Recent content by Ismene

So I’ll be honest, I never test my fish tanks. My shrimp tanks are RO water, and I don’t do water changes on them, so I test the GH & KH to see if I need to add anything when I top them off. I have a RO system for drinking water that was here when we bought the house. It’s not practical for use...

Thank you! Thanks everyone for the suggestions! I really appreciate the help :)

So I have a 50g with three Pearl Gourami and four Amano shrimp. I’d like to add by some small schooling/shoal fish. Problem is my tap water. Out of the tap nitrates are 40ppm or worse if farmers are fertilizing their fields. Furthermore, my water is ridiculously hard. GH and KH in double digits...

So this bowl has been going for a year and half. There’s a bunch of algae under the pennywort. The dwarf sag seems fine but I think I may redo it with new soil.

So the bowl is going better than I ever imagined! The Brazilian Pennywort went nuts. There’s nothing but that and dwarf sag in there now. And snails. No shrimp yet, my colony has not taken off :(

Mixed results. I have to break down the vase, there’s algae growing at the bottom. The bowl has become a jungle, which I like the look of The light is the problem with the vase. It’s too far away and the vase is too deep. The bowl looks great. Same light bulb, different light. My shrimp haven’t...

Would anyone be interested in 15+ stems pogostemon stellatus octopus and 15+ jungle vals of varied lengths? I’m thinking $20 shipped, but I can’t guarantee whether they arrive undamaged from the temperatures. I hate to throw away healthy plants :/

16 gallon cherry shrimp tank

50 gallon planted

They really like Shrimp Fit

My new 50 gallon.

In my experience prices depend on how many you kill. Or maybe that’s just me. Over here. Killing plants regularly. Mostly kidding. I had a steep learning curve. I’ve bought a lot of plants on here and they have definitely been the healthiest on arrival. Greenpro on Amazon has been hit and miss...

Thanks! I moved two filters from my other tanks to this one. So, it has cycled fast, but I think I’m going to wait to put the fish in until next week. The python vac should be here Monday. I’m going to do a big water change Tuesday and then put the fish in if the parameters are good. Water...