Recent content by SgtMjr

What I mean is... Stock fish light. Meaning if you plan on having 20 neons, six Cory's,12 rummynose, and a pair of Balloon rams... Stock the Cory's and neons... Then add the rummynose and rams after a couple of weeks... Select the hardier species first, then add your more sensitive...

Its a brackish water seaweed. Your wood probably came from a brackish water inlet somewhere and still contained the "seed" plant.

If you have another aquarium you can transfer over some filter media and stock light or request some filter media from your LFS and seas with that. I have set up the filter i intend to use on an existing setup for a week of two before i set up the new quarters... Then stock light and transfer...

My Amano are in with large angels and ram pairs and do fine. The fish ignore them, even when they were smaller in the 1" range. Unfortunately I cannot post anymore photos, I have exceeded my limit on the forum.

I thought they stayed relatively small... But mine are 2-21/2". On a site note: my local aquarium store "Nature Aquarium" in Santa Monica, told me not to feed them to keep them algae hungry. So along with the algae, they decimate my Val, Downoi, Fissidens, and Starougyn. Greedy little...

I am interested, how do i PM you?

I did not know ghost shrimp could grow in feshwater! That's cool,)

Can you post a picture of mommy and baby?

,) I should have added a ,) and lol... No apologies necessary... I am an easy going lady, just loving the little colorful boogers... Hey, maybe the blue, yellow, and fires will make a new color strain in my kitchen counter...

I understand that... I am not a purist..

Very true, I was hoping my red and yellows variants would produce ORANGE babies! LOL!!! na, just kidding. Everyone's doing great and my peacocks are already making babies... So all is good.

Does lead only cause cancer in California? I guess i better move,)

Try and catch the females with eggs and let the drop in the box.. Then remove them and raise the babies.... I keep moss in the boxes with the babies until they are 1/4" then i set them free. So far about 15 to 20 survive each drop to 1/4". I dont know if that's more than just letting them do...

I will try that Can i erase prior posts?

I cannot upload anymore photos,( but its clear... It's not BBA or green fuzz, it's like spider webs, long thin filaments... Clear and thin. I will see if i can delete my prior photos and upload one ASAP.