Recent content by Alexander1702

Apologies for delays, I appreciate all your help and suggestions. It's been longer than the return period, but either way I live in an area that's not well stocked so to say, and I drove for a while to get the fish. Safe to say I'm not getting my money back, but that's alright, it seems to be...

Hello, and thank you for the speedy reply! There's always someone out there quick to help, it does not go unappreciated 🙏 I've been on the fence about these things, looking up images. There's not really many good images of either daphnia or copepods just sitting on the glass like these things...

Hello all, any and all help is greatly appreciated here. I've got two 5 gallon cubes set up right now, one of which was an old tank that got neglected and I've given a new life, set up as a nursery for my (somehow still living) crypt samples. It's been plants only for a while, just giving my...

Yea I feel pretty covered there, the filter pads I use have plenty of carbon in them. Plus with the conditioner all the new water I'm adding should be heavy metal free.

Apologies for the delay. I live in Wisconsin, but I'm not sure what that means for my copper content. I've never treated any fish for anything in this tank, and I have checked to make sure nothing I use has copper in it, so far as I know

My tap water is a solid 0 for GH. I usually have at least 90ppm after I treat it with the equilibrium, so that seems alright. My pH is usually around a 7.4 or so. Is that a good area for it to be in? And if I'm adding a shell what sort of shell would it be? I have an old mystery snail shell...

Apologies for the delay, I'm an awful responder. Ive been using dechlorinator on my water for a couple of days, and all seems well though the frequent water changes do seem to be affecting the shrimp. My last cherry seems to have developed the white ring of death :( but that's almost expected...

Many many thanks 🙏 I have syringes around here somewhere, so I will definitely track one down. I'll be heading both suggestions, thanks again for all the help. The shrimp I added back definitely isn't going to pull through but everyone else is behaving normally so I'm rallying hope within myself...

I treated the water and did a 1/3 change. All the shrimp seem alright, so I'm leaving them with the light off for the time being. The one that I separated out actually survived the night, so I added it back in in hopes that it might bounce back. I'm using extra strength conditioner from API...

I don't think I have any of those at my disposal unfortunately. But all shrimp made it into the morning, and they seem alright. Currently treating a gallon of water with conditioner so I can do a 1/3 water change, and all seems well for the moment

I couldn't have made it to a place in time tonight, but I'm making a trip first thing in the morning. Not a very big city and all, I don't think we'd have any anywhere in town but I'll be getting some in the morning. More shrimp falling Ill as I write however. Erratic, swimming upside down. I...

I will certainly do that. Many thanks for the instructions and insight on the matter🙏 it's invaluable to somebody just trying to make his way. Especially making such simple mistakes as these lol.

My water naturally hovers around a 7.4, which is pretty alright. My water is incredibly poor in minerals though. Am I still ok using the GH powder, or should I just omit that as well?

Many thanks, I appreciate the brand recommendations especially. So many options out here these days 😵‍💫 I'm currently stuck at work but with any hope I'll be out before the stores close and I can pick something up.

Learn something new everyday. I'll be picking up a bottle of water conditioner with haste 🙏