Recent content by Cherryshrimp420

I dont see any reasons to change sand, I have a tank with 10 years old sand and doing fine

This is a 30g Light & Dark tank I set up this year. Basically has a LED light on half of the tank only Hydrophila corymbosa with cherry shrimps The contrast messes with my phone's camera though, hard to get a full tank pic

Those are betta imbellis and not the same as the common betta splendens sold in north america Youll need RO water for them, I think someone on this forum successfully kept them a while ago

If it's a brackish fish youll need to achieve brackish conditions first. And then go through the cycling process. The bacteria for freshwater cannot function in brackish water iirc...

Seems like a lot of feeding and not enough aeration and water changes for the amount of food going into the tank More food more waste, which means more oxygen demand and more need for water changes I would keep airstone running at night. Maybe try some different brands or add a padding...

Ive never cleaned mine, running for almost 15 years

Ah Im in downtown Toronto Chinatown area, I may go to sauga occasionally, just msg me directly. Can do males only sure, can also trade for riccia. Thanks

bump, shrimps available as of March 6th, 2024

The design of overflow compartment is that power outage does not affect it. If pump stops, then water stop overflowing. There is no need to match drain rate with pump rate, as long as the drain can accomodate more than the pump rate Im not too sure what it means to angle the U tube? From my...

If you play around with the tube size and water pressure it may run smoothly for a very long time. I havent made it work myself though. The simplest solution is just drill the tank and then no more worry about bubble buildup Alternatively, an above-tank sump will not have to worry about losing...

Used a sump for many years, not a big fan of the overflow compartment though. It always needed some maintenance due to bubble build up. Siphon had to be remade every few months. For media I just put whatever with high surface area, dont think it matters too much.

Dont need to clean it. The fertilizer in amazonia is just poop and plant matter breaking down over months and years. It's no different from the gunk that collects in your substrate.

Can always just buy a bag of clay and mix it with your sand, youll get a muddy texture when it becomes wet. Add in some peat moss and youll have a very rich fertilized substrate. Clay is just sand particles smaller than a certain size. When people rinse their substrate.... They are washing...

My guess is some kind of filter feeder as well. If you touch it, does it retract?

Are you selling the plants and losing money? I dont spend anything on my planted tanks, so expense is almost 0. For fertilizer I have one bottle of fish food as well as kitchen scraps. I trim and sell about once every 2-3 months.