[shrimpnmoss]

Bought myself a Father's Day gift from the LFS today. 1 horned bumble bee nerite and a 1/2 zebra 1/2 something else nerite...look at the weird shell pattern:eek5:

Berried Female BTOE

 

[jrwestcoast]

Hope the nerite snails are both males otherwise you are going to have a tank full of eggs in a couple of weeks.

 

[bostoneric]

be super careful with those prefilters, those nipples break off really easy.
I've busted 4 of them, had water all over the place 1 time
finally found metal replacements for the top nipples.
check ebay for the metal replacements

 

[honda237]

Tank and shrimp looks awesome and very creative with the UGF.
What ph meter do you use?
This:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brand-New-D...676?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cca7757e4
don't mean to thread jack.

 

[honda237]

3) Remineralize with Salty Shrimp GH+ mineral.
a) 200ppm for Tigers
b) 120ppm for Pure Lines. Only 1/2 gallon at a time. Very very small water changes. 5%-10%. I also drip in top offs for Pure Lines.
c) 150ppm for TTs

http://www.alphaprobreeders.com/bee-shrimp-mineral-gh-1-000-grams/

Also plan on switching my tigers and neos over to this stuff, what is your ph for those tds?

 

[shrimpnmoss]

Tank and shrimp looks awesome and very creative with the UGF.
What ph meter do you use?
This:
[Ebay Link Removed]
don't mean to thread jack.

Yeah, that POS cheap Ph pen broke on me after a couple of month's of use. You get what you pay for.

Also plan on switching my tigers and neos over to this stuff, what is your ph for those tds?

see above...I can't measure PH anymore...LOL...and I've switch this whole tank to tap water and the shrimps are doing fine. The modular UGF was working for a while, but I had to disconnect it. The 2215 was not strong enough. A canister full of Aquasoil creates tremendous load on the filter. It was sucking air through some unknown joint. After I disconnected it the air problem was solved.

I also lost a bunch of Tigers over my vacation because it got into the 90s while I was gone for 2 weeks and no one was home to turn on the fan.

The surviving tigers are doing well as are the fire yellows....the yellows are going gang busters right now...damn Neos....they're pretty much bullet proof.

 

[shrimpnmoss]

be super careful with those prefilters, those nipples break off really easy.
I've busted 4 of them, had water all over the place 1 time
finally found metal replacements for the top nipples.
check ebay for the metal replacements

Yeah bro. Mine didn't break but it wasn't a clean seal and I was getting air in the canister. When I redo Modular UGF, I'll use a old canister filter next time instead of that unpowered prefilter.

 

[ren]

Too bad the prefilter filled with amazona didn't work out so well.
So whats next tech/DIY for the tank? Whatdoes the tank look like
now?

 

[shrimpnmoss]

Too bad the prefilter filled with amazona didn't work out so well.
So whats next tech/DIY for the tank? Whatdoes the tank look like
now?

Yeah, the motor wasn't powerful enough to pull the water without pulling air, or the prefilter was leaking. Either way the gurgling from the air in the canister was really annoying. I think this concept will still work but with different equipment.

I'm slowly going to dial this tank down. Move the shrimps over to a smaller temporary tank. I'm thinking about redoing this tank as a split tank. Put a glass/plexiglass divider so I can have 2 X 10gallons sharing a filtration system. We'll see. After summer is over and the breeding slows down a bit then I can mess with it easier.

I'll put up a new pic this weekend.

 

[honda237]

Yeah, that POS cheap Ph pen broke on me after a couple of month's of use. You get what you pay for.



see above...I can't measure PH anymore...LOL...and I've switch this whole tank to tap water and the shrimps are doing fine. The modular UGF was working for a while, but I had to disconnect it. The 2215 was not strong enough. A canister full of Aquasoil creates tremendous load on the filter. It was sucking air through some unknown joint. After I disconnected it the air problem was solved.

I also lost a bunch of Tigers over my vacation because it got into the 90s while I was gone for 2 weeks and no one was home to turn on the fan.

The surviving tigers are doing well as are the fire yellows....the yellows are going gang busters right now...damn Neos....they're pretty much bullet proof.

Hmm maybe I won't go so cheap. LOl sorry I mean gh for those tds not Ph, guess i was tired. That stinks about the the tigers and modular ugf, hopefully next time it works better.
I found this one, don't know how much better it is though, looks the same except it has a brand name:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/350596875260?ssPageName=STRK:MEBOFFX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1427.l2649

 

[c_gwinner]

Don't know if this would work, but what if you instead of pre-filtering with the amazonia, you actually put it on the outflow side before going back into the tank. It should put less strain on the motor since its more of a pressure then vacuum now on it. Just an idea and not sure if it would make that much of a difference.

 

[shrimpnmoss]

Don't know if this would work, but what if you instead of pre-filtering with the amazonia, you actually put it on the outflow side before going back into the tank. It should put less strain on the motor since its more of a pressure then vacuum now on it. Just an idea and not sure if it would make that much of a difference.

That's a good idea>

 

[shrimpnmoss]

 

[BoxxerBoyDrew]

VERY NICE TANK, and GREAT IDEAS!

I would try the outflow side of the filter for the amazonia filter too! From the DIY I have tried on canister filters in the late 90's for terrariums and Dart Frogs, the output IS the way to go!

I really like the substrate color! The BTOE really POP! SORRY for your losses too! Nothing kills the lasting fun of a trip than coming home to dead critters! Been there, done that and hope to never have it happen again!!!

Keep up the GREAT work!!!
Drew

 

[jkan0228]

I thought you didn't keep neos?!

 

[speedie408]

forget the neos, look at that nice looking nurii mutated! haha or am I wrong?

 

[shrimpnmoss]

VERY NICE TANK, and GREAT IDEAS!

I would try the outflow side of the filter for the amazonia filter too! From the DIY I have tried on canister filters in the late 90's for terrariums and Dart Frogs, the output IS the way to go!

I really like the substrate color! The BTOE really POP! SORRY for your losses too! Nothing kills the lasting fun of a trip than coming home to dead critters! Been there, done that and hope to never have it happen again!!!

Keep up the GREAT work!!!
Drew

Thanks!

I thought you didn't keep neos?!

I don't, but I got 5 fire yellows from Nick a while ago...lucky I did...cause if I didn't this tank would be pretty empty after killing most of the tigers...now it's filled with yellows....neos are so easy...this tank is pure Tap water....remineralized to 200ppm.

forget the neos, look at that nice looking nurii mutated! haha or am I wrong?

hahaha...you know your own plants when you see it huh?....that's the one that I grew in the orb...a baby of the original one that you sent me like a year ago...It's happy in the planter filled with aquasoil...