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- Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:22 am
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Tank cleaning?
- Replies: 7
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Re: Tank cleaning?
Low 50's? Wow, I have to keep the house at 68 at least and even then, I'm wearing a sweatshirt and sweater. In the 50's I'd never get out of bed.
- Sun Jan 31, 2021 3:27 pm
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Heater recs please!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6397
Re: Heater recs please!
No heater is necessary. You really can't get one for a tank that small that would be reliable and safe anyway. The ones made for small containers do not have a thermostat in them and it's always a possibility that your animals could get cooked.
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:56 am
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Feeding frenzy
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5851
Re: Feeding frenzy
Yeah just as much spirulina powder that sticks to the outside of a dry round toothpick. They get it like once every 2 or 3 weeks.
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:23 am
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Feeding frenzy
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5851
Re: Feeding frenzy
Try now.
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:39 pm
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Feeding frenzy
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5851
Feeding frenzy
This is my one gallon tank after adding a bit of spirulina powder.
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- Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:49 am
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: What is it?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2320
Re: What is it?
I can't say what they are but they resemble baby brine shrimp. Maybe some type of copepod?
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:36 pm
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Plant fertilizer in shrimp tanks
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3155
Re: Plant fertilizer in shrimp tanks
It is not advisable. The shrimp are eating the algae as soon as it appears and that's why you never see any. The aquarium fertilizers like Seachem's Flourish might be safer but I still wouldn't use it. I have never seen any algae growth in my one gallon tank (except for the macroalgae that now has a...
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 3:26 pm
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: New Tank Setup, Please Review
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4819
Re: New Tank Setup, Please Review
JennyPenny, how about vinegar to clean the rocks? I realized from the pictures of the lava rocks that there is some dirt and old moss or grass attached to them. If I shouldn't boil them, maybe scrub really well and then bathe in vinegar? Thanks again for your help. The problem with cleaning lava ro...
- Sun Dec 27, 2020 1:53 pm
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Mossball / cladophora / gorgone
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1595
Re: Mossball / cladophora / gorgone
Just to help. The "gorgon" is a piece of sea fan. Since it hasn't caused any problems in the ecosphere, it certainly won't in a larger container.
- Wed Dec 23, 2020 1:05 pm
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Help-Ammonia in tank
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1706
Re: Help-Ammonia in tank
Something that most aquarium keepers don't know is that the toxicity of ammonia increases with the pH of the water. At a pH of 7.0, virtually none of any ammonia present is in the toxic form. At a pH of 8.0, nearly all of it is toxic and readings should be at 0 at all times. https://pethelpful.com/f...
- Thu Dec 17, 2020 7:00 am
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Setting up my Hawaiian-theme Nano Tank
- Replies: 50
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Re: Setting up my Hawaiian-theme Nano Tank
Tap water does not always contain nitrates. Mine has none. If any minerals are added to distilled or r/o water, is is tantamount to contamination. The water is no longer pure. The distilled water sold for 80 cents a gallon at Walmart is perfect. It is not necessary for the pH of an Opae tank to be 8...
- Thu Dec 17, 2020 6:53 am
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Setting up my Hawaiian-theme Nano Tank
- Replies: 50
- Views: 14360
Re: Setting up my Hawaiian-theme Nano Tank
Tap water does not always contain nitrates. Mine has none. If any minerals are added to distilled or r/o water, is is tantamount to contamination. The water is no longer pure. The distilled water sold for 80 cents a gallon at Walmart is perfect. It is not necessary for the pH of an Opae tank to be 8...
- Wed Dec 16, 2020 5:21 am
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Setting up my Hawaiian-theme Nano Tank
- Replies: 50
- Views: 14360
Re: Setting up my Hawaiian-theme Nano Tank
If the tank is set up correctly with the proper salt and true distilled water, (if it says minerals were added, it is NOT distilled water) the pH should never be an issue. Your attempts to adjust pH were what led me to assume you used tap water. However, what you did use is not very far from being t...
- Tue Dec 15, 2020 8:26 am
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Setting up my Hawaiian-theme Nano Tank
- Replies: 50
- Views: 14360
Re: Setting up my Hawaiian-theme Nano Tank
You should have set up the tank using a good sea salt like Instant Ocean and distilled water. Tap water should never have even gotten near. A mix of 4 tablespoons of Instant Ocean to a gallon of distilled water is perfect. There's really no need to even check salinity if that formula is followed.
- Mon Dec 14, 2020 11:40 am
- Forum: Supershrimp!
- Topic: Setting up my Hawaiian-theme Nano Tank
- Replies: 50
- Views: 14360
Re: Setting up my Hawaiian-theme Nano Tank
Why are you using a filter? It is not needed not recommended.