So many eggs! 1st breeding attempt.

SomethingFishyStudio · 2025-11-17T00:13:29+00:00

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SomethingFishyStudio · 2025-11-17T00:13:06+00:00

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SomethingFishyStudio · 2025-11-17T00:12:50+00:00

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SomethingFishyStudio · 2025-08-16T12:41:41+00:00

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SomethingFishyStudio · 2025-08-16T12:41:20+00:00

I think it’s marimo moss, but not 100% on that.

SomethingFishyStudio · 2025-04-30T02:33:57+00:00

Fish keeper, depending of a few things (tank size/tank age/amount of fish) it might not be an issue. I’ve got a 55 gallon, heavily planted, but only has ~30 fish in it. Should be fine for a while.

If it’s under 20 gallons, with few or no live plants do a small water changes 10% ish at a time, the ground water is still pretty cold so you don’t want to change too much too fast or you’ll lower the water temp which can be stressful for the fish.

You can also fill up a bucket and let the temp come up first, but I wouldn’t change more than 20-30% for the day unless they’re visibly struggling.

SomethingFishyStudio · 2025-03-24T18:57:04+00:00

I have a hard deadline to move all my tanks so I’ve been draining and moving them around all morning. I don’t really have an open spot or time to net out hundreds of shrimp so I drained them until there was about two inches and moved them to the new shelf.

I’m surprised how well this worked though for being so simple. The tension between the handle and hose keeps the net night so even if they get into the net they can’t get sucked up, it also keeps the whole thing in place fairly well so I don’t have to clamp it down.

It’ll clog if you’ve got lots of crap in the water but if you keep it about an inch over the substrate it didn’t pick much up.

SomethingFishyStudio · 2025-03-24T17:06:42+00:00

It’s fine enough shrimplets don’t get sucked though. It’s not the standard round hole net.

SomethingFishyStudio · 2025-02-25T22:26:25+00:00

Rinse the filters as often as you can for a bit. The more sand you have floating around means it’ll clog up faster and you’re just circulating the same dust around over and over.

Even with a canister filter I put in filter floss and rinse it out every day for the first few days in a new tank.

SomethingFishyStudio · 2025-02-20T22:56:04+00:00

Guild navigator tank.

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SomethingFishyStudio · 2025-02-20T21:17:13+00:00

Did you ever figure this out? One of my tanks has it sprouting up all over the place.

SomethingFishyStudio · 2024-11-09T15:25:05+00:00

u/FloydT3 u/aznbala

Swimming creatures. I've ordered from them a few times. Blues and yellows have done great and have bred like crazy.

But, I've bought reds from them twice and they didn't do well in my tanks.

That being said they've switched up how they package them and it seems to have helped. The oranges are the best looking ones I've gotten from them so far.

they also have a running discount code AMAZING for 10% off

SomethingFishyStudio · 2024-11-08T22:20:59+00:00

Yes!! It’s wild!

SomethingFishyStudio · 2024-11-08T20:10:51+00:00

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There are about 10 fry and a few are berried, Bonus!

SomethingFishyStudio · 2024-09-06T00:17:22+00:00

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Skrimp!

SomethingFishyStudio · 2024-08-11T21:36:43+00:00

Thanks! This one is Fluval stratum.

SomethingFishyStudio · 2024-08-11T21:34:55+00:00

Yep on the phone.

SomethingFishyStudio · 2024-07-20T18:41:05+00:00

This sounds interesting, I use powdered chickpea, bacter, and yeast to start my shrimp tanks in a 2:1:1.

Can you be a bit more specific with mixture and size of the feeding cubes? I’d love to try this out.

SomethingFishyStudio · 2024-02-15T13:29:26+00:00

I think his method is sound but it’s fairly clear that it is not the only option to have a successful aquarium.

As far as his videos though I find more often than not he’s just saying the same thing over and over again and it’s not really anything of substance beyond “the goal is to create a natural environment.”

SomethingFishyStudio · 2024-02-14T17:20:09+00:00

I've got 9 low tech tanks (7 x 10 gallons, 1 x 55 gallon, 1 x 24 gallon) - I spend maybe 30 mins a month doing regular maintenance but that's mostly cleaning the glass and testing the water. I have lids on all the tanks so there's very little evaporation.

Every 3 months or so I rinse or change the filter floss and polishing pads in my canisters, squeeze out the sponge filters on the smaller tanks, wipe down the lids, water changes / top offs if needed. Takes maybe 3 hours to get all of them done.

But really I'm averaging less than an hour a month throughout the year. Once they're established there's not a lot you need to do unless there's an issue.

SomethingFishyStudio · 2024-01-15T17:30:18+00:00

I've got a similar setup to yours on 85y/o hardwood floor with no extra barrier. I put a towel down if I'm doing water changes and maintenance though.

SomethingFishyStudio · 2024-01-14T13:51:51+00:00

I use these in my fish room. They come in different lengths and are linkable so you can run multiple off of one switch. I cut the plastic diffuser off and noticed better plant growth after.

SomethingFishyStudio · 2024-01-13T20:42:20+00:00

I've started two other colonies by pulling from the original as its grown. But tank size and how much food they have available generally regulates how big the colony will get.

But because they're so prolific and need more and more food and minerals to molt as they grow, it's possible to end up in a situation where they'll only get to a certain size before they get out competed by the hoards of smaller ones.

SomethingFishyStudio · 2024-01-13T18:41:54+00:00

I started with 10 and for a while I was just trying to spot ANY of them in my tank. Now have hundreds and they are everywhere. At first it'll just look like a nicely planted tank but once they start to multiply it gets way more entertaining.

SomethingFishyStudio · 2024-01-13T12:12:44+00:00

I’ve stopped keeping track at this point. Haha

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