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    RO for shrimps

    Always before you put water to tank. Salty Shrimp is probably best.
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    Could someone tell me how height to hang my light unit? Please

    4x36W is sufficient for my 100x50x50, It is 40cm above tank and giving around 50par. Sanj, you will upgrade later on, take it as mid-step for proper setup :)
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    6+ dead shrimp at once....

    Also with poisoning or pesticides you will see shrimp on their back and kicking if still alive
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    6+ dead shrimp at once....

    Tanks without heaters are fine for Caridinas, CRS, Tigers etc can go low as 16 shorterm, they do well 18. For neocaridinas this range is way too low, Lowest would be 19-20 better higher 22. When this happens all at once the only reason is water quality or parameters went too off scale. So...
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    Wipe Out

    CRS is more sensitive than cherry they are pond shrimp vs fresh stream shrimp.
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    Wipe Out

    The only way to counteract this is to have plenty of shrimp who will pick up on dead snail later on. As Darrel said, nerites are worst for any CRS tank. Ramshorn, assasins are not happy in CRS water. Although assasins will last quite long. Trumpets are probably one of best they even breed in CRS...
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    Otocinclus negros / Hisonotus paulinus

    They are exactly same size as normal ottos I have 2 females 2 males. They are calmer yes you can catch then with hand easy. They are stuck at one place and next morning lot of poop below otos does not do this I mean really where does it comes from it has lot of waste... :)
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    Otocinclus negros / Hisonotus paulinus

    I have 4 of these over year now and they are hardier than normal otos and blahblahblahblah way more than normal otos. I think they like wood as well. But they are very nice indeed.
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    Yasuhikotakia sidtjimunki - dwarf chain loach

    Alright sounds great thanks for info. I have gravel sand 2mm grain plenty of hiding space. They are small so yes I do not expect destruction but rather asking. Was thinking rummy noses but Tom Barr said his rummys eating UG. Can you tell me loaches behavior? I read they spent also lot of time in...
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    Yasuhikotakia sidtjimunki - dwarf chain loach

    Hi guys anyone have experience with these? Would they be menace in planted tank with HC Cuba, UG, hair grass, moss etc? They are small loaches I wanted like 25 of them in 250 liter. Any ideas? Thanks
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    ADA Aquasky LEDs Hands on experience

    LED should have half consumption of what is for T5 or MH so yes 30W should be enough if designed properly and if light spread is not too big. But can be made more efficient if beam angle is right. Shimmering of MH is smooth as it is just from one source vs multiple sources. I personally can't...
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    ADA Aquasky LEDs Hands on experience

    Looks nice but last thing I want to experience now. Finally moving from these kind of fixtures to suspended light unit. Amount of space for maintenance is much greater without constant banging and moving of light unit. Shimmer is no issue for some, you can get used to it :) Missing dimmer, yes...
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    Aquatics Live 2012 Competition

    For you goldfish bowl :)
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    GroBeam 600 - High Pitched Noise...

    I have old version TMC and indeed first LED went off after year. So pray it wont happen to you I suggest you do not use it on controller then. Then I got replaced TMC tile and this one has pitching noise as confirmed here on forum but I also noticed they use different LED now. Old GROBEAM 500...
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    Blyxa japonica melt

    It will melt when not enough CO2 same as crypt but will get new shoots when it adapts..
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    Cree lights / lumens / eBay / planted tanks.

    They will not follow standards for PAR because they follow standard for Lumens :) PAR is only for plant growers, nobody else in industry :) Also LED with each new generation has better Watt to Lumens ratio (means also higher PAR per Watt). PAR is variable with tank height as well, so for 45...
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    Cree lights / lumens / eBay / planted tanks.

    Sounds like lot of light for this size of tank. Take 60Beam angled. Because they are with lens such concentrated beam from CREE LED is 2-3x more powerful than standard T5. So around 10 of these =120W of led power which might equate to around 300W of T5 power or l2x150W metal halide very easy...
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    Ditching LED for fluorescent

    So if 4 years old then it is XR-E CREE that has 90beam angle? Are you running them at 3W or 1W or 2W? 4x2W CREE 120beam angle is so so for 30cm cube but wont grow HC cuba. 40cm deep tank needs more LED I think or you just run them on higher amp.
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    Ditching LED for fluorescent

    LED's do great job but you need right amount of them. Ideal are CREE LED with 90 beam angle or 60 beam angle. Not saying what LED's you had so hard to tell whether it was good or not. 36W T5 PL-L over 40cm cube should be sufficient.
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    Cryptocoryne sp.'Flamingo'

    flamengo by Radik2, on Flickr a bit in algae but it is shrimp tank so no heavy fert or co2. Substrate is sand. It is 10cm tall now and this is just 1/4 of pot other 3 portions are planted elsewhere.
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    Cryptocoryne sp.'Flamingo'

    I bought one in Germany they make it in-vitro and portion is rather big. It is doing really great. I have in 2 tanks in one it has full light in other shaded in both it is growing no die out or not stunned. Both tanks Co2 one heavy fert other easy fert. Temperature is 20-26 depends on room. Can...
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    Massive selection of Aquatic moss @ great price.

    Bough fissiden fox on Vivarium 2012 4 months ago now I can hardly see difference from normal fissidens fontanus :) Maybe just stays shorter but leaves are not thinner. Maybe like 2x shorter
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    Aquagreen (the end)

    Re: Aquagreen (Shrimp ID?) Looks like assorted zebra, red and blue malaya shrimp mix to me they are from India hard water region
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    Nano Tank 17l - Rescape update

    Re: Nano CRS Tank 17l Does not matter what TGM wrote about Seiryru stone with that amount of stone will push KH sky high. As Ceg would say there is no way out of the matrix :D I had similar size tank similar amount of stone KH was 12 and soil been useless in 2 months. It is calcium carbonate...
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    Nano Tank 17l - Rescape update

    Re: Nano CRS Tank 17l This rock and CRS does not go together, they will push KH to sky high chose inert rock or neocaridinas instead.
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    Plants That I Cannot Grow

    I do not know those power glo tubes are they white or pink? I use tubes for 3GBP daylight 6500K White. Really try not to use frogbit and add some easy carbo every 2nd day if you see some algae then increase co2 levels if you already doze EI you have to balance it in tank. Spyder, pogo helferi...
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    Virginmedia very slow

    No idea what Virgin do now, yes they said double your speed but I do not need double speed if my latency was not existent. It all started last Autumn before all was great for 2 years. I had to wait 15s to load pages or get response from page in peak times between 5 to 10pm. So they left me with...
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    Virginmedia very slow

    Yes they are crap and 0 support I had issues for over 6 months it was getting slower and slower in peak times almost like on modem. So I moved to BT infinity and I am on steroids now.
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    Plants That I Cannot Grow

    There are some super easy plants Hygrophila polysperma Limnophila sessiliflora. I think you have light issue if you dump enhough EI and Co2 and not enough light bottom leaves will melt as you described or bottom at the substrate plants will melt as well. For example HC cuba is best at 60-70PAR...
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    New Nano lighting questions...

    Yes pure HC tank should be ok. 24W is a lot light for 20cm tall tank only. Esure EI dosing and good co2 then.
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    CRS Benibachi set up disaster.

    I had bee max too and did setup once with akadama and once with seachem sand. I have got also very foul smell in fresh setup too. No other additives have been used. So it seems that's the problem. Personally I never had ever such smell in fresh setup but was not linking it to bee max but seems...
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    AquaRay Lighting Controller with DIY LED bar?

    No issues. Connector with cable I found on ebay.
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    AquaRay Lighting Controller with DIY LED bar?

    Yes I run it this way but use 5x led per channel minimum else dimming would start only at 30% when I used just 4 for some reason. Also could be that I used XPG instead of XPE.
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    Discussion: High end 'v' affordability

    We are nowhere Marine equipment price tags thankfully except ADA but there are alternatives far cheaper than ADA.
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    cant grow HC

    Sand is not issue. Your surface agitation is quite high. It takes a lot co2 injection to get proper co2 level for this agitation. I would not trust drop checker either. Then make sure you get good light on the substrate, not too much not too little. 26cm from surface is quite high not sure what...
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    ADA LED lighting

    You mean Radion from Ecotech? Not Radeon from Ati ye? :) Yes that's insane spec LED but only for big tanks.
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    ADA LED lighting

    I would not buy it anyway it is low efficiency LED system 0.4W each. This is trademark of chinese cheap production not renowned company. Any other brand manufacturer will blow them away. With Cree or other high power led you could do it with half wattage to cover 36cm tank. TMC mini 400 would do...
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    Just entered IAPLC 2012

    Refreshing :) Good work Luis
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    Do i have baby Amano's?

    There is product available with claims this. "It diminishes the need to use brackish water for the development of some species of shrimp larvae in captivity. In most cases, shrimp larvae die in captivity due to the lack of microscopic food. Shrimpton food size ranges from 8um to 200um. This is...
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    Plant melt in new set up. Transition, C02 or LCP?

    You can just add one more 11W-18W light and see. Overall tank brightness might mislead lot of people, they assume it is enough but it is not. These tanks are not made for planted aquariums I guess. Maybe for goldfish and plastic plant. I can show you how to kill moss under very low light where...
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    Plant melt in new set up. Transition, C02 or LCP?

    Re: Plant melt in new set up. 18W for 40cm is nothing it is like pets at home tank 11W light for 30cm tank which is very weak. You are getting maybe 12-15 par at substrate that's for crypts and anubias only or no co2 tank easy plants.
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    Plant melt in new set up. Transition, C02 or LCP?

    Re: Plant melt in new set up. could be light a bit. I think 24-36w is minimum as tank is high so would say 36w you have to test. Then co2 as well. With gas co2 you would have no issues for sure. You cam make diy for 50-60 600g bottle.
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    Sat in hospital bed.

    Good luck with procedure and get fit quick more scaping coming in your way :)
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    Show Us Your Rare And Odd Fish!

    My smallest Boraras Urophthalmoides 1.8 cm max. Mid swimmers absolutely lovely shoaling fish. Boraras Urophthalmoides by Radik2, on Flickr
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    Amazonia new full of glass!!!!

    Buy few more bags and you can have ADA gravel for free :)
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    Why so much light?

    Yes and at this photo size you will not see details of algae issue, or plant deficiencies.
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    Why so much light?

    To make quick growth in 2-3 months for competition? :) Who knows.. Turn on co2 to max PPM, daliy water changes, no fish/shrimp inside then it is possible if done it right no algae issue will be present. You never know what they did how and why you can only guess.
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    Why so much light?

    I think he was running just one bulb at a time.
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    Glass Nano?!

    Looks powerful enough with 3100 Lux. So 7watts vs TMC minileds 400 are 8Watt I think which I found ideal for 30cm cubes. I have seen this unit myself in ADC it was not so powerful looking at first but everything was growing there. LED's overall does not look so bright vs T5 but they they produce...
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    What this on my moss

    Pelia, another type of moss (livewort)
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    Plant deficiency?

    Eustralis Stellata is difficult plant it needs co2, good ferts and medium light at least. Although there are stems you can grow without co2 under low light I am not sure Stellata is one of them, never tried it this way. But other stems do well but really you need low light and at least some...
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    Shrimp deaths - water or ferts

    Ferts would not kill your shrimp if you had this with fish before then it can be tap or maybe you overfeed inhabitants and bacteria build up then they start to go one by one. Tap water can be issue sometimes you can try Seachem Prime and overdose it for each water change. Prime can neutralize...
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    Poll - have you kept Sulawesi shrimp?

    Sulawesi are ok when you get tank bred shrimp.. it is 100% guaranteed from any LFS they are not OK (import) and destined to die in your tank soon unless your water is exact match to their liking.
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    NA Baby II

    Ben the tank killer
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    Which Aquascaping tools?

    2 size tweetzer large and small some plants need small to plant and large tweetzers are good to collect crap from tank. Straight and wave scissors is a must too I think. Wave to cut carpets and straight to prune plants where needed.
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    "Dutch something or the other" 120 Gal

    Google self regulating booster pump, or just booster pump it should have 80PSI pressure at least
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    ADA LED lighting

    All I need is nice acrylic holders like that, the rest can do my own as anybody else relatively cheap :)
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    Juncus repens flowers

    I would go up to this only with automatic water change system and fert. dozing. If you do it manually then I admire you :)
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    Which Needle Valve! Poll!!

    Other - From Lunapet with black cap and another from Germany silver steel color can be bought on Germany ebay. Then there is very cheap one and I think goof on UK ebay which is plastic and push in fitting on both ends those above are not push fit.
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    UG - Utricularia graminifolia

    UG do well low KH or around 4KH as well. It was growing to me in 12KH surprisingly well but now do better in softer water. Tonina Fluitans is so far good on KH4 as well. So it is half RO/TAP for London. Tonina sp Belem and Manaus, got from vivarium not so good yet but maybe will adapt, I've got...
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    Shrimps in my intake

    Yes I agree with Paulo on metal mesh intake as best option but careful with some powerful filters as they may have too harsh sucking force and shimplets can get glued to it.
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    Ollie's 120x45x45: Update 04/08/12

    Re: Ollie's 120x45x45: Fishy Pics Nice Fish Ollie, these are not plant destructive right?
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    TMC expert Co2 kit

    Lunapet is not branded and it is very good.
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    TMC expert Co2 kit

    Yes no branded is worth it, they cost 3x what DIY and you can buy German made or UK made stuff instead of china assembled. You can put BMW sticker on it to have it branded later.
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    LED's

    So 56mW it is like 5.6W total which is crap two CREE LED for 8 Euro will be brighter :) Such a waste of material it is hard to believe. I have 4x CREE running 8W total on 30cm cube it is sufficient. You can get TMC miniled 400 for 65 for 30cm cube you can run full power as most of light will...
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    UG - Utricularia graminifolia

    yes keep it covered I had it in original pot with that plastic bag so I just folded it over on the top with little air going in. It will grow on anyting I am not even dozing ferts just changing tap water.
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    UG - Utricularia graminifolia

    Emersed is easy. Growing like grass. Does not require mysting in my experience just do not keep it on sun I was growing it on window and it is still there in original tropica pot for 2 months now and it increased in size. Submersed is more difficult I noticed when not enough light they will...
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    Cherry Shrimp & CO2

    Re: Cherry Shrimp & CO2 Accidents do happen but they can withstand more than fish I witnessed by my own eyes. (not happened to me ever I am speaking what I've seen in another member tank) At least when comes to cherries. I have 5 shrimp tanks and in all 5 is CO2 never ever killed anything...
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    Filters on Shrimp Only Tank?

    There is fluval edge black sponge you fit on to inlet. I think it is for their hob filter from fluval edge. It cost around 3GBP and it is best I've seen so far. It has quite large hole in so you need some 16mm tubing on 12-13mm pvc tube. I alsto tried thin metal mesh cap and it is also great but...
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    Blue Aura Shrimp

    No kill, cull out unwanted and gift somebody or sell cheap or have some tank with fish where they keep help numbers low on culled out shrimp. That's most human way I would say.
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    Blue Aura Shrimp

    Well then none shrimp breed true blue. It is all selective breeding and culling out stock. But deep blue tigers have quite high ratio of blues now.
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    Nano stem plant ideas please

    Yes and some stem plants are only worth in in-vitro cups for the reason that normal pots has very long stems as they arrive, They are hard to keep emersed so mostly end up submersed then they are too tall to handle after a while. So you need fresh tropica stock. In-vitro is like amanos wabikusa...
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    70 Gal Manzigumi take 2

    Elatine is also great plant I have nice carpet in nano it is better than glosso I think, never grows upwards and does not spread very rapidly for me. You can buy from EU some in-vitro pots ;)
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    Blue Aura Shrimp

    That will be another fake blue there have been so many blue shrimp already but only 1 is really blue and that's blue tiger which you have chance to get blue offspring's as well. Until I see blue offspring's I remain skeptical. :) Oh and blue pearl as well if you do selective breeding.
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    70 Gal Manzigumi take 2

    Nice work, this hairgrass stays smaller than parvula then? I had some japan parvula version it also recurved but had quite long stems so was not looking so nice.
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    Help ! My plants are going from bad to worse.

    Chris, Tropica recommended doze is for casual people I think with no co2. It is still less than EI, less than half. You can reduce later and observe if plants are getting worse or staying same.
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    Cherry Shrimp & CO2

    Re: Cherry Shrimp & CO2 If he puts juveniles inside they have little chance. If he has little hiding space they have little chance. Mark's scape was super dense they had some chance. I would say once they discover this food it is over. Like my green neons discovered HC cuba as tasty salad it...
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    Office nano

    I can't live without co2.. life is too short, my beard would get grey sooner than plants would grow. :)
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    Office nano

    You guys get welding disposable reg for 15 then 600g bottle for 12 and needle valve for 6 from ebay. Issues sorted. I am using 3 of them. Cheers
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    Help ! My plants are going from bad to worse.

    Too little fert I do 25ml TPN+ equivalent 5x a week in 80L Tank, you should at least 40-50ml 5x a week Too little co2 it must get at least green before lights on so start 4 hours and give it way more bps
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    Cherry Shrimp & CO2

    Re: Cherry Shrimp & CO2 cardinals are nono :D get some small microrasboras instead.
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    Cherry Shrimp & CO2

    Re: Cherry Shrimp & CO2 So I assume tank is well cycled then introduce them slowly over 5-6 hours with drip method and when your co2 is off. They will have no issue with co2. We could almost gas fish but never cherry shrimp. They will adapt to new co2 levels thereafter. You can also have same...
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    Blue Aura Shrimp

    I heard from German breeder offspring's are not blue but will be curious to see your report.
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    Tom's 60P - Goodbye plants, hello Goldfish

    Re: Tom's 60P - New tactics... Yes it is the same I have so bubble is same size and I am sure you are not having enough Co2 injected. I also start 4 hours before lights on and ending 1 hour before lights off.
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    Tom's 60P - Goodbye plants, hello Goldfish

    Re: Tom's 60P - 4th failure in a row now. I am also not using EI but premixed ferts 5x a week maybe less than half of EI dozing normally. And I do fine for now. I can not move light 2x24W further from surface I am looking to replace ballast for dimmable as I would like to slow it down at some...
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    Tom's 60P - Goodbye plants, hello Goldfish

    Re: Tom's 60P - 4th failure in a row now. Hi Mark yes we have seyru in office tank and cherries they are ok but I tried them at home with RO water in week from 0TDS you get 250TDS. If you use hard tap water these stones will not release much in already saturated water. Then you have no issue.
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    Tom's 60P - Goodbye plants, hello Goldfish

    Re: Tom's 60P - 4th failure in a row now. I have similar size tank Tom not sure what bubble counter you have if it is the glass one from china I have around 3bps minimum and I have same atomizer. I am injecting on inlet filter and it is doing good job :)
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    Tom's 60P - Goodbye plants, hello Goldfish

    Re: Tom's 60P - 4th failure in a row now. One thing to the shrimp death. It is linked to seyru stone. As they increase GH and KH over week + your dozing, then you do water change and you make rapid TDS change in your tank. You give it RO water 90/10 so TDS 30 maybe.. stones will increase it to...
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    Tom's 60P - Goodbye plants, hello Goldfish

    Re: Tom's 60P - 4th failure in a row now. Those are seiru stone right? They will negate any RO added. It is calcium carbonate rock and it will buffer your tank to incredible KH levels but I do not think you keep there any soft water plant like Toninas so you are fine. Those cherries you added...
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    Interesting Article

    But RSCPA they are only charity what they can say or order to you? Nothing. DEFRA has authority only. Whole article stinks.
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    Interesting Article

    yes I am sure most of sellers follow the code and as you said shipping carrier will most likely not.
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    Interesting Article

    So we should complain to RSPCA and express to them that we think they are idiots. Sometimes they have to justify their existence by for example this...
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    "Dutch something or the other" 120 Gal

    UG growth is amazing mine is much slower but then I do not beam lasers on it. Have you tried to trim it? If not can you try to trim one part of it.. as you can grow it so quick I would want you to take on guinea ping for me please :) Cheers
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    Emersed aquascape - Jagunco do Monte

    Hi, aquatics plants grow quite ok in temp up to 28C Degrees max but not all of them can do well at 28. For example our UK willow moss will go brown above 25C Degrees. Tropical plants will do better but be careful with temperature. Direct sun can increase temp in summer to 40C degrees if you have...
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    Emersed aquascape - Jagunco do Monte

    yes but water may get really warm :) do you want salad soup? :)
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    Emersed aquascape - Jagunco do Monte

    Do not keep it on sun it get's hot then you get green algae everywhere :) Shade should be fine. Good luck
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    Shrimp shops in Wiltshire

    You need to look for breeders not lfs they usually import from asia then resell but shrimp will remember bad shipment conditions during import then they live only 1-2 months and die at the buyers expense. 1 dead shrimp in the packaging and whole lot is spoiled. Only few importers mastered shrimp...
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    "Dutch something or the other" 120 Gal

    Pelia and fissidens had no issue with overdozing easy carbo. I used 15ml to 50L few times not a sign of burns on plants.
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    Vivarium 2012

    :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
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