After a month of trying to hunt down the snail-eating worm in our 120g, we thought we had found two possible rocks, soaked them in RO for 5 days, then recyled them. Over the weekend, we put the tank back together. It was a joyous occasion to finally have the tank together again
However, this morning, I found another dead, slimed snail due to the worm
Two possiblities exit - 1. the worm was not hungry when we put the rocks into the small tanks or the time was too short for the worm to eat the snail, 2. the worm was still in the 120g and we did not find dead snails because they were under rock structures
Anyway, have to start the whole freaking process again
But this time, we are going to concentrate on one group of rock where the dead snail was found.
Pic of the two possible worm rocks recycling:
Pic of the tanks we had on the go for a month trying to track down the worm. The three small tanks on the right each had a snail in them. Rock from the 120g was placed in the each of them for 3-4 days. If the snail was not eaten, we deemed that rock safe and we put it into the 20g on the left:
Pic of the 120g just before setting it up again. Very sad to see it in this state of disarray for so many weeks
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Pic of the 120g all set up again
Tonight, the stack of rock on the left will be going into the 20g for a month to get that worm good and hungry. Will then introduce rocks into the smaller tanks each with a snail. Hope we find the *@&$*@%&$ worm this time:
AARRGGHHHH!! I figure the whole process this time should take about two months
I just want my kitchen looking like it's not a lfs, and to have my 120g set up so we can enjoy its beauty