Thanks for watching!

Thanks! Glad you like it.

Appreciate it! I hope it helped you out!

I'm glad you found a way to enjoy this hobby, keep doing what works for you!

Thanks, I appreiate it! Hope Ive taught, or helped in some way.

Yup, you are right, generally speaking that is exactly what I would do, however this is the only tank I run, ....or rather one of two that I run which has a canister filter, to which adding in a sponge filter would just take up more room, and not really accomplish much else.

Welcome in, I'll return the favor. If I recall simply put the science is plants produce oxygen during the day, and tend to consume it during the night, which is why i ended up putting the air stone in at all.

I found at night when the lights were off, when the plants are now using the oxygen not producing it, occasionally a couple of the female would surface breathe, so.i suspect the oxygen levels at times during the night were.likely.low. once I put the air stone in that behavior stopped.

@FishScalesAndShrimpTales I got that. So why not just leave it on all the time? Is it maybe cause of the plants? Getting beat up

Ah, gotcha, tbh it's 2 things, one it's beside my work desk so it's a matter of noise, and two, I have no lid on this tank as yet, and I hate cleaning the light above the bubbler all the time. 😁

@@FishScalesAndShrimpTales oh ok I understand thanks so much for the reply.💯👍

Glad you liked it!

Appreciate the feedback, glad you found it useful!

That's great, I'm glad it's working out for you, truthfully most heavily planted tanks don't require a filter if they aren't overstocked, but I look at it as a bit of a backup, and also added aeration.

@@FishScalesAndShrimpTales im aware its dependent on the situation. i only do nanos and betta. definately not all keepers can do it. also didnt take it out of breeding/growout tanks just to be safe.

It helps to keep the water pH stable. And if you don't like tannins in your water, add a little carbon.

Appreciate you watching!

Thanks, I hope it helped you out!

Appreciate it. When you get it done I'd love to see a pic! As to the Sunkist shrimp, at this time, if you've not bred shrimp before I'd go with something else, snowballs maybe. These Sunkist shrimp are.......a pain in the arse!

@ Thank you the advice and the laugh. No I don’t need pain I in the ass shrimp!

I think you could use some clay, but I wouldn't suggest using very much, and if you were going to use a clay as a bonding agent, use red clay!

Thanx, I appreciate it, just like to show you don't need deep pockets to have some success.

True, but even many aquarium rocks like seiryu stone aren't inert, you should always check with any hard scape you buy.

Thanx much! Update footage is in the works!

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Sorry to hear that, I've never had the misfortune of having to deal with a scud infestation, I hope I never do! Good luck to you, if you find a workable solution I'd love to hear about it!

@ They were bad, like every inch of the tank was covered in them, and they desecrated my mosses and a rare plant, and also chewed holes in the anubias, I also caught them sucking on one of my fishes skin, and eating a few weak/lethargic shrimp, so I think these may be the carnivorous kind. I boiled the substrate, and rinsed my plants well in tap water. I’m sure I haven’t irradiated them but I don’t have hundreds/thousands now. I had more cherries than I thought but all the babies I saw even just a few days ago were gone. I have been slowly losing shrimp for a long time and I think that may have been one of the reasons.

Wow, that's the worst infestation I've ever heard about! I hope the steps you took keep them under control, fingers crossed 🤞

Thanks, hope it helped, I mucked it up pretty badly in editing, mistakes were made that I won't make again but I think the message of the video was still clear!

@@FishScalesAndShrimpTales totally clear ^^. I never thought that differences in the color of the fish could be this much depending on the stress level. Today i learned somehing new :D its very fascinating

Yup they weren't perfect, but over time with some algae covering them they don't look awful. As the ground cover grows in won't even see them!

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It's coming along nicely, I'll post an update soon!

Rebuild turned out really nice, there's an update in a couple weeks, tanks really matured. Thanks for watching!

Ty fur turning in.

Thanx, tank turned out very nice!

Your welcome, hope everyone enjoyed it!

Thanks for watching!

I haven't had one fail me yet!

@@FishScalesAndShrimpTales your suggestion to pay attention to the bubbles made sense, as I’ve noticed instances of both.

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Ty, I appreciate that. Most of the plants were just cuttings I took from other aquariums around the house. To be completely transparent, if the tanks look good, its firstly accidental, and secondly, mostly due to the substrate, dirted tanks completely change the game.

Filter floss will only clear the particles, it won't do anything to clear a bacteria bloom I'm afraid.

Glad it helped!

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Nope, you could technically say they think with their stomach and be right! Seriously!

Most snails only eat algae, dieing and dead leaves .

My experience has been if snails are eating a plant, it's likely the plant was damaged or sick and that is the part of the plant they are eating.

Thanks, I'll drop your channel later!

@@FishScalesAndShrimpTales thank you!!

Thanx, appreciate it

Everywhere!

Absolutely, I've used lileaopsis Brazil (.no way that's spelled right) hair grass Monte Carlo and dwarf sag, all with success in different tanks.

@@FishScalesAndShrimpTales Thanks. I will try..😊

I'm glad you landed here, and I hope I've helped more then I've confused! If you got questions I'll try to find ya and answer!

Only lobster in my kitchen better be smothered in butter!

My pleasure

I find it to be a pretty common occurence, people feel like if they are just starting in this hobby they should start small, just like you would in most other hobbies. What pet shops wont tell you is that by buying a smaller "beginner" setup they almost guarantee you will be back to buy additives and medicine for that tank when your fish get sick. Bigger is easier in this hobby, just more expensive! I hope you find some success! Let me know how it works out for you.

Thank you! 😊