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SKF Aquatics Fortnightly Digest 13 January 2017


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Welcome to the latest edition of the SKF Aquatics newsletter, your fortnightly roundup of our favourite discussions and recommended reading.

Enjoy the newsletter and thanks for continuing to be part of the SKF Aquatics family.

Your SKF Aquatics Team

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  • New Beginnings - 30cm Cube ADA Style Planted.
    John.
    I've not had an aquarium for some time, ab1 out three years. I saw NoGi selling a Disposable Co2 Regulator, I decided then and there that I would purchase his Co2 Regulator and set-up a brand new t…
    1 comments
  • Sulawesi shrimp species
    revolutionhope
    Does anyone know with certainty which varieties of sulawesi shrimps can interbreed and which can not?Does anyone have experience or knowledge of hybridising them?[emoji173] [emoji111] Will
    2 comments
  • Neocaridina culls and lines
    RagingWind92
    Hi everybody, even though im pretty new to this hobby i am in love with these little invertebrates. I would like to see all of your lines or any photos of your current stock would suffice. Currently i…
    7 comments
  • Alternatives to Indian almond leaves.
    Zebra
    So I thought this would be a good spot to post this. Im looking for alternatives to dry IAL leaves that have the same benefits as far as antibacterial/ antifungal properties, A stable food scou…
    5 comments
  • TDS Pens
    Brentwillmers
    Hi  I usually am a google reader and find info on the net. But this one I'm truly stuck with.  TDS pens. Used to measure total dissolved solids/organics etc. my question is what benefit is …
    6 comments
  • Taitibees
    ineke
    just love the Taitibees you never know what you might get. I'm concentrating on Reds but the others are lovely in their own right. The blacks etc are my culls and the Reds my keepers. I have a large…
    3 comments
  • Office nano
    Cloudwarrior
    Just a few pics of my desktop setup. Finally getting it looking half decent with some plants. Picked up some yellow cherries last week that seem to be settling in well. Still need to work on getting m…
    2 comments
  • Chihiros shrimp doctor
    Zebra
    So after messing around with making a diy steriliser, I have calculated by the time I get a digital timer to run the minute incriments required for an aquarium steriliser to work well, I'll be at a…
    2 comments
  • PVC Light cover and Yabbie
    yd1
    I drew a Yabby shape on the pvc and cut it out with a Dremel. - Folded it into place with a heat gun - legs made from coat hangers - feelers made from zip ties and 40lb fishing line coloured in wit…
    4 comments
  • My dragon betta
    Zebra
    Hello,  So today while visiting a friend who works at my local fish shop I could help but buy a couple of Bettas they had there, we've been talking lately about Bettas they plan to breed.  …
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    • sdlTBfanUK
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58BrDSEY8KE  
    • beanbag
      One interesting thing he mentioned was "Bacteria pressure", which I guess just means number of bacteria around.  Yet I see all these other videos from shrimpkeepers bragging about how much bacteria their filtering system holds. Also interesting is no mention of using anti-biotics to treat bacterial infection.  I think that has fallen out of favor recently.
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    • sdlTBfanUK
      It has been a few weeks now and I have done a couple of large water changes. I tested the water parameters this morning, GH6 and KH2, TDS 140 and PH 7.5. Obviously the PH is off but there isn't anything in the tank that should cause the PH to rise to this figure so I will just run the tank for another month with 10% weekly water changes (probably just with RO water) and see where we are at that point. The RO water tests at PH6, and the KH and GH in the tank could come down as they are at the upper limits for Caridina shrimps! There are only about 10 very small snails in there at this point, but they seem to be doing well enough.
    • sdlTBfanUK
      I believe these to be very rare in Australia so you may even consider making it a longer term plan and produce your own by starting with the best CRS you can get as that is where the pure lines started! Depends how patient and interested in the project you are, but would save money as well? If I recall correctly it takes from 8 generations of selective breeding? They sell them at micro aquatic shop but do not ship to Western Australia, but that means they are available in Australia. https://microaquaticshop.com.au/products/pure-red-line-grade-ss-shrimp Good luck and just maybe smeone on here may point you in the right direction or be able to supply you with some.
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