[New Products at Aquarium Co-Op!]

Are the tanks standard rimmed dimensions  or is there a listing somewhere? 

[Xtreme Betta vs Nano Pellets?]

Id assume the betta food is better mixed for their health, then again I cant find any real sources that have any information. Everything I have search up just recs the same food brands, or is a forum/ reddit post parroting the same info with no sources. 

[Plant recommendations for a cherry shrimp only tank]

I really regret only running eco complete. Trying to target root tabs where needed is a paint. I’m bad with plants and have had several plants die I think may have made it to there was a layer of capped dirt to access.

 

 

my shrimp tank is kinda just a mess of plants I’ve taken out of other tanks. Didn’t plan for this to be anything but a quarantine tank but they were getting hunted by a betta. So here I am 

[Got shrimp? Shrimp showcase]

Hopefully I’ll start seeing baby shrimp in the next week. Momma shrimp has almost no eggs left and we are around the 3 week mark. Fingers crossed that means they have started hatching out 

 

My Amano shrimp are continuing to have impressive molts. I wonder how much bigger they can get 

[What did you get done today?]

Last weekend I moved everything out and into a new 29g tank. This weekend I’ve just swapped the 10g aco light onto the tank and I’m debating wat for ground plants or fish to add. Still no signs of baby shrimp yet, maybe the first girl will start hatching this week.  Half the chili rasbora are chill, half won’t stop surfing up and down the right side glass 

[Favorite 3 fish foods]

1 repashey community plus, I love watching my shrimp and pleco eat it. Is it the best repashey for me idk. It sinks before the chilis and tetra even know it’s in the tank tho…

2 extreme community crave, I’ll probably switch to straight krill next time. Seems like everyone goes for the krill flake and ignore the spirulina flake.

3 bug bites because everyone including the betta eats them. They’re not the easiest food to crush up small for the chilis but we manage. 
 

 

 

I think that rant was a little confusing. He quickly named 7 plus foods he uses weekly. I don’t have enough fish to even use one container of flake food in a month or two. I get the point of try not to have more food than you need and I’m trying to look at ingredients to see if I’m going to end up over lap g severely.  But like, Betta are supposed to have beta food several times a week. Bottom feeders are supposed to get supplemented. Not every fish eats pellets or flakes daily. Shrimp/snails etc need additional suppliment now and then as well. 
 

 

[Shrimp Die Off]

I found my shrimp really love to eat crushed snails. If you have a large snail population the shrimp could be struggling for food. 
 

How often and large are you water changes? Is the water going in similar to the water coming out?

[I Saw Clown Killifish… Now I Want Them!]

I’ve been reconsidering plans for my 29g after seeing how hard my chili rasbora are to feed. These look like they could be a nice tankmate situation. Kinda help disturb the nano pellets or crushed flake so it drops mid tank for the chili 

[What did you get done today?]

All I’ve done is check my fert level and spend an hour debating if I really wanna transfer to a scratch free new tank… 12+ year old used tank. 
   If I do that I’m really considering adding in aqua soil under the complete. I’m not convinced eco complete and root tabs only was the right way to go. I may also build up the rocks to form a terrace on one side or along the back to help fill the vertical space 29g tanks have.

  On the other hand I do have several nice drift wood pieces I could use instead. I’ve been putting that off to grow more moss for one of them. 

[Easy Green]

I think you should let your plants start absorbing those 50 nitrates before adding in more for the plants. 
 

This is not gonna be a fast, done in a week, project especially if you have a lot of stubborn algae. The plants will also need a week or two to establish themselves so adding in ferts now will likely just throw gas on the algae 

[Got shrimp? Shrimp showcase]

@Ninjoma does the crayfish get along with the shrimps? Looking nice!

 

 

 

first potential shrimp babies coming soon, just move to what ever we call this stage 

the other female has had an odd more green saddle for maybe 5 days now 

[How long to keep open bottles of Repashy?]

I’m curious too. I don’t have enough fish to go through a single bottle of any food in the time frame he suggested. Much less have a couple different foods to help balance diets/treat etc. 

I could buy a table spoon of rapashey and not finish it in 3 months 

[Got shrimp? Shrimp showcase]

On 3/12/2023 at 11:14 AM, Solstice_Lacer said:

I don't have a time lapse but here's a before and after of a beat leaf.

Hungry crew putting in over time 

[Got shrimp? Shrimp showcase]

Quick routine cleaning of the heater this morning. I have three of these really large Amano shrimp. They’re kinda creepy when they’re next to the rili shrimp just because of how much bigger they are 

[Got shrimp? Shrimp showcase]

Shrimp keepers! Looking around there did not seem to be one central thread to show off your shrimp, tell us stories, or collect general knowledge.

 

  So show us your shrimp, share what’s happening in their day to day busy life. 

 

 

 

I found my red rili ladies sharing a crushed pond snail. It was so cute watching them for about 15 minutes.

 

 

my Amano shrimp having no interest in the green been offering I left 

[https://www.aquariumcoop.com/collections/lights/products/fluval-nano-aquarium-heater-25watt]

I have one in a 10g tank. It’s reading 74ish room temp is is about 70. Heater seems fine as long as you’re okay with the preset temp range 

[Should have listened to Cory…]

I didn’t realize I was supposed to value the pot… I’ve just been bouncing it to new cycle tanks with out a plant 

[What did you get done today?]

It’s been a month and I finally over flowed my bucket while doing a water change to make a giant mess. And yes, I layed the siphon down while running to get towels not realizing it would then continue to drain the bucket 😁

Tested out using a pump to fill the tank from the buckets. Need an easier way to turn it on than plugging it in, bought too flexible of a hose for it as well. 

[How much flow do planted tanks need?]

On 3/6/2023 at 2:00 PM, Pepere said:

The ACO powerhead is much to powerful for a 29 gallon tank.  I tried it on mine and it whipped the fish and plants around

I ended up getting a Fluval underwater filter which is essentially an internal filter using sponge for biofiltration and has an adjustable spray bar.  Designed for tanks up to 15 gallons.  About $18.00.

I am using mine on the tank back in the middle flowing water toward the sidewall my co2 diffuser is mounted to.  It provides enough flow to circulate the bubbles and keep them in suspension a bit..

Yikes that would have been a stressful afternoon thanks for the info 

[We got hit hard!]

It would be so neat having a tank you could snorkel in. That ones is getting close 

[What makes a good fish keeper]

Reading through here is making me feel better about the poor rasboras I let down this week. Corrected the issue helping them surf out of the tank but it still feels bad not having known that would be an issue before hand.

rest of the little guys will have a better life for it 

[How much flow do planted tanks need?]

I’ve been thinking about adding the aco power head to my sponge filter in both the 29 and the 10. I need to go look for a solid video on surface agitation it kinda sounds like people don’t count the airstone in the sponge as having enough alone. 

[Tank Reset]

On 3/4/2023 at 6:33 AM, Guppysnail said:

Soak in plain seltzer in the dark for 12 hours. Then submerge in Aerated plain water. It will kill the algae but not remove it. Manually clean the algae off or let shrimp and snails eat the dead algae. If you return it to a tank with no shrimp or snails to eat it the dead algae provides a nutrient breeding ground for new algae. 
You can also let it set in plain water u til the dead algae dissolves 

I may ask a lfs if they will discount some plants that have a decent amount of bba and give this a shot

[Velvet, ich, or?]

On 3/5/2023 at 5:09 PM, Colu said:

It's difficult to tell off your picture if  the spots are raised he's how you tell the difference between ich and epistylis if it's epistylis you want maracyn2 in food feeding a small amount twice a day for 7 days and ick x or aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 2 gallons if you have live plants I would treat with maracyn2 and ick X if you don't have live plants then I would treat with maracyn2 and salt @Furbs

From some angles it looks like salt was sprinkled in them from above, very fine, but it could also just be the tiny white specs messing with my eyes.  Since moving them into a 10g quarantine tank they’re not noticing food super reliably.  I think I’ll continue with the ich x and salt. If they don’t improve in a day or two I’ll try to find m2 locally and maybe mix it into repashy or something and hope they eat that 

[Velvet, ich, or?]

So at the 7 day mark with daily ich x treatments 82-85 degree water I’m not seeing a clear improvement in my fish. Some of them got some more patchy spots so I started adding in salt. I went back to the store, noticed their fish looked the same as ours. Also I’ve seen no flashing or the fish rubbing on anything. Their color has been getting better and better. They seem active and enjoy playing in the bubbles and current. They have been eating well. 

I was talking with one of the staff and he thought it looked more like episylis or possibly velvet. The fish are so small and fast I can’t tell if it is on their eyes or not.  Sadly I’ve forgetting the details of what he recommended but it was something like increase the salt, drop the temp back down and just continue the ich x anyways. 
 

I’ve seen @Colu posting some very informative information on episylis maybe they can chime in.