Freshwater-shrimp-interbreeding-chart.pdf

Some info on cross breeding shrimp. Which ones will and wont.

Shout out to "That Lad (LED)" for the supplied chart. !

Soft water has more to do with GH than pH. Typical home water softeners soften water using a technique known as "ion exchange''. That is, they remove calcium and magnesium ions by replacing them with sodium ions. Although this does technically make water softer, most fish won't notice the difference. That is, fish that prefer soft water don't like sodium either, and for them such water softeners don't help at all. Thus, home water softeners are not an appropriate way to soften water for…

This is a quick summary of an experiment I did in 2009. I find that most plants will survive in salt. You'll likely be surprised at how many common aquarium plants are, to some degree brackish. Most all do tolerate salts to some extent. All those that I listed can do well at the lower end of brackish range... near densities of 1.008-.010 The list below are the ones I have kept (and still keep) in such circumstances: (BW)

Anacharis, Anubias, Bacopa, Cabomba, Hornwort, Water Sprite,…

I am moving. 2 hours away is my new house. Has anyone moved with fish and plants? How did you do it, or what would you do?

I went out and got a big cooler to help keep the fish's temp form changing to fast. My plan is to put most my fish into a 2.5 gallon in the cooler for the 2 hour car ride. Using another 2.5 gallon for my angles, that will fit in the same cooler.

Should I pull the plants? or should I drain almost all the water in my tanks till it is about gravel level and…

A morning feeding; noticed my two angels in the corner, fins clamped, swollen bellies, a protruding anis that is a little red, not bleeding, but irritated looking, and they were covered in a milky coating. They wouldn’t eat that morning, but kept darting for food but returning to the corner without eating. I pulled them out of the tank, and into my quarantine tank. This tank is empty, so they kept rubbing…