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Sadly not mate although I should, the nearest I get to my five a day is eating a bag of Haribo although I am partial to a banana most mornings.

Thanks @mort nice tip. I had to google agar to see what it was, I'll see if I can get hold of any. I think I might get out for another forage before it's too late, the ones I got when you dry them out there wasn't as many as I thought. How long can you keep dried ones for or would they need to...

Funny you should say that, the piece I put in had some little buds on it and they appeared more interested in that. They're not exactly wolfing the leaf down right now but its still a bit fresh and intact. I suspect they'll get their teeth into it a bit more as it breaks down and softens up a bit.

OK, I'll blanche and feed and dry and store the rest for later. Noticed quite a few creatures crawling out of them so I'll probably dry them for a good while before putting in a tupperware box or similar. Do they store indefinitely? Sent from my STH100-2 using Tapatalk

Nice one Tim, just thought I'd check first. Got them from a cycle path in the middle of the sticks so they should be relatively pollution free. The leaves just look a lot bigger than I remember them. I'll leave them hanging up in the window for a while then to dry them out. Sent from my...

Firstly, are these nettles? I know what you're thinking, just run them on your skin and see, no chance haha. Just wondering if there's something that looks similar to a nettle that I shouldn't be putting in there. I hear shrimp love them but do I dry them out first or just boiling water over...

I had a tank with a sponge driven filter with the outlet breaking the water line so about 5mm was exposed and would often see both Amano and RCS sitting on top of that. There's also a piece of wood with moss growing on partly exposed which gets floater roots tangled in it and sometimes RCS...

I don't drip either tbh I put the bag they came in in a tupperware container, the type you use for sandwiches. I cut the top of the bag with some sharp scissors and just keep adding maybe 50ml of water with a pyrex science measuring jar about every 10 mins or so until the bag is full of tank...

Would need tested with a TDS meter. My LFS has the exact same tap water as mine but his tanks have extremely high TDS. I can only guess that it's accumulated with it being a centralised system. The tanks he has are all quite small but heavily stocked. I know if you combine all the tanks it would...

Definitely don't just drop any live animal into any different water, they all need time to acclimatise. Dripping them for 12-24 hours is probably a bit much though. I usually do it over 3 or 4 hours.

You can't beat floating plants for many reason IMO. They make fish and shrimp more comfortable, it's built into their genes to avoid open water where they can get eaten by predators from above so they are not as shy, they create shaded spots in the tank, they get their co2 from the atmosphere so...

Yeah maybe a little. Don't get too bogged down with the numbers though mate. The TDS meter will probably have a margin of error and the differences are tiny, as long as generally speaking you keep the same parameters it will be fine. The problem with small tanks is they are very unstable, any...

What do you mean by dose? Sent from my STH100-2 using Tapatalk

While there's no fish or shrimp in there just change 10 ltrs with pure RO and that should half your current tds. Sent from my STH100-2 using Tapatalk

Should be 34tds water other than whatever else is in the tapwater. Dgh is combined so it will be both KH and permanent hardness together so 2dgh x 17.9 Sent from my STH100-2 using Tapatalk

Yeah keep it nice and simple. As discussed RO water is too raw on its own and your tapwater is high for the shrimp you intend keeping so just dilute your tapwater with the RO. Sent from my STH100-2 using Tapatalk

If I was you I would mix 1ltr of dechlorinated tapwater with 9 ltrs of RO water and use that for water changes. That will get your water change water at around 1dkh and 2dgh and test the TDS of the water you have cut before putting it in the tank to see what that is. You know if you add your...

What was the KH of your tapwater?

How much water do you usually change @tayloss ?

There's nothing wrong with injecting co2 into shrimp tanks, shrimp live in water naturally containing co2 just as long as you avoid sudden changes and extremes of levels. You just need to keep in mind that at the start with your new substrate which leaches out acids to buffer the ph down and...

Amen to that brother :D

Most stones from LFS are inert like dragon stone. You need to avoid seiryu stone which will raise KH. I have three bits in my 100ltr tank and 2kh tapwater but my tank tends to sit at around 4KH depending on how much water I change, usually 50% weekly. I also use Almond leaves and Oak leaves for...

To be honest, it's probably the best place for them :)

I would say as long as they have food and not being able to get sucked into any power heads they would be fine. Pulled many out of a canister which is in total darkness, god knows how long they were in for but they were ok other than lost some colouration. I've seen people put a light on the...

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The video wasn't mine BTW I actually came across it in the UKAPS forum looking for something else. I've never personally seen an Amano attack anything. I did have a couple of small ember tetra go missing but I was also running a surface skimmer which is notorious for sucking up fish. Didn't...

I have to say that I have kept amanos in many different situations and I have never experienced the situation in the video so don't be throwing the baby out with the bath water just yet. They are very useful in cleaning up aquariums, not so much the algae as they will definitely fill up on food...

I use one of the clips with suckers on and put a slice of cucumber in my tank which both the Amano and Otto enjoy. Only problem there I reckon would be you're putting the two in the same feeding area which may not help. I wonder if it's caused by Amano breeding, maybe they get a bit touchy when...

My amanos will grab anything available. I feed my fish flakes, granules, algae wafers, catfish pellets and of course shrimp food. They don't seem to care, if they can get hold of it and take off they will. Sent from my STH100-2 using Tapatalk

Check this out, sounds like what you're talking about.

If it's just glass cleaning you are after just an algae cleaner pad on a stick would do. 10 minute job once a week.

Ahh OK. Don't know much about snails. Obviously there's the usual suspects Amano shrimp, ottos and Sae's. I wonder if there's a type of fish that eats snail eggs so you could combine the two maybe. Sent from my STH100-2 using Tapatalk

http://www.pro-shrimp.co.uk/snails/1556-zebra-nerite-snail-vittina-coromandeliana.html plenty of different snails on there mate. Most need salt water to reproduce so you won't get plagued with off spring. Sent from my STH100-2 using Tapatalk

Yeah good to watch Alto but I'm more into the fish rather than a breeding situation. I tend to find like many before me that they are avid egg eaters due to being separated from their young by commercial breeders. I did have some serious attempts at breeding them and raising fry some years ago...

Just for a sense of scale there, as you can see next to s.repens and ember tetra they're about the same size as the Embers. Sent from my STH100-2 using Tapatalk

Some quick phone shots. Sent from my STH100-2 using Tapatalk

So I've had my Rams for two weeks now and already they've spawned today, they don't even look mature enough themselves the make being bigger at about 2 5 cm from nose to tail. They took a bit of settling in, I don't think they were partial to raised co2 levels and seemed to keep out of the way...

Just had to read the entire thing from start to finish, there's a hour of my life I'm not getting back but well worth it. There was something for every one in that thread. Excellent stuff! I saw that post early on but never followed it. One thing it has convinced me to do is have a punt on the...

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. If the shrimp have the sense to get out the way I don't think the Rams would keep up the chase preferring to stay close to the site. Sent from my STH100-2 using Tapatalk

Just to add, I wonder if adding more amano would be a good idea. A swarm of them knocking about may be less of a novelty than the appearance now and again of the odd one but on the other hand if my rams do have a taste for them that's some expensive live food I'm putting in there.

Thanks for the input guys. Going either way is my worry so was looking for a general census to gauge the risk. I have seen tanks with RCS and Betta in living in harmony. In my case I heard that if the shrimp were in first the fish have less tendency to attack which wasn't the case with my Betta...

Anybody tried this combination successfully? Been having a stare into my tank and came to the conclusion that what it might be lacking right now is some feature fish. My LFS has some nice pairs of Blue Rams in and I'm so tempted but I have quite a few Amano shrimp in there. Won't risk it if...

Snails aren't my thing but I was taking a look the ones on the site linked. Been having a bit of algae problems myself lately so was looking at maybe getting some. From what I hear Amano and those Horned Nerite snails will tackle most types of Algae. Was fancying the mixed Horned Nerite snails...

Red Cherry shrimp seem to be the most hardy and will be fine with soft water. They are good at breaking down leftover food and some algae and will readily breed quite rapidly. Amano Shrimp are better at tackling algae I hear and also should be fine. I don't know a lot about snails but this site...

Already gone. wasn't taking any chances. It now resides at my friends with bigger fish that can give as good as they get but not big enough to fancy it for lunch.

Are these known to attack other species or they just get bad press for been seen munching on weak or already dead things?

My nets bigger than your marine betta ;)

Thanks, as long as I know it isn't going to be pouncing on any other inhabitants that's OK. It does have a very tasty looking pair of claws and it is quite fast at grabbing. Seems to be a lot more active than the others. They are only just starting to appear since yesterday while this things is...

What about the second? Any idea what it is. Going off the post I linked it could be a bit naughty.

Just wondering if anyone can help me out with this. Was in Pets at Home at weekend and bought four "freshwater shrimp" To help clear up some hair algae. Didn't have my glasses so asked if they were Amano shrimp and the assistant said they were Yamamoto. My understanding being they are one and...

IME RCS will eat a anything going. There would be some benefits of buying shrimp specific food to cover their dietary requirements fully but mine will have a go at anything from cucumber, spinach, left over flake and granule food for fish and algae wafers. I would say if you kept still long...

The internal filter is also a possibility, have you emptied it. The puffer is definitely in the frame as well BTW. I have put loads in my 100ltr tank and don't see many of them. Possibly 6/7 at a time even though there should be 40+ in there from a previous shrimp set up. I'm hoping they will...

Hmm, makes you wonder if it might be down to whether they are raised around shrimp or not. Some say if the shrimp are there first they are less likely to get ate. Adding them afterwards can be seen as an addition of food for the existing fish. Once they have a taste for them :twisted:

I hope it works out for you :) In my case I decided not to remove the Betta. Not fair on the RCS I know but I have a constant supply from my shrimp only tank. The betta doesn't get them all as there is still a number of shrimp knocking about albeit very rarely seen. The betta doesn't have that...

If the shrimp had been trying to evade capture by crawling head first into some small gap and the Betta had been tugging on it from the tail that might explain the splitting of the shell just after the main body like it shows in your pic. I would wait and see if this fades, IME, if your tank had...

Maybe well off the mark but could the betta be to blame? I know from experience my betta would actively hunt down shrimp. They would catch and if possible kill but rarely eat as they were too big to fit in it's mouth. Betta are quite good at fitting into little gaps where shrimp would try and...

I'm quite lucky with yap water depending on how you look at it I suppose. I have no measurable hardness kh/gh using test kits and has tds 39ppm . If anything I need to add some minerals.

Yeah I think Crystals are my next venture. I keep my RCS at 22deg so they're already on tbe low side of tropical. My RCS get thinned out now and again by putting some of the bigger specimens in my community planted tank but there's no chance of reproducing in there, young just end up being fish...

Yes, currently have a little 5gallon with RCS. Last page post here http://www.ukaps.org/forum/index.php?threads/29836/ They're my first species and I've had them for a year or so. To be honest, they take no looking after. I think I'm ready for a new challenge and was contemplating CRS. I would...

Very nice shrimp and set up. I'm looking for a new shrimp challenge myself at the moment. These are contenders. Tapatalk On Blackberry PlayBook

Cool, now I just need to find where to get a poly box and heat pads from. :)

Would be good if someone posted up a description and some pictures of the proper way, or the least traumatic way of transporting shrimp. I have quite a number of RCS and won't post any through lack of knowing the correct way. Tapatalk On Blackberry PlayBook

RCS by AWB70, on Flickr My 5Gall RCS tank. I know, with the benefit of hind sight I shouldn't have used a red coloured gravel. It wasn't a planned tank I just had some cat litter and all the hardware lying about and thought I'd knock something together to experiment with shrimp. When numbers...

I have a Siamese AE in my tank with shrimp. It chases everything that moves but fortunately it's not the best of hunters. I think I've seen it get a lucky strike just once but I bet it couldn't do it again if it tried.

I think I read somewhere that culling of shrimp and selective breeding has little or no impact on the offspring of RCS. Really nice coloured shrimp will just have a whatever looking young it has so in effect you're not "fixing" a strain more just killing the ones you don't like the look of which...

I have some RCS I need to thin out. I intended to put them in my main tank but there's a sole Krib in there with an appetite for them! Not getting rid of the Krib until nature takes its course. It's already a good age. Just wondering what's the best way to post them regarding mail? Next day...

How do fallen leaves get on with Purigen, out of curiosity? I have some Almond leaves in both my shrimp and main tank. I guess the leaf breaking down in the tank is in effect adding some amount of bio-load. Would the Purigen be trying to strip this out as well as the tannins? If so I guess that...

My favourite is Blue Tiger. I've never owned or seen any in the flesh but looking at that picture they are now my favourite :)

No problem, sooner rather than later this time eh.

Seems to have affected all the biggest shrimp. The ones 10mm and under seem to have survived the best but to be honest who knows how many are actually in there. Once things are settled I'm going to give the tank a good clip out so I see what#s going on. Cat litter gravel doesn't help either...

Things seem to be calming down here. No losses today I can see anyway. I even give them a little bit of food to cheer them up! It's been over a week. Because I dropped the food in I got most of them into one corner and counted at least 20. Lot's of babies about so it shouldn't take long to build...

This may be of some use to you. AE one of our sponsors also have these if you don't want to take everything out. Not sure how effective they are, never tried one.

No sign of any major losses today now the lights have gone on. Majority still seem to be hanging about on the uppermost plant leaves as oppose to walking about on the substrate. Wondering whether to do another WC or maybe give them a bit of piece and do the change tomorrow.

No problem if things settle down over the next week it should be Ok. If I can see 20 its more likely there's 40. As long as I have enough to keep the colony going won't do any harm to have a clear out.

Lessons for the future is to keep numbers down. Problem is they breed that prolific by the time some of the adults get to a reasonable size to pass on you already have too many juveniles. Don't really want to sell them on unless they're a good size and you need them to mature and colour up to...

Was still a couple dead today but that's not surprising as there's not that many left. Did an other water change. One thing I noticed was the temperature was at 22 degree when I first went in as there is no central heating just a heater. Knowing from experience its freezing in there without the...

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. Only filter material I have is in my other tank but now the new filter has been running for five days it may be worth just fighting on. Not sure if breaking it down at this point would help. It must getting there by now. I'm using Tap water and warming it up...

More losses today. Just did another WC. Looking a bit empty in there now. Strange thing is the majority or survivors seem to be babies. There are even some little slither of ones on the glass that look like they were very recently born.

Only time will tell, I'll pop down tomorrow and do another water change. They definitely liven up and start grazing again after one. Hopefully over the next couple of days this filter will have populated enough and the shrimp will feel the benefit of some better filtration and a slightly higher...

It's an idea, not sure they would be unhappy about that. A couple of them are sitting right in the path of the outflow now. Makes me wonder of a few ventured too close to the intake, got stuck to it and died and the water went nasty quick with it being a newly set up filter. 5 Galls is not a...

Hard to tell if I've lost more or with the swirling action of the filter bodies that were tucked in behind scape have just eventually ended up around the intake of the filter. At a rough guess I would say I still have about 20ish adults and there a still some babies knocking about. Odd thing is...

do you think that the sintered glass medium may have traces of copper? It hasn't been in an aquarium for probably six months since I got my new filter! Brace yourselves, this is what greeted me today. Viewer discretion! This post may contain scenes some people may find upsetting...

I hadn't just bought it mate it was a prime 10 hydor I've had lying about for years. I gave it a good clean and used the dirty sponge from the internal I was using as well as some sintered glass medium I had lying around with floss. That's the best thing about this tank. I made it from stuff I...

I'm keeping positive, the whole colony started from about 10. Just need to sort these bleeding pipes. I maybe try the lfs and get some rigid tubing. Thought soft stuff would have better for lily pipes. Was one of them days when you think you've cracked it then after staring at it for 30 mins you...

Copper in water from the boiler, never thought of that you know something to remember. I usually bring my water up to temperature with water out the kettle. I still have berried females and males so should be Ok. I hope you have more luck than me mate.

Yeah ill pop in and do another water change I think. Problem with it being only 5 gallon is it can go sour in no time. I didn't manage to get all the corpse out. Hopefully the remaining ones are Ok and I can get my colony back up to full strength.

Oh mate I wish I had dropped them off yesterday. What a nightmare, I got into work today to find my carpet soaked and death of biblical proportion. I've had the lily pipes since before Christmas and the filter lying around for years. Had a quiet day at work so thought I'd sort it out, been...

Not my finest hour! Lots of deaths, not sure whether they died then got sucked towards the filter or the filter actually sucked them in too powerful that they couldn't escape. I've put a carbon filter sponge over the inlet for now. Hopefully that will suck out some toxins if there are any and...

:(Just lost a load of RCS after changing my filter. Switched from an internal to an external so I could use some lilly pipes I bought. Not sure what's went wrong. I did a 50% slow water change with water that was brought up to the same temp and the sponge that was in the internal I put in the...

Very keen to see how this is going as well.

Thanks guys, sorry for the confusion but the filter is an internal one like this. ipf by AWB70, on Flickr I noticed on this filter change that the spong had swollen up a bit. It had been standing dry so shrunk a touch. Hopefully now it's filling the canister out more there's less room for...

Anybody come up with any good ways of catching shrimp that have been in the filter? My RCS colony I'm trying to build up had a filter failure 2 week ago but I had a little hydor internal kicking about. Problem is it's partial to sucking in my baby shrimp. Cleaned it out today into a clear bucket...

After searching the board I came across this handy page on leaves courtesy of Garuf. Seems there are a few indigenous species that can be used. Has anybody had any experience with the types of tree mentioned?

I was just doing some research on ppm hardness for shrimp and came across people using oak leaves in the tank. Do they do the same thing as tea leaves and if so what would you need to do to them before putting them in the tank? There should be a few leaves about now would be cool to make some...

Ahh cool, I'm surprised you can make that out from the video. :shock:

Out of the original 10 I bought I have only counted 7 visible at one time, that's not to say there may be a couple I can't see. At least 4 of them seem to be berried females at the minute. What's with saddle?

My bambinos, you can just about make them out with my shaky mobile.

I will do mate where's best place to get it? The majority of the babies seem to all be on the white rock cleaning that up with a few on the glass. I noticed last night there were 2 or 3 on a little piece of algae wafer I put in for the grown ups so they already recognise some grub. Probably just...

Checked out Winezita1971 they have some good stuff on there will be ordering some leaves and moss. Some good news on the shrimp front, got back after working away for four days to give them a good feed and just happened to notice something flying past in the flow and thought it looked like it...

Lol yeah just realised looking at them now on eBay. There was a mention of tea bags and after all the diy stuff I read in this forum I assumed it was another cheaper alternative :) yeah I think ill get some of those leaves, I could do with some moss as welll aquatic magic have Catappa leaf is...