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Look, I'm not trying to make waves or start a thriving marketplace for one place or another. If Mustafa would have posted the rest of my PM (private) being the main point of the message, you would have noted that my goal was to find a place or person who was raising captive bred shrimp. I consider m...

This is a test to see if we can run a thread on who to mostly avoid and who you have had good luck going through for quality captive bred shrimp. I have my least favorite but I'm not up for another bash session on the folks down south if we cannot post places that are good to go through. I know I ca...

Why not pick up some macroalgae from a LFS? They usually sell it for refugium in salt tanks. Should work well in that level of salinity as well.

does anyone else raise these and have they had success keeping to breeding age? If so, what is your tank setup?

So in a batch of "tiger shrimp" from a little place in Tucson about 1 month ago I also received some very small babies. They were the only things to survive the 2 hour overnight mail from there (mostly belly up shrimp on arrival). Anyway, 1 month later and it comes true that whatever they ...

So talked to the guy at the LFS about possibly using erythromycin for getting rid of the BGA in my 45 gal tank. He was not really into that one, instead he wanted to sell me the $300 UV sterilizer saying that this was the best option along w/ weekly water changes (which aren't helping). Both my 10 g...

Picked them up in Fort Collins CO in either late 2001 or early 2002. They lived in a very pathetic existence (single bubbler and overrun tank w/ java moss w/ barely any light) for about a year, was actually unaware that they were still there for almost 8 months (possibly 1 or 2 water changes at that...

So my amanos must be going through their cycle at the moment. Males are doing odd darting motions all about the tank (tail in the air, flicking all around the tank), noted first pregnant female today and Males are all about another large female w/ very large ovaries today (riding on her back at the ...

I've got Plenty of BGA despite a 4 day "blackout". Nitrates/nitrites are zero accoring to testing. I have noted a few cherries die in last week but none of my water values have changed nor have I added/taken away anything (except 20% water change w/ R/O as usual). I'm just wondering if the...

Anyone know how long it takes from first noticing saddle on RCS to the time it takes for eggs to be under them?

I currently have like 6 sheds at the bottom of my cherry/amano thank that look disgusting. Nobody is touching them, should i just take them out then?

Sorry, what is MTS?

shrimp sheds.

Question? Does anyone know if there is a true value to keeping the old exo's in the tank after the molt? Will the nutrients actually stay in the tank or should I just get them out?

I'm hoping cured live rock or even base rock would be fine. Just need the microbes on it to do their duty. My amano ladies are w/ child again, should see zoes in about 4 weeks. Gives me some time to set up the tank. Any suggestions on who/what animal/stuff to help cycle the tank w/. Never done marin...

Has anyone tried onyx? Is there a difference from TMS?

Anything wrong w/ using flourite or ecocomplete underneath - dude at fish store told me that I would be better to mix ecocomplete and onxy w/ some ecocomplete on top.