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Green Stuff ( ex 0.3 gallon Jar)

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#1 · (Edited)
One of my many jars :D
My juvie betta girl graduated from this jar and is now in a 2 gallon. So I was wondering what else I could put in it. It seemed like cheap shrimp would be a good idea~
So off I went and got 4 ghost shrimps for this jar. Honestly I've kept caridinas and neos before but never had much luck with these guys...they always died after a month or two.

i guess I'll see how it goes ^_^



Any suggestions/questions are welcome :3
 
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#97 ·
Shrimps and puppy fish! They are all so adorable! And your betta, Kuro, is gorgeous, too! I just love blue and white!!

Do you have planting tongs for your tanks? I noticed the little "tree" of moss in a corner of Kuro's tank and thought to myself I could never get that in with my fingers lol!
 
#98 ·
XD Kuro's always hungry. When I took the wid he was staring at the substrate with his "I swear I saw some food in there" expression.

And I do have planting tweezers!
I got them for $3 on ebay! hahaha
dunno what I'd do without them~ I try to keep my hands out of the tank as much as possible... the small volume of water is too easily contaminated D:

oto's been going crazy today, might be breeding season >.>
 
#103 ·
When you get them... you will wonder what you were doing all these years without one >D

I took my emersed 6.6 petco bookshelf tank out todayfor some sun. And to grab some plants for the next swap meet.

Took some photos AFTER i cleared out half the stems. must be because of the warmer weather... my stem plants have been growing like crazzzzy




 
#105 ·
Nope, I got the scissors off another hobbyist. I could ask where he got it from if you'd like :)

Guess what? I got my insanley bright light today!!!!
I love it!!!!

(note, for comparison of brightness...tank on left is a 23w CFL directly over a 1 gallon)

 
#113 ·
I saw it :D !

you need you cover it with saran wrap to keep the humidity in if you disnt already. I couldnt tell if you did. my saran wrap at home is crappy quality and is extremely non invisible.


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The shrimp Jar is 1 month and 7 days old and NO WaTER CHANGES!

I'm now too scared to do one! what if i completely displace the water params?! D:
 
#115 ·
just leave it, if your water params are stable, it should be fine. In my soil setups, I change the water maybe once every 4 months, to remove the tannins from the wood in the soil, and only 25% of the tank at a time and my fish are all thriving and growing/breeding so it should be OK as long as your inhabitants are all healthy.
 
#119 ·
Sound like a good idea.

I found the kh and gh were important or at least sensitive to the substrate. Both rose to high values with a sand substrate but kh stayed a 4 degrees and gh at 9 degrees when peat moss was in the substrate. Also neon tetras did much better.

Either way pH was 8.4-8.8 (api high range test kit)


my .02
 
#121 ·
Thats some crazy params o_O

I know out of the tap water my water is 2dgh/kh
ph is around 7... I don't remember whether it drops or raises after it sits for a while
I usually supplement my inverts with that mont... somethingorrather calcium clay for proper moults and proper shell development.

*Izzy, Sorry I totally missed ur Q.
I cover mine with a saran wrap XD
 
#124 ·
i feel like I'm going to be rich soon if you keep posting here ;)
As ecocomplete and whatever else seems to increase hardness, my water is pribably harder. At certain times I can really tell when the water's too soft, All my snails refuse to come out of their shells. lol.
 
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