Maintenance

Two weeks away, one dead snail, 60+ hitchhikers, and a blackout that actually worked. The tank survived—and so did we.

We’re 700 miles from home, watching our tank turn into pea soup through a webcam. Here’s what happened—and what we’re doing about it remotely.

The plateau continues. Nitrite stubbornly holds at 5.0 ppm. Our snails are stressed again, so we did another water change.

The nitrite plateau is testing our patience. After four days at 5.0 ppm, we’re doing water changes to keep the snails alive while waiting for biology to catch up.

Nitrite hit 5.0 ppm today—the maximum our test kit can measure. Our snails are stressed, and we did our first water change.