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He could be dead on the bottom , if he recently died . Endlers pick the weakest fish and harass him but hide areas reduce this . They nip the tail fin. I keep them outside but I do have a few diff types inside and the top dog is the tiniest green endler

''I did manage to find another PO for my shipping needs'' Well , at least you found a better PO .

Guppy grass is just a plant which doesn't need to be planted as far as substrate nor attached to anything . On its own it sinks and a great escape place for little fish who are being chased by other fish . I find my endlers more aggressive with each other than male guppies but with thick hiding plants they don't bother the weakest endler . They can be much nippier than common guppies . Water sprite is as good . I have never used meds for torn fins and they heal no problem. Endlers heal very well . This is guppy grass --

Are you going to do salt or thinking about it ? Only thing stopping me now that I picked out a light , Current Orbit and hang on skimmer is the R/O . All my faucets are those new wide mouth faucets which you cant attach the unit to and I am not keen on having it plumbed in extra bathroom under the sink . My faucets outside are great but the RO would melt come Spring/Summer . I have to figure this out .

I have never seen Cherax other than online and some look amazing . If anything I would have thought they were very aggressive as just assumed Australian crays were . Go figure . I was looking at your shrimp. Nice selection and saw you carry Indian shrimp . I have never seen those for sale either in the USA .

I purchased few from the site above me , Han aquatics . In fact he made some square one's for me because my Penguin filters use square intake and they work great. They do not impede the filter circulation and do not suck up the tiniest baby shrimp . Before buying his I had ''shrimp safe'' mesh I picked up on ebay and it was garbage as I saw it suck up a tiny shrimp.

I had a pair of white Procambarus Alleni which even bred and no problems . Kept with several pvc tubes, etc in a 30 inch long tub think 18 wide today the male killed the female . They were together about a year and half . I will just keep the male by himself but curious if anyone has a pair of any crays other than the dwarfs and self cloning long term ?

Yes they are Cobra's. His fin should be fine without any meds . Endler males will fight fins grow back. They develop a hierarchy and even the smallest male can become the boss . Guppy grass or water sprite goes a long way as far as breaking up fights and would do well in your set up .

I place my filters on side of tank which is something most don't care for so it forces me to use dome lights with CFL bulbs . I cant lay led fixtures on top of tank. They are inexpensive and work amazing but I would prefer the look of nicer led fixtures and the clip on types which I like are for rimless tanks which I wont do .

I just got plants today from HAN . What type fish do you keep ?

Everything comes in the unit ? You only replace filter/s now and than ?

That is a great idea and if Poopians is able to locate one in her area I find they are on the ball . The one's here are small and efficient but they cant not do money orders which doesn't pertain to Poopians any way .

oh I see . I thought maybe this was only in winter because I know your winters/snow are rough . I imagine it can be tricky as far as shrimp shipments .

''they insisted they didn't have to refund him because the requirements of the guarantee weren't met, meaning it wasn't scanned'' That seems to be what they do . I'm glad your brother prevailed . I'm like the Jack Lemmon character in the movie 'The Out of Towners' when it comes to dealing with Miami's postal sorting house . Not sure if anyone here knows the movie , lol . I had no idea that the buyer was able to get shipping cost back because I had 2 shrimp shipments arrive 4 days late but all the shrimp were fine . Temps here are ideal during the winter . I mentioned to the sellers that they should get their shipping back and I would fill out any forms they wanted . I didn't want a penny I wanted to stick it to Miami postal sorting department but I suspect the sellers didn't bother and laughed at me , lol.

Actually I think you are correct as this was not marked live fish . It was from a fish farm further north in the state and what a pleasure it was to deal with Fed-ex with accurate tracking and think it took one day . It cost the shipper about 12 dollars , more or less .

I'm going back to the early 80s but I'll look at the picture book and see if I have a camera picture of the babies . They were the common sand stars . I used to collect them in shallow water by stirring up sand in grassy areas I called lagoons and on piers right where the water met the air they would cling . This type star -- http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/0a/66/79/0a66796f28b1d97243e822b4000956c9.jpg

Yes that's it . I had no idea that ghost would stay that way for months and thus thought an unusual color morph or not a ghost shrimp. I keep orange throat and brown darters which I usually feed thawed blood worms and cherry shrimp culls but sometimes when I go fishing by Glades I net ghost shrimp and throw them in. This one simply lived a long time and got to big for the darters to bother it .

Thanks a lot this was very informative . You know I have noticed ''color'' as far as some type hue in ghost shrimps depending on what part of Florida they are caught in. Most I catch by Tamiami trail across the water dam past the bullfrog farm but the one's I have caught in canals have some ''hues'' that the pond types lack .

Oh ok that makes sense . He has been this way for awhile but perhaps just old . I never had any last with the darters so that is possible .

Few months ago I netted some tiny ghost shrimp for my darters . All were eaten but one who is white/yellow with a grey stripe down his head and tinges of red on his tail . Initially I thought it was a shedding Ghost shrimp but it has remained this color and has grown larger than other ghost shrimps . He is to big now to be eaten and ignored which works for me . He will eat other tiny ghost shrimp which I add to tank now and than.

I had sand stars multiply rather well . I collected 2 of them in a ''secret'' lagoon which is now sadly a hotel and months later had lots of tiny sand stars all over the live rocks . As they got bigger I released them and about a year later had babies again from the original parents . I don't know what type they were . I call them common Atlantic sand stars .

Than I would file an anonymous complaint or suggestion using regular paper mail but I wouldn't let it go . At least this way you tried . Some time ago I got some white crays and the seller sent them fed-ex for about $12.00 which is more or less USPS but HUGE difference in shipping . I'm surprised more sellers don't use fed-ex .

Why don't they deliver to the house due to tough weather ?

Wow . Why so much, the lighting ?

You can always gets plants later so get a bigger tank. You will like it better as will your fish.