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Or buy competition grade to cut the corners. haha

You can simply aerated it day or two before the water change to see if this is your problem.

Only corner HMF needs silicone glue. get regular one. 
 
it equals to two big 4.25" cube sponge filter.
 
You're on the right track, TB is as easy as PRL/CRS now a days. they just grow slower than PRL/CRS

Only ABN Pleco is safe.

You can use RO water as well.
 
I wish my canister media that way.

Take out some tank water Remove a sponge Squeeze the sponge in the used tank water until cleanish Replace sponge Never do all sponges at once.
 
If you are determined to be super clean and do one a week (I'm not that good,) that allows 3-4 wks for the cleaned sponge to recolonize.

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It's interesting to see SCR x Red Ruby.

Ultimately, when you get to your desired gh, you want to
 
take out and add the same amount each water change (ie. 10%-20%)  
have the same gh in your new water to match your tank water's gh  
Add pure only when topping off what evaporated because the gh and minerals are left behind.

I think a ten gallon is a good starting point for Cherry Shrimp.

Just wanted to clarify, I think James is referring to 20 gallon long and not 20 liters.
I might be wrong though

Just want to echo the cheap PH pens. I have gone through 3 different ones, and none worked well at all. I saved my money and ended up with seneye reef monitoring system. I am happy with that system.
In the short term, us the API low PH test kits

USA shrimp auction group on Facebook.
 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/794525210586714/

Just thin layer of active substrate is good enough.
 
as long as it keeps the pH in range.
 
I use 1" of Controsoil for all my bee shrimp tanks.

USA shrimp auction group on Facebook.
 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/794525210586714/

I tried 3 of the affordable PH pens ranging from $20-$50 and I can tell you one thing. It's an absolute waste of money, but if you want to try it for yourself you can. A buddy also tried several of the cheaper ones with the same results as me, even tried on each others tanks and readings were all over the place (even after several "fine tuning" attempts were made).
 
The only reliable one so far has been the one James linked.

That's the problem with "red bolts," if they exist. I have one in my TB/mischling tank that looks very red bolt, but I've seen it being berried, mated by male TB, and carrying mostly regular eggs with some dark eggs, just like my other mischling females (with appearance of CRS, CBS, and snows) do. I was thinking it is just a mischling that is also a snow (homozygous recessive snow and heterozygous for recessive TB) that has more red coloring than most. If real red bolts exist, they are very hard to differentiate from more colored snows.
 
Seeing red bolts from wine reds will definitely help. It'll also help to do red bolt x wine red and red bolt x red bolt crosses.

with shrimp tanks. def dont need to clean them. your soil will have expired long before. when resetting a tank best to not let the HMF dry out. keep it in a bucket of tank water while you change out the soil.

Stephan @ ST told me about another way. get the sponge wet and freeze it. then you can drill a hole through it. I havent tried it that method, I did it like Andy.

awesome!!!
HMF by far the best solution for filtration.  I was blow away the first time i turned on the JetPipe. that thing moves some serious water!
 
nice work!

I will take some photo of Red Bolt from Wine Red and Blue Bolt from BKK when I have chance.
 
It looks totally different.

Supers were made by taking high quality crs and working to improve the red coverage.
 
Once mixed, I'm sure the modifiers would scatter in the super and it would pretty much be the same as breeding with a crs.

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I thought there are three type of snows.
 
Snow from CRS/CBS
 
Snow from BKK - BB alike.
Snow from Wine Red -  RB alike
 
the Later two won't make any mischlings, but TB only.

Buy Paracur from Amazon.
 
Use 1/10 of 1 gram pack powder (222mg fenbendazole) to treat 10 gallon water.
Put it in tea  bag
Place tea bag in filter
 
Keep it for 3 days, remove tea bag, done.
 
removal snail before treatment.