Doc4PC2

Are you talking about these, Subtle Aquatics? Also, will it catch other types of worms do, even the harmless ones? Thanks!

Has anyone tried one of these traps? And if so, how did you get it to stay on the floor of the substrate? How does it stay flat down on the substrate and not float up? Also what did you use for food in the trap? I could put some cut up hot dogs in it, or piece of raw shrimp, or piece of turkey that you use for sandwiches, or piece of ham slice? Would any of these work? Do these work with the other detritus worms? and other kinds of worms? Just trying to get some information on these traps and how to use them, and how to get them to stay on the floor of the substrate. Any info I can on these. I would like to avoid using Fenben or any other chemicals. I don't have planaria worms, but I want to be prepared in case I do get them. Thanks, Doc

What's the use of having ottos, with your shrimp, if they don't eat the worms, the non harmful worms? You would think the ottos would rid the tank of the d. worms. They are the only fish that is supposed to be 100% safe with shrimp, but you would think they would eat the worms like a cory cat would.

That is one nice looking shrimp. You would think that would be a very high grade.

What do u mean by dosing with trace?

Louie, I forgot to tell you what kind of LED Light that was. I use the BeamWorks LED Lights on all of my tanks. I use the 20" on the 10 gallons, and the 48" on the main tank. I hang it 5 inches above the main tank. The Beamworks led's have the day lights and the blue led night lights that make the tank shimmer when the blue led's are on. I keep the day lights on 9 hours, the blue led's on for 6 hours, and lights off for 9 hours.

wow, what a difference in the color. You would think it would be the other way around. Less color when you are young and more color when you are older. I may now have to rethink about the Panda Loaches, if they lose their color and look dull as they get older. I wonder how long they retain their cool Panda look, until they start to lose the color and brilliance?

Great Shrimp! Thanks for posting!

You can't see them in the photo unless you are looking for them, but there are three goldfish in the tank right now, while it is cycling. I use Tetra Safe Start +, and Colony to start my tanks, so the fish are just fine. But yeah, I want to put a couple of Panda Loaches in the tank, and just one of something else that I haven't decided on yet. That's why I wanted someone to breed a dwarf Discus. That would be cool. I couple of Panda Loaches, and a Dwarf Turquoise Discus for that tank. The water parameters are the same for the Discus as for CRS, CBS, shrimp, except the temp is kept way warmer. But since there is no such a thing as a Dwarf Discus, I will have to settle on something else and the two panda loaches. lol

Here is my 10 gallon tank, all setup in case of an emergency. If I needed to put all of the shrimp in this 10 gallon, it is ready to go. So, I have a backup or two now to go with my 48" Long main shrimp tank. The arch is xmas moss all around the arch. This is what the room looks like directly across from the main 48" long shrimp tank.

Nice........!

Awesome! Congrats!

There has got to be a way to reach out and get more members joining. What if you were to put a huge giveaway on the home page and give it to the new people that signup? A drawing or something. Entice them to join and post at least twice, and by doing so they get into the huge giveaway. So the new members are the ones that win the giveaway, and the senior members can donate to make the giveaway something really good. I would help and donate some stuff to it. Just a thought.

You can see closeups of each section in my journal in my gallery, but I need to take some updated ones. The thing that is hanging is a floating Moss Ball. I put xmas moss in it and attach small clear fishing line so it hangs in the middle under the water, so they can't jump off it and go to another section, but they love climbing on it, and they like the water flow on top. There is always a couple on it every time I look.

Wow!

Now, that I am done with that room, here is the before shot, and what I started with, and what it looks like today, and how that side of the room looks like now. This is what the room looks like across from the main tank. The other side with a 10 gallon setup for emergencies, if I had to move the shrimp to this 10 gallon should something happen to my main tank. Here is the 10 gallon tank and setup: