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Amano shrimp get bigger than most dwarf shrimpand are voracious algae eaters, but they aren't very colorful. Bamboo shrimp are fairly large too but they are filter feeders so you could have at most 1 of em in a well established 10 gal, which may still be too small for it. Tiger shrimp get a...

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f12/lead-weights-32461.html They are usually made out of a zinc-tin alloy, which is harmless. if it is a zinc-tin alloy it will be more whitish/silvery. a lead weight will be more greyish. Also if it has a high lead content when rubbed on paper it will...

Balsa is technically a hardwood, even though it is the softest common wood. But still no good for aquariums An example of wood that will leach .toxins into your rank is cedar. It is still possible to use though. I have a nice peice of cedar in one of my tanks, took alot of prep though...

i assume you are talking about Trichopsis pumila. Ive kept mine for going on four months. Got them from the lfs rather young. They were voracious eaters at first, but have really cut back on their eating habits lately. probably a function of being fully grown. Their favorite so far is...

I don't reccomend boiling rocks, especially sedimentary rocks. They can have pockets of water in them which can cause them to explode when boiled.

Snails, Nerite snails can't breed in freshwater if ur worried bout overpopulation. Algae eating fish such as Otos are an option. However, I don't recomend buying them for just that reason. Plus that lobster will tend to munch on anything that spends too much time on the bottom Would need...

Bamboo shrimp are filter feeders right? I can't see em eating fry I've never bred swordtails myself but my bro has about 20 of em growing out in a10 gal right now. He's keepin it at 78 degrees. They are about 3 weeks old now. No deaths that I'm aware of

Let me put it this way. If you have males and females you can't not breed them. Also lyretail males are effectively sterile, they are physically unable to mate.

Good to hear your CPDs are healthy eaters, I've had ones that were quite scared of their food. Glad to hear ur gettin your fish live food, i love watching my fish hunt. Do you know what species of daphnia you are getting? Monia and Pulex, GD auto-correct, should be fine but Magna will be too...

1st: when your at a lfs and they say that two species of fish are compatible, what you should take away from that is that there is a low chance of them straight up murdering each other. Usually they will assume you have a straight freshwater tank unless you tell them otherwise. At the end of...

Could be a Thai micro crab. They are completely harmless, infact plenty of ppl pay cash money for them.

Also flame moss has a tendancy to grow up rather than out. So when attatching it to somthing be sure to have it spread over the whole area. It grows substantialy slower than java moss so be patient.

yes, saying that all BGA is caused by low nitrogen levels is an oversimplification. However,the treatment that most often works is to dose nitrates. If you want to read a more in depth sciencey reply then this may help. Where did BGA = low nitrate myth arise?

yes that is almost definantely BGA. Its primary cause is a low level of Nitrates in your water. The easiest way to fix this is to dose nitrogen fertilizer, generaly in the form of KNO3, a level of 10-20ppm will promote plant growth while keeping algae in check. Another avenue is to reduce...

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