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Finally seeing some biofilm forming on the surface of the water... as well as some small little dead flies on it... the light seems to attracts insects... my other smaller tanks have proper cover so no such problem... and the water seems to evaporate quite fast... i need to top up 500ml in less than...

This is my 3rd attemp in DIYing my own tank... the first 2 are smaller tanks with little decorations... after those 2 tanks seems to be doing very well... decided to custom made a crystal tank to fit one corner of my TV console... This will be my 7th tank in total... the rest are all bought from sto...

Just an update... 1 month into my new tank... the only shrimp that i put in had molted 3 times and algae is forming on the glass and other surfaces... i never knew they molt so fast... perhaps it is the new environment causing it to molt more frequently? I don’t usually notice molting in my other ta...

Horned nerites are preferred here in Singapore because owners mostly kept small tanks... they are much smaller than the other nerites... so it will look nicer on small tanks... but despite their small size... they are extremely hardworking... I would say 1 should be enough... give it a week or so to...

Just an update as it has been a while. Shrimps are doing fine, but the diatoms (brown algae) are really annoying. I have two options: leaving the tank so all glass gets covered with the ugly diatoms (and i dont see any shrimp), or cleaning the glass and disturbing the shrimp so they become pale and...

I'm a little surprised by the answers, for me "not cycling" a tank is to avoid all together, except in emergency situations. Because your tank will cycle, no matter what you do. In any new tank system, cycling happens. Beneficial bacteria and algea (=processing ammonia/nitrites/nitrates) ...

Yup i was trying to experiment without cycling... I setup the tank totally new... with newly washed and dried substrate, new glass container, some coral pcs... newly mixed bottled distilled water with sea salt to abt 1.012 salinity... added some marimo moss balls... the only contact with an establis...

I just setup a very small tank and put 1 shrimp in it. It had been 3 days and the shrimp is still alive and actively swimming. At first it just went swimming in cycle as it seems stressed. But after 1 day, it started to swim more like it is looking for food although its color is not as red as before...

i dun think it is the feeding regime... i had a similar tank at home and feed them the same way... the only difference i notice is the water temp... the temp at my home is more consistent and that tank is breeding on and off... yah maybe i try to cut down on the feeding for that tank to see if it he...

should have abt 100pcs in the tank... i'm feeding them abt once per week... recently bought this "booster" from a local shop selling this supershrimp... the owner claimed it can boost breeding activity... from what i see it is probably 95% spirulina poweder... and another 5% reddish colour...

I have a 20L tank in my office. During daytime when the aircon is switch on, the tank temp is ard 25C... but over the weekends when nobody is in the office the aircon is switched off, the temp in the tank can soar up to 32C or even higher... Will it be better for me to place a heater to regulate it ...

Ryangiggs, besides the temperature difference and the new light with strong leds (Zedlight UFO, is it?), what else might be different? Did the store personnel feed the shrimp at the store? The fact that they’re berrying means the conditions are good for adults, maybe something isn’t quite right for...

Thanks for the reply. My tank is quite a mature tank which i bought from a shop... it was already a thriving tank with quite a few berried shrimps and a number of larvaes and shrimplets... there are probably abt 200 shrimps now... the shop owner claimed that they started out with just 30+ shrimps.....

Just curious... it had been sometime you last updated... are ur shrimps breeding now? through the months... my shrimps are constantly getting berried... but i do no see any new shrimplets... not even in larvae stage... was wondering whether the lighting is too intense for them... will try lowering ...

Just curious... it had been sometime you last updated... are ur shrimps breeding now? through the months... my shrimps are constantly getting berried... but i do no see any new shrimplets... not even in larvae stage... was wondering whether the lighting is too intense for them... will try lowering t...