is live rock an essential part of cycling a saltwater aquarium ro can i just put the shrimp in their, like a freshwater tank? also, do i put my sand (not live) subtrate in while im cycling or when im done cycling????
if i do need live rock, what is the least amount i can get and how much would it cost????? i have a 10 gallon tank and will be getting one ocellaris clownfish
Tagged Aquarium, cycling, freshwater, freshwater tank, part, rock, saltwater, saltwater aquarium, sand, shrimp, subtrate, tank
I have a 10 gl freshwater with marine sand bottom, 2 fake coral pieces, a rock arch with fake plants attached and 2 real plants. Also a male betta, columbian zebra pleco, ghost shrimp and MTS. Would it be safe to add a small crayfish? I would purchase this crayfish from a lfs. I have been told that crayfish will eat fish and then I have been told they won’t if the fish is bigger and faster than the cray. So would it be safe for my existing critters to add a tankmate?
Darryl,
I found my columbian at a lfs and they didn’t know what it was so I played dumb too and paid 13.00 for him. LOL I know I stole him.
Tagged arch, betta, bottom, columbian, coral, coral pieces, cray, crayfish, critters, fake plants, fish, freshwater, ghost shrimp, gl, lfs, male betta, marine sand, rock, rock arch, sand, sand bottom, tankmate, zebra, zebra pleco
I know there’s nothing different unless I want to get elaborate with filters and skimmers, but does anyone have suggestions on how to clean it out? I’m planning on using a sandy bottom with live rock. I know it’s small, but it’s just going to be for my poor cleaner shrimp.
I have only a few fish, guppys, neons, cory cats. 150 Gal tank with slate rock, gravel and sand. Live plants (one type, momo?) Fern like straight growing, 74″ max. I had an issue with algae, first thin black then green then thick spongy green, now thin and thick green with the bearded brown on EVERYTHING.
Water test says, Nitrate is 0, Nitrite is 0, Hardness is 120ppm, Alka/Buff is 120ppm, pH is looking like 8.4, Ammonia is 0.
Ugh……Am I going Brackish?! What do I do. Add pHMinus? then what? I can buy fish,shrimp and plants for the algae issue as well as scrubbing, but dude, whats up with my water! Could extra conditioner help this? My main issue was and acted like Nitrate issues, but does not seem to be it.
The Green algae began as the famous Blue Green then evolved into the Hairy Brown. Bubbles lover to stick to it, they get to the size of BB pellets! Rocks are not fizzling, and the plants only get the air bubbles stuck to them, mild algae if any. The glass only gets the paper thin green algae. I do use Phos-X, granted only enough for a 30 Gal tank. However it does cut down on the odor. Yucky pond! The hard water/pH and such would make sense to why newly added fish pop up dead within a couple days…I just don’t want to be limited by the hardy Goldfish being the only thing able to survive this! lol Oh, my lights are on for 4 hours, and I feed only once a day, 1/2 tsp of granules and 1/2 flake. Everything is gone in less than 3min.
Looks like short feather hair at a few feet, but has a very “can’t hold the rock kind of slimy” feel and has a soft/gel look to it. Colors range from bright emerald to tourquise, then theres black, a brown, and baige sand brown. I have darn good photos, I’ll get them online if someones interested.
The Fluval EBI Ceramic Foreground Rock Aquarium Ornament is a polyresin decor ornament that creates a beautiful, natural-looking environment for your aquarium. The Fluval EBI Ceramic Foreground Rock Aquarium Ornament is made of safe, non-toxic material so the ornament will not affect the water chemistry. The realistic design of the Fluval EBI ornaments help create a more natural environment. These ornaments can be accented and enhanced with live moss.
List Price: $ 25.99
Price: $ 12.70
This digital document is an article from Quick Frozen Foods International, published by E.W. Williams Publications, Inc. on April 1, 1997. The length of the article is 1174 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
From the supplier: A Supreme Court order is banning shrimp farming on semi-intensive and intensive farms in tidal areas in India. The decision, which was spurred by the EPA Act of 1986 and the Coastal Zone Management of 1991, is expected to paralyze the industry as some 60,000 small shrimp farms with 80,000 hectares of ponds stand to be affected by the order. Despite efforts by the Marine Products Export Development Authority to have the decision reversed, the Mar 31, 1997 deadline for India’s shrimp growers remains standing. ‘Hindu Agriculture News’ suggests that, in place of shrimp farming, the country could grow freshwater prawns which are expensive in the international market and readily cultivable.
Citation Details
Title: Indian shrimp farms doomed by court; can freshwater prawns save industry?(Industry Overview)
Publication: Quick Frozen Foods International (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 1997
Publisher: E.W. Williams Publications, Inc.
Volume: v38 Issue: n4 Page: p106(2)
Article Type: Industry Overview
Distributed by Thomson Gale
List Price: $ 5.95
Price: $ 5.95
