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    Red Crystal Shrimp Life Cycle

    I have been keeping three red crystal shrimp for a couple of months now, and the largest one has just died, but before it went I could see she was carrying eggs. I am wondering if death immediately after release of eggs is normal for this species - in a sort of Octopus way? Also - how long do...
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    Hmmm... soak or not?

    What is the theory behind soaking soil? I don't think there is any mention of it in Walstad's book, although I could be mistaken. She does say that it takes 6 weeks for the soil to 'activate' - is this something to do with why you want to soak it? I have recently set up an EN tank and I put...
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    30 gallon low tank set up

    Have you considered going totally El Naturel, as they say? Three weeks ago I set up a small one out of curiosity and am rather excited at what's happening: good growth, very little algae so far (just a tiny bit of tasty green hair), and best of all no dosing, no CO2, no waterchanges, and a real...
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    Graffiti-ing Nerite?

    Yeah that's them! Thanks Andy. And to nerites eveyrwhere, I apologise for my terrible slander. But these limpets - are they immobile? Do I just leave them to it (if they re-appear) or try to remove them? I don't mind them being in there as long as they are harmless, and won't be a permanent...
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    Graffiti-ing Nerite?

    So if it lays eggs in your tank you're Kilroy Silked - 'cos they won't hatch and just calcify into eyesores perhaps...
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    Graffiti-ing Nerite?

    Has anyone had any experience of a zebra nerite (or similar species) leaving little white blobs all over the place? In the previous incarnation of my tank I picked one up and within a few days these blobs appeared, and stopped appearing when the snail was removed. I don't have any pictures I'm...
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    Black spots and brown/yellow leaves

    Well after reading that I am assuaged. If I had a sausage dog I'd probably think there was something wrong with its legs :shock: . The black spots were on the very oldest leaves, which I have now pruned, so no chance of a photo I'm afraid. I am generally improving my overall technique (he...
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    Black spots and brown/yellow leaves

    Hi Mark Does it look happy? I can't really tell! It grows strongly but not always green. I thought I read somewhere that black spots were bad. And I've got staghorn algae all over the place as well, so I guess it's a bit unhappy.
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    Black spots and brown/yellow leaves

    Despite heavy dosing of my 67L tank (TPN + @ 2ml/day) and a substrate with laterite mixed in, my Echinodorus 'rosea' will throw up a brown/yellow/transparent leaf now and again (which slowly turns green), and some of the older leaves have black spots on them. Does this mean that they are still...
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    Achieving 30ppm - do I dare turn up the gas?

    Ach you see I don't trust the drop-checker, thinking I must have set it up wrong, but I will creep it up a bit. Diffuser seems to be working okay - mix of mist and tiny bubbles. Okay, I'll crank her up a tiny bit tonight, see what things are like at lights off. Patience needed as ever...
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    Achieving 30ppm - do I dare turn up the gas?

    Definitely - got it from AE. It does change colour, just not very much. S Chong was using 2bs for his high-light tank (which mine is not). Do you think it's safe to go that high?
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    Achieving 30ppm - do I dare turn up the gas?

    My life (and my fishes') with pressurized CO2 is now about five days old, and I still have yet to see the hallowed lime green drop checker, so am seeking advice on my next step. I started off with the diffuser beneath the internal power filter (rated at 500lph), but this caused a lot of filter...
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    Distressed cardinal tetras - could it be allelopathy?

    Aaron - I'm just using Easycarbo at the moment but going to install a proper pressurized kit on Friday. Before I was using a crude aerosol injector and that did cause a lot of surface scum - from what I've read I think the fluctuations inherent in the design of the 'injector' were battering the...
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    starting on the wrong foot

    Hi Will I've been trying planted tanks for 8 months now and I still feel I'm on the wrong foot! I've got gravel too, enriched with laterite. According to one theory plants can just use the substrate as an anchoring medium and take all their nutrients through the leaves, so some will go as far...
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    Distressed cardinal tetras - could it be allelopathy?

    Now a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but I was reading Walstead's book last night and thought that some sort of allelopathy may be affecting my cardinals, as I can't think of what else it might be. I have noticed in the evening, about two hours before the lights are due to turn off, one...
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