Ok, taking recommendations again. If you had a 30 gallon tank that housed: dwarf crawdads, ghost shrimp, red rams snails, giant ram snails, apple snails,...
Hi Di, I would highly recommend starting with SeaChem's Flourite as your substrate. I then often put a layer of small sized gravel on top. I find the...
I tried the Flourite, and had an unusually heavy outbreak of algae. I'm not talking about just a simple thin layer on the glass, I'm talking about thick mats,...
... possible ... when ... Interesting. Do you think Notostracans (Triops longicaudatus or Triops cancriformis shrimps) would require a touch of Iodine in their...
It is the worlds biggest and largest free encyclopedia. But there is little on freshwater shrimps. Perhaps we could add a few pages if people were to donate a...
Where can I get some Triops? Greg H. ... From: Stuart Halliday To: FreshwaterShrimp@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 13:50 Subject: RE:...
Walmart...ToysRUs...many places sell the various science fair type kits with triops eggs in them. I've seen prices anywhere from $3 for a box of eggs and food...
Me too, and without any algae issues nor ever any problems with multiple different species of shrimp. I'd suspect that some other factor caused an ammonia...
Well nothing else was in the tank for the first 3 days after the water was added, except the Flourite, and water, with the algae first noticed on day 3. 2 days...
Hey Greg, I am also using fluorite with hair algae covering it. The shrimps in that tank are dying one by one slowly. Can you tell me if your shrimps turned...
It was late last spring, I don't remember completely, but, I seam to recall at first they turned white then reddish pink once dead. Greg H. ... From: y9king ...
<<I am also using fluorite with hair algae covering it.>> Does this fluorite product contain iron? Fluorite the mineral does not (it's CaF2; I'm assuming that...
The mineral is not fluorite, the product is Flourite, along with the entire product line Flourish, Flourish trace, Flourish Nitrogen, etc., through the entire...
Flourite, is a ( it looks like crushed fired clay ) gravel, that is to provide trace elements to plants in aquariums, when using laterite clay is not a good...
Hey Frank, I am not sure about if it contains iron or not because I did not keep the bag. If I get a chance to drop by the petshop, will take a look at its...
Have you ever checked the analysis of clay? The commonest material in the earth's crust is aluminum. Laterites are clay soils originated in the tropics where...
I would also look to other things than the flourite in regards to shrimp kills. So many of us in the planted tank 'world' use these plant substrates with ...
<<The substrate is a hardened laterite soil, without any additions. >> Thought so, but I was not sure. I've only used it once (in an exhibit tank at work). I...
<<Which fluorite or gravel would you recommend?>> As I said in another post, I've only used this gravel in one tank. Nothing bad happened. However, I must...
One point regarding shrimp deaths: is iodine/iodide being added to the tank? While there's no hard scientific evidence that shrimp require iodine/iodide, ...
If you are going heavily planted, moderate to high light, CO2 supplement, and routine macro- and micronutrients addition, grooming, pruning, and landscaping...
Last night I was looking into one of my tanks just before I turned off the light for the night. There was something hanging from the duck-weed that looked...
... From me? I charge £4.00 (UK pounds sterling) a packet plus P+P. I'll take PayPal. What country are you in? It may be cheaper for you to buy locally. -- ...
Your right: "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Spreading baseless rumor founded in ignorance is even worse." That is why I based what I said on the...
I can't believe how tiny they are. I have seen two now hanging onto the dangling roots of the duckweed. Another one was apparently in the gravel and started...
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