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fourteen--steps · 2 years

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I got one more new snail but I didn’t wanna post it yet cause I wasn’t sure if it was alive or not lol. It’s a “batman” nerite!! (Neritina auriculata)

Photo from the AquaticArts listing since mine is kind of ass. But they got lil bat wing shells!! And do well in higher pH which is perfect for my water. The one I got was kinda unresponsive yesterday but today seems to have disappeared to somewhere else in the tank (the bat cave, I’m sure) so at least it’s alive. Funny little critter, looking forward to seeing it out and about

#I love getting new types of nerites they're all a little different #so far the lightning bolt ones are some of my faves I think #they just get so BIG #racers are a mixed bag lifespan wise #but very pretty #the little smooth clithon guys lay waaay too many eggs like holy shit #limpets are assholes but damn if they don't chow down on algae #and pretty dang cute #I think they're in the nerite family iirc

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quagmatastic · 2 years

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Built a new tank the other day. Full of tannins.

I love you axolotl who I haven't named yet bc I'm incredibly indecisive and also bad at naming!

This little guy, in the short time I've had em, has already grown back the missing stump to almost the same size as the other one!

I had a TON of fun building this tank. I used some rock tiles I found for super cheap at the home depot that I really liked, gonna go back for more, simply bc it's so good. I built this tank out of loose stuff and plants that I had hanging around. Fun thrifted pillowcase turned table cloth, clear vinyl, atop of cinderblocks atop some old leftover wooden flooring planks and scrap wood on top of the blocks. Had to use a couple of shims to level it, but I got it there in the end! Rocks are the last of a bag of rocks I had for a different project, as well as the last of my 50lb bag of silica sand. Wood, decor, plants, lights, filter, all are either leftover scraps or clippings from other tanks. The tank itself I got off the classifieds, simply bc it was such a unique color! Not painted plastic, that color is straight from the manufacturer! No idea who makes them, though. Used filter media from their old tank to help kickstart that nitrate cycle.

I had to put this fella in there after my other one, Fermi, confirmed himself to be male and began trying to sex up this one, who is half his size. I only have the two axolotls, and the small one was a rescue I got at an auction (long story). Had em both in there (after a two week quarantine), to observe their interactions and learn more about em, but I don't want a million babies, so it's seperate tanks now. I had to nuke their old tank due to excessive black hair algae, and they shared the new one. Wanna see what it looks like?

This is Fermi, in there, and you can see where the freshly added nerite snail has been! I've been slowly growing out the plants in there. Fun axolotl tip: they love hides! My favorite hide method, and one I've always wanted to try, is terracotta pots that I've smashed in half. Available in a variety of sizes, they make for great naturalistic feeling, easy to decorate, cute, and durable, hides! They're great temperature sinks, leopard geckos, bearded dragons, skinks, it makes for great basking or hiding or cooling off, great moist hide, or dry if you need that.

Unnamed (already growing back their gill stubs) (left), and Fermi (glowing green eyes and vacant mind)

Unnamed (left). Fermi (right). Both are side eying the camera. Neither knows what taxes are.

Unnamed, showing off their regrown arm (the one on the viewers right), with fully functional fingers and all! The little missing bites from their tail have filled in. You can even see where the gills have started growing back (the sharply tapered, thin, and narrow part of the tips). The whole time that arm was growing back, they swam lopsided. Unnamed is a wild type morph, no GFP (green florescent protein) and adorable as all get out!

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