Recent content by GailH

Thank you all again - I'll let you know how it goes :)

I just ordered some Texas holey limestone rocks - a dozen in smaller sizes - so I can try adding one per tank, wait, see what happens with PH, add another if needed.

I am not using RO water, was only using it to test the accuracy of my test kit (API liquid test kit). However, I am thinking I may need to. I just did another GH / KH test since I did a 50%/60% water change yesterday. My KH is still slightly low, where it was before - 35 ppm, but the GH has...

Thank you all for your quick replies. I have done the tap water test after letting it sit for over 24 hours, so pretty sure that is my actual PH. My PH test kit is not out of date, and since it appears to accurately reflect the PH of tap water, RO water and other tanks, I'm confident I've got...

I am having an issue with PH levels in my shrimp tanks that I am scratching my head as to why I cannot fix it. The levels are consistently at 4 to 4.5 - even right after a 50% to 60% water change with water that is PH 8. Interestingly enough, the nocardia shrimp do not seem to be bothered by...

I have a lovely carpet of green hydra on one corner of the glass in my one shrimp tank and I just leave them alone. They have not caused any issues for the shrimp, but they did reduce the population of seed shrimp and other tiny little critters that scuttle about in the tank. I used to have a...

In going back to look at that one again, I noticed another one that has an orange band around the middle, which is definitely coloring, not some disease, so I am leaning even more towards these simply being very poor quality yellow backs that are throwing some odd colors.

So this is a new color of shrimp for me, and sadly, I was switch and baited by the seller I bought them from. Thought he was breeding himself and turns out he had them dropped shipped to me from SF Aquatic in CA. The quality is not very good. One shrimp in the pack of 20 is nearly clear, most...

I wanted to be sure that my next tank was big enough to handle a larger population because of the fact I am toying with mixing a few colors and seeing where things go :) It sounds to me like your experience is similar to some others I read where the shrimp do not necessarily revert quickly to...

Do you use any type of flea and tick preventative on your cat? Is the litter you use scented? Do you use any type of no rinse cleaning wipes on your cat? All of these things could, potentially, have toxins that would impact the fish, though I think that the first one (flea nd tick) would be...

This is the tank I posted about in the equipment forum. It is well on it's way to being ready for shrimp, so you can see why I really am glad that it does not appear to be having any issues. I would not want to have to take this down and start over. My method of cycling a tank to prepare it...

Yes, it is exactly the same the whole way across. Thank you for that suggestion. Now that I know for sure there is no stress on the tank, I am even less concerned. It just really bothers me from the point of view that I have never seen this before. But I guess that tanks are going the same...

Colin_T may be onto something there. Especially if you had visitors who had kids with them. An unsupervised child (here, sweetheart, watch the fishies) can introduce any number of things into a tank, either thinking they are "helping" or, as I've know to happen to others, because they are just...