Aquariums
CRS with berried underside
This morning, I saw a Crystal Red Shrimp with large dark berries (eggs) on its underside. I hope they hatch and grow up.
Stopped feeding Hikari Crab Cuisine
Yesterday, I fed 2 pellets of Hikari Crab Cuisine and 1 pellet of Sera Shrimps Natural. This morning, I found another dead Red Cherry Shrimp. It seems like I see dead Red Cherry Shrimp every time I feed Hikari. I’m going to stop feeding Hikari for a month and see if I see any more … Continue reading
Adding .5ml to 2.5g and 15ml to 26g of Kent Freshwater Plant nutrient a week
Adding .5ml to 2.5g and 3ml to 26g of Kent Freshwater Plant nutrient a week. Plants in 2.5g and 15g are doing really well, but the ones in the 26g just seem to be slowly wasting away. I’m not sure what the reason might be. Actually, I’m going to add 15ml of of Kent Freshwater … Continue reading
Adding 2.5 ml Kent Freshwater Plant Supplement a week to 15g
I’m adding 2.5 ml of Kent Freshwater Plant Supplement a week to the 15 gallon tank and turning the light on from 7am to 8am and 1 pm to 8 pm for a total of 8 hours a day to control the algae in the tank. It’s not bad right now with some film, beard … Continue reading
Installed Whisper 30 filter on 15g shrimp tank and nocturnal activity of shrimp.
Installed a Whisper 30 filter on the 15g shrimp tank with a Zoo Med TC-702 sponge prefilter so the tank now has two hob filters. I’ve set both filters to low flow so they don’t buffet the shrimp around. Having two filters will help prevent any oil buildup on the surface. I noticed that the … Continue reading
Found another dead Red Cherry Shrimp today
Found another dead red cherry shrimp today. This is in addition to 2 I found dead last week. All of the crystal red shrimp I added on Saturday are doing fine, and the rest of the cherry shrimp seem to be doing fine, so I’m not sure what’s causing the deaths. I bought some Sera … Continue reading
Red Cherry Shrimp swimming all over tank
This morning, only the red cherry shrimp are swimming all over the thank while the CRS are pretty mellow. I notice the CRS seem to like to Nutrafin MAX Complete Micro Granules more than the Hikari Crab Cuisine