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i got a couple here for the beginning. im going to have to repurpose some lights and plants from another tank, but way worth it.

finally got the 40B full. RO water and Instant Ocean Sea Salt (2 boxes for 10 gallons each) - that means in about 2 months i can order my shrimp!!! yay! which gives me enough time to save the money for them, and order my macroalgae in one month.

once a week maybe less if there is a lot of algea

does anyone use these? if so what are your results? im trying them in my small tanks. if thry work well ill use them always

update on the ghost shrimps :smt013 :-x i put a single mosquito fish into the tank for 2 weeks while i quickly cycled another 10gal for 3 of them with a seeded sponge filter, and the one fish ate and or killed 20 shrimp in 2 weeks. i have 1 left, 21 when the fish went in. so i think im going to move...

unlikely that you starved them. the strips are inaccurate. you should get some liquid drop tests and use those. they are cheap and more accurate.

hi, can we get some exact numbers to better understand whats going on possibly? it might have been that the GH/KH was too high for them. or possibly switching the substrate caused a mini-cycle and the ammonia spike killed them.

+1 on probably what they eat. my ghosts have different colored bellies all the time from what they eat

hmm, i suppose a better question would have been it have red eyes? thats the trait that would say if it was or not isuppose. but im no genetics expert lol

is it albino do you think?

~8gallons

yesterday before i went to work (in like an hour and a half maybe 2) i put together this 10gal with flourite black sand and some plants i bought online a little bit ago. i didnt rinse the sand i just put it in and filled with air line tube on a plate as not to disturb the sand. i had 0 - yes 0! - cl...

forgot these in the last post. lol

quick update i switched the 20H to a 20L its going to be some pristella tetras, dwarf corys, and ottos. probably some snails from the plants i put in. the 10 gal shrimp tank is dong good. i saw a juvi shrimp in there once, but havent seen it since. all the other times they were copepods :( but i do ...