably close to a year. No issues and prevents any sort of film I'd get if it was just the HOB.
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Oct 6, 2023 22:33
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While we're speaking tools, I just moved over to a razor blade based scraper after a decade of mag floats. Brought the tank back to like new in mere minutes, it's a mix of relief and feeling stupid.
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Jan 15, 2024 19:23
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RadioPassive posted:Amazon sold me a razor scraper with 3 feet of handle so my arms stay dry and my tank stays clean. That's the one! The handle is ridiculously long but drat does it do the trick
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The Diddler posted:So one of my bettas has twice now wedged herself into a place she couldn't get out of. Do they learn from near-death lessons or do I need to adjust my hardscape? I lost half my danio population with no bodies, symptoms or apparent tank issues. Turned out one swam into a piece of cholla wood and one by one the rest were following inside it to eat the one before them. Eventually noticed a golden glow, yanked the lucky fella out, and trashed the wood. Fix your scape, I'm afraid.
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