newportjon

I think the most suitable would be tiger shrimp, if you wanted to do it.

Glad to hear that it wasn't a serious issue!

Has anyone tried putting purigen into the compartments in the qanvee filter without making a huge mess? I was thinking about trying it but was a bit nervous, lol. Thanks!

Good information here that I had been wondering about. Thanks for the post!

Haha. Nice shrimp, dude! The plants look great too. Looks like a very healthy system!

I've had neos that would do the same thing. They'd climb up onto the HOB filter to feed, I always assumed, on the biofilm. Tanks are looking good!

Her Cholla logs with moss attached are amazing! I may have to order more soon! Do you have any subwassertang, Daz?

I've been using this: http://nilocg.com/ThriveS/ I have been dosing small amounts to start and slowly increasing them to avoid an algae explosion. So far, so good.

Hah, no. I have lowered the water level in the tank. Thankfully, I have had no more issues. All of the babies have grown up and it won't be long before they're reproducing. The tank is doing very well, atm. Thank for for the responses.

I just recently started a Blue bolt tank and noticed that once I saw saddles it would take, about, 2-3 weeks for the females to be berried. I am basing that on my two most recent berried females. Good luck!

From what I've read, high levels of ammonia can kill off nitrobacter, the bacteria that converts the nitrites to nitrates. That said, if I were you, I would probably do 1-2 30% WCs/day. I've had a similar issue in the past but was fortunate that the ammonia didn't kill off the nitrobacter and it took two weeks to correct itself. Not thinking, I added a little bit of SL-Aqua Nature Soil about a week after my tank finished cycling for aesthetic purposes. I dosed Prime at, about, 1.5-2x the dosage every water change to deal with the ammonia. After two weeks, the tank restablished itself and I didn't lose a single shrimp. I will never make that mistake again. Good luck.

This. What I always do when the cycle has finished and am waiting for the livestock to arrive.

I like to give mine pellets that contain Bloodworms as a supplement, that way I can avoid the mess. That said, not sure it provides the same effect.

+1 for Msjinkzd. Rachel is an awesome person, on top of selling great shrimp, snails and fish. I've been buying stuff from her for years. She always takes time to talk with you and answer any questions you may have. In fact, I have to order a few nerites and will getting them from her.

That looks like Bladderwort.