r/AquaticSnails • u/NiwaLeaf • Oct 06 '24

Please help, I’m a complete newb! Help

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Hi everyone, I’m completely new to keeping an aquarium. I have one mystery snail named Pokey lol my mom found her old shallow murky tank by the side of the road with the garbage and she was inside. (I think she) I told my mom to bring her to me lol so now I have gone and got her a 5 gallon starter kit tank, I have crab cuisine and bug bites. I’ve been reading and watching videos but still feel like I don’t know what I’m doing. What you see in the video is the new tank setup, there’s a couple live plants in there, I got some sand and did sand on one side and her old gravel from her old tank on the other. I didn’t rinse the rocks and used some of her old water in this tank. I see people do a rotating diet but I don’t know how often to feed each thing and when? Anything else I should know to help (her?) thrive?

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u/NiwaLeaf Oct 06 '24

Thank you! What does cycling the tank mean? 😅

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u/Subject_Night_4763 Oct 06 '24

https://preview.redd.it/3twqfiqbj5td1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=87ac063d563854593fe25ebac9dde6e13da9ca87

Granted I’ve been getfint all my info from a betta fish group but I feel as if it should be the same

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u/NiwaLeaf Oct 06 '24

Also do you have advice on the feeding schedule?

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u/Subject_Night_4763 Oct 06 '24

I’m planning on only feeding mine the wafers once a week since they are also feeding on the fish food that doesn’t get eaten