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I had a similar experience with my betta and a nerite snail. At first, he was quite aggressive towards the nerite, attempting to attack it on multiple occasions. However, after realizing that his usual tactics weren't effective, he eventually lost interest. I recall being amused by his frustration ...

Just a quick update - saw some piggybacking going on in the tank, but I'm not entirely convinced it's the romantic kind, might just be a snail Uber service. Still waiting for those eggs though, nothing on that front yet.

Hey guys,

I recently set up a brackish 10-gallon tank, mainly because I had an empty one lying around and my snails were dying off. Figured, why not try breeding them instead of spending $5 per snail? This tank was previously a cycled freshwater one, but it had been empty for a while.

No salinity ...

Be aware that the dynamics can shift as they mature. Males tend to bicker but rarely cause harm, whereas females often dictate the hierarchy. It's a gamble - sometimes they'll coexist peacefully, while other times they'll turn on each other. My experience with a 4-foot tank is that having more ...

Just had the most interesting thing happen today. I decided to try out some new cichlid pellets - Hikari Cichlid Gold - on my angels, figuring they're cichlids too, right? And one of them suddenly turned super possessive. It started chasing away two of the others, but only those two, whenever they'd ...

I've had six angelfish in my 55-gallon tank for almost a year now, and I still have no idea what their genders are. They haven't shown any signs of breeding, and I know it's nearly impossible to sex them based on appearance.

They're all pretty chill, for the most part. One of them is a bit feistier ...