Recent content by Kazin

Ok thank you for the advice. I looked into it. For a mag 18 pump, they run about $180. That's a bit expensive. I really wouldn't mind pumping very slowly uphill if it's just for water changes. Is there a weaker pump that would do it? For example, most weaker pumps say there is an auto shut...

I am thinking to install several tanks in my cellar/basement. I don't have drainage in this cellar. For water changes, I was wondering if anyone knows of products or DIY setup that could reliably carry the water up one flight of stairs. Preferably looking for an electric water changer that can...

All right, I'm convinced that it was this accidental contamination then. Permethrin is known to be extremely toxic to aquatic inverts in low quantities. I hope that your tank recovers soon...

Oh no! I did that the first time I bought my red neos. If you want some tips to make sure you have a bulletproof setup the next time you try, reply here and I'll try to help you not repeat the same mistakes I made.

Found some online. Please delete. And thanks for the tips everyone!

Nice CPO Autumnsky! $12.50 is a steal here in the Bay area. Seen em listed $15-20. All that Google/Apple/Facebook money pushing the prices sky high.

+1 to this. Autumnsky really knows inverts. I completely agree that CPOs get really reclusive when they molt. If you didn't see the dead body, it's maybe not dead CPOs try and canabalize each when they molt, so they're good at hiding. I once "lost" a single CPO in a bare 5 gallon with a...

Welcome to the shrimp keeping hobby! Neocaridinas breed readily with other neocaridinas. You certainly could buy some blue neos and put them in with your red neos, but then you'd potentially revert to wild type coloration in their offspring. You definitely will not get an additive color...

Are you 100% sure it was the medicine residue on your hands? What is the chemical name of the medicine? Some of these medicines are actually purposely used in shrimp tanks in small doses, so there's a chance that this may not have been the cause. I've read reports of shrimp and fish freaking...

Looking for a decent sized chunk of snail-free Java moss for newly cycled aquarium. Thanks! [Oh and if you know someone with Green Babaulti Shrimp, pass me their info. Can't find any online.]

Hi Dallas! I'm looking for snail-free Java moss. Is yours snail-free and do you have any left? Thanks, Kazin.

Bump. I am still looking for Green Babaulti Shrimp to restart my colony. Thanks!

Fast moving, moving its head around looking for something, opaque white - darker in the middle: You almost certainly have planaria! Does its head look an arrow point? Maybe type planaria into google images to confirm, but I think that's gotta be it. If you do think you have planaria and hydra...

HAHA by rearrange I more was thinking along the lines of dig up and remove from the substrate. They for whatever reason pulled up my dwarf hairgrass strand by strand until it was all floating at the top of my tank! They even try to eat the roots of DHG sometimes. I think that you CAN keep CPOs...

Any private breeders out there? I just want a few so I can start my colony back up. Moved and sold off my previous. Finally have a tank cycled and free for them. Thanks, Kazin