erijnal

Jeff, what dechlor are you using?

Oh yeah, have you checked out Nature Aquarium on Santa Monica? Pretty cool place

Mugatu

Nice looking tank.

I agree with Erjinal.

From distant memory at living on and off- campus, the water in Westwood was pretty well chlorinated. That might be playing a roll in your shrimp's health.

Go Bruins!!

jeffboyarrdee

hey guys!

yea the water here in LA sucks...its way easier to keep an algae-free and fauna-healthy tank in Norcal. But yea i dont use amquel because i know its bad for inverts. and i started only using brighty K to dechlor....i may be potassium poisoning my fish because of this, so i stopped and now i either use a britta filter to dechlor, or just by natural process of letting the water sit. So far our shrimp tank in the apartment is very healthy! the cherries are alive, but for some reason its been a month already and no eggs...maybe somethings wrong. im just gonna have to wait it out.
Once thanks giving comes im gonna redo the tank! maybe a rock layout with some stems and HC.

Hey erijanal!....james hahaha you should check out my store in SF whenever you are up there. Its called aquaforest aquarium. i used to work there and they are the ones that supply the ADA equipment for nature aquarium down here. So the guy at nature aquarium knows me now. hes cool but i cant believe he takes care of that store all by himself...thats too much work haha.

singyeah

I was wondering what kind of light fixture are you using on your tank? I recently purchase a ADA 45cm but I find it difficult to get a light that will fit. The tank size is about 18" and the lights I find are either 20" or 12". The light in your first post looks to be around 16" which suits the tank very well. Can you tell me what's the brand/model or where did you pick it up at?

jeffboyarrdee

i purchased the fixture from aquaforest aquarium in SF, you cant find it on their site i dont think, you can call them up and order through the phone if you really are desperate for a fixture and cant find one online. Its "archaea" and fits a 36 watt ADA bulb.

spikeit

Any updates?