kimmi7

so i got this plant from natures corner this past friday as i was waiting for jason with my shrimp. Wasnt sure it would flower as i have read its a harder plant to grow but my luck it has two nice flowers on one and another starting. answers my question about if my lighting is high or not. sorry about the bad quality of the pics but they are from my iphone

So i am heading out of town for almost 2 weeks and am wondering what to do about feeding my shrimp? has one tried leaving a food block in? like the ones for fish? any help would be great

I just switched tanks and same thing, I have found about 7-8 dark colored shrimp. Have to wait

For them to get bigger to see what they are

I think fishgalore is talking about little water bugs that are very small and look like white specks on the glass. I got them a couple times by doing regular water changes. Just do a few good sized water changes and then keep up with regular ones and they should go away. At least that's how I got rid of mine

I have tried rocks but will try and find some smaller ones in the sand

Not really lol just trying to find somehow to keep them down

Ok so I am having "issues" with my places and yoyo's playing in my sand and up rooting my plants. I am wondering where is a good place to get root tabs an will they help?

So I was feeding my shrimp and I found 2 baby yellows!! Plus one female with eggs. Guess I was lucky and did end up saving those 2 I found doing a water change

Hmmm will remember that glue works then next time instead of trying to tie it

Just a quick question here as I am new to planted tanks but I don't think your to glue plants or moss to anything. I just used thread and will leave it till it starts to grow around it.

I hope so lol it the first thing of mine to breed

I am not sure what they are as I have a few cherry, a few yellows and a few Amano shrimp. But I found 2 babies today, sadly as I was redoing my tank :-( but I was able to catch them so lets hope. But it's a great sign I have babies.

What kinda shrimp???

I wasn't sure how it was going tO be as it was my first one. But I ended up getting what I went for, six very nice yellow shrimp with one female berried. Java moss, star grass, trumpet snails and driftwood. I thought I saw you there jvision

Went in as well and they were nice. I found their prices to be a lot better then big al's also they actually know what they are talkin about there. I told the one guy that his plants were great looking, heathly, lush and he replied yup I have c02 running so they enjoy it. So going back there plus it's closer then big al's lol

Ya it was just cheap glass and not thick enough. So 4-5 mm huh? Will have to check then

See thing is the lights are about 4-5 inches off the glass and I don't know how to cut glass but will go check it out

So i am wondering where in edmonton is the best place to get a smaller size piece of glass that can handle the heat of 2 T5HO bulbs? I had gotten a piece from a lfs and it wasnt good enough to handle the heat, as i found part inside the tank today. So now on the hunt again. please let me know

Well I already have the two normal plecos. Tho the one I got with the ten gallon has been the same size for the last 2 yrs she said so maybe I will put him in the 36 and keep the bigger one in the 50 for now

so after we move in to our new place i am setting this tank back up, as i have moved everyone to a 50 gallon now. Here is what I am thinking in the 36 gallon:

9 neon tetras

5 black tetras

1 female gourami dwarf

1 powder blue male gourami

2m/2 female platys

3 swordtails 2f/1m

regular old pleco

lots of live plants, a few moss balls, fake driftwood, few rocks made in to caves, a couple mystery snails, ghost shrimp, and maybe a few other shrimp

any tips or ideas would be great

hmmm i am not sure now if i want to keep different types together. mind you they would only be for myself, another quick question then, i have a topfin 2.5 hex tank, can i have shrimp in there with a under gravel filter and no heater but with the light on to keep the water warm, as i know they tend to like water in mid 70's

I see lots of people on here have more then one type of shrimp in a tank at once. Just wondering if they cross breed or not? I want to get other types but don't want them to cross breed.

Yup I can meet you there no problem. Thanks. Ya I re-did the tank today and cut back on the two plants that one got tangled in.

I don't know if you remember but I got two black looks like veil tail angels off jvision you had sold him. Wondering if I could get one more around toonie size? As I woke up to find one had got tangled up in a plant and died.

Just a quick update. Shrimps will be moving tonight to a 10 gallon