Fish Lovers 3.0 [new poll]

[Romba]

Oh they make bubble nests? I never knew that, my old Betta Oreo was with my sister and she'd kill me if I went into her room ene

They do if they're really happy/healthy. C:
It looks all foamy. Pretty neat :D
It's to attract females because male bettas raise their fry in the nest

[notactive]

Oh they make bubble nests? I never knew that, my old Betta Oreo was with my sister and she'd kill me if I went into her room ene

They do if they're really happy/healthy. C:
It looks all foamy. Pretty neat
It's to attract females because male bettas raise their fry in the nest

Huh, neat ono
Finally, a type of animal that actually tries to help raise its children xDD

[PeachFuzz]

Oh they make bubble nests? I never knew that, my old Betta Oreo was with my sister and she'd kill me if I went into her room ene

They do if they're really happy/healthy. C:
It looks all foamy. Pretty neat
It's to attract females because male bettas raise their fry in the nest

It actually has nothing to do with whether they're happy or not. It's instinct-based for breeding. I have seen bettas in horrible scum filled cups at Petco building bubble nests. My Finley was very lethargic when I bought him and the water in his cup was at 8 ammonia. But there he was, building a bubble nest.

[Romba]

It actually has nothing to do with whether they're happy or not. It's instinct-based for breeding. I have seen bettas in horrible scum filled cups at Petco building bubble nests. My Finley was very lethargic when I bought him and the water in his cup was at 8 ammonia. But there he was, building a bubble nest.

Huh.. well I guess some of those fish forum website were wrong about that then c: I had no idea what my first betta was doing so when I looked it up I was relieved there wasn't something wrong with the water.

[PeachFuzz]

It actually has nothing to do with whether they're happy or not. It's instinct-based for breeding. I have seen bettas in horrible scum filled cups at Petco building bubble nests. My Finley was very lethargic when I bought him and the water in his cup was at 8 ammonia. But there he was, building a bubble nest.

Huh.. well I guess some of those fish forum website were wrong about that then c: I had no idea what my first betta was doing so when I looked it up I was relieved there wasn't something wrong with the water.

Yeah, it seems to be widely spread, not sure where it came from. At least bubble nests don't mean anything bad, just that the betta is being a betta c:

The factors also come down to the individual fish. For example, one of my bettas, Mochi, will only build bubble nests where there are floating plants to build it around. Some will only do it after a water change.

[cat;;]

recently I got 2 mystery snails from a friend and put them in separate quarantine tanks to make sure they're ok, and one was doing AMAZING, (he/she) has its foot out all the way and is eating and "scootin" around like a champ... but the other one hasn't moved yet and it was definitely alive when she gave it to me, but now it won't move. I'm afraid I have killed it and I have looked up a ton, but he's just in his shell and today when I checked him out some poop like stuff came out of his shell.. so it seems like he's alive, maybe just scared?

[Menidia]

recently I got 2 mystery snails from a friend and put them in separate quarantine tanks to make sure they're ok, and one was doing AMAZING, (he/she) has its foot out all the way and is eating and "scootin" around like a champ... but the other one hasn't moved yet and it was definitely alive when she gave it to me, but now it won't move. I'm afraid I have killed it and I have looked up a ton, but he's just in his shell and today when I checked him out some poop like stuff came out of his shell.. so it seems like he's alive, maybe just scared?

If you pick it up and the operculum hangs, it's probably dead. I actually had a Nassarius snail I though was alive in my tank, and when I flipped it over the shell was completely empty. I would assume it's still alive at this point, how long have you had them?

How did you acclimate it? In my experience, invertebrates are more sensitive to changing conditions, and floating them sometimes just isn't enough. I started using the drip method on all my invertebrates, it seems to work pretty well for them.

[flyteck]

I took a video of my sunfish Armadillo being hand-fed some worms <33

My dad has mainly been taking care of him, but I still bring him worms and guppy fry as treats sometimes.
I've had him for 4-6 years or something; I caught him in the river behind my house when he was about the size of a chocolate coin.

(hopefully this link works idk how to video)(give it a second to load as well)
Please listen without sound I sound stupid

[cat;;]

recently I got 2 mystery snails from a friend and put them in separate quarantine tanks to make sure they're ok, and one was doing AMAZING, (he/she) has its foot out all the way and is eating and "scootin" around like a champ... but the other one hasn't moved yet and it was definitely alive when she gave it to me, but now it won't move. I'm afraid I have killed it and I have looked up a ton, but he's just in his shell and today when I checked him out some poop like stuff came out of his shell.. so it seems like he's alive, maybe just scared?

If you pick it up and the operculum hangs, it's probably dead. I actually had a Nassarius snail I though was alive in my tank, and when I flipped it over the shell was completely empty. I would assume it's still alive at this point, how long have you had them?

How did you acclimate it? In my experience, invertebrates are more sensitive to changing conditions, and floating them sometimes just isn't enough. I started using the drip method on all my invertebrates, it seems to work pretty well for them.

She gave it to me in a small tank and I put it in a 2.5 gallon with the water it came in, measured the temperature and put more water of the same temperature in it to fill it up. The other one did great, and the operculum doesn't hang out, it just sits there. Sometimes It falls upsidedown and maybe that's why? I'm not sure

[Menidia]

recently I got 2 mystery snails from a friend and put them in separate quarantine tanks to make sure they're ok, and one was doing AMAZING, (he/she) has its foot out all the way and is eating and "scootin" around like a champ... but the other one hasn't moved yet and it was definitely alive when she gave it to me, but now it won't move. I'm afraid I have killed it and I have looked up a ton, but he's just in his shell and today when I checked him out some poop like stuff came out of his shell.. so it seems like he's alive, maybe just scared?

If you pick it up and the operculum hangs, it's probably dead. I actually had a Nassarius snail I though was alive in my tank, and when I flipped it over the shell was completely empty. I would assume it's still alive at this point, how long have you had them?

How did you acclimate it? In my experience, invertebrates are more sensitive to changing conditions, and floating them sometimes just isn't enough. I started using the drip method on all my invertebrates, it seems to work pretty well for them.

She gave it to me in a small tank and I put it in a 2.5 gallon with the water it came in, measured the temperature and put more water of the same temperature in it to fill it up. The other one did great, and the operculum doesn't hang out, it just sits there. Sometimes It falls upsidedown and maybe that's why? I'm not sure

Also if you're brave, give it a sniff :p

Dead invertebrates reek.