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I'm not clear on whether or not there are fish in the tank. Others may disagree, but if there are I would never recommend depending on something that came from a bottle to take care of ammonia and/or nitrites instead of doing water changes to lower them immediately. If there are no fish then there's no problem with it.
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On 11/27/2023 at 1:00 PM, JillianGarcia05 said:
Hi @JettsPapa - Would you recommend not using the Seachem Stabilizer while I'm trying to get my tank to balance out?
I don't think it hurts anything, but I also wouldn't depend on it working.
On 11/27/2023 at 1:00 PM, JillianGarcia05 said:I guess my concern is the color. I read there's a green-blue algae that's harmful. But maybe I'm wrong?
I believe that type is harmful, but it's also my understanding that it's uncommon. I'd be surprised if that's what you have.
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On 11/27/2023 at 11:55 AM, JillianGarcia05 said:
First question is, are the above daily steps correct? Am I adding the stability stuff too soon and should I wait for a 0 ammonia level and then proceed with the BB? Is that the wrong kind of BB?
I don't use the beneficial bacteria, and am skeptical about its usefulness anyway, but everything else looks okay. Keeping up with the water changes is the most important.
On 11/27/2023 at 11:55 AM, JillianGarcia05 said:second question - is that algae harmful? And if it is, how can I remove it without disturbing this entire process I've been doing for the past week? I can take a picture too if people would like to see it.
No, the algae isn't harmful. In fact, many fish keepers scrape the algae off the front of the tank and leave the other sides alone. If you do want to get rid of it, I'd recommend not worrying about that until you get your tank stabilized. There will be plenty of time then, if it doesn't clear up on its own (though lowering the amount of time the lights are on, or lowering their intensity, probably won't hurt).
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On 11/22/2023 at 10:28 AM, Guppysnail said:
That's one of my favorite "novelty" country songs, along with this one:
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I have another one. I was outside watering plants or something (it was 30 years ago, so some of the details are fuzzy) with my son when he was around 3 or 4. He had a little plastic bucket that he brought up to me, and he asked for some water in it. I filled it about halfway, not knowing what he had in mind. He took the bucket, walked over to the cat, and dumped the whole thing on it.
Of course the cat freaked out. I felt like I should correct him, so I said "Will, that wasn't very nice."
He stopped giggling just long enough to say "No, but it was funny!" That's been a family joke ever since.
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Welcome to the forum. You said you've been doing water changes, but how often, and how large? If they weren't at least 50% each time you really weren't doing much good. I'd recommend doing one at least that large daily until it gets under control (down to no more than 1.0 ppm).
It might also be a good idea to get an independent test. I wonder about the test accuracy, because I'd expect your fish to be in bad shape with it as high as 10.0 ppm. Most places that sell aquarium fish will test your water for you. I believe they usually use strips that don't test for ammonia, but that's not a concern here anyway.
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One of the funniest was about 30 years ago. My wife and I, and her sister and husband, were going to San Antonio to stay at a nice hotel on the Riverwalk for a few days. They'd flown in from Virginia, so we took my truck. I pulled up in front of the hotel and we waited while my brother-in-law went inside to see about the rooms. A few minutes after he went in several men came out to the truck with a cart. At every hotel I'd ever stayed at previous to this if you wanted your luggage in your room you carried it there yourself (this place was above my pay grade), but I'd seen this kind of thing on television, so I knew why they were there.
For a little background, I was driving an old Ford extended cab pickup, with a hitch in the back for a gooseneck trailer. Since we didn't have much room in the cab for luggage, and we didn't want to expose it to the weather, I had borrowed two 55-gallon barrels from work, put the luggage in them, put the lids on, and laid them down in the truck, with one on each side of the hitch. I put a rope across one, down through the hitch, across the other one, and tied on the other side to keep them from rolling around.
Anyway, I guess these fellows took one look at that old truck, and me untying the ropes holding the barrels down, and wondered just how far back in the woods did these folks come from, because one of them looked at me and asked, very politely "Sir, will these be going inside?"
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On 11/17/2023 at 12:23 AM, Fish and Chip said:
I have shipped a few dozen orders and one employee asks me "What fish have we got today?" I will tell him the breed and show him a pic if I can. The older guy always gives me a "Did the last one make it?" with a bit of side-eye.
I dropped off a package with a "Live Shrimp" sticker on top and all four sides at my little local post office Tuesday. The guy behind the counter jokingly asked "When are you going to start shipping dead shrimp?" I replied "Hopefully never. People tend to want their money back if the shrimp are dead."
On 11/17/2023 at 4:36 AM, jwcarlson said:I have never shipped fish, but have shipped live queen bees quite a bit. I think the hesitation comes from a good place typically. Usually it takes some hand holding and it helps to find then right person that knows how to do it. There's one lady at our PO that knew what to do without a lot of fanfare.
Stinks they took it and just left it on your porch. There was some discussion on another forum talking about higher rates of fish theft in boxes labeled as fish.
I worked for probably one of the best known beekeepers in the world in the mid to late '90's. Try showing up at the post office with a 2-pound package of bees.
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On 11/15/2023 at 10:04 PM, ange said:
. . . some of my favorite local stores in the state for aquascaping are Aqua Dome (Austin), Aquatek (Austin), 360 Aquatic (Houston), and Elegant Reef (San Antonio). Aquatek has a ton of amazing supplies and is worth the trip, even if you're from out of town (which I am). If you are around San Antonio, Polly's and Fintique are also awesome! I'm lucky I've been able to travel around the state quite a bit for work so I've gotten to sample what's available in most major cities.
Hello,
I'm also a big fan of 360 Aquatic, and have sold them quite a bit of stuff (mostly plants). There's a small chain called Fish Gallery, with two stores in the Houston area and I think one or two in Dallas. They give store credit for plants, shrimp, etc, and I've been told they'll pay directly if the quantity and quality is enough.
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I'm surprised to hear that. I've shipped dozens of packages of live shrimp and/or fish, all labeled as such, with the US postal service, and never had any issues.
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Mine does just fine on snails and occasional frozen blood worms. I wouldn't worry about it too much.
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On 11/15/2023 at 3:47 PM, Kaiju said:
@jwcarlson Orange Sakura and Orange Rili shrimp types. I think just turning around and selling a fairly clean and nice quality tank would help me buy more things for this project. Sorry for the miscommunication lmao.
I wish you luck, but the market for used aquariums isn't very good. I hope I'm wrong, but I'd be surprised if you get as much as $10.00 for it, and it may be quite a bit less than that.
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On 11/15/2023 at 12:07 PM, Kaiju said:
. . . I was told that Shimp need 70°-78°F water for breeding parameters. I think Ricefish can handle the heat too. I just wanted to keep them in the tank as well to add more activity in the tank all around.
I wouldn't argue with anyone who said those are the ideal breeding parameters, but the water temperature certainly doesn't need to be in that narrow range.
Here is a link to a reply I made to a new shrimp keeper a while ago. You might enjoy it:
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On 11/15/2023 at 12:44 PM, Kaiju said:
Okay ill keep it in mind, but remember, I am trying to do a breeding project so I could use the funds given after selling.
Shrimp is still the correct answer, especially in a tank that small.
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Shrimp carry their eggs until they hatch, so in order for the fish to eat the eggs they would need to eat the shrimp itself.
I don't have any experience with rice fish, but while most fish will eat shrimp given the opportunity, with adequate hiding places the shrimp will probably reproduce enough to sustain a colony. I keep mine with guppies, and the shrimp do just fine.
By the way, unless the rice fish need it you can remove the heater. I don't have a heater in any of my shrimp tanks, or in the shrimp and guppy tanks. The temperature in my house ranges from 60° F at night in winter to 72° F in summer. I leave shrimp outside in tubs year-round. They're in the shade, but the air temperature ranges from well over 100° in summer to sometimes low 20°'s in winter (I've had them do just fine with the top of the tub iced over for a day or two).
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On 11/5/2023 at 5:16 PM, Opie said:
Any one know if there is a height that Val will stop growing at?
I'm sure it has a height limit, but it's pretty far up there. I have corkscrew val, which as I understand it doesn't get as tall as the regular val, and it reaches the top of my 65 gallon tank and then lays over, so it's probably 36" or more.
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On 11/2/2023 at 10:45 AM, Kit Craft said:
Cool, I'll have to check it out. The wendtii and parva are the only ones I have heard about because of the videos Cory has made.
Several of the ones I mentioned above, especially the usteriana, get too large for your situation, but the wendtii should be okay. It's probably the most common one, so you shouldn't have any problems finding it, and there are several color varieties.
I have a reddish crypt that never seems to get over about 2" tall, so would be perfect for you. I wish I knew what species it is, but I don't have a clue.
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I haven't grown dwarf chain sword, so I can't help with that. I have grown Crytocoryne wendtii, which is probably the most common species, along with spiralis, usteriana, undulata, pontederiifolia, and probably others. Spiralis is the only one that hasn't spread to make more plants. It looks healthy, but it just sits there.
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I wouldn't worry about it. When the time comes I'd be very surprised if he doesn't take care of both of them.
Also, you may already know this, but the koi females, like yours, are notorious fry hunters. I had two or three of them with a male in a relatively small heavily planted tank for quite a while. The owner of the store where I bought them told me they were bad about eating fry, but I liked them so much I wanted to try anyway. The whole time I had them I saw exactly one fry, and I only saw it once.
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I would encourage you to go slow with the frozen blood worms. They might not eat them right away (I didn't mention it yesterday, but it took mine a while to figure out that they were good to eat), and they don't need much. Two or three per feeding is probably enough.
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I'm afraid keeping vallisneria in a shallow tank will be a constant struggle. I'd suggest trying one of the many crypt varieties. While there may be an initial melting period (like with most aquatic plants), most of the crypt species are easy to grow, and don't need special lights or CO2. In fact they often do well in relatively dim light.
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On 10/31/2023 at 11:55 AM, Kit Craft said:
I'm not sure yet, just being proactive. . .
When you decide you might want to post about it here. There are a number of members here who raise and ship fish and shrimp. I can't promise you won't get scammed through this or a similar forum, but I'd be surprised if it happened. I've had dozens of transactions, both buying and selling, and haven't had a really bad experience.
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Mine will eagerly eat frozen blood worms, but I don't think that would be good for a steady diet. It seems to do just fine for weeks eating just snails when I don't get around to feeding bloodworms.
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On 10/30/2023 at 10:18 PM, Cisco said:
Thats good to know. Isn't half the water too large of a change?
No, it's not. Some fish keepers who have fish that are particularly sensitive to water quality routinely change more than that. As long as there isn't a big temperature difference, and you're treating the new water to neutralize chlorine (or whatever your water system is using), it's fine. The only other time a large water change can be problematic is if a tank hasn't had a water change in a very long time. The fish will have adjusted to the gradual changes in the water parameters and may not handle the large change.
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Can't decide please help
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I like the idea of a shrimp only tank (or shrimp and snails), but if you really want fish also celestial pearl danios (also sold as galaxy rasboras) would be a possibility. However, I would only put them in a heavily planted tank. You could probably have five of them.
Shrimp have a very low bioload, so the number isn't really important. You could start with ten (assuming you're referring to neocaridinas; red cherry shrimp and the other color varieties), and they could increase to 50 or more without overloading the tank.