hey guys, i have a 20x20x20cm (1 gallon) tank, planning to put crs in, all water parameters are ok, just that im having temperature issue now, on normal days its around 28-29c. any suggestion on what should be done?

has anyone here managed to keep crs without a chiller?

This post has been edited by Vio: Oct 4 2015, 11:58 AM

hello sifus would like to ask is it possible to juz use a canister filter if i were to divide my 2ft tank with an acrylic divider with many tiny holes drilled on it?

it will be smtg like this

the red arrow will be the outlet of the water.


will this work?


This post has been edited by Vio: Apr 22 2016, 12:49 PM

what if i were to face the outlet directly towards the divider, so that water constantly hits the divider and also the small holes, will the algae still block?

sorry for asking alot, my 1st time dividing, would like to cut down on aquariums and put them in a same tank.

blue dream shrimps and fire red shrimps. im planning to find smt to make tiny holes like those breeding box

yea been reading that alot too..

thanks arrow for the info, may i ask roughly how thick should the substrate be?

also if i do not want to use an UGF, will this be the correct setting?

thanks! i tried to just let the soil hold the divider but it doesnt seemed to work.

i have also tried using rocks to hold at each side, but after some time, the divider tend to slant to 1 side.

any solution other than using silicon to hold it?

going to try that, hopefully wont be noticeable as when silicon is used

i tried googling on that but seems like there will be gap and the shrimplets will be able to swim through not?

erm i've seen the fish shop at my place here using it, but he uses it for very small tank only, roughly 30x30x30 cm cubes and slightly larger. and its around RM500+

or if you dont mind drilling a hole on ur aquarium, might want to consider this, saw someone selling it but not sure of the availability

Here

hello sifus, sorry for bringing this up again, earlier i did ask about dividing the aquarium by using only a cannister filter

currently i noticed that the left side is a little cloudy (maybe its because i moved the soil and all

my question is will the water in the left side be filtered?

i think roughly i understand, also i did increase water till water flow is able to flow from the top, which made the left side much clearer but then the shrimps are all swimming over to both sides


i intend to relocate my discus over here once i managed to get things sort out

ok currently using the spray bar in the middle and even after placing the input in 1 side and the output on the other side, the side without intake still looks kinda cloudy and able to see stuff floating in mid water, where as for the other side, its crystal clear

thank you ! will look into that

had the same problem with u , water parameters was all fine, juz dont know why they didnt breed

23-24'c in air cond room, had like 20 crs and cbs, after a year they didnt berried nor breed and it all died out, and i stop keeping them.

also i had a few other tanks back then, blue dream, blue jelly, mixed them together and all the blue dream strain had gone and they are all blue jelly.

my yellow gold, chocloate just dont breed and died out although they had the perfect water parameters


currently keeping opae ula, got from bro Arrow, but still no sign of breeding

erm yea haha coz its in the hall.

erm i dont really do it like every week, but in a month ill do water change about twice or more if i have the time

haha guess so. giv up already, spend so much

u mean u r keeping malaya only?

hehe mind to share ?

my malaya berried but i've never seen the babies b4

but i did the same thing for all my tanks only my blue jelly and fire red are only the ones breeding, the rest are not.. weird

yup crs, yellow gold and chocolate

haha have u tried cherry?

i have both but my amano is with tetras so i guess even if they did have larva they wont survive

whereas my malaya are only in my shrimp tanks