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Wooooow if we can help with anything let is know...ill call tomorrow.

Argh little darling, don't you just want to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i remember when my boys were only small one of them emptied some car wash into a tank because the bubbles looked so nice, needless to say the fish did'nt think so, but then kids will be kids.

This may be a silly question. If the TB offsprings from TB x Mischling are call TBMs, and the TB offsprings from Mischling x Mischling are call TBMMs. what do you call theTB offsprings from TB x TBM or TB x TBMM? What about TB offsprings from TBM x TBM or TBMM x TBMM etc? This is confusing. How would you ever know if a TB is pure or mixed with TBM/TBMM? Sorry for my newbie question.

Signs of a healthy tank: apart from those you have mentioned... An acceptable layer of green algae growth (on the back or sides of the tank). It's really biofilm we want, but I can't see biofilm. No funky smells No scum film on the surface I've come to rely on TDS readings a lot more. It will give me a quick indication of what KH/GH is (Indication only. Still need to test for the real value). Sometimes I gauge plant health/growth. Specifically for Potassium (K) levels. Plants are not the only ones that need potassium. Apart from Calcium, potassium is the 3rd most abundant mineral in the body. I'll dose my own premix of Ca:Mg:K. Similar to Salty Shrimp, but I don't know if SS uses potassium. shrimplets and juvies !! Signs of an unhealthy tank (for me): Blue Green Algae, Staghorn, or Black Beard Algae Hair and String algae is not as bad but it's more of an annoyance and can get out of control quickly Low water movement (low oxygen) surface scum (low surface agitation and too much iron or protein waste)

Glad you asked. I used some 500 micron mesh to make a grill. 500 micron = 0.5mm * 0.5mm holes. I normally go 1mm mesh for CRS but since chameleon shrimplets are supposed to be small, I thought it better to go to 500 micron. I made a frame using pieces of zip ties and glued it onto the mesh using super glue. This side sits tight against the back of inlet (facing into the tank) so that the mesh is flush with the inlet holes. This side (the frame) holds the mesh flat against the inlet holes. As you can see, I made the mesh wider than what would fit then cut it down to size using a hot knife. It fits really tightly, so it wont be going anywhere and I wont have to worry about it falling out of place. Here is how it sits into the filter. I push it down so it sits flush with the top of the filter. Hey presto.