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Here is a picture of my tank. I do have a few live plants and two marimo balls.

Has anyone has problems with driftwood in a RCS tank? I'm not sure what is wrong with my tank. I had an established 15 gallon tall with bloodfin tetras and a dwarf gourami and decided to dedicate it to shrimp. I returned all my fishes to the store, and bought 7 RCS and 3 amanos. I had a nerite snail...

KenCotigirl wrote:I am not artistic but I would go with something vertical. Fan coral. Shrimp go it. Does not block your view. Adds lots of surface area. Who wants their shrimp to hide.

Ken

I'm going to take your advice and get a fan coral. Thank you!

Varanus wrote:You might also review the topics I made concerning my own step by step set up of a tank. viewtopic.php?f=16&t=5771

Thanks for the link! I will read your thread.

Hello JennyPenny nice to have you here. I would think getting the microalgae and a few snails now would be fine. The algae and snails i believe is helpful in adding good bacteria to your tank. Send some pictures of your tank. Ken Thank you! I'm not sure it this will work or not. I'm going to try to...

Do you think I could order the microalgae now, or should I wait until I can have the water checked? I think I'll get one of those API test kits for the water.

I have been reading about setting up an opae ula tank ever since I saw the awful ecosphere post on Facebook. I bought a 2 gallon tank and used about 3/4 inch of aragonite gravel/sand as substrate, and have a few small pieces of coral. I plan to get some lava or limestone rock very soon so my shrimps...