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I wouldn't be able to tell when the spirulina is fully consumed. I put it in my freshwater tank that has cherry shrimp in it and the powder disappears as soon as it is put in. It is never visible anywhere. I mix it up in a little distilled water and then pour it in a very little amount at a time.

Here it is now. The salt has been in for 2 weeks and I added some sea fan. My ammonia reading is at 0.5 with nitrates at 5.0. The presence of the nitrates gives me hope that the ammonia will soon be gone. I have a question. If the tank finishes cycling and there is still no algae growth other than t...

Is that a different type from a Marimo?

I put the Anubias in a freshwater tank and it is already growing a new leaf. I won't be putting any more plants in. I read that Anubias and Java Fern can survive in slightly brackish water with a salinity up to 1.005 but will suffer in anything more than that. I used the packet of salt I was sent so...

The salt has been in for 10 days and I tested the water. Ammonia is at 0.5 and Nitrates are at 5.0 The macroalgae looks good but there is no growth of any other kind. I added a piece of dried sea fan as decoration. I did add a little Safe Start and also had a piece of filter media from a freshwater ...

I never knew that mossballs reproduced like that. I thought just little pieces broke off or got torn off and then slowly grew.

The white stripe could be a bad sign. I know that on Cherry shrimp it can indicate a difficulty with molting. Hopefully that is not the case here.

I am still waiting for my salt and macroalgae to get here. It was supposed to be delivered yesterday but never got here. Now it says the delivery date is unknown. I'm hoping it comes Monday and I hope the algae will still be alive. In the meantime, I bought a piece of sculptured lava rock on Amazon ...

I hatch my brine shrimp in an old lunch meat container with an inch or less of water in it and no aeration. I always get hundreds of them and they last about a week. I also use plain Kosher salt. There is no need for those fancy hatcheries.

I doubt if he was crushed but he might have been unable to push the gravel back up and suffocated.

I am starting a brackish water tank for Opae Ula shrimp. The water in it right now is distilled. If I jump start a cycle by either adding TSS or a piece of filter media from a freshwater tank, will that bacteria be killed off when I add the reef salt to make the half strength seawater?

I'm using distilled water but the tap water here is very good. There is no ammonia, nitrite, or nitrate present. It is treated with chlorine and not chloramines so a simple dechlorinator does the trick. Ph is 7.6 and the hardness is moderate and perfect for snails and shrimp. GH, KH, and TDS reading...

Just FYI, when I set up my Betta tank a year ago I put a Nerite snail in almost immediately. It was well before the cycle had even completed. The snail survived excellently. There was no form of algae present, green nor brown, and the snail never ate any kind of food that was added. I wondered how i...

It is a real Anubias. Why would it harm the shrimp? I don't understand that. Is it that it will consume the nutrients in the water and inhibit algae growth? I have 2 freshwater tanks I can move it to. I had just read that Anubias and Java Fern can live in brackish water. How would this be for a repl...

I got a one gallon tank, put in the gravel,an anubias plant, and filled it with distilled water. Now I need to get the salt and macroalgae and then wait until it's ready for the shrimp. I also might add a small rock or two and some carbonate pebbles.