Not in a great spot. My material needs are met, so don't worry about that. Just want to break out of the cycle I'm in of "oh hey, you have only a few hundred from this paycheck before you're negative again."

  • TyMan210 [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    I know a couple who built up a whole aquatics business off the back of breeding and selling ramshorn snails at the beginning. They don't go for much individually (depends on the variety), but they breed so prodigiously that it doesn't take long before you have more than you can easily sell lol. And they have basically no care requirements lol.

    I wish my neos would breed though. :sadness: I'm not even wanting to sell them, I just want more lol. I think I just don't do enough water changes, but unfortunately I don't always have the time to

    • MerryChristmas [any]
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      2 years ago

      If we can get enough interest to start a c/aquariums, I swear I will be the number one power poster on this site.

      I've found a few things that really help with keeping your neo colony going: lots of java moss, diffused lighting and a decent calcium source. Aquarium Coop sells these calcium blocks called "Wonder Shells" that seem consistently trigger spawning behaviors in all of my inverts.

      Edit: Holy shit I'm reading this thread and nevermind on c/aquariums.

      • spectre [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        If we can get enough interest to start a c/aquariums

        Do a regular "aquariums" thread to start out with

      • TyMan210 [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        I would 100% be down with that. I think it's pretty easy to get a new community to be made, there just has to be people willing to be mods beforehand.

        Good to know, thanks! I'll have to spend some time and see if I can't get them going better. About a third of the tank is a big patch of rotala that gives them a lot of space to hide that's out of direct light, but I've had bad luck with moss growing string algae that I can't get rid of without removing the moss. Probably also to do with the water changes lol. I hadn't heard about the calcium thing though, I'll definitely try that when I can!