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how many is lots? I have a 96 litre begging for shrimp and also (hopefully if I can find room) a 27litre shrimp tank coming Seems like you're breeding like crazy

Leave it in. In the time it takes you to empty and refill there will be no risk of killing the bacteria or the media drying out. If you're seriously worried, over thinking and getting yourself in a panic about it, then put the filter (or media, depending on how your filter works) into a bucket...

+ 1 with micko... have your shrimp been breeding? hehe

I think he would figure it out... and don't worry, no question is stupid if you don't know the answer! From my understanding, they will only go for it when it goes softer, so after it has been in the tank a day or two. Have you tried cucumber?

First off :hi: to the forums. You're right, there are lots of friendly people here, and you seem genuinely caring about the well being of the fish - not just "Oooh I want AALLLLL the pretty fish, and I don't care that you say they eat each other or the tank isn't big enough or blah blah"... so...

Haha I couldn't agree more. I remember looking at the tanks and thinking "yeah, a 48litre is big enough, that there scary looking 62litre looks FAR too big!!"... so I bought the tank and THEN looked into fish... "I can only have how few? :blink: " but I wouldn't change my 48 litre for the...

sorry, that should have been 2 rummy nose and 1 harlequin.. 2 more harlequin deaths today, so now there is only 1 rummy nose and 1 harlequin left. I've been sat crying for the past hour. It's so horrible, and I think me trying to save them and just stressing thm has killed them, but I was only...

came in this morning to find 1 of the rummy nose and 1 harlequin dead. I think they've had enough to be honest. I'm going to wait for these to pass on and then I'll stock from scratch. I was thinking: 6/7 pygmy corys 7 mosquito chilli rasboras 7 neon tetras (although this may change) and a...

be wary of the gourami and shrimp. I think my female shrimp has dropped her eggs because the gourami likes to feel them (with the cute little feelers underneath). He's not aggressive, but he likes to touch things. +1 on keeping corys in 6+ groups. I know we all want as much variety as we can...

aaaiiiieeehhhh!! it's so pretty!! Right, first things first - galaxy rasboras... I want some, and I was just wondering if they are anything different to normal rasboras? as in more active, need more room etc. I have a 96 litre tank at work and I was looking at 7 of them. Secondly, where did...

please listen to ron about his tip. And please take the fish out (they'll thank u for it later). I added play sand yesterday that (I thought) had been thoroughly washed. I was as gentle as possible but the water still went cloudy. I did a huge water change after an hour and a half (to let it...

+1 for tetras in new tanks. Apart from the couple that died of a nasty fungal infection (possibly fin rot) from the LFS (quarantine ftw), but that was the 2nd lot of tetras I bought. The first lot were fine :D Watch it with neons though... they scared the crap out of me the first time I saw...

AAAAIIIIIEEEEHHH!!! I just walked back into the prep room and the biggest rummy nose is having a fit and nosing all the sand and making a right mess :crazy: it looks like he's trying to swim through it

thanks for the tip :)

argh! Wish I'd seen the bottle tip earlier, I now have a slightly cloudy tank regardless of how gentle I was :( waiting a while for it to settle then major water change here I come (with stuff on the sand to stop dispersal and more clouding)

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe *cant wait... runs and cuts up coconut shells :hyper: * ahem : :shout:

I was thinking a jug bit by bit. Shouldn't take me long (although if it took me hours I wouldn't care after what these poor fish have been through). I don't want to catch them and put them in a bucket as they had enough stress of being caught on friday :( I'll do it gently with a jug or a...

I know you're all going to jump on me and say what a horrible idea this is, but I seriously have no choice :-( As some of you may know, I've recently rescued some fish from a hideously gross tank, but I didn't have the substrate ready (it was a rush job) I got some play sand from argos, it's...

they wont take them because they're so old :-( I've already tried them. They also said they wouldn't take the one with one eye poor little thing. I'm shocked (and delighted) to find they're all alive this morning :D and looking healthier too. I could up the numbers... but I'm just worried...

Ok, so I have already a couple of harlequins and rummynoses (4 and 3 respectively)... (for anyone going on the inches of fish to gallon rule, they come to 7inches - I know, they're stunted). however, I dont want to buy more of these types, because these are already 4 years old, have been in a...

aww no! one lonely piece? :-( seriously guys, this stuff is the prettiest moss I've ever seen!

I'm just in the process of planning my 96 litre tank. Am I right in thinking that sand substrate is bad for snails?

I was told gourami's would harrass and peck at shrimp, but mine is terrified of them haha... he went near them when they first went in, and when the shrimp swam away (VERY quickly), he freaked out and hasn't been near them since lol EEEEEEEE now to plan and aquascape the 96 litre :D

you're my hero! :D

Hi all :) Well, the topic header says it all really. I'm in love with pygmy cories, and I was hoping to have those AND cherries + tiger shrimp in a 96 litre tank at work... But I can't find any info about whether the corys would harrass the shrimp. I don't think they would, as I've read in...

well I dont have shrimp in the new 96 litre tank at work yet... so I think I'll find out, but I definitely want some pygmys! Gonna go buy some play sand from argos tomorrow eeeeeeeeeeeee babies!!!

get a new tank and when the boyfriend protests throw some dewy puppy eyes on and say "But they're soooo cuuuute" :P

how big do pigmys get? would you recommend them in a tank with shrimp in?

They didn't half take some catching. One of them had an eye that looks to had been pecked out :S No infection that I can see and his scales are healthy looking. The poor little things have gone in a bare tank. But I will take one of my moss covered coconut halves in on monday along with some...

Still waiting on my friend to decide *grumpy face* if you have other buyers then by all means go ahead hun

Or would something like THIS the U3 work?

Hi Guys Ok, so I'm rescuing the fish today, and only NOW has the stupid technician up there said I could have the Elodea tank (currently empty). However, I don't have the space for an external filter, so I was wondering if using 2 internal filters (1 at one end going back to front, 1 at the...

no I mean I can let you know if I can come get it by tomorrow lol when my friend wakes up and replies to my text... btw, what kind of filter is it?

I dont know if I can, waiting for a reply now (although it'll probably be tomorrow as my friend is at work in the morning so probably asleep). If I can it'll probably be early afternoon, say around 2 ish? Will let you know for definite tomorrow :)

its cool. I think we're going to Xscape on sunday, so if they don't mind a little detour, I can pick it up. I have a specific aquascape in mind, so unless you have some thin (ish) root, I'm good thanks :D

ponte.. 20 minutes away from doncaster hehe lemme talk to my friend about giving me a lift and I'll get back to you. Cheeky but would you accept 50?

I'm not far.. well, depending on where in west yorks you are

verrrrrry interesting *goes and takes the icky looking bag of tank water and filter medium out of my freezer* One of the teachers here was a head microbiologist before she took the route of teaching towards retirement. She said she thought freezing would kill it. I found some of the articles...

A) Can you use the sales form? B) Can you post pics? C) Where are you based?

I love this stuff! It's thriving so well :D