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  1. Egmel

    Unknown Invert ID required

    :D Excellent, that's exactly what they are, there was I hoping I had baby mussels! Right, now I know they're safe I can put some cherry shrimp across into this tank. :)
  2. Egmel

    Unknown Invert ID required

    About 2mm long these guys have a hard shell and small antennae from one end. They are independent movers, sometimes by picking up the current other times in a more determined manner but I've as yet to work out how. Other occupants in the tank are some Malaysian trumpet snails, some tubifex worms...
  3. Egmel

    Apple snails

    I find mine float to the surface if there's food up there, they don't like having to wait for it to sink down!
  4. Egmel

    Tragedy in CRS tank

    This isn't always the case, my MA always has nice and fat little ottos, mine came from there and they've all been fine :) I think it depends on the staff in any store, you may find your odds are better in a non-chain store but I wouldn't say that it's the best indicator. The best way to...
  5. Egmel

    Tragedy in CRS tank

    Hmmm, I think there are 2 problems here, the first is that the fish were not in good nick when you got them. The second was that you added them directly to a tank with expensive livestock. We've all done it, a quarantine tank is a hassle to set up, but if you intend to keep expensive stock...
  6. Egmel

    Conundrum... Inverts Dying - Water Parameters?

    I do indeed, I'm currently using seachem prime, I don't know if it has a chelator or not.
  7. Egmel

    Conundrum... Inverts Dying - Water Parameters?

    Damn those reply stealing gremlins. :evil: It may sound stupid but have you tried the back button in your browser, sometimes that magically remembers what was typed in text boxes. *EDIT* just noticed the time difference between these last two posts, probably a bit late for the back button :oops:
  8. Egmel

    Conundrum... Inverts Dying - Water Parameters?

    I noted those too Clive, makes me laugh slightly as I always used a filter in my old place and haven't since I moved because the water tastes better. :shock: Beginning to wish it wasn't in storage so I could use it now... however it is parts per billion and well within allowable limits so it...
  9. Egmel

    Conundrum... Inverts Dying - Water Parameters?

    Re: Conundrum... Well the shrimps are fine with 20°C so that shouldn't be a problem for them. I don't know about nerites but most snails will survive the temp difference of a couple of degrees for at least while, they do get posted after all! Lower temperatures should cause the water to be...
  10. Egmel

    Conundrum... Inverts Dying - Water Parameters?

    Re: Conundrum... Well if she's using tap water in her tanks with no pre-treatment (other than de-chlor) then that rules out the tap water hypothesis.
  11. Egmel

    Conundrum... Inverts Dying - Water Parameters?

    Re: Conundrum... Ok so from those 2 reports here are the similarities (both in current standing and change to that standing), if we could get a couple more examples we might get somewhere. Helen Element New | Old ------------------------------------|-------- Sodium...
  12. Egmel

    Conundrum... Inverts Dying - Water Parameters?

    Re: Conundrum... ok, well I asked the new water company for a report and I've compared it to the one I had from my previous company, there are several differences, I've listed them below. (Note all values are mean values) Element New | Old...
  13. Egmel

    Conundrum... Inverts Dying - Water Parameters?

    Re: Conundrum... Hi Chris, They were fully acclimatised over several hours and I bought about quarter of a tank of water with me in a jerry can (with 'fish water only' written on it :lol: ) so I don't think it was the change in water. Also it wouldn't account for my MTS which are much less...
  14. Egmel

    Conundrum... Inverts Dying - Water Parameters?

    Since moving to my sisters I have lost all of my shrimp (more than I could count even during the move) and all of my Malaysian Trumpet snails. However my apple snails and all my fish are fine :? The only thing which has changed with the move is the water as she's with a different supplier...
  15. Egmel

    what clean up crew can I have?

    They're the good ones, my green tank will attest to that... However I'm not sure how long they'll survive with the loaches, but maybe they'll breed and and provide a live food source for your loaches.
  16. Egmel

    Introducing cherry shimp to my main tank

    I found that the bottle necks were too big in my original DIY ones and I caught fish as well as shrimp. All of the fish I caught then passed on, I wont be using that method again, next time I'll be making sure the entry holes are only big enough for the shrimp.
  17. Egmel

    Shrimps and Snails

    Snails are also a no-go if you're using any flubendazole based wormer, it sticks around in the water for ages, I tried what you're suggesting and kept my MTS out for a couple of weeks, they all died when I added them back in :(
  18. Egmel

    Pictus cats and amano shrimp

    I'd stick with the nerites, even larger shrimp have tasty legs/antenna :(
  19. Egmel

    weird life form found in my tank.

    Re: YoYo Loaches - solution found Clown loaches can grow to 12" but tend to stay around 8" http://www.clownloachfish.com/ Yoyo Loaches can grow to 6" http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/profile79.html (Unfortunately loaches.com is down at the moment otherwise I'd have provided links to...
  20. Egmel

    weird life form found in my tank.

    Re: YoYo Loaches - solution found But like many loaches they also grow quite big, most places say about 5-6" and they like to be in groups. So not ideal for smaller tanks ;) Botia sidthimunki, the dwarf or chain loach is often a better option as it only gets to 2".
  21. Egmel

    Shrimp lovers in Southampton....Cardinal shrimp £5 for 2...

    Unfortunately since I'm going on the train I wont be able to 'pop' in on the way back :lol:
  22. Egmel

    Shrimp lovers in Southampton....Cardinal shrimp £5 for 2...

    So... a meet up in Southampton this weekend then ;) *Shame I'm in Cornwall/Devon this weekend*
  23. Egmel

    What is this snail??? - Can anyone identify?

    If we're talking about the pond snails then I would disagree, they do eat plants and can be quite voracious given half a chance.
  24. Egmel

    spixi snails - plant eaters?

    In my experience they do eat plants, even when well fed! However unlike others like pond snails they only nibble little holes rather than chomping off entire leaves.
  25. Egmel

    nerites

    So long as you can't see snail through the shell it should be ok. It's because they're all wild caught. Mine have bit's which are a bit white in places too.
  26. Egmel

    Shrimp and ferts

    I had issues when I seriously overdosed but it was fine at normal dosing levels.
  27. Egmel

    nerites

    In which case you're in luck! If you want more just add a bit of food for them and you'll soon have a small army!
  28. Egmel

    nerites

    Add a bit more ammonia and get rid of them while you can ;)
  29. Egmel

    assasin snails

    Leave them alone for a bit and they'll soon be out and about. You'll probably find that the inside of your log is full of algae that they're feasting on, when they've finished it off they'll be out to look for more.
  30. Egmel

    assasin snails

    I would recommend feeding less alongside manual removal. However efficient/lovely some snail eating fish are, they're not usually a good solution. For a start they treat the symptom rather than the cause and secondly it means you are stocking your tank according to a problem rather than...
  31. Egmel

    nerites

    Where did you find that info? Or have you bred them yourself? The link I posted was to someone who had bred them and that was in a marine tank... there is also anecdotal evidence that they stop laying eggs in marine conditions and prefer to lay in freshwater. Someone even speculated that...
  32. Egmel

    nerites

    http://www.applesnail.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15071 again not a lot of information but sounds like they do need to be in saltwater to breed. :?
  33. Egmel

    The snail shop

    Excellent, I was just wondering about some other colours of apple snails too :) the ones that I got from her last time are lovely :)
  34. Egmel

    Posting snails

    MTS are very tough, others are much less so.
  35. Egmel

    Shrimp and the lunar cycle?

    Animals can note changes in the climate and other natural phenomena that we can't even comprehend. It's like the fact that the turtle eggs all hatch at the same time even though they're buried under sand! It wouldn't surprise me if there were a preponderancy to moult all at the same time, I...
  36. Egmel

    Posting snails

    Yup, my 'bit of water' is very little, just enough to keep the whole lot damp.
  37. Egmel

    Posting snails

    I send mine wrapped in filter floss with a bit of water all tied in a bag. If it's just MTS then I shove the bag in a jiffy and send that if they're apple snails or others with a thinner shell then I put the bag in an old takeaway tub with some newspaper as padding, then put that whole tub in a...
  38. Egmel

    Snails!

    Looking at your journal I think staghorns would get very lost. I'd be inclined to get some nice nerites and some more ottos. 8)
  39. Egmel

    Snails!

    My nerites tend to stick to the hardscape and tank walls rather than clambering all over the leaves. That's not to say they don't use them just that they seem to prefer the hardscape. I've got a couple of the bee-staghorn ones too, while they're really cool they do tend to look a little lost...
  40. Egmel

    Iodine for shedding?

    I did a bit more reading on this over the past 24 hrs, there is a lot of (often first hand) anecdotal evidence to suggest that adding 1 drop of reef iodide supplement per 10g of water when I do a water change may help with shrimp health and shouldn't do any harm to my fish or snails. Since I...
  41. Egmel

    Iodine for shedding?

    On the button!
  42. Egmel

    Iodine for shedding?

    That's a good idea, I'll have a look through AE's shrimp food options. *edit* reading what they say it looks like most of them get their iodine from kelp etc, so maybe I'll just increase the number of algae wafers I put in. I had dropped the number about a week ago to try and reduce the pest...
  43. Egmel

    Iodine for shedding?

    I'm losing shrimp during their moult, the shedding skin splits in a couple of places but doesn't come off completely and they die. It's not that I'm seeing half sheds, I'm finding shrimp bodies halfway through a moult. My water report doesn't mention iodine, though it appears our hardness is...
  44. Egmel

    Iodine for shedding?

    I seem to remember reading that iodine helps shrimps shed. I ask because I found a second half shed dead shrimp this morning and I wonder if it might be because my water is too hard and they're having difficulty shedding properly. Any recommendations?
  45. Egmel

    Hot tap water, deadly to shrimp?

    I seem to remember that new copper pipes were possibly likely to cause a problem but once they'd oxidised you shouldn't need to worry. Especially in hard water areas where most of the pipe is likely to be coated with limescale anyway! Not sure on the reality though, I suppose you can't tell...
  46. Egmel

    Send in the Snails

    Nah, because then you start talking to people about your tanks and then they look at you strangely ;)
  47. Egmel

    Amano Shrimp Eggs

    That's a nice comprehensive and clearly understandable reply, Thanks :) Good luck with your remaining 15 :D
  48. Egmel

    Assasin Snails

    Yup saw them in the Guildford one when I was there last weekend.
  49. Egmel

    Amano Shrimp Eggs

    I've never bread these but should the eggs be in marine environments or just the zoes? How does this work in the wild?
  50. Egmel

    Yippee - I have some MTS!! (4 flavours!)

    That's basically the gist. They may have hitched a ride on 'mum's' shell, my babies quite often hang on to the neck of the parent snail until they're a bit bigger.
  51. Egmel

    Yippee - I have some MTS!! (4 flavours!)

    Congratulations :) MTS are fairly small any way, they only get to about an inch long when fully grown. Cherries have eggs but they keep hold of them until they hatch. If a female is carrying eggs you should be able to see them yellow on her back legs.
  52. Egmel

    African Dwarf Frog

    I would imagine that it would need to be quite a large frog to eat an apple snail! :shock: Maybe they eat baby snails...
  53. Egmel

    Should I add MTS?? - Yeay or Nay?

    Hmm, this seems to be suggesting that MTS could very easily survive in our waterways and we need to be really careful when disposing of those babies which get sucked up with the water during a water change...
  54. Egmel

    Should I add MTS?? - Yeay or Nay?

    I've had MTS survive in the post for a few days, it does depend on how they are packaged but generally they are quite hardy little things and should be ok when you get them.
  55. Egmel

    What critters do you have in your tank(s)?

    They are cool! Ping pong ball size you say, so similar to apple snails. Well I shall bear this in mind and when I have my next tank set up maybe it'll be with snowballs instead of cherries :) I thought most shrimp liked hard water so they can build their shells, from this I'm guessing I was...
  56. Egmel

    What critters do you have in your tank(s)?

    I hope you manage it, I really enjoy my RCS but I just can't afford many of the more 'exotic' species. Do these eat your plants? These are new to me, do you have any photos? Are they plant eaters? How big do they get?
  57. Egmel

    Should I add MTS?? - Yeay or Nay?

    Ditto, mine have never been acclimatised, just dropped straight in.
  58. Egmel

    What critters do you have in your tank(s)?

    I see you are building a shrimp empire! If I hadn't just filled my tank with many cherries I'd ask how much you sell your snowballs for. The cardinal sulawesis sound cool, though I guess from the tone of your post that they are not the cheapest or easiest of shrimp to obtain. Shame as I to...
  59. Egmel

    What critters do you have in your tank(s)?

    Ahh, that would be the funky orange dash I saw in the photos I looked up. That's a shame that they can't be kept with cherries as the red and white would look really good together. Though if you can get the blue morphs with the white then they would look very cool :) Hmm, add time to that...
  60. Egmel

    What critters do you have in your tank(s)?

    Hi Ade, Thought you might have some interesting inhabitants. Did you go out hunting for these or did they come in on some plants? I'm curious, why are these pests? All I found out about them is that they are a prehistoric species. How did they get into your tank? There seem to be lots of...
  61. Egmel

    Should I add MTS?? - Yeay or Nay?

    They stay in the water :) Yup, though I'd say I see less of my mahogany ones than I do my standard MTS. I think they're even more nocturnal!
  62. Egmel

    What critters do you have in your tank(s)?

    That's a shame, were they young shrimp? If so I'm not suprised, young shrimp will make a tasty snack for most fish. Cheers Ed Ooooh, they're the chameleon ones aren't they? They display different colours depending on their surroundings. Do you see this behaviour much in your tank?
  63. Egmel

    Should I add MTS?? - Yeay or Nay?

    Steve said it was a parasite problem so I'm guessing it was flubenzanol (sp?) which is shrimp safe but snail lethal.
  64. Egmel

    Should I add MTS?? - Yeay or Nay?

    I was watching one of mine this morning, he was shuffling through the sand and he really reminded me of a wild boar snuffling for truffles! I find them really interesting to watch... but of course I could just be strange :oops:
  65. Egmel

    What critters do you have in your tank(s)?

    Just wanted to find out what the most common 'critters' were that people kept. I know the list is incomplete but the poll is limited to 10 options so I tried to pick the ones that would come up most often. If you've got something unusual then it'd be great to hear what and maybe see some photos :)
  66. Egmel

    Should I add MTS?? - Yeay or Nay?

    I would agree with a1matt, they do all the good things people say they do but once you've got them, they're there for good. As for them looking ugly, I really think that's personal opinion, and also down to water type. I've had 2 or 3 starter colonies over the years and they've all arrived...
  67. Egmel

    Malasyan Trumpet Snails

    Carbonate Hardness, so calcium and magnesium etc.
  68. Egmel

    Malasyan Trumpet Snails

    It depends a lot on your water. I have very hard water so my pH is high as is my KH. This means there's plenty of calcium in the water column already. If you notice the shells starting to pale and erode or the MTS losing their tips then you either need to feed them food with high calcium...
  69. Egmel

    Malasyan Trumpet Snails

    I have some mahogany ones too, as soon as they've increased their population they'll end up being included in the snail packets I send out. I've also got some Spike Tails which will also be available once they've increased in numbers. I'm just hoping they don't all interbreed as I've got them...
  70. Egmel

    Malasyan Trumpet Snails

    Sale! Hardly necessary unless you want specific ones such as mahogany (see the snail shop). Most people give them away in return for postage costs, or on this board a donation to ukaps!
  71. Egmel

    Malasyan Trumpet Snails

    Usually if you post a wanted for some then someone will oblige. Some people even consider them a pest! :wink:
  72. Egmel

    Malasyan Trumpet Snails

    If LD's having difficulties finding his then I'm stripping down my tank in the near future so will have no trouble sending you a handful if you want them. :D
  73. Egmel

    where to find nerites

    You could try emailing the snail shop, they had some small staghorns left when I asked last time, no ruby nerites though :( Alternatively some LFS's stock them so you could trawl round the local places.
  74. Egmel

    nerites

    Agreed, enjoy :D Thanks for the psudeo offer but it really wouldn't be worth it, I've only got a small tank so would only be after a couple. I might just have a quick look in the LFS' local to my parents whilst I'm at home-home this weekend :)
  75. Egmel

    nerites

    Wow, which store was this? They're going to be miles from me but someone else might be nearby and want to get some (if you haven't bought them all by now!)
  76. Egmel

    nerites

    I did have a quick search on the net, I think it's more than just 'a saline environment' they seem to be near impossible to breed. :( As I say, if you can work out how to do it you could make a fortune!
  77. Egmel

    nerites

    What you want to do is work out how to breed them.... then you'd really make a fortune :)
  78. Egmel

    nerites

    :mrgreen: No Fair, the snail shop are out of them at the moment and don't know when they'll be back in, don't suppose you'd fancy parting with one would you? :wink: :lol: Not to worry really I've got some apple snails and a couple of bee staghorn nerites on their way, should be here on tuesday :D
  79. Egmel

    Malasyan Trumpet Snails

    Wasn't really suggesting you should, just highlighting the likely reasons why yours are lacking their tips :) As to lifespan (sorry LD we've slightly hijacked your thread)most internet sources quote >5yrs so I guess the answer is no-one knows but your one isn't the only one to be this old :)
  80. Egmel

    Malasyan Trumpet Snails

    Cheers for that, I was fairly sure that was the case! Mine sort of float but if they can they latch onto the edge of mum's shell, it's really cute to see a mummy snail with lots of babies around her shell. Though there are fewer like this now since my population has stabalised. I think the...
  81. Egmel

    Malasyan Trumpet Snails

    Ahh, that makes more sense!
  82. Egmel

    Malasyan Trumpet Snails

    Are you sure? Mine carry their little ones around the tops of their snails, there is certainly more than one per snail! I've noticed that the ones I was given all have the tips of the tails missing, but the ones which have been born since have all got perfect points, I think it might be...
  83. Egmel

    Trumpet snail prob

    If the blobs appeared after the shell had formed, i.e they popped up then I doubt they're calcium deposits but are more likely to be some sort of limpet or parasite. They don't look to be part of the shell, the colour is too dissimilar and since the shell is similar to our hair and nails I...
  84. Egmel

    Malasyan Trumpet Snails

    An intriguing question, I shall have to put a dot on one of mine so I can distinguish it from all the others and see how long it lives! How have you only got 1? I thought they were able to reproduce singularly... see http://www.snailshop.ashopcommerce.co.u ... adult.html
  85. Egmel

    Snails!

    Cool, I've been looking at that snail-shop link, they've got some beauties, I'm really tempted. Maybe when I get back from holiday in July I'll get some new additions. What sort of bio-load do they add (I'm guessing it's dependent on snail size), there's a chap on TFF from whom I'm probably...
  86. Egmel

    Snails!

    So Nerites, apple and malaysian trumpet snails will all avoid healthy plants (provided there's other stuff to eat) are there any others which are suitable for a planted tank? Maybe we should have a snail guide!
  87. Egmel

    Intruder

    That's the worrying bit, as I say I think they may have had some of my cherry shrimps already :(
  88. Egmel

    Intruder

    Hence why I was a little hesitant to kill it. If I could guarantee they were UK ones then I'd keep them in some water outside, as it is I'm worried that if they're not UK ones I may be introducing some pest to the local area that I really don't want to. I'm afraid I will kill on sight in...
  89. Egmel

    Intruder

    Cheers for that, will get rid of them before they get any bigger then. Hope they haven't killed my cherry shrimp, I had some slightly smaller ones. :shock:
  90. Egmel

    Intruder

    I've posted this on TFF but seeing as I think he came in on my last greenline order I thought I might have more luck here... Anyone know what this is, I've seen a couple in the tank but this was the only one I was able to catch, about 1cm long and it appears to be a predator of some kind, the...
  91. Egmel

    Filtration on a shrimp tank

    You'll probably find it's safer in there than trying to avoid the hungry mouths in the tank :shock:
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