A 'little' box of chocolates, licorice n allsorts - baby chocco fry

[Alastair]

And i answered my own question by looking at the first post of this thread lol!

So what is that thing u filter through to loser pH? 😛

You can get the jbl peat pellets that go in your filter that have both a fast acting and long term effect on ph but you can also buy peat balls on ebay but they just sit in the tank. It will tint you water though and can't really use carbon to clear the colour as it counterracts the peat benefits
Most of the specialist plant substrates actively lower ph to a degree but dpends how low you want it

 

[tim]

how much longer you gotta wait now al, gotta be torture, did you get round to setting a nano up mate ?

 

[Alastair]

how much longer you gotta wait now al, gotta be torture, did you get round to setting a nano up mate ?

Too long mate ha ha. No I think about 5 weeks hopefully then 4 weeks when set up before I add my fauna. It is torture though.
I set a nano up but not at my place it was for a friend. I'm just going to wait until this is up and running before I think of another tank. I'm dreading what an even bigger tank will be like next year.

 

[BigTom]

I'm dreading what an even bigger tank will be like next year.

My flat just got HMO (Houses of Multiple Occupancy) inspected today... apparently there's now legislation in Edinburgh that shared properties are no longer allowed to have bare solid wood flooring because too much noise travels between flats. So some time in the next month I'm going to have to tear the Bucket down in order to move the tank out of the room for a couple of hours while the lovely wood floor gets covered in what will inevitably be cheap horrible carpet. Ballache.

Just thought that might make you look on the bright side for a bit 😛

 

[Alastair]

My flat just got HMO (Houses of Multiple Occupancy) inspected today... apparently there's now legislation in Edinburgh that shared properties are no longer allowed to have bare solid wood flooring because too much noise travels between flats. So some time in the next month I'm going to have to tear the Bucket down in order to move the tank out of the room for a couple of hours while the lovely wood floor gets covered in what will inevitably be cheap horrible carpet. Ballache.

Just thought that might make you look on the bright side for a bit 😛

That's a joke that is. I don't know how you would have the patience to pull it all down and put it back together again. What a stupid rule. I know local housing associations don't allow wooden flooring in flats above ground floor here in manchester but to have to enforce that where you are just now would pee me right off. Carpet around it? Lol

 

[BigTom]

Yeah sounds like the same rule. All the noise pollution in our tenement comes through the walls anyway, wonder if they're going to carpet them as well.

 

[Alastair]

Just updating, tank is due in two weeks time which im really looking forward to. Also the female chocolate gourami has eggs in her mouth which is hopefully a good sign. I noticed her dropping one or two last night.
The only downside is this long wait has had me spending my tank funds on a new dirt bike/freestyle as I got restless lol.
Oops.

 

[Steve Smith]

Can't wait for the new set up.

On a side note, we linked to this journal from the UKAPS Facebook page the other day, it's had a great response 🙂

 

[Alastair]

Can't wait for the new set up.

On a side note, we linked to this journal from the UKAPS Facebook page the other day, it's had a great response 🙂

Thanks Steve. i saw the link on facebook but thibk it was to my other journal

 

[Alastair]

just a little update, have just put in my order for replacement plants as the tank is here this week sometime,
so on the way are
20 pots of E. Tennelus,
8 pots of C.Wendtii Green
2 pots C. Wendtii Tropica
Marsilea quadrifolia
Microsorum peteropus trident from tom when i give him the nod thanks mate
a fair amount of Anubia Nana

and have just got all my replacement Tmc Nutrasoil too as the last lot was totally ruined from the strip down, so 80 litres of substrate plus the pond soil for base layer.

itchy feet now

oh and empty pockets boo hoo

 

[RynoParsons]

know the feeling of empty pockets! glad things are progressing.

 

[Aron_Dip]

and have just got all my replacement Tmc Nutrasoil too as the last lot was totally ruined from the strip down, so 80 litres of substrate plus the pond soil for base layer.

Do you still want that soil mate??

O and if you have any Trident left ill take first dibs lol

 

[Alastair]

know the feeling of empty pockets! glad things are progressing.

Thanks Ryno. ill be glad when it comes thankfully

Do you still want that soil mate??

O and if you have any Trident left ill take first dibs lol

yeah buddy, drop me a text let me know when to sort it

 

[Alastair]

Tonight (or this morning) ive not been able to sleep much with being a little ill again, so popped down stairs to check on all the new cherry shrimp ive just got as all my others in the main storage tub have vanished for some reason, and noticed a buried female dead on the bottom of the shrimp tub with snails starting supper on her.
Now id read a while ago about people removing the eggs very carefully from a dead shrimp and trying to hatch them so thought id give it a go.
Got a small storage tub and placed the female in, and while holding her head with tweezers I gently scraped her sack towards her tail with a spoon to pull the eggs off her. I never realised how well glued the eggs are.


pic showing the first scrape



The little bundle of eggs are just below her with a few scattered around. Not sure if you can see but the eggs all have little black eyes so I assume it will be a matter of days they should hatch if alls well.
Ive just finished removing all her others and have around 30 plus now. Ive made sure theyre not all around the same spot should any go furry so I can remove affected ones. Ill do daily teeny water changes with tank water using a syringe and hope for the best. Have popped in some moss too.

Should I transfer any little shrimplets I might see straight into the shrimp tub as soon as possible?

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[Steve Smith]

That's interesting to see Al. Hope they hatch for you 🙂

 

[Alastair]

That's interesting to see Al. Hope they hatch for you 🙂

Thanks steve. I hope so too. Keep going back to check on them and all seems well

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[Steve Smith]

Mother hen

 

[Alastair]

Mother hen

theyll feel like my own if they survive

 

[MirandaB]

Hi Alistair,
Is there any way to rig up a small air pump to move the water around them a bit as when shrimp are carrying eggs they are always fanning their legs to ensure this?
Yours are quite well advanced so you might be in with a chance of hatching these,good luck

 

[Alastair]

Hi Alistair,
Is there any way to rig up a small air pump to move the water around them a bit as when shrimp are carrying eggs they are always fanning their legs to ensure this?
Yours are quite well advanced so you might be in with a chance of hatching these,good luck

Hi Miranda
The tub ive got the eggs in is only tiny so if I popped an air pump in it would become a whirlpool 😕 but I do use the syringe and squirt the water over them gently which turns the eggs.

Hope im in with a good chance though 🙂

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