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Had 600 bucks dosed to clear yesterday (Thurs) from a payment last Friday. Now It is a day later, and they say it won't be ready until Monday.

A week and 4 days to process one payment. Beyond inefficient. Needed that money to eat this weekend.

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goldfishgeek

Opinions?

Black or white sand for my goldfish tank?? Also, I wanna put live plants in it eventually. What brand of sand? I’m stupid when it comes to plants.

shrimplandia-blog

White sand! I have black sand in a couple of my tanks and I immediately regretted not using white once I actually started using white sand. The white reflects so much light and makes the tank look so bright and lively

bwabbitv3s

@aquariadise has a good deal of info on keeping goldfish. I believe they had a list of plants you can keep with them, as they will eat most.

aquariadise

White! Although you don’t need substrate for live plants with goldfish, pretty much the only plants that will survive their attacks are Anubias and Java fern and those can be tied to (lava) rock or driftwood. :)

petshrimp

Not as familiar with goldfish, but as a rule with freshwater fish you want a darker substrate to enhance their natural color. White will tend to wash away that color. You find this the opposite with the more colorful marine and some African tanks, where white is the background that often serves best to enhance color.

Just my two cents.

One of the first hatchlings to emerge, and what a beauty! We have 4 shrimp currently berried and two more that look like they are getting ready. Head over to AquariumCare Freshwater Invertebrates on Facebook for additional pics. You can message me there (preferred) or here if you want to purchase some of our unique hybrid shrimp (possible carrier of the Taiwan gene).

This is the pair of Bolivian rams in our 75. They are a beautiful new addition, and all indications are that they are a mated pair. In fact their sexual organs are clearly visible and they seem to be searching for spots to lay their eggs and stash their wrigglers. We shall see if the young can survive this environment long enough. If they start they may end up getting their own tank. These two are too beautiful to not breed!

Our pair of angels in the 75 gallon tank. Going to get some red root floaters for the surface of the tank.

#angelfish #aquarium #planted tank

Baby shrimp from our Taiwan bee/f1 tank. See more of our shrimp at petshrimp.tumblr.com

#taiwan bee #shrimp #aquarium

Our Fluval spec 3, just trimmed. Currently home to a pair of Fundulus Cingulatus, or pink lemonade killifish

#aquarium #killifish #Fundulus Cingulatus

theblondeaquarist

One of my rabbit snails just died of parasites and now my second one is acting strange. My first rabbit was acting lethargic so I put her in a hospital tank. She died 3 days later and I found a weird small brown fat flat THING coming out of her shell. Now my other rabbit is acting the same way - not moving or eating at all. Idk what to do or how to treat this. Don't most anti-parasite meds kill snails??

To my knowledge, rabbit snails (and aquarium snails in general) do not harbor parasites. The only parasite I could think of is if they are being attacked by leeches. In which case, there aren’t many treatments you can do without killing all your inverts. So far, the only treatment is to manually remove the leeches from all your inverts and temporarily house them separately while you hand bleach every aquarium plant and/or bomb the aquarium with clout. Some people have also had mixed results with salt.

Hopefully this has helped!

critters2go

On the contrary, there are a few parasites that definitely afflict snails. The most notable are Schistosomiasis which cause “snail fever” or Leucochloridium paradoxum which is the super freaky ones that turn snails into “zombies” & make their eyestalks look like caterpillars attractive to the birds they prefer as hosts! YIKES!

Not saying that a rabbit snail could even catch these but, yes, there are definitely parasites that affect snails and other gastropods. The bad news is I couldn’t find a single bit of help in the research regarding *treatment* of snails. Most were about preventing humans or livestock from being infected and therefore the “cures” we’re really just treatments to completely wipe out snails in that area! Obviously, not something we would want to do for a pet snail! I hope you find some better help. 😟 I only have two snails at present, a couple little mystery snails (Sazae & Wall-E), but I do like snails and they can be such a great part of aquaculture.

theblondeaquarist

I don’t disagree that snails can get parasites in the wild. I haven’t seen any cases of snail parasitic infections happening in aquariums yet. At least no one has reported snail parasitic infections yet on the forums. (Though that would make for an interesting scientific study to dissect snails and see how many of them harbor parasites.)

The only known parasite that I know snails can be affected with are leeches. That’s why I suggested leeches as a probable cause.

apetemoss

Prazi is safe for snails. Not saying it will help will help if the damage is to advanced or if prazi doesn’t treat that kind of infection, but it is better than nothing.

theblondeaquarist

I will add one little disclaimer to that because ill effects have been reported when prazipro has been used with nerite snails. Nerites are very sensitive to it and have died from its use. Apple and mystery snails seem fine though. I’m not sure where rabbit snails fall on that spectrum. I haven’t found anything to say whether it’s okay or not.

stanjam

I have seen a species of (I assume) nematode attack and kill a Malaysian Trumpet snail.

Using planaria zero at a little over half strength (I have shrimp so am very careful) seemed to kill the most dangerous. It will also kill off hydra and planaria. I am thinking planaria might also be a culprit, but I haven't seen one attack a snail.

The treatment did not kill my mts, or even my mini ramshorn or baby shrimp. No guarantees on other snails