Recent content by Punchy

Hi, I have 2 pieces of wood that won't sink so I am looking for some suggestions. I'm not sure what type of wood they are but i've had both submerged in water for over a week and I boiled both pieces for about 5 hours last night but they're still as buoyant as they were before. I've only ever...

Yep, I use RO water from my rainfall tank so there should be no chlorine but i still use Seachem Prime anyway to be safe. I added another 3 yesterday and 2 are still alive so hopefully the problem has somewhat resolved itself, or these ones were just more hardy.

I have cherry shrimp in a 30L tank which are thriving but numbers are getting high so I got a new 60L tank for them. Its been cycling for 2 weeks now and all parameters are identical to the 30L tank - temp, ph, kh, gh, nitrate, nitrite. I've also moved a few plants between tanks to help. I added...

Thanks for the info and pics. I just gave it a try and it worked great! You should patent that!

Thanks, if not too much trouble could you send me a pic or 2 next time you do a clean? I think i know what you mean but in case I have missed something, an experienced person's help would be appreciated

Thanks for your suggestions. Follow up question though. Whats the best way to keep the tank clean? I have an Eheim electric gravel vac i use mid week in between my weekly water changes in my large fish tank but is there a smaller one or some other way to clean up a small tank? Visually there...

Hey, After having total carnage adding shrimp a couple of times to my fish aquarium, I decided to start a shrimp only tank. It's just a small one to begin with, about 30L (i think about 8 gallons). I've started with 20 red and yellow cherry's 1-2cm a couple of weeks ago and from what i can see...