Better yet, get your neighbour interested in fish keeping and then, once he has his own tank up and running, he is only too pleased to look after your fish while you are away knowing that you will do the same for him :thup:
Detritus on the substrate is not necessarily a bad thing, except when it is long strings of plec poo and looks aesthetically unappealing. The plants create stuff and feed off it. It pays to leave it around the plant roots.
Acne? :lol:
One small spot I would not worry about. It could be a raised scale if he has bumped against something, or slight damage when caught.
White spot looks like the fish has been sprinkled in salt.
It could be the start of something bigger - like a tumour or something.
Do these snails live only in water or do they move onto land at times? I need to collect all these snails a day or 2 ahead of getting them to Donna, plus their time in a small container, and am worried about them either polluting the water (so many in such a small amount) or climbing out - will search for a container with the tight fitting lid.
I can recommend the chicken salad I mentioned having made in an above post. It was delicious! I must confess, it said "Yield 6" but Grant and I had a half each :oops:
I do not recommend walking on the concrete driveway outside when it is 30C :facepalm:
Really? They are huge pond snails. We head to ChCh on the 18th to see the surgeon so can bring back as many as you want. I assume that would be as many as we can catch?? :sml2: