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Forum: Substrate 03-07-2013, 01:22 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 288
Posted By SouthernGorilla
That perlhumus looks interesting. I'd use it. I'd...

That perlhumus looks interesting. I'd use it. I'd still want something more in the substrate. But that's just me.
Forum: Substrate 03-05-2013, 11:36 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 288
Posted By SouthernGorilla
You can buy clay online from ceramic supply...

You can buy clay online from ceramic supply stores. I just bought ten pounds of it myself. The red art clay comes as a dry powder that you can mix in at whatever proportion you want. The red in the...
Forum: Substrate 03-04-2013, 01:22 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 288
Posted By SouthernGorilla
Is the soil just ordinary topsoil? The compacting...

Is the soil just ordinary topsoil? The compacting problem could be solved by adding sand, perlite, or vermiculate to the soil. No terrestrial soil is comprised of just organic matter. All garden soil...
Forum: Substrate 03-04-2013, 01:13 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 225
Posted By SouthernGorilla
I just bought a huge bag of "play sand" at Home...

I just bought a huge bag of "play sand" at Home Depot for less than $5 as I recall. It is incredibly fine. I can't attest to it being inert since I have yet to add water to the tank. I used the sand...
Forum: Substrate 03-04-2013, 12:58 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 254
Posted By SouthernGorilla
Personally, I'm convinced people don't use enough...

Personally, I'm convinced people don't use enough substrate. I've never seen a gardener use only 2" of soil. Even potted houseplants are deeper than that.

I just started building our twenty-gallon...
Forum: Substrate 03-04-2013, 12:44 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 299
Posted By SouthernGorilla
There are millions of people around the world...

There are millions of people around the world growing hydroponic gardens. That alone proves that gravel can work as a growing medium. The catch is that you need to keep nutrients in the water to feed...
Forum: Shrimp & Other Invertebrates 02-24-2013, 04:24 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 643
Posted By SouthernGorilla
Our first batch of ghost shrimp sure didn't...

Our first batch of ghost shrimp sure didn't survive everything. We lost seven overnight. That was definitely a water issue. And that's why I don't believe these deaths are a water issue. Bad water...
Forum: Shrimp & Other Invertebrates 02-24-2013, 03:22 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 643
Posted By SouthernGorilla
I said "near 0" because the test kits aren't...

I said "near 0" because the test kits aren't exactly precise. The color seems to indicate zero. But it's entirely possible it's higher. I don't believe there's a problem with the tank because nothing...
Forum: Shrimp & Other Invertebrates 02-23-2013, 10:37 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 643
Posted By SouthernGorilla
Thanks. The encouragement really does mean a lot....

Thanks. The encouragement really does mean a lot. It's also good to know I'm not the only person interested in seeing what the facts are.
Forum: Equipment 02-23-2013, 10:28 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 520
Posted By SouthernGorilla
In a low-tech tank surface agitation is a good...

In a low-tech tank surface agitation is a good thing. The high-tech guys avoid it because they are trying to maintain an unnatural imbalance of gasses in their tank. A low-tech tank is just trying to...
Forum: Equipment 02-23-2013, 09:39 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 576
Posted By SouthernGorilla
I think the hose is 1/2". It came with the gravel...

I think the hose is 1/2". It came with the gravel vac that was with the twenty-gallon tank we "inherited". It doesn't fit the top of the filter as well as I would like. I think at some point I'll end...
Forum: Algae 02-23-2013, 09:26 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 668
Posted By SouthernGorilla
Well I can't say it's fully gone away. But there...

Well I can't say it's fully gone away. But there is definitely less brown now than there was when I first saw this thread. You never get rid of algae completely. I think it's at a tolerable level...
Forum: Shrimp & Other Invertebrates 02-23-2013, 09:17 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 643
Posted By SouthernGorilla
Nothing else has died as a result of the clam...

Nothing else has died as a result of the clam deaths. We had RCS at one time. But they all died before I bought the clams. The otos died while the clams were all accounted for. The betta and ghost...
Forum: Fish 02-23-2013, 07:45 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 216
Posted By SouthernGorilla
We "spoon feed" bloodworms to our betta, ghost...

We "spoon feed" bloodworms to our betta, ghost shrimp, and apple snails with an ordinary medicine dropper. We just thaw the frozen worms in a small plastic cup with a bit of tank water then use the...
Forum: Fish 02-23-2013, 07:35 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 584
Posted By SouthernGorilla
I would agree with that recommendation. We had a...

I would agree with that recommendation. We had a ton of algae in our tank. Since it is a well-stocked ten-gallon we didn't want to add a ton of new fish. We added a couple otos since we'd read that...
Forum: Fish 02-23-2013, 07:17 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 744
Posted By SouthernGorilla
Why not a betta? They are certainly colorful and...

Why not a betta? They are certainly colorful and interesting. We have a betta as the centerpiece fish in our ten-gallon tank. Oddly, we spend more time watching the snails and shrimp. The betta...
Forum: Equipment 02-11-2013, 09:15 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 192
Posted By SouthernGorilla
You raise some good points. Even a screen that...

You raise some good points. Even a screen that covered the entire end of the tank may not have enough surface area to prevent clogging. And I agree that having the extra bacteria in a foam filter...
Forum: Shrimp & Other Invertebrates 02-11-2013, 12:46 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 643
Posted By SouthernGorilla
Four died in total. One very shortly after...

Four died in total. One very shortly after arrival. I assume it may have been near death from transport since that sort of thing is not uncommon. Our parameters have been stable since the tank...
Forum: Shrimp & Other Invertebrates 02-10-2013, 10:32 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 643
Posted By SouthernGorilla
Definitely a myth. We've had four dead clams in a...

Definitely a myth. We've had four dead clams in a ten gallon tank without a single death of any other critter.

I'm really not interested in the naysayers telling me why clams are evil and must be...
Forum: Shrimp & Other Invertebrates 02-10-2013, 09:03 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 643
Posted By SouthernGorilla
I can tell you from experience that is a myth. We...

I can tell you from experience that is a myth. We got six clams from William Tricker. Four of them have died. Each of the dead ones was quite easy to find and remove.

I can't figure out what...
Forum: Shrimp & Other Invertebrates 02-10-2013, 08:22 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 643
Posted By SouthernGorilla
Clam advice

Anybody else keep clams? How do you tell if they are happy and healthy? I've been trying to feed them with Kent's plankton. But I don't know if they are eating. It's not easy to tell if they're...
Forum: Fertilizers and Water Parameters 02-10-2013, 08:14 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 153
Posted By SouthernGorilla
Some of our plants seem to be fine. But the dwarf...

Some of our plants seem to be fine. But the dwarf hairgrass didn't last long. It's hard to tell if it died off because of the water or because of the snails though. The banana plant is certainly...
Forum: Shrimp & Other Invertebrates 02-10-2013, 08:01 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 315
Posted By SouthernGorilla
For what it's worth, our ghost shrimp seem very...

For what it's worth, our ghost shrimp seem very fond of the baby's tears I just added to our tank. It may be easier to grow than grasses.
Forum: Shrimp & Other Invertebrates 02-10-2013, 07:55 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 886
Posted By SouthernGorilla
We keep three apple snails in our tank. They do a...

We keep three apple snails in our tank. They do a great job of keeping the substrate clean of old food and waste. You do have to be picky about the plants you use. But contrary to popular myth they...
Forum: Shrimp & Other Invertebrates 02-10-2013, 07:44 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 288
Posted By SouthernGorilla
We don't have any specific food just for our...

We don't have any specific food just for our ghost shrimp. But they eat everything. They eat the bottom feeder pellets we drop in for the snails and cories. They even swim to the surface to get the...
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