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I have numerous tanks with shrimp. The tanks with red or yellow shrimp have Black Diamond sandblasting sand as substrate, and the ones with blue shrimp have pool filter sand. I would recommend the same. Both options are more economical than aquarium specific substrate, and if you buy a good quality pool filter sand it will need little to no rinsing.
But you said cherry shrimp, so I assume you're getting red ones. I would definitely recommend a dark substrate even if you don't want to use the sandblasting sand (it does need a fair bit of rinsing).
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On 6/13/2023 at 5:36 PM, Sinavestia said:
Hey all, I'm a first time poster here but I have ordered from Aquarium Co Op several times and watch a lot of the channels videos for advice. My Aquarium started leaking Friday and I believe it was due to the stand.
Maybe I missed something, but are you putting the same tank on this new DIY stand? If yes, have you addressed the leak? If it was caused by the old stand, and I'm not saying it wasn't, I don't believe moving the tank to a new stand will make it stop leaking.
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With your relatively low pH you shouldn't need to be dosing iron at all. There should be enough in the Easy Green.
Other than that, I've had good luck battling hair algae by reducing light (mine are four hours on starting at 10:00 am, four hours off, and then four hours on, ending at 10:00 pm, and repeat the next day), keeping up with weekly 25% water changes, and keeping my plants healthy with semi-regular fertilizing.
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I'm not sure what it is either. I saw something very similar in one of my shrimp tanks yesterday. I fished one out and then saw a couple more, so I moved a few male guppies to the tank. I suspect the critters aren't there any longer.
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Welcome. What part of Texas (I'm about an hour drive northwest of Houston)?
I know what you mean about the hard water. I have trouble reading the colors on the strips, but my TDS is close to 300 ppm. I don't try to adjust it. Instead I just find plants, fish, and invertebrates that thrive in it. There is a larger variety than you might think.
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On 6/12/2023 at 9:25 PM, LoveMyPlatys said:
That makes sense. I do test 15-40 ppm nitrates. I have 1 Betta & 4 ember tetras so maybe heavily stocked. Bacteria may be living in floating moss ball if they like surface. Would it still be better to add filter media? What if I just stuck it under some gravel? Any other ideas?
If you have nitrates, but no nitrites or ammonia your tank is almost certainly cycled just fine. You can add more surface area, or a sponge filter, but if your fish are healthy it's likely not necessary. Adding more live plants would probably be just as good, and maybe better.
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On 6/13/2023 at 4:58 AM, Flumpweesel said:
Sunny , 30C and occasional thunderstorms. Very early summer in the UK
It's supposed to hit 94°F here today (34°C).
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On 6/12/2023 at 10:28 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
. . . 4. I would like to be successful with certain plants i failed with. Specifically susswassertang, Scarlet Temple, and Fissidens Nobilis.
5. I would like to swap my 29G for 20L size or even 30L aquariums. This is a good balance in size and height and I do like the taller tanks.... if they are longer (40B, 75G), but when it comes to smaller tanks, I think the size of a 20L is better for my own goals as opposed to dealing with height issues in the 29G setup..... or worse yet, the 38G bowfront I had that was even taller.
6. I would like to trash some substrates and get things I like better. Don't settle for what is in front of you. Get what you need to if it just means wait a few weeks.
7. Fight the urge to have something "out of the box" and just go ahead and deal with the challenge of getting certain items I need custom made. It's frustrating to be stuck waiting for companies to fix their poor products. This has basically touched every single aspect of my own hobby. You get what you pay for is such a true statement, but there is also a necessity as a designer sometimes to just have what you want to have.
8. Spend more time reading and studying people who are much better at this. Sometimes it takes a lot longer than you'd like for the advice and the inspiration of others to find it's meaning for you.
Don't give up on it yet. It can take a very long time to get acclimated.
I bought a beautiful ball of it from a member on another forum about 3 years ago. It dwindled away until I thought it was all dead, but months later, when I had almost forgotten about it, I started seeing a few bits and pieces in the tank. Before long it was thriving, and not long after that I had enough to move some to other tanks, and then start selling some.
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On 6/12/2023 at 1:20 PM, RoyaleButterfly said:
@Shadow I rinsed them let them soak in the water for a couple hours then put them in my tank. The shrimp love them! However, when I checked my water parameters they seemed to have lowered the ph and kh. Is that known? The ph is 6.4 and the KH is 0. I bought 3 lbs of crushed coral from ACO based on their instructions. Will this help get the water parameters back up to a good place?
It's my understanding that adding tannins will lower pH if your KH is low. I believe adding crushed coral will help, but with my hard 8.2 pH water I've never needed to worry about it.
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It lives on every surface in the tank, and it is likely more concentrated on places with water flow. People often say that it resides primarily in the filter because there is so much surface area on filter media, and there is good flow there, but it's on every surface.
Adding filter media adds more room for more bacteria, but depending on how heavily your tank is stocked it may not need it.
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Welcome to the forum. I'm not convinced they need to be kept cool. I keep goldfish in cattle troughs year-round to control algae and mosquito larvae. I'm in southeast Texas, where the temperature often reaches into the low 100's during the day, and doesn't get below 80 at night.
However, to be on the safe side maybe you could keep the AC on, but set the thermostat up higher than usual?
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On 6/12/2023 at 9:29 AM, TOtrees said:
You might have accidentally mis-typed, but that's a cottonwood or poplar leaf. Not a problem for the tank, and obviously the shrimp love it, but just in case you're assuming it's magnolia... 🙂
You're right, it is a cottonwood leaf, and thanks for catching it. I went back and made the correction.
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On 6/10/2023 at 11:36 AM, Tanked said:
My in ground pond is in its third and probably final regeneration. Decades ago I had a large pile of construction debris next to the patio. Instead of hauling the debris away, I decided to enlarge the existing pond and stream, using the dirt to cover the garbage and provide the elevation for a small waterfall. Those of you who are familiar with the song Alice's Restaurant might understand this thought process.
Do you have twenty-seven 8x10 colored glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back?
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On 6/9/2023 at 2:56 PM, Lennie said:
Also, I was planning to send you a dm about how your yellows doing.
They're doing fine.
On 6/9/2023 at 2:56 PM, Lennie said:Are they still shooting only yellow babies?
I've culled a few, but it's very few.
On 6/9/2023 at 2:56 PM, Lennie said:Have you observed any sensitivity issues compared to other neos? Or still the same?
I haven't noticed any sensitivity issues at all.
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On 6/9/2023 at 1:19 PM, Lennie said:
Shrimp mainly love the biofilm grows on it when it decays. So it takes a lil bit of time
Mine jump on leaves almost as soon as they hit the water. This picture was taken within a couple of hours of placing this cottonwood leaf in one of my 10 gallon tanks. It was still floating, and there probably weren't over twenty adult shrimp in the tank at the time.
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On 6/8/2023 at 5:20 PM, RoyaleButterfly said:
@Lennie @Guppysnail I won't need to remove the decayed parts? I can just leave them in there until gone then add another one? Thank you for your advice! I have some hydrogen peroxide I can spray them with.
I use magnolia leaves in my tanks. Sometimes I take them out when they look like the picture below, but I usually just leave them in the tank to finish breaking down.
By the way, I occasionally rinse them under the faucet, but I usually pick them up off the ground and drop them straight in the tank.
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I had a group of them in a 20 long. I don't remember how many. They were with celestial pearl danios, emerald dwarf rasboras, and Corydoras pygmaeus. I don't know why, but over a period of several months one species at a time would die, one at a time, until finally there were only three or so of the corys left. By that time I had added guppies, and they've done fine.
Maybe it was just that they didn't like my hard 8.2 pH water, but I'm not sure.
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All ten of my tanks have sand substrate (either Black Diamond sandblasting sand or pool filter sand, depending on which color I wanted). I can't remember the last time I vacuumed waste off the bottom. It breaks down and helps feed the plants. Even if I wanted to, much of the area that isn't densely planted is covered with dead tree leaves I've added.
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I don't know, but I do know that the lie (with pump) from Easy Green will work just fine on Seachem products.
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On 6/6/2023 at 10:18 PM, CatherineD said:
I switched to easy green but I’m kind of afraid to use as much as it calls for.
One pump took nitrate level from 10-20 ppm to 25-30 ppm. I just got easy carbon in and did a 35-40% water change and dosed 2 pumps each easy green and easy carbon.
- 25-30 ppm isn't a problem. I usually test for nitrate (with the strips) before testing and add some if it's not at least that high.
- What's your pH? If it's relatively high you may need to add iron along with the Easy Green.
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I have fed sweet peppers and spinach, in addition to the ones @TeeJay mentioned.
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On 6/6/2023 at 4:00 AM, Cinnebuns said:
Ok, I have a question tho...
I have 2 bag sizes right now. One is too small and one is too big for what I'm wanting. I can find a use for them but they just aren't what I am used to. Sizes confuse me. What size is the "normal" bag size. Like if I were to get a few guppies at my LFS, what size bag would they put it in?
If you're shipping guppies, and don't want to buy a bag size in the middle, you could use multiple smaller bags.
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On 6/5/2023 at 11:58 AM, HelplessNewbie said:
Okay, why can't I remove the quote above?
Anyway, I am pleased to know there are such services out there. At my LFS, though, they didn't volunteer or offer to give or exchange used filter media to help me get started.
Btw, I asked at PetSmart if they would give me gunky water from their tank clean outs but they gave me blank stares and said it was all gone...
Assuming you're posting from a laptop or desk top, click on the black text at the top of the quoted message and hit the Delete key on your keyboard (see below). If on a phone I don't know. I don't follow the forum much from mine.
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While not exactly not an LFS, there's a small chain in my area that will come in and set up your tank and do all needed maintenance. All you have to do is feed the fish.
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I haven't kept orange ones either, but I haven't found yellow ones to be any more problematic than red or blue (and they need less culling).