Recent content by Otaku521

Hong Kong pricing is a lil different... They are roughly like less than us$3 a piece here Scientific Name: Caridina gracilirostris See If u can find it where u are... Note with all live animals... I acculturate them at least 2-3 hours before release them into the tank (Yes maybe over kill)

Finicky?? Don't know about that? They are hardy lil thing I raise my ph from 5.1 to 6.2 by adding a rock in the tank and coral chips in my filter And they are still here... ( in a period of a week slowly)

Well they are great algae eaters!! I got them cause I had a outbreak of hair/thead algae... Got 6 of them and clear my tank in 3 days!

Just some video updates: Shrimp Feast 3 - YouTube Shrimp Feast 2 - YouTube Shrimp Feast 1 - YouTube :)

I love my 3 panda loaches! but if you have shrimp tank, they will come along and eat their food as well... (which they will sometimes use their tail and swipe shrimps to hand off the food) they also eat dead snails too which IMHO is a nice thing!

Thanks Borderlesscott!

Hi everyone! Just wanted to share and please give me some comments on my tank... thanks! Tank: 24 x 12 x 14 V Brand Filter: 1) Atman CF1200 + 1 J Brand Prefilter (with 2 trays of no name brand bio rings + Seachem Puragen on 3rd Tray) 2) Nisso Undergravel Filter Air Pump: Aquaone...

Lets all see in 6 month and give it a update :brows::brows:

well.. my atman CF1200 canister (1000L/H flow) is hooked up to the "RFUGF" system it is just literally I just got a series of rain bars (with the jet stream point up) hooked them up on the bottom of the tank (in zigzag formation to cover the bottom of the tank as much as possible) and buried it...

(maybe over pebbles alone it might be better? didn't try that yet)

well I am running a spray bar faceing up to the water covered with a layer of bio rings and sand over on top... but this still have to vaccum substrate...

So you mean removing the bio rings on the bottom would be better? most of my plants are tied on rocks or driftwood... so I think I would be fine for now?

There is one thought tho... instead of using SAND... I am thinking of using pebbles instead.. dont know if this will work as I have plants in the tank as well... maybe I strap them down on a lava rock and cover them up with pebbles first

How come keeping it clean long term is going to be challenging? could you g the reason being using this set up is to: 1) flow will not be too strong for my fish and shrimp (I am running a 1000L/H atman canister filter behind my RUGF) it used to be with my rain bars (drilled bigger holes and...

if you worry about currents affecting your fish... how bout RUGF? reverse under gravel filters... just run it backwards...