Okotoks

I have a 10 gallon Iwagumi tank with a large breeding colony of Red Cherry Shrimp. Recently pond snails have taken over. If I add a few assassin snails to this tank, wil the shrimp be safe from attack by the assassins?

Riverfront Aquariums at 312 Meridian Road, Northeast is a great place to find oddball species. Very helpful staff too. Google Map it, as it is tricky to find Meridian Road.

Big Als at 2020 32 Ave NE has a huge selection also. Your daughter would enjoy their large tank with a shark in it. I spend 30 minutes every time I am there just staring at that shark.

Yes this is the same filter. I am unhappy with the intake slits as well. I actually like having pest snails in my 10 gallon shrimp tank, and this filter keeps sucking them in. Mine doesnt make any noise at all.

Just thought I would inform people of what I have for thoughts on my shrimp tanks new filter. After reading excellent reviews, I bought a Fluval Nano filter for roughly $30 last Thursday. After years of owning Fluval 404's and 304's I should have known better. The pump is held on the lower body very weakly. I had to rely on the weight of the pump to hold itself down on the body. The filter material it comes with do not trap fine particles, I had to manufacture my own polishing pad for it. The body containing the filter media is clear plastic and in time the dirty media will be a nasty sight unless you have ornaments/plants hiding it in a corner.

On the plus side, it has a nice spray bar that has a ball valve style of throttle. On 100% open the spray bar puts out enough flow to make a 10 gallon tank into a raging jacuzzi.

This was in a freshwater 10 gallon dwarf shrimp tank. I have no idea if this filter is useable in saltwater.

Good to know. I returned home to find she had scattered little white eggs all over the dwarf hairgrass. I feel perhaps the 2 Endlers may be too much commotion for her.

Will they grow semi submersed? That would make for an interesting paludarium. I know they are a marcs/bog plant. Do you plan to catch flies with chopsticks to feed to it?

Edited for my butchering of the English languge, lol.

I have a 10 gallon with fluval shrimp substrate with a small amazon sword and tons of dwarf hairgrass with Naja grass. I put in 2 drops of flourish excel each morning. Ph is 6.8, temperature is 25 degrees and I use a HOB as well as a foam filter. Its been running for months now. Five weeks ago I transferred 15 Cherry reds into it, in hopes of creating a large thriving colony. Well last night I noticed one of the females was depositing eggs all over the bare areas of the substrate. I have never watched my shrimp reproduce in the past. Is this normal for them? I had always thought they held the eggs in their swimmerettes until they hatched. Could anyone enlighten me as to what may or may not be the issue?

There is also one otto and a male and a female endler in there. Maybe the 3 fish stress the shrimp out? Thank you for any hints or tips.

Welcome, I once lived in Grande Prairie and I miss it dearly. Lots of great helpful people on here. I also find folks at the LFS mean well with their info but often miss the mark. --> "Sure you can put puffers in with angel fish, they're both aggressive so they will avoid each other" lol anyways enjoy the stay.

Has anyone got some info on bamboo? I have lots of it in vases around the house and was wondering if it would do well in a 10 gallon tank. My wife is from Asia and she figures it should be ok, as it is grown in swamps and nearly submerged all over the continent.

I started a 10 gallon shrimp tank that is Low/medium tech a while ago, and found that it needs circulation. No air pump and no heater, but it does have a very small HOB for circulation and about 3 watts per gallon lighting for the plants. I used the fluval shrimp substrate and they seem to love it. 10 Cherry shrimp turned into about 40+ on no time. For plants It is covered 25% with dwarf hairgrass, 25% glossostigma, and 1 small amazon sword, rest is bare. Tons of shrimp, 1 assassin snail, 1 male and 1 female endler and 2 ottos.

It is my healthiest and best looking tank, which is amazing considering how low tech and simple it is. Sorry for the run on sentences, English isnt my first language.

Sad to hear about someone losing a cat. I love cats and treat mine like its my own child. At least you have all the memories of the crazy things that cats do.

Ok thank you all for the help. here is what I did. Put the 2 halves with white meat into a large stock pot and boiler for 15 minutes. Set the steaming hot halves on the back deck with whit meat sides facing into the sun. Returned a couple hours later and the meat had shrunk right off. Thanks again folks.

How long do I need to boil a regular brown coconut shell? I cut a coconut in half and wish to use the 2 pieces as spawning/hiding caves. Also, how the hell do I get the white meat out?

Maybe a northern pike. Just kidding, but I am having success with cherry shrimp thriving in a 30 gallon tank stocked with 2 dwarf gouramis and 3 ottos

I have been reading all kinds of conflicting info on the internet and can not get a firm answer. I have a female unhit guppy in a 20 gallon planted tank with an unhit female swordtail and a handful of neon tetras. Here is my question. If I were to introduce a male Endler and they mated, would the offspring be sterile or fertile? Every website has a differing answer. I do not want to end up with fertile offspring as I firmly believe in continuing the near extinct pure Endler line.I am forced to move the male endler as he is being mean to my shrimp. If anyone can confirm or deny the offspring would be fertile, I would appreciate it. I have also read somewhere that the scientific community is considering Endlers and Guppies to be the same species now, but I still dont want to end up with mutanous crossbred offspring that grow 12 feet long and attack my cat.

I have a guppy only tank, with various live plants, red cherry shrimp and snails. Is it ok to leave a single LED light on for moonlight or does it make any difference?

I have a 20 gallon tank I want to start an Iwagumi style in. It has a single 18" light in the hood. I will be using a Fluval 204 canister filter. I am planning to use Glosso primarily as the carpet with some java moss and maybe a small sword or Ludwigia in the background.

Will this 18" light be sufficient? What substrates would be best?

I was planning on at least 3 years until I finish my basement.

It is probably legal to grow it in your yard. But whether or not it will survive is another question. I tried to grow peanuts and a lemon tree once. Peanuts and lemon trees do not like Canadian winters.

I am thinking about trying a Walstad Method tank on a 10 or 15 gallon tank. Has anyone had success with a small tank going low tech?

I want to try it out in my home office which is 74 degrees. It will recieve alot of natural sunlight, being one of the benefits of living in Okotoks. I plan to use a small very weak powerhead for circulation and thats it for "mechanical" items.

What plants should I start with? Is 2 months long enough to wait to add fish/inverts? Any and all tips or ideas would be appreciated.

There is a large trout and salmon tank for free viewing at the Bass Pro Shops near Airdrie. I recall the guy telling me that they have to do a water turn over rate of 16 turnovers per hour, and they have a massive cooling system in that tank.

Does anyone know fish stores that regularly carry Endlers in Southern Alberta? I can never seem to find any.

It's been a long time since I lived there, but Isnt there a Lafarge or Burnco near the Hinton papermill?

I am curious as to the legality of removing rocks from non-national/provincial park areas. I do alot of flyfishing in the creeks west of Okotoks in the rockies and see tons of rocks that would be gorgeous in my cichlid tanks. If I took a couple from the stream bed, is there any legal repercussions? I am 50/50 on doing it even if it is legal as it does damage the environment.

Is this where I would post pics of my upcoming scuba diving trip with whale sharks? I am going to the Philippines to get some reef photos and whale shark pics, as well as some brackish water magrove diving.