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- Mon Nov 06, 2006 3:02 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: When blue shrimp become orange
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I'm a noob at shrimp, so take what I say with a grain of salt, but I've seen these listed as black, blue, red, or green midget shrimp (Caridina sp.), and they are almost always actually the color in your pictures. They do vary in color a lot though, so if you used a healthy dose of imagination they ...
- Mon Nov 06, 2006 2:39 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: Shrimp MIA
- Replies: 20
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I wasn't planning on any plants, and no matter where I put the thing, it'll get sunshine part of the day (whoever designed this house did not have aquariums in mind) so algae whould take care of itself. I'll keep that in mind though. It's looking like I might be able to by a tank and hood cheap from...
- Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:29 am
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: so indecisive about a substrate!
- Replies: 36
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Easy. If you soak porus rock in sugare, it will penetrate deeply after a month or so. You can then heat the rock slowly to carbonize the sugar and the rock will become jet black. This is an old lapidary trick to produce a fake black opal. So, do you bake them in the oven? What temperature, how long...
- Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:38 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: so indecisive about a substrate!
- Replies: 36
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Ok, I thought that might be the case... I wasn't really planning on a leaf bottom tank, but rather mostly rocks from my local creek and a leaf litter area at the front. I was trying to figue out how to not screw it up... I've never done a shrimp tank before, and am afraid of accidentally killing the...
- Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:52 am
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: so indecisive about a substrate!
- Replies: 36
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- Wed Nov 01, 2006 11:11 am
- Forum: Other Invertebrates
- Topic: Mysterious spotted snails
- Replies: 21
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- Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:50 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: so indecisive about a substrate!
- Replies: 36
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- Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:34 pm
- Forum: Other Invertebrates
- Topic: Mysterious spotted snails
- Replies: 21
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If they are Physa or Physella sp. pond snails then they won't eat any plants. I have Physa sp. all over my tanks and they don't do any harm. Really? Hooray! Googling left me with the impression that all pond snails equal death to plants. I'm glad I haven't done anything about them yet then. :-D I g...
- Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:44 am
- Forum: Other Invertebrates
- Topic: Mysterious spotted snails
- Replies: 21
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- Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:13 pm
- Forum: Other Invertebrates
- Topic: Mysterious spotted snails
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10984
Mysterious spotted snails
Awhile back, I found a clear blob with dots in it on one of my plants. Curious, I let it be, and the dots grew and then vanished one by one. I didn't see any new life for awhile, so I assumed whatever it was got eaten, but now I have quite a few very small (size of a large pin head) snails, that are...
- Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:30 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: Shrimp MIA
- Replies: 20
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- Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:26 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: cyanobacteria as food?
- Replies: 18
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- Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:33 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: Shrimp MIA
- Replies: 20
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I thought it was good to have gravel, because it gave the algae and good bacterias a place to grow? How much leaf litter are you talking about? Like, covering the bottom, or less? I actually live near a good sized creek, and was thinking of covering the bottom of my tank mostly with rocks from there...
- Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:16 am
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: Shrimp MIA
- Replies: 20
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A 10 gallon tank costs about half what a 5 gallon tank costs, and it is much better for the shrimp. It's as much of a space issue as a cost issue, although I'll bring that up... he just doesn't seem to understand why I need more than one tank. :roll: :D I certainly do want a ten gal, at least, I re...
- Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:12 pm
- Forum: General Shrimp Forum
- Topic: Shrimp MIA
- Replies: 20
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I know I need an all shrimp tank, I'm having a little trouble talking my husband into anything bigger than five gallons though... :evil: On a good note though, we found one of the zebras, it's in this cave under one of the rocks that seems to go way back, so they're probably hiding in there. I'll pr...