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Hi, I have been cycling my tank since late December of last year, so about three months. I used a GE Plant Light Bulb to grow algae and then stopped using it so the algae died. There were also some dead nats on the surface. The results were Nitrite: 0, Nitrate: 0, Ph:8.0, and Ammonia: .25. I bought ...

Hi, I've been cycling my tank for two months and tested some water. The results were Nitrite: 0, Nitrate: 0, Ph:8.0, and Ammonia: .25. Is the Ammonia too high for the shrimp?

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.. Ok, but boiling is over kill. My substrate and lava rocks get rinsed in warm to hot-ish tap water. Twelve tanks later and all is well with active breeding. And now that I think about it, some of the locally collected rocks I have used only got a quick rinse in cold tap water. No issues. When it ...

It looks good but I will say one thing. If the lid makes the system airtight and is going to be left on, then 25% of the volume should be air space. This is the advice of those who create sealed ecosystems. You need to allow for sufficient gas exchange between the water and air. If you are going to...

Dear members, Hello, My plan is to create sustainable bio-active ecosystems that require little to no maintenance so I created a few orchid terrariums with tropical millipedes and now I am creating this shrimp tank so that when I get busy after this pandemic is over I will be able to travel for wor...

Dear members, Hello, My plan is to create sustainable bio-active ecosystems that require little to no maintenance so I created a few orchid terrariums with tropical millipedes and now I am creating this shrimp tank so that when I get busy after this pandemic is over I will be able to travel for work...