They have a photo of Caridina on top of the product, so technically it supposed to be ok, but still, the amount of product needed to kill MTS is a lot, and we all know how sensitive Caridina are, so I think it would be better to be safe and treat the tank and remove the shrimp to another tank if possible while treating. I've only done it with neos, but neos are way more hardy. Hope that helps.

@@princeouji8957 i havent stocked it yet. im still letting it have more time to stabilize, even though i'm pretty sure it's cycled. but i want to keep my sand black, and since i messed up, i am slowly seeing these damned things messing up my sand! but anyway, what i really wanted to know is if it kills beneficial bacteria. i could seed the tank from other tanks if it does, but i'm just wondering. im abuot to nuke this shit. sucks, cuz i wanted to eventually have a mystery snail in there, but oh well.

@@trilliance I don't believe it will kill the beneficial bacteria. I've put tons of this stuff in my tanks, but then again, my fish are hardy and not sensitive. However, in my opinion, true cycling takes a year or more. And yes this stuff does linger in the tank for a long time, it really is a snail killer! So you won't be able to put any snails in there for a long time. About Caridina, I used to raise and had success with pinto, pandas, and Xtreme BB, for me, the most important thing are the water parameters (low TDS, more acidic than Alkaline, and cooler temperature that doesn't fluctuate). Once my substrate lost the buffering capability over time, the shrimp didn't breed anymore.

@@princeouji8957 i agree with you about cycling not happening for a long time. the filter i'm seeding it from is about 5 yrs old, but it's a small tank with a small filter, so it didn't cycle instantly. annnyway, found a big fat one today. i never saw him, then he's just there chillin like he's 30 years old. like, they're zombies. tonight is night 5 for the meds and i am od'ing for sure lol. eesh. weird about your shrimp stopping breeding. my only substrate is sand. i'll only be using distilled water. my water is good for neocardinia, because it's hard, but that's another thing i don't want in this tank: tons of hard water minerals all over everything. Im probably being over particular about this tank, but it's not like any other tank i've had and whatever. i'm high. :) thanks for the info!!

@@trilliance The filter is good from a 5 year old tank, just the bacteria takes awhile because it goes everywhere in the tank (sides of the glass, substrate, filter etc) and that takes time. What kind of filter you have running? I do notice that with a filter running, it can soak up a lot of the powder. I remember that a tank I had, I would put the powder every single day and an extreme large amount and it took a long time for the MTS to die, much longer than my experiment. You can tell if it's having an effect if the MTS doesn't move and stays in it's shell. If it's moving around, then the powder has been absorbed somewhere else and it's not being effective and another strategy must be implemented. My water is hard also, so neos are perfect, but for my caridina, I also did the same, RO water and mineralize myself. That was the only way I had success. For me it was clear why they stopped breeding in my tank. The substrate lost it's PH lowering capacity and my ph ended up being too high for them to breed. and No problem, I hope you are able to get rid of the snails and have the tank you are happy with!

Nice to find people using different methods and cheaper tools found around the house! Right on!

Thanks! yeah they breed so fast and are the hardiest snail I've come across by far!

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I'm not really sure, could it be possible that it's just stuck? If both sides are like that then maybe it's a different model from a different year. But yeah, the control key won't unlock it, it only is used to take out the core. So you'd have to find a way to pick it to unlock it first. Sorry couldn't be of more help!

This dude uses Yakima Q-tower so lock orientation is different than yours! The Yakima Control Tower is locked if key slot is horizontal, and unlock is vertically

In Australia, horizontal means locked for most things like that :)

that's cause you got more skills than me!

Mine was just an old one my father had lying around. But you can get basic ones on Ebay, Aliexpress, Amazon, etc. cheapest would probably be Ebay.

yup haha !

You could make it as tall as you want technically, but you would have to mess with the measurements, more PVC would be needed for the height (vertical poles) as well as the feet you'd want to make them longer as the taller it is, the more sturdy of a base you would need. Hope that helps

Glad it helped!

I bought this car as is and the used dealership didn't have the key. This is to help those who are in a similar situation that I was in without paying the high service fees of a locksmith, who would do the same thing.

@@princeouji8957 Cheap ass

I used a regular Thule key that my father had, but the best way is to use a Yakima control key, which is an uncut key, that you can buy.

When you unlock and remove the core, it will have an SKS keycode on the side of the lock. This keycode will have a letter followed by 3 numbers. This is the part number key. Write that down and buy from your local Yakima dealer or order online.