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japonica shrimp also eat snails... when they're small.. so do it fast!

i have heard from several sources that the xp3 is an entirely different beast than the xp1 and 2 in terms of the flow architecture... i don't know, but i heard that the xp3 is awesome and that the xp1 and 2 are just alright (not just in terms of pushing more water around, but in terms of...

i'm guessing you don't have enough substrate .... no matter how fine it is, if it's 2-3 inches deep, there should be plenty of weight for it - otherwise, use a small rock to tie it to or lay a sub - base...

an xp is a filstar filter made by rena. the filter you'll ask for is a filstar, rena is just the manufacturing counterpart of the company. i've heard great things about the filstars....

hmm.. thanks for the advice. i, unfortunately, have a shopping problem and i went today and looked at the eheim's... very tempting. i think the classics seem better than the pro II's, however, i've heard they're quieter and more reliable... any opinions on that one? what the hell am i...

so... i have a 20g long, and it's slowly becoming heavily planted... i was wondering, i now have an hob biowheel filter (without the biowheel) and my water is pretty clear. i have some tanning of the water from driftwood, but i'm sure that will clear eventually. my question is more along the...

well, in this case it's the male after the female, she's getting darker and smaller now... getting a bit worried... i'm gonna buy some more females if this continues, no tank to separate them...

if you want bushy, you'll want a more blue light spectrum lamp (like a 10,000k)... i think an easier way to do it is just to clip them and replant the clippings to create a fuller effect...

ahhh... i see.. thanks...

i'll second the votm... that's a competition here too, right?

sorry, i'm new here, but i was just wondering how you vote for the otm competitions, if they're open to vote...

anyone else in los angeles?

well, i understood that you can't force a pair, but they were very much a pair (and an egg-laying and protecting pair) for over a month before this aggression started... still confused...

so, i have both a male and female ram. they have been getting along fine, even laying eggs and guarding them, when all of a sudden the male is now attacking the female. now i did a substrate change, so i was feeding them less - once every other day, as instructed - so i'm hoping that's the...

i tried to make some closeups, but my digital camera either can't focus that close, or the shot comes out overexposed... what i really need is a true slr so i can take better fish pics... i'll attach an example so you can see....