Recent content by TheCasualist

Does anyone have their preferences when it comes to brand and recommendations for the lighting of a tank with 4 x 2 x 2 dimension? (I think roughly around 94 US gallons) preferably (and I don't know that this exists) the type where one bulb = low lighting, and two bulbs = medium :P so I can...

I think we might have a problem... my last test indicates .25 to .5 ppm ammonia (I think? it was either the 2nd or 3rd colour in the API test kit... according to what I read it would kill the shrimps... would they kill automatically? I'm a bit confused because I don't see any sign of them being...

As always, swift replies. You guys are great :) will check them out, thanks!

Question: has any of you ever tried experimenting with activated carbon in a planted tank? I heard conflicting report regarding these, and reason I ask is because Aquaclear 20 came with it, so it's in my filter at the moment. Not that I have any problem with the easy plants I currently...

after further research (on shrimp deaths and moulting) it seems probably better to at least wait for a few days before truly panicking. no true corpses has come out yet and I doubt the shrimps could/would eat them(2 of them) spotless within 7 hours (that's if they started right away the moment I...

The lfs tested with liquids... i am hoping theyre molting, though now the thought springs to mind that they might have died during molting, and the other shrimps ate them.. hope that wasnt the case, as i havent seen any stray tails or heads floating around, just some outer transparent case. What...

Yeah i know i was overfeeding with the last feeding, i was just trying to get all of them to come out to see how many still alive. This morning i only see 3... its a bit weird, whenever i count them before midnight i never lost one, but come morning some is always missing... what do they usually...

so my lfs said that my water looks fine... so I bought 5 red cherry shrimp :P that was yesterday(he actually threw in 6). One seems to die though I can't see any corpses... the rest of the 5 are still alive, and seem to be doing fine running around the tank, hanging on the crypts or ambulias...

well, I actually bought the Aquaclear 20 now.. *can't resist* :) the water is now clearer, and the plants seem growing (crypts looks like it's just surviving, but the anubias seems flourishing), while there are diatoms in some places... I heard they just go away as time goes by. And there seems...

yeah sounds about right, our water doesn't really have much of a hardness. I'll try to get crushed corals. most lfs should have them, yea? how much should I put in a 5 gallon, and what's the routine? daily water change or weekly should be fine?

Thanks :) having said that, after a few hours of water change the ph always sink to 6.0 or below... I know ph swings are expected during a cycle but I don't think it was supposed to go down that far? the tap water ph is 7.0... if it's ok then can you suggest a routine that I can do to keep the...

I'll take a look when a good deal is on, but from what I gather right now it's not that urgent so I can take my time on it right? I don't like how my bank account looks for the past week :/ on another note, just did a water change and at the moment it's looking like there's only reading of...

it's not that I need to move them, but I can't help but mess them because if you had a look at the pics I posted a few days ago, the filter is the type that sits at the bottom of the tank. the only way to change the medium inside that cartridge is to lift it up, and given the size of the filter...

the heatwaves have stopped and I now have the water temp steady between 24-27(had to put the heater on 23). does anyone have any suggestion on the best filter media for my tank? I'm getting confused with the information on the internet and now even start thinking that I don't need the...

thanks CourSair :)