Currently Im setting up an aquaponic system in which Tilapia will be raised and the discharged water from the fish tanks will be sent to water beds where styrofoam “planks”will have lettuce etc in place. Can Prawn (freshwater shrimp) be raised in the water beds with the vegetables thus producing an additional (3rd) product? I heard they wont harm the roots of the plants.
Tagged aquaponic system, fish tanks, lettuce, planks, plants, roots, shrimp, styrofoam, tilapia, vegetables, water beds
I have a ten gallon tank that currently has some blue standard aqarium gravel. It is freshwater, but I would still like to change the substrate to black sand. So how would I go about that? It is the home to a male betta, 3 cory cats and two ghost shrimp. Would I have to catch them and toss them in a bucket with the tank water and then scrape out all the gravel and add the black sand? Would my tank have to recycle even if I used the same filter and plants/decoration?
Also would it be okay to just get black play-sand and rinse it in a pillow case and then soak it for a week?
Okay, I can get the aqarium sand, but were would I keep my fish for two weeks?
Okay are you sure I don’t have to recylce? I know a lot of people don’t know what they are talking about, but I trust you as you usally give awsome advice. I am going to check around on some various fish forums just in case(:
Ooo I like the idea of having the gravel on the bottom and covering it with sand(: But eventually I might get a khulie loach or two and I think they would be surprised when they went to burrow…
Tagged aqarium, betta, black sand, cory, cory cats, freshwater, gallon, gallon tank, ghost shrimp, gravel, home, male betta, plants, sand, substrate, tank, tank water
Right now I have large gravel and a bunch of cichlids. I would like to change it over to a sand floor, some live plants and some small non agressive fish. Ideas and links would be great. There is just so much info out there, I don’t know where to begin to look. I have double filtration going from the top, a heater, thermometer, 4 air stones going, and of course lights.
I am going to rehome my cichlids this weekend, and give the tanks some time to adjust to the change over from gravel to sand before I start adding in new fish. Need low maintenance ideas. As in, once a week at most. My boyfriend is partial to ghost shrimp for a clean up crew. I am not too sure about them. I know guppies are colorful, but want to stay away from guppies, and mollies. Danios I have had before and liked the coloring and activity level. Any other ideas? What do you have in your tanks?
Tagged agressive fish, air stones, bunch, cichlids, decor, filtration, fish, fish ideas, floor, freshwater, gallon, gravel, non, plants, sand, tank, thermometer
I looked in my freshwater fish tank containing 2 black-skirted tetras, 2 albino sail fin mollys, 2 ghost shrimp and 1 neon tetra, and i noticed around one of my plants inside it these small white glue-like drops. none of these had any certain form, more like someone dropped small drops of glue in the tank. there are quite a few of these thing, all spread out along the plant. im guessing they are eggs from one of the fish, but to my knowledge both the tetras and the mollys are live birthing fish. any clues? O.o
No snails in the tank =p
Tagged albino, eggs, fin, fish, freshwater, freshwater fish, freshwater fish tank, Ghost, ghost shrimp, glue, neon, neon tetra, plants, sail, shrimp, tank, tetra, tetras
125gal at 6-7 months old, the plants are taking over. Now if only the moss would decide to do the same. I wonder if moss wont grow on rocks with high calcium, any thoughts? The moss grows well on the lacerock but poorly on the tufa. Currently living in the tank are 3 Vietnamese mudskippers, 3 archerfish, an angel I bought for my girlfriend (dont care to learn its name), 1 blue gourami, and 2 panther crabs. If your curious about what kinds of plants just ask, theres about 17 species or so.
Aaron enjoys doing nothing, more freshwater, a long armed prawn, red parrot cichlids start out brown and as they grow the lose the ability to produce any colour other than red, albino ancistrus pleco’s, mountain or mole shrimp, livingstonii, asstd fantail goldfish, clarkkii clownfish in the anemone, sexy dancing camel shrimp, marine betta, green serpent starfish, blue leg hermit crab, dwarf zebra hermit crabs, red anemone crabs, ( the shrimp he is talking about is the pistol shrimp) olive snail, scarlet hermit crabs, Boy hollering.
Posted in Shrimps
Tagged aquarium/vivarium, Archerfish, gallon, Live, Mudskipper, plants
