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1 died following a battle we think as it lost a claw and a leg. Just have the one now. Hardly ever see him, he hide in the dark and even hangs upside down in the burrows we made. lol

I have checked everywhere, if it did jump out when I was cleaning it would have probably met the cats by now. Been a few weeks now since I last saw it.

I've lost one of my two RCS? If she was ill would my fish have eaten her? I've emptied the tank looking for her but she is not anywhere. I have emptied the filters too and looked for signs of her but nothing. My male RCS has molted but spends all day hiding under the bogwood. I have a...

I used a natural cat litter with just fullers earth in it. Mixed with bark and husk etc. until mold-able. They are currently in an old aquarium with a wire lid, heat mat underneath and have some burrows, tunnels, water and an upturned coconut shell to hide in. We gave them some mealworms...

Took a sample to the LFS to test and their kit (JBL I think) showed no ammo, no nitrite and about 10 nitrate. They did PH hi and norm and it was about 7.4 ??? They suggested doing a test on my normal tap water to get a base to work from. Photos below of tap water - It appears the only...

Does anyone have keep any of these? We purchased 2 from a LFS but after only 2 weeks they both died at the same time. We were unsure if they were trying to moult and couldn't get out of their shells. The LFS is keeping them submerged as fully aquatic but reading up on them they are...

Well, no PWC for 3 days. Just tested and everything has remained the same. PH High - 7.8 to 8.0 Ammonia - 0 to 0.25 (Very mild green hint) NitrItes - 0 (No purple tinges whatsoever) NitrAtes - 10 to 15 (a bit darker orange than normal) As it's the weekend and I'm still showing a slight...

I am I think. 11g 1 x zebra danio 1 x pearl danio 3 x glo light tetra 1 x bristlenose catfish 2 red cherry shrimp I didn't know danios need a 3ft min length tank before as I did have 4 of them but 2 died. These 2 seem to be fighters though, just when I think they look ill, the next morning...

it seems to be going very slowly. PWC 50% every day. Ammo hovers around 0 - 0.25 (looks like a wee, yellow but hint of green) and NitrItes are still always Zero (light blue, no purple). NitrAtes remain at 10 (dark orange). I added some bogwood and my PH has lowered slightly from 8.0 to 7.8...

I've read it and others many times. It just seemed strange I had NitrItes and then they went.

lol, ok my bad. None of my plants apart from my moss are real. Here is Mrs RCS - Was worried cos last night she got stuck in my filter casing. I could see her but she couldn't get out due to the suction. I turned it off and she dropped to the bottom. Seems to be making a good recovery now...

Thanks for the replies, originally I thought it was a male RCS but when I got my other one (female I think) it made me think twice. The male is 1/2 the size of the female, but maybe the female is older? I didn't think they needed 'live' plants?

Am I doing something wrong? My NO2 is consistently showing zero now but ammo is at 0.25 - 0.50 every 24hrs. I am PWC 50-75% each day, which does drop the ammo to zero but NO3 remains at 10ppm ever since I started testing. I need the NO2 bacteria to come through to keep my ammo down, but since...

I bought this little guy sold as a Red Cherry Shrimp. Then I got a proper RCS ans saw an immediate difference in colour. What is this one?

I've upgraded from a 15l to a 30l and now a 50l. All within about 6 weeks. I can't go any bigger, just yet. I was told the Bristlenose Plec would only grow to 2"