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40 breeders have a great footprint

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Not to hi jack your thread but also had an encounter with a huge moth last weekend on my screen door.

I have been using poly fill in my HOB’s forever and find they are a great cleaner and last a long time with just a wring out in tank water. Not sure how well it holds BB cause I also have ceramic media and aponges in each of said filters. Never had any issues with this method.

If you want to work on getting rid of the algae you should put the lights on for no more than 4-6 hours. But that was already said in this thread I believe.

They will like Java moss or even Marimo moss balls and cholla wood. You can take the Java moss and stand up the cholla wood and wrap it with the moss and they’d probably graze on it all day. A 2.5 is ok for a colony of shrimp. I think letting the temp of the tank naturally fluctuate would be...

Maybe put something in front of the return to distribute the water in different directions or maybe try to attach a plastic water bottle to make the return “more opened up” . Maybe take the return elbow off and heat up a plastic bottle to that shape. Might be videos online. Another option could...

Keep them along the bottom under other plants and trim off any dead and dying leaves. They are very slow growers but I found they do better hidden under things. Just don’t plant the rhizomes in the substrate and they will eventually take off … over time

My new favorite are the Hygaar 957 lights.

Most canister filters will usually have a flow valve to regulate how strong or weak you want it. As others suggested a sponge or small HOB will be sufficient

I have a snap on brand infrared thermometer but that’s cause I’m in the auto industry. But you can find them on Amazon for a reasonable price. They work very well. I also like being able to check all areas of the tank.

Maybe both are females dropping the eggs perhaps. Or other inhabitants are eating the eggs. Maybe leave them be this fourth time and let nature take its course. You should end up with at least a few survivors providing they are being fertilized. The eggs in your pictures look plain white. I...

I use the same Hyygar light on my 55 and 40B and they’re both set from noon to 8PM. That works for my tanks. May need to see what works for yours.both of mine are also very heavily planted with jungle Val’s so I’m pretty sure their outcompeting any algae.

Sorry I seen RODI. From the emergency template u filled out n thought u used one of those systems. Hopefully the piece of nasty filter floss was the issue. Obviously you’ll continue testing and the only thing I can suggest is if it’s still rising up to do water changes. The tank may be going...

Do you have any live plants? They usually help a lot with stable water parameters. Could one of the murdered shrimp have decomposed behind something and messed up the parameters? Did you clean your filter too well? Could be a number of things. Best to keep testing for a bit and if anything is...

Would definitely cut down on the lights. 6am to 11 pm you may as well leave them on 24 hours.. try cutting down to 4-6 hours. Try doing a bit of a deep clean in different areas of your tank and use a turkey baster to blow the debris from under hard to reach areas towards the water changer hose

Definitely worth asking. Good luck. Add pictures when you get it going.

Keep lights off during the day. Unplug your heaters. Run a fan over the surface of the water. Freeze a couple small water bottles and float them in the tank. Those can all help with keeping the temperatures more stable and manageable.

Did you get your fish online or from a local fish store? If local they may be able to give you some cycled media to help speed up the process even if it’s just a small piece of sponge or ceramic media or even some polyfill. Just add it right into your filter… Mentioning this cause as I went...

Terracotta pots are often used you may be able to find something like that that doesn’t have a bottom to use as tunnels also pvc pipe can be used as hides caves etc… Another option could be cholla wood. I know the shrimp would enjoy grazing on the biofilm and whatever else grows on it and it’ll...