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Once again had to tell someone they have been ripped off.Had a fellow hobbiest around today to trade a few tigerbee for a blonde tiger girl only to have to tell him that his blonde tigers he has bought are in fact tigerbee not tigers.He felt horrible as he didn't want to wast my time.Explained to him that its better to know and to stay and look around.sent him on his way with a few more tigerbee to add to his tank.At least now he will know the difference next time he goes to buy.And as for the breeder that supplied them they have lost a good customer as he turns up on time with the right money and a polite attitude.

Hi all, We have been sharing a lot of shrimp photos. However, there are hardly any videos being shared. As such, I am starting this thread for everyone to share their amazing shrimp video. I will start the ball rolling. In the past two days, I had shot a couple videos leveraging on my mirroless camera with macro lens and GoPro placed inside the tank. Hence, I will share these two video first. Mirrorless camera and GoPro are not the bet camera around, thus the quality may not be on par with dedicated camcorder. As such, please pardon the quality. (^_^")y

Hey are you following me around :P

Hey welcome to SKF

Oh... Then it is different. I travel 3,000 miles by air. I will love to drive/ fly the plane myself but I doubt the pilot will let me to. LOL!!! It is hard to be sensible with this hobby, mate. ;)

Fixed that for ya.

Welcome to the forum!!!

Don't do short burst, it does not help unless you change the temperature and do total blackout to fool the plant. It will cause more algae. You should keep it dim such that it could reach a maximum of 50% respiration and 50% photosynthesis. This will make the plant keep producing sugar and at the same time use the sugar and nutrients for growing. The melting is usually caused by NO2 or excess NH3 (it is fine with a little NH3). You can't prevent it, unless you have a cycled tank. If you keep your light dim enough, you will only have diatom bloom but just at area where nearest to the light; if your highest point is plant and they are doing well, diatom will not grow. However, if your light is strong, you will get GDA, GSA (high NO3), spirogyra (NH3 is not cleared by bacteria on time; sometime test kit can't tell), BBA (because you are injecting CO2; may help if you use warmer colour lighting) and Rhizoclonium (extremely high light and high NO3). Daily dosing of PO4 will help you reduce green algae but will reduce plant's leaf growth. But too much will cause GDA and Cynobacteria. Sounds like a lot right? To make it simple, keep the lighting low. In this way, you will be able to react to algae bloom faster before it takes over your tank.

Welcome to the forum Han, hope you have as much fun here as we do! Can't wait to see some of your planted tanks!

Sounds like you and I are doing the same type of job. Maybe we are colleague. LOL!!! Do they have Pro 3e? I love Pro 3e. It automatically adjust the pump power accordingly when it detected the flow speed as drop.

Like people, there's sometimes a fine line between the males & females.

Nice work Ineke, we're all still learning!

Hahaha classic

HAha thats funny.

Thats actually pretty cool photo

a min. of 2-3 week's or put the media from hob's in the cannister. although if 3 out of 4 hob's are going to remain on the tank you could prob. just swap without any drama as the media in 3 hob's will be fine till the can. is established.

What the... ... ... Mate, how could you let such a good filter sitting in a box and be wasted? LOL!!! By the way, nice setup you have there. ;) I saw you had that latest sponge + bio-ball pre-filter gadget installed. Let me know how well it will work. Many people are asking for my opinion, including breeder, suppliers and resellers, which I don't know why. -___-" Since you are using GH/KH+ and I guess you will have mild alkaline tank. Do note that mild alkaline tank although is able to clear the ammonia faster, it may need to age a little longer for bacteria to cover every where before you put in shrimp. This is because a tiny bit of ammonium will convert into significant amount of ammonia. In addition, if your water is 2dKH and above, go for 7 to 8dGH. Somehow, increase of GH is able to stabilise the CO2-HCO3 equilibrium. I think it got to do with Ca and Mg is able to hold onto CO3 with a stronger bond. This will prevent sudden spike of CO2 and pH fluctuation in high carbonate environment.

Lol, you are shocking dude, I'll look out for next weeks tank thread, hahaha!

looks very nice, good job, won't be long and you'll be trimming and selling/trading/giving plant cutting pack's ;)

If I knew what she was going to do, I would've made sure that I had my camera out. Sadly I didn't.