I just bought 3 cherry shimp a week ago, and already have babies =] ! They are in a 10 gallon tank w/ an apple snail and lots of plants. i have read that many filters suck up many of the babies, so I took out the filter and just used an aerator. I was wondering if a corner filter would suck up any of the shrimp, since I would really like to put in a filter again.
Cherry Shimp Filtration
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what filter did you have ?
get a prefilter or just a sponge filter that should work or hook up a sponge filter to your original filter and get the extra filtration or(tights over the intake works for a quick fix
get a prefilter or just a sponge filter that should work or hook up a sponge filter to your original filter and get the extra filtration or(tights over the intake works for a quick fix
Thanks, I'm going to go out to the petstore today or tomorrow to get a sponge filter.
Meanwhile I have another question: Does API Fungus cure have copper in it? My 55 gallon planted fish tank got an outbreak of mouth fungus, so I added 5 packets of this stuff, before I read that the Acriflavine kills plants. I have since then been going crazy, I cleaned out 50% of the water yesterday, 25% today, and I am afraid that to much more will put me back into a new tank syndrome. The tank is still green-ish from the medicine. Here's my question: Does Victoria Green B or Acriflavine have any copper in it? I'm asking this because I want to move my plants into my 10 gallon shrimp tank until all the acriflavine is gone. And I have heard that copper will kill invertebrates. Also, does activated carbon remove this plant killer (aka acriflavine)?
Meanwhile I have another question: Does API Fungus cure have copper in it? My 55 gallon planted fish tank got an outbreak of mouth fungus, so I added 5 packets of this stuff, before I read that the Acriflavine kills plants. I have since then been going crazy, I cleaned out 50% of the water yesterday, 25% today, and I am afraid that to much more will put me back into a new tank syndrome. The tank is still green-ish from the medicine. Here's my question: Does Victoria Green B or Acriflavine have any copper in it? I'm asking this because I want to move my plants into my 10 gallon shrimp tank until all the acriflavine is gone. And I have heard that copper will kill invertebrates. Also, does activated carbon remove this plant killer (aka acriflavine)?
I just read that the victoria green B does have copper, and I probally added around 15 mg in a 55 gallon tank, plus I did 2 water changes. If I also rinsed of the plants very well would it be okay to put them into a shrimp tank?
Oh well... Also, does this fungus remover effect scaleless fish? My pleco seems to be acting very strange, flipping over onto his back and such. I removed him and put him in a smaller tank (he's only around 2" now) and he seems to be doing better. Do you think that the fungus cure has done this or he has something else?