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  1. nevets

    HELP PLEASE! I need help deciding if I get some red claw crabs or a crayfish.

    Ok boss... Sent from my LG-E971 using Aquarium Advice mobile app
  2. nevets

    HELP PLEASE! I need help deciding if I get some red claw crabs or a crayfish.

    Mexican dwarf crayfish get no bigger than 1.5" long and 4 in a 10 gallon is fine Sent from my LG-E971 using Aquarium Advice mobile app
  3. nevets

    HELP PLEASE! I need help deciding if I get some red claw crabs or a crayfish.

    Red claw crab are fiddler crabs and need brackish water with some land to craw up out of the water and dig in to, very hard to keep. You can get some dwarf mexican crayfish. They stay about an inch long and u can put at least 4 in a 10g and they will breed Sent from my LG-E971 using Aquarium...
  4. nevets

    Finally a real CO2 setup

    Its a 5 gallon, 14" x 8" x 8" with a 15w life glo CFL, sponge filter with whisper quiet pump, marina mini 50w heater set to 78°, fluval drop checker and diffuser, aqautek mini and bubble counter with 12oz tank. Lights are on for 10 hours and co2 on for 8. I dose with flourish twice a week. I'll...
  5. nevets

    Finally a real CO2 setup

    Will do Sent from my LG-E971 using Aquarium Advice mobile app
  6. nevets

    Finally a real CO2 setup

    Sent from my LG-E971 using Aquarium Advice mobile app
  7. nevets

    Finally a real CO2 setup

    More pics Sent from my LG-E971 using Aquarium Advice mobile app
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    Finally a real CO2 setup

    I ordered the Aquatek mini regulator just after new years and got it a few days later. So I sacked my DIY system cause it would clog the diffuser and I saw slime around the tank. For 100$ I got the Aquatek mini, bubble counter and co2 tubing. 25$ empire paint ball tank, 11$ fluval drop checker...
  9. nevets

    Custom Pressurized Co2 System questions

    I was running a DIY system but found it to be irregular and would leave a film of of slime in the tank and on the diffuser. So last week I ordered the aquatek mini and just came back from buying a 12oz paint ball tank. Aqautek is selling them on special on ebay and amazon for 89$ and the tank...
  10. nevets

    Decided to go DIY CO2 and here it is...

    I got my diffuser the next day and with in a week I have these long roots growing off the stems of the Ludwigia. Looks like there gonna be some trimming done this week end. My next project is to make a custom hood to raise the light and add fans for cooling in summer oh and get a proper co2...
  11. nevets

    Decided to go DIY CO2 and here it is...

    So far so good... I shake it lightly every two days and get good pressure Sent from my LG-E971 using Aquarium Advice mobile app
  12. nevets

    Decided to go DIY CO2 and here it is...

    So after reading up and youtube as much as I can, I finally set mine up. It took a little more than an hour to see bubbles and another hour to see bubbles coming from the diffuser. I'm using an air stone for now until my diffuser comes from amazon. I'll explain my recipe and the making of the...
  13. nevets

    Shrimp not breeding

    The cardinals stay away from the shrimp. I see eggs at the bottom of the plants, like the shrimp just drops them. The eggs are white and very small. The shrimp don't want to carry the eggs for more than a week Sent from my LG-E971 using Aquarium Advice mobile app
  14. nevets

    Shrimp not breeding

    I see shells at least once a week and my HOB filter has a pre sponge Sent from my LG-E971 using Aquarium Advice mobile app
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    Shrimp not breeding

    For sure I have to females cause I can see the saddles. My ph is usually just under 7 and when I do a water change it raises to just over 7. I don't have a complete test kit so I can't tell what the gh and kh are but I do see them caring eggs sometimes then I don't know if they dropped them or...
  16. nevets

    Shrimp not breeding

    I have a few orange and cherry shrimp in a tank. I know their not suppose to be but I don't care if their fry turn out clear, shrimp are cheap here and the sell top grade red cherries for the same as regular. I know I have at least 2 females 3 males and the rest are to small. One keeps carrying...
  17. nevets

    My new orange sakura shrimp

    Their still very small. I can't wait to see them at full size to see the color Sent from my LG-E971 using Aquarium Advice mobile app
  18. nevets

    My new orange sakura shrimp

    I just bought 6 orange sakura shrimplets from a local breeder and so far so good. Their very small and could only find 2 for a photo Sent from my LG-E971 using Aquarium Advice mobile app
  19. nevets

    Planted tank 6 months in

    My anubias is tied down to the wood and to put it back would be impossible Sent from my LG-E971 using Aquarium Advice mobile app
  20. nevets

    Planted tank 6 months in

    I use Seachem excel and my nitrate, nitrite and ammonia are at 0. Lighting is on for 7 hours Sent from my LG-E971 using Aquarium Advice mobile app
  21. nevets

    Planted tank 6 months in

    So I started this project 6 months ago not knowing anything about planted tanks. I had a spare 4.5 gallon tank that I use to keep crickets for my lizards and converted it. I bought fluval substrate, zoomed ultra sun light and the plants everything else I had. Stocked it with 3 cardinal tetras...
  22. nevets

    Rcs dropped eggs

    Finally my 2 female rcs were carrying eggs within the same week and unfortunately both dropped their eggs. I was just wondering how long does it take for the saddles to come back Sent from my LG-E971 using Aquarium Advice mobile app
  23. nevets

    RCS dying

    I don't know whats happening to my shrimp the two I have left just hide now and come out when the lights go off. I have it on a timer 6 hours on and 6 off and repeat Sent from my LG-E971 using Aquarium Advice mobile app
  24. nevets

    RCS dying

    I lost a second rcs yesterday. The first dyed the day I bought them and one male dyed yesterday after 3 weeks. I have one big female and a male left with no other live stock. I went to the lfs and got a master test kit and the readings are Nitrate 0ppm Nitrite 0-0.5ppm Gh 75 soft Kh 0ppm ph...
  25. nevets

    Low ph...why?

    Well with not much help from here and figuring out the wood will always drop the ph I just add some water if it drops every three days or just do a 600ml water change which is drinking water bottle size and is perfect to keep the ph right at 6.4 to 6.8 Sent from my LG-E971 using Aquarium...
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