Author Topic: Sand Changing Colour (Read 10066 times) 35 replies

Matt · « **Reply #20 on:** April 26, 2018, 06:09:59 PM »

No prizes for guessing what I'm about to say...

PICTURES!!!!!

TopCookie · « **Reply #21 on:** April 26, 2018, 06:22:31 PM »

lol, do you know what Matt... I popped him directly on the sand when introducing him to the tank... He swiftly turned around and set off for the gravel...!!! I've not seen him since...!!!

Can't believe how fast they are, either...!!!

TopCookie · « **Reply #22 on:** April 28, 2018, 05:50:53 PM »

Still not seen the new Black Nerite since he took off across the gravel...!!! Starting to worry that he may have done a Houdini...!!!

Sue · « **Reply #23 on:** April 28, 2018, 06:38:46 PM »

They are extremely good at hiding. I never see all mine at once. Sometimes when I lift a piece of wood out for plant maintenance, a few minutes later there is a clunk as a snail falls off into the bucket.

fcmf · « **Reply #24 on:** April 28, 2018, 07:01:43 PM »

Mine regularly goes missing for 5 days at a time. Favourite locations are on/behind/under the filter, on the heater or under a leaf.

Matt · « **Reply #25 on:** April 28, 2018, 07:27:30 PM »

I have 3 assassin snails (ever since a bad batch of plants...grrr)... never seen more than 2 at once.

TopCookie · « **Reply #26 on:** April 28, 2018, 11:39:27 PM »

Both of the two large chunks of bogwood in my tank have holes in them that the fish swim through... The one on the left of the two has a distinct "cave" with several different entrances, and various critters like that place... The Amanos like it, so too do the Cory Cats and the Lemon BN Pleco etc... even the Tetras all swim through the cave occasionally... This is where I suspect Mr Black Helmet Nerite is hanging out, and there is almost certainly an embarrassment of riches in terms of appropriate food for him in there as there is zero chance of effectively cleaning inside the cave...!!! So, I can imagine that he's found this spot and having a major one man kneees up in there which could well last for days...!!!

TopCookie · « **Reply #27 on:** April 30, 2018, 10:23:00 AM »

Yay...!!! This morning, the Black Helmet Nerite has come into view, on top of one of the bogwood pieces... So, no "Houdini" job there, thankfully...

Just need him to make his way down to the sand now, lolol...

Littlefish · « **Reply #28 on:** April 30, 2018, 10:37:26 AM »

Hooray!

TopCookie · « **Reply #29 on:** April 30, 2018, 10:42:15 AM »

lolol, I am absolutely delighted too... Daft, innit, over a snail...

TopCookie · « **Reply #30 on:** May 02, 2018, 03:04:24 PM »

Well, since finally spotting Mr Black Helmet, he spends his entire time on the bog wood... I guess there must be plenty of bio-film for him there, as with the Lemon BN Pleco etc...

Can't wait for him to come down and potter about a bit more though...

Helen · « **Reply #31 on:** May 02, 2018, 11:01:25 PM »

It might not just be the biofilm they are eating. I'm pretty sure my bogwood is smaller than when I put it in the tank 8 years ago. I can see beautiful veins and ridges that weren't originally there. And I'm not aware of soggy bits falling off.

I've had snails or catfish nearly all that time.

fcmf · « **Reply #32 on:** May 02, 2018, 11:09:12 PM »

If he has been eating the wood, it'll make his next location easier to identify - follow the trail of very obvious snail poo!

TopCookie · « **Reply #33 on:** May 03, 2018, 01:01:59 AM »

He's being deliberately disobedient, I swear...

daveyng · « **Reply #34 on:** May 03, 2018, 05:43:01 PM »

Doesn’t your Lemon BN Plec snack on the wood. I always assumed it was a neccessity for them.

TopCookie · « **Reply #35 on:** May 03, 2018, 06:04:51 PM »

Yes Dave, he's on there the bulk of the time... He's taken a shine to the one on the left of the two pieces, mostly... Occasionally you see him on the tank glass, or he'll rummage around on the floor of the tank too, especially if there are algae wafers and/or Cory tablets etc... But generally, he's on the wood, munching away, most of the time...

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