Recent content by Shrimp fan

I use kids play pit sand in my tanks. Just wash it first as it clouds the water. Its a lot cheaper than buying aquarium sand and does the same job.

Snap it's mine as well. I got some fish stuff too. Got 10 tiger shrimps, 8 pseudomagil rainbows and a book on shrimps. Happy birthday to us.

Have you checked your nitrates and nitrates? The new fish you got may have been old or already diseased. What fish do you have as they may not be suited to your water

There are some fish which eat them. They are generally harmless to fish.

Lol. You will be asking yourself why you didnt buy one earlier. They make life so much easier.

Some LFS sell RO water over here in Scotland. But I dunno about the states. But as uscamaro said best by a RO unit it will work out cheaper in the long run.

Eventually it will clear but as Jim said do water changes that's the only thing to do to fix it

Set-up a breeding tank yesterday to breed my corries. Been looking around the web for tips/strategies that have worked for people. I am just wondering if any of you guys have breed them, and what worked for you? I have four large adults which I think are at least 2 pair (fingers crossed) but I...

Coconut shells. Just cut them in half and then make a hole for the fish.

That's amount of food should be fine. If you can put pictures up so we know what your dealing with.

What kind did you get as some prefer algae flakes but you would them like any other fish.

The first ones on the video were gold panchax, apochelius lineatus (think the spelling is correct) I have kept these for years. Best not kept with neons though they have big mouths I used to feed them crickets. The second fish were northobrancus these are what are called annual fish as they...

I have boiled rocks in a pot before and I haven't had any problems. It was just normal water that was used nothing else.

Looking good there. Is that just java moss tied to the rock?

Yeah they fitted my outside tap no bother.