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Hello Piscesgirl, I feed my shrimps algae wafers, flakes, brine shrimp, blood worms, basically what ever I feed my fish. The shrimps get more then their fair share cause the fish I have in the tank are small ( Cardinals & Rummynose tetras ) and the shrimp have no trouble snagging food away from ...

Hi Tim, My I have no ammonia in my tank or at least that’s what my test kit tells me. My Crystals are eating normally, they are quick to get food when I drop some in and they always seem to be pooping :D My temp is at 75 F. but I'm not sure what my kH is at cause I never tested it before. I will go ...

My Crystal reds don't seem to be as bright colored as when I first got them. The bright red is light red now and the white is kinda translucent almost see-through and not very much white at all. Is the color change due to the molting cause they seem to be growing. Or is it from my ph being to high c...

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Mustafa

Where is a good place to store my images online?

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Pete

Hello everyone, All of my amanos seem to be going crazy! They are swimming around and crawling up and down very fast. It seems like they are playing tag cause they keep chasing each other off. I have 20+ amanos in my 125g tank. At first I thought that there might be something wrong with my water but...

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Hi Ethan,

What types of shrimps do you have besides the Crystal reds?


Pete

Ouch! :( Sorry to hear about your shrimps and rainbows. My guess is that the rust might have been your problem. From my understanding, Rusted metals in the tank are bad for fish and I can only image that shrimps would be worse off with it in the tank. Most people I know that have ricca use stainless...

I don't inject CO2 in my tank (Yet) but I do add Flourish Excel liquid CO2. I think that the two Cherries must have died of natural causes cause so far the rest seem fine and they have lost their shyness. As for molting problems, I have noticed more and more empty exos scattered about. I do have a q...

Will calcium carbonate be safe for my plants? And it will raise my ph.... Right now my ph is at 7.4

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Pete

Last night I noticed a 2 inch amano with a full load of eggs. From what I have read they won't hatch since they need to be in brackish water. Now if only my darn Cherry reds or my Crystal reds would start producing some eggs.


Pete

Piscesgirl, I'm starting to notice that more and more my ramhorn snail pests are starting to become white and translucent. Does that mean that there might not be enough calcium? I know that I am having some good molting in the tank cause I have seen a lot of empty shell-skins mostly from my amanos d...

I think I will only use they ferts when it's absolutely necessary and in half dosage. Thanks again for the advise Mustafa and Picesgirl

Pete

I'm thinking with your low kh (1.5 degree of hardness?), you may not have enough calcium in your tank to help the shrimp get through molting. Do you have pest snails in the tank? If so, are their shells dark and shiny or are they turning white and translucent? Before I had shrimps in my tank my pes...