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Having shrimps in your tank will limit the type of fish you can have because a lot of fish will attack it. As someone mention earlier RCS are the easiest to take care of.

If the tank is cycled i would check gh and kh on the shrimp you are keeping. RCS are hardy shrimps and they shouldn't die that easily.

I was following rex grigg and another articles about silent cycling but somewhere I probably didn't do something right.

No I have no fish in the tank just plants as I mention.

I totally agree you with that but dang it...its so hard =]

I have no cabinet :lol: so whats sitting on the desk is planters sunflower seeds, bottle of soy sauce, 22 oz cheese puffs, a softball, seachem flourish comp, and domo.

How does one have the patience to wait for your tank to completely cycle so you can put fish in it. Arrrrghhh

Binding shouldn't hurt them as long as it doesn't cut into their stems. Though it might effect how much light to certain part that are bind together.

I'm having the same problem as you. The bottom...

This is one way of doing it but some of the sand ends up on the actually plant which is one of the reason why I went this way. Plus I didn't have to wait 15 mins or turn off my filter.

I've been reading and researching for months on what techniques I should use to start my low tech aquarium either fishless cycle or silent cycle and I choose silent cycled. Although I have absorb a...

I'm not using an bacterial additives. I'm using the plants to balance the water out.

The .50 ppm ammonia is from the sink water after I dechlorinate it.

So my ammonia is .50 ppm, am i expected this to be down to 0 before I can add any fishes?

Everything else is at 0

I am going on my third day with plants in the tank and it appears the Anacharis...

I don't know if this has been done before or if this is in the right place but I came across something and would like to share.

While I was done setting up the tank including water and sand I...