Recent content by Aqua67

Thanks for sharing the evolution of your shrimp tank. Lots of pretty red shrimp to see. This can serve to show newbies who are stressing over their tank to see how tanks generally change over time and evolve.

I suppose it depends on what you think may have caused the demise of your fish. Some problems go through life cycle stages, some problems are due to bad water conditions, etc.

If the business owner decides to use a software program like Quickbooks for their business expenses and taxes, a business checking account can link to that software. I’m not sure a personal account can. The more you can automate things the easier it will be, especially for a one-person...

If you plan to overnight your fish using FedEx, UPS, DHL, etc…I do believe each company requires you to pass an exam for shipping livestock. There is additional time and expense if you create your own website so using other sites like Aquabid, Etsy, eBay, etc. might be helpful when getting...

In my own situation I did not quarantine but I did remove a lot of the plants so I could find the molts easier. Just make sure you do your water change (which will trigger the molting) when you will be home for the next few days so you can check the aquarium at least twice a day to remove...

If you want more time to yourself you should take it. I also keep a lot of pets and therefore rarely have any vacations. Last one was in the year 2000, and I paid two pet sitters over $500 to take care of my pets (24 parrots, 3 dogs, several aquariums). Almost 20 yrs ago the local paper did a...

You don’t need to get all fancy with aqua soils and special plant substrates. Sometimes the soils need to be replaced and it can be a mess when vacuuming gravel if you go too deep. I considered using soils in the past but since I wasn’t planning on using CO2 I decided against that for ease of...

It is hard to tell In your video, but scutariella japonica attaches itself to the rostrum of shrimp. Give the shrimp a one minute salt bath (1T aquarium salt + one cup aquarium water). Stir the salt until it dissolves. Add the shrimp for one minute. Pour shrimp into a net and contain the...

What kind of fish do you want to keep? I’d try to recreate their natural environment in your aquarium, if it were me. Sounds like you want to keep it low tech considering the plants you’re going to start with. Maybe go look for some interesting pieces of driftwood now, and then you can attach...

I like both the old and the new. The new tank is a lovely improvement though. All of my tanks look more like your old one.

That is fantastic!! It is always good to find local breeders or people who like to trade plants/fish, etc.

Since there was only a few old posts on the forum about Thai Micro Crabs, I’m putting this out there. Does anyone here keep Thai Micro Crabs besides myself? I’m looking to chat with another Thai micro crabby person. Here are some pics of mine. I’ve got 11 but rarely ever see more than 2...

Just looking for a nice place to come and chat about freshwater fish keeping in my spare time. I’m successfully self employed in a pet-related field and am usually very busy so my participation here will be random. I can share my thoughts and experiences with others and am looking forward to...

Hi donnabright2002, I’ve tried guppies a couple of times over the 30+ years that I’ve been keeping fish. I was also looking forward to seeing babies and I recall the first time it happened (22 years ago) I did not even want to go to work. I wanted to watch the babies and perhaps even catch...