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  1. You most likely have nothing to worry about. They are likely seed shrimp, detritus worms, and small microcrustations. In shrimp tanks, where there are no fish, there are no predators for these small organisms, so they co-exist. Many shrimp keepers consider this a sign of good water quality.
  2. Right? I saw this video also and was like wow, where can I get that. I almost want to take a sponge off an old sponge filter and attach some moss and try to create this.
  3. Thats too bad, I liked being able to have that perk. I do remember in one of @Cory's livestreams he kind of explained how that system worked with how/when they updated the members only section. Kind of sounded like it could be cumbersome and not super efficient. I can understand why it was removed.
  4. Just curious, but anyone know why the co-op switched to UPS as their shipping carrier? I noticed that my orders now take an average of 6 to 8 days to get to me in TN where when orders came via USPS it was usually 3 to 4 days. I'm sure there is a good reason for this, just didn't know if I missed it in a live stream. I am not complaining and trust the co-op and will continue to be a loyal customer, just was curious.
  5. I was sitting admiring my tanks today and started thinking about having a balanced aquarium. I do not run Co2 in my tanks and have grow fairly easy plants (cypts, pogo-octopus, dwarf sag, amazon swords, java moss, and java fern). On my 75, I used to run a hygger planted aquarium light. I'd run it at about 50% brightness for 8 hours a day. I has somestag horn algae when I was running this light on that tank. Not a lot, just enough to be a little annoying. I purchased an aquarium co-op 48 inch light in April to upgrade that light. I moved the hygger light to my garage with my two experiment tanks. They are both 10g and I use the one light sitting across the top of both. Since putting the coop light on my 75, the algae has gone away and the plants have really taken off. I run it at 40% for 8 hours a day (it is much brighter than the hygger, but a different color spectrum for sure). Everything seems to have balanced out and is thriving since I went to that light. On the other hand, I now deal with a little staghorn on the 10g's in the garage now that they have the hygger light. Same issue, it's not much, but it's there. I don't mind it in those tanks as they are grow out, hospital, or experiment tanks depending on what I am doing. Not sure if it's coincidence, or if the coop light played a role in the balancing the tank, but there is definitely a difference. Anyone else notice algae problems going away after moving to a coop light vs their old light?
  6. Grab yourself a Siamese algae eater. I was dealing with a similar issue. It ate all the algae and kept it in check while my tank was balancing.
  7. Once I get another tank setup. I'll definately collect some of the eggs to hatch out.
  8. I get the big roll of pinky floss on amazon. I love the stuff. Depending on how much I want to polish the water, I can just add more layers or less layers. I do find one or two layers works very well. You get a large roll on amazon for fairly cheap and you cut it to size.
  9. I appreciate that. These are Bolivian rams so they can go a little lower than typical rams. I’ve had these guys for 7 months in these temps. They are very active and seem to be happy. The person who I got them from as babies had them in these temps too. But I do agree I am running them on the lower side. I’ll keep an eye out for changes.
  10. The thing is super small. I tried to get a pic but they were not good. The main tank is at 75 degrees. The tank with with mystery fish was not being heated. Just was sitting in my garage. When I saw that fry in there I put I heater in it and set the heater to 72.
  11. My co-op heater is set at 74. My tank usually runs between 75 and 76 degrees. Here’s a photo of my parameters.
  12. Aqua Huna’s cardinal tetras are tank bred in Indonesia. I have asked them and confirmed. I currently have a batch in with some platy’s among a bunch of other fish and they are doing great.
  13. That’s true. I don’t think she had guppies, but it’s definitely possible. For now my daughter and I are calling it our mystery fish.
  14. I definitely have thought about it. I don’t have a tank set up to do that right now though. I have killifish fry growing up in my grow out tank. In my quarantine tank, I got some plants from a person who gave me some fish and I tossed the extras in that there that I haven’t used yet. I was looking at it yesterday and there is a single tiny fry in there. Must I’m have been an egg on one of the plants. So now I’m growing that out in there to see what my mystery fish is.
  15. So they are all gone now. I haven’t seen any fry with the parents so I think they may have got eaten. Cory’s keep producing eggs on the glass and they get eaten as well. I did see a couple newborn fry in the plants the other day, not sure what they are. They maybe platy fry. But I’m just letting nature do it’s thing and seeing what happens.
  16. Here are some pics of the inhabitants. The pics are not the greatest but I’m also not a photographer.
  17. Here’s a pic a snapped today during feeding.
  18. I have a heavily planted 75 with a lot of fish. Yes it’s overstocked, but I make sure to test the water frequently and keep up on my water changes to keep my parameters within healthy ranges. In the tank I have 7 Bolivian rams, 6 Odessa Barbs, 4 ottocinclus, 4 platys, 2 panda corys, 7 emerald corys, 5 albino corys, 5 zebra danios, a Siamese algae eater, and a very large mixed school of neon and cardinal tetras. There are two nerite snails and an albino bristle-nose pletco as well. It’s a lot, I know, but I love an extremely active tank, and I have no aggression issues. Anyhow, today I went to feed and saw that the corys had laid eggs on the glass, they had been eaten off, but you could see where they were. Then as I was looking through the tank, I found a pair of the rams guarding some eggs. I plan to just leave them and let nature take its course and see what happens. I don’t really have much room for more. If they survive, I’ll set up another tank I guess. Interesting to watch a thriving eco system do it’s thing.
  19. So an update… I recently checked the spawning mop I put in and there were finally eggs in it. I think you guys were right in that they were spawning on the plants and moss in the tank and the parents were eating the babies before I even saw them. I moved the parents out of the tank they and now I have been fining some fry swimming around. I’m going to give it 3 or 4 weeks before I scoop out the fry and put the parents back to give the rest of the eggs a chance to hatch and see what I get.
  20. What is your preferred water conditioner and why?
  21. I do have another tank. Both are excellent points. I’ll move them and watch the tank for a couple weeks and see if any fry pop up. I figured the plants would be better over the mop, but I wasn’t seeing anything so I added the mop. I appreciate everyone’s input. I’ll keep you guys updated.
  22. I’ve had them for about 6 months.
  23. I haven’t seen much spawning behavior at all. My temp is 72. Here is a test from this morning with co-op test strip. Do you think maybe my water is a little to soft?
  24. I took a look at my females and I’m not 100 percent sure if I can see the roe or not. If it’s there it’s small. I took some quick photos of my setup and females. I’ll try to take better ones a little later when I can. Does the set up look correct. I’ve tried to get them to lay on the plants and the mops. I can’t find eggs on either.
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