Soothing Shrimp

You'll pick up on it as you get further into the hobby. Here's a starter for ya: http://www.shrimpspot.com/index.php?/topic/3-acronym-expansion/

TDS is total dissolved solids and that can be figured out by using a cheap TDS digital pen found on Ebay. GH is a test for general hardness usually measuring magnesium and calcium, and that is a liquid chemical test which you can also find on Ebay. Some pet stores carry these tests, but not many. Shrimp are awesome to keep and I think you'll like it a lot, however they are more sensitive than fish and can require more tests to get started (or troubleshoot if something goes wrong.)

Beautiful.

Not accurate, but the reasoning many people use who are not "in the know." heh High gh and adults can survive, but the babies will disappear one by one.

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most babies feed on biofilm. GH can contribute to survival or death as well. Is it a shrimp only tank?

yepper. Both fems. You can tell by the curved underbelly.

Jacob. Welcome to the forum. Looks like you have come cherries and carbons, no? Nice rabbit snails as well. As far as the hob, you can contact H4N. Han makes a stainless steel filter guard that is great to fit over the pipe and will not even suck in baby shrimp. Look in the market section and you'll see his handmade SS filters. What soil are you using, and what is your TDS and gh out of curiosity?

Ebi is sending me some of her shrimp safe soap shavings to make a liquid with.

Here's another from my youth that I wore out the vinyl on. A little bit of a head banger with a classical twist. The vid is just teh song from the album, so you can play it ans till read the other posts. LOL Petra with their song Judas Kiss from 1982

I like quite a bit of songs from musicals. Hey, I'm a stage actor. LOL But there are some songs that have stuck with me over teh years that just resonate a chord in my soul: The Association with their song Cherish from 1966

Glad it helps!

What a fun idea! Shrimp on a rope. Decorative shrimp soaps. Ebi found a link to share with me for making liquid soap from castile soap. The Master Recipe This is so easy it is a wee bit embarrassing but stay with me. Ingredients: 1 bar of castile soap 2 quarts (8 cups) of boiling water (I used filtered water) Equipment: A large kitchen or vegetable grater A bowl or pot large enough to hold 2 quarts Directions: 1. Using your kitchen knife, slice and dice the bar of soap into small chunks. Or, if you are so inclined, grate it up with a vegetable grater instead. Castile soap in inherently soft so there is no reason to drag our the food processor or blender to do this. 2. Measure out your boiling water and place it your bowl, pot or do as I did and use a large Pyrex measuring cup. 3. Add the chunks or flakes and walk away. Go do something else. Walk the dog. Catch up on Backdoor Survival. Just do something. When you come back in an hour or so, most if not all of the soap will be dissolved into a nice concentrated liquid. At this point, transfer your liquid castile soap to some mason jars, a squirt bottle or other container and you are ready to go. Notes: Within 24 hours, my batches of liquid soap turned gel-like and semi-solid. A quick run under hot water brought them back to liquid form. In a way, this makes sense because coconut oil does not liquefy until it reaches 76 degrees. Given the tremendous cost savings, this was something I could deal with. I tried both cutting the bar soap into chunks with a knife and grating it with my vegetable grater. I felt that the vegetable grater resulted in a better end product. I believe the soap dissolved more quickly and for some reason the resulting liquid was smoother. I don’t know – hard to describe. As will all castile soaps, there will not be an abundant amount of sudsing. The suds in most soaps comes from sodium lauryl sulfates, a known irritant that does nothing but make suds. Be aware that you may get a few bubbles with this, but not many. Odd as it seems, it still clean very well and does not feel at all oily even though it is an oil based soap. http://www.backdoorsurvival.com/diy-liquid-castile-soap-wonderful/ I'm anxious to see if it works with Ebi's soap as well.

Thanks, Puddles.

They call those belly sliders. Apparently they are premature and born without inflating their air sack. They never bred to the people I sent them to. They are cool to watch though.

All out of money, or I'd be buying for sure. Christmas and birthdays wiped me out. Now trying to catch up on bills. Guess I'll have to hit the next one.

Ditto to Mayphly.

Like a "stairway to heaven?" *ducks and runs*

Vid:

Looks like different sizes are available:

heh It certainly would make it more legit at the office.

Wow. That looks very natural. Good job!

That may have been my problem. (?) My light was about 3" away.

I'm not selling this, but I ran across this on Ebay and thought it was pretty interesting: http://www.ebay.com/itm/QF-OCEAN-FREE-LUMIQ-3-NANO-TANK-30-L-for-CRYSTAL-SHRIMP-with-IPOD-IPHONE-DOCK-/151153891512?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item23317958b8 QF OCEAN FREE LUMI'Q 3 NANO TANK (30 L) for CRYSTAL SHRIMP with IPOD/IPHONE DOCK Cost: $155 Shipping: $30 economy Features: Super crystal clear glass, tough and allows maximum light penetration to give the most brilliant realistic colour from the fishes and plants Super low-power consumption, micro controller intelligence control system, first of its kind in the aquarium industry. AC 100-240V 50-60Hz With Ipod/Iphone dock and speakers 12V DC low power input, child safe. Finger touch sensing LED lighting technology, easy to operate. 5 operating mode selection, Simple and ergonomic design. Programmable 24-hour day and night lighting modes. Rich full Spectrum lighting to suit different personalities. LED lighting of ANY brilliant colour can be selected or automatically jogging. low voltage water pump and under gravel sand filtration, safe and very efficient. The unique features of the top cover design, allows easy water top-up and fish feeding. Truly a stunning Nano tank with unrivaled lighting Features!! Dimensions 31 x 31 x 35.2cm or 12 x 12 x 13.5 in Volume: 30 litres (7.5 gallons) Flow Rate 200L/H or 53 G/H Power Consumption: 3W

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