Crystal red shrimp... Probably grade A or B...

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Added on September 16, 2011, 11:51 amNew tank??? Any ghost shrimps???

This post has been edited by radver: Sep 16 2011, 11:51 AM

Not so, they are one of the lowest grade among crystal red shrimps...

It must suit the scape, so that it won't spoil the overall aquascape...

As I know, all carpet plants require Co2 injection. Hairgrass will grow very slow. Gloss won't be too hard, I've grown it in gravel, no need aquasoil also can grow.

You also need to make sure the light is intense enough for them to stay low, if not enough light, they will grow tall like stem plant.

Hairgrass will be very hardy, but slow growing. Glosso is not so hardy, but grows very fast.

Use moss... Java moss, spiky moss or my favorite flame moss.

Just spread them in between 2 pieces of plastic mesh and tie both piece together.

I did that before, got a very nice carpet...



Few weeks later



And when you say bushy forest did you mean like this....

Just google Java moss, Spiky moss, Flame moss etc and see which one you like. They have different shapes and growth patterns. But I feel Java moss would be great for starters, they are very hardy and they stick to any surface after a while. For spiky moss, if you let it grow too thick, the bottom part will die off and it'll start floating around.

Moss in my opinion is already quite hardy, I can keep them with hardly any sunlight for 2 months, and they will still be green and I still reuse them...

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Added on September 17, 2011, 9:11 pm

You only need to change 20% to 30% of water each week, no need to empty the whole tank.

No need to suck up the poop also, we just let it break down and dissolve by itself, once you put in the soil or gravel, you won't be able to find the poop at all. The landscape we only move when we want a different look.

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Added on September 17, 2011, 9:15 pmWe'll be of very limited help here. Cause the focus here is aquascaping, and big fish will tend to ruin everything we try to achieved. Most of the fish we keep don't grow more than 3 inch IMHO.

This post has been edited by radver: Sep 17 2011, 09:15 PM

I bought mine in NA Subang, exactly the same, RM15, ISTA brand. But it was last year...

Saw it in SLS too, just a month ago, RM15 also, ISTA, same shape and size.

I just started using few months ago. No clouding, not much debris, particle size is like mixture of ADA normal and powder, Japanese hairgrass is growing well on it.

Just that I feel that it some how disturbed the water chemistry as all my cherry red shrimps died one by one even though there is no fish in it. They were living ok in my last tank before I had to transfer them there as the other tank was leaking. The shrimps were ok in quarantine for 1 week. But then right after introduce into the tank, they started dying, even thought I acclimatize them properly.

If your keeping shrimps don't use it. IMO.

Fuuuuu... Never did I think to search for it online.

Ya, I suspected, but no pH tester so I not sure... But my unintentional experiment with RCS proved it to be not suitable for shrimps, and from the data you provided most probably its too acidic.

You keep betta nevermind la, as long as not shrimps. Plants will grow one, don't worry.

Nah, my tank with HELP soil, that time was after 2 month set up i think. (the hairgrass I just put in few days so looks like dying, but now ok already)




More recent tank shot don't have yet.

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Added on September 26, 2011, 10:57 pmDon't wash, you'll wash away all the nutrients also. Just put it in directly...

Wash only if your putting in gravels...

This post has been edited by radver: Sep 26 2011, 10:57 PM

Easier said then done...

My current tank, over ran with hair algae actually...

Now overdosing excel, hoping it'll kill all the hair algae.

2bps... Solenoid, using inline CO2 diffuser. up to 90% diffusion...=P

Will increase gradually see how...

Make sure the LED lights is at least within the 6500K spectrum, cause not all LED are suitable for planted tanks. Good luck...

Blue green algae is actually not algae... Its a type of bacteria, suck out as much as you can. Or if you want drastic measure, get the gold fish powder, mix with some water and syringe it at the blue green algae.

Check the temperature first. Must maintain at around 27 for RCS to breed. Give them a few months also. The Shrimps need to adapt to new tank.

Shrimps only? Or with fish also?

Err... Enough hiding place or not? Must be like jungle so they got lots of place to hide.

Cause I think the reason the population dwelling is because of the fish. They are taking them as snacks, especially during their moulding where they are the most vulnerable. Last time I had a dozen harlequines with 30 RCS, they finished them off in a months time. Only 2 survivors, and that was because they were sucked into the filter. If your serious about breeding them, you need to get rid of the fishes, including the SAEs.

For cheap solution to the oily surface, just get a pair of mollies. They'll clean it up in no time and maintain it that way. I'm using them since I feel that putting a surface skimmer is ugly...

Pipe water good enough already, no need get mineral or RO water. Just put some anti chloride if you scare, 1 botol RM1 can last you very very long already.