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@Essjay You are saying no ammonia source is needed, now I am confused. There has to be an ammonia source to feed the BBA, or I may be learning something here. Even with plants like I used I had natural ammonia from my aqua soil, plus after the tank was cycled the very first time, I added more...

You cycle an aquarium the same way whether with or without plants. Plants help in absorbing ammonia, nitrite and especially nitrate, so they are very beneficial for the life of the aquarium. Not to mention absolutely necessary for some species of fish in my IMHO. I am going to give you a couple...

I don't know shrimp, but plan on getting some in the near future for the first time. But it looks like Essjay is right, looks like she is carrying eggs to me.

Great thanks, keep us updated on how your swordtail is doing.

Welcome to the forum, hope to see pictures of your shrimp.

That's great Sgooosh glad to hear you fish is going to be ok.

Good deal, and thanks.

Look real close and you can see I am Alice....lol

Here is a picture of me when I am not here on TFF or fish keeping, working my other career.... No More Mr. Nice Guy, No More Mr. Cleee-ean.

I just got a Betta a few days ago and glad to see this thread, because I was wondering the same thing. I don't know what I was thinking about when I got the Betta, because I didn't get him any food. So I have been feeding him the same thing I have been feeding my other fish. Brine Shrimp and a...

Wow I forgot all about this thread, your the first to answer...lol Let me know how it goes.

Cool....:cool:

Acidic water is not good for shrimp or any vertebrates. They need calcium carbonate for their shells. Do you know what the KH measures in your tank, this is a measurement of calcium carbonate. Below is a copy from this website. Calcium Carbonate is crucial to the molting cycle of shrimp. It...

Keep using the sponges until they are falling apart then replace them.

If you need liquid fertilizers them please don't waste your money on API Leaf Zone because it does not have the abundant nutrients and trace elements as a more complete liquid fertilizer. There are several really good ones out there, I use Thrive. I use to use Leaf Zone and it wasn't until after...

Yeah sounds great Sushi Max meal. I know the picture is terrible but hey best I could do.

Here is a picture I just took of Betta Max / Mad Max. Took me awhile to get him to corporate and let me take his picture. Max cost me twenty bucks at Petsmart, the most expensive fish, dollar per oz I have ever bought. And if he had died on me, I probably would have ate him sushi style with a...

Remains to be seen how sweet he is...lol...:blush:

Thank you, I do wish the moderators would add a thank you button, the like is ok, but doesn't say it like Thank You.

In that case I need to hold off until I get the 20 long set up and cycled before getting the shrimp.

All organic matter creates ammonia, decaying plants, fish/snail poop, dead bacteria, etc. Even some types of substrate produce ammonia, my homemade aqua soil started out as an ammonia factory. Do a good water change and vacuum your substrate really well to help your new snail.

The 29 gallon his is in has been up an running now for over two months with nothing in it but plants and driftwood. It has long been cycled and I have been feeding it a bit of liquid ammonia. But I wanted shrimp and tetras in this tank, just been dragging my feet on getting any shrimp. I already...

That is so heart breaking, please give Byron my best wishes. At this point I don't know what to say, and anything I do say want help much. I just hope he pulls through all this.

Welcome to the forum, sounds like Colin_T knows what the fish his. He is our forum guru for all things fish.

Did some more work on his temporary tank today, added some more stuff for him to explore. Betta Max did eat some today, so that's good. Most of the day he just zips from one end of the tank to the other, he will rest awhile somewhere, like on a leaf or up against driftwood. Then off he goes...

You just set it up on Dec 23 that is less than three weeks ago. You should have never added fish so soon, but as long as they are ok then your ok. Yeah you should expect a bacterial bloom and milky water at this time it the life cycle or infancy of your aquarium. It is not the type of bacterial...

I am so sorry to hear about you losing your wonderful angel fish, I love mine and it would hurt to lose them. Ok here is what I see wrong, but what I say is debatable, I only know what works for me. 1. Water changes more than 10% at least 50% and more often if you are having problems like...

Something occurred to me today I fine funny. Now you will have to have some age on you to understand this one. I have a Betta named Max, so Betamax which is an old VCR type tape machine from back in the cave man days that we used to use to watch movies.

Well yes lol.... Max is doing great and eating now. Today I worked some on his tank. At first I tried the Aquaclear 70 HOB, but it was too much for him, it blew him around in the tank, so I unplugged it. Today I installed another double sponge filter, which makes two in this tank now, one on...

This time the bird got the cat, poor little cat, oh well hawks have to eat too.

Have you tried frozen brine shrimp, of course you thaw it out first. I got Max to eat a few of these the second day. One thing I have noticed is the lights on the tank where too bright for Max, he was hiding in an attempt to get away from the lights. I didn't know this until I turned the lights...

Rule of thumb for heaters is 5 watts per gallon.

What are you doing today? For me it is a nasty rainy day so no outside activities today. I will just set inside with a cup of hot coco and a movie.

I have yet to setup the 20 long but it is in the plans and soon, I have to wait for better weather. It is cold raining and just down right nasty outside today. I will need a few things for the 20 long for Max's permanent home, heater, sponge filters etc. oh and build another stand for it. So for...