I have experience with ghost shrimp so far. How hard it take care for Sakura ones?
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same overall water parameters are needed very easy to take care of overall. just make sure you have no large fish in the tank with them otherwise they make a great snack
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I have the pod and my shrimp are thriving. I purchased the sphere for my 9 year old grandson and his shrimp are healthy and active as well. I can see no difference between the two systems other than their look. They are both super easy to care for if you just follow the instructions and find the right light source for them.
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If you treat them right, they will last a very long (thousands of records) time. Do not leave them in the tank overnight. Do your cleaning and if you want to use the SC the following day, remove the brushes, rinse them in warm tap water and squeeze the excess onto a paper towel. Put them up to dry. Toss a few drops of solution on them the following day , slip them into place and get back to work. Easy Peasy!
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I have a 29 gallon biocube (not rimless) and this light is perfect. I have plate coral, sps, lots of button polyps, candy coral, and frogspawn. I have had this light for a couple months and they are all thriving! I think it would rest on the rimless tank pretty well as long at the water level isn't too high, but I have never owned one so I'm not sure how close the water would be to the light. Before I bought this I had the HQI metal halide bulb and had to clean the tank walls constantly because of so much algae growth, and I hated the color it put out. Now my tank stays super clean and I have no algae problems at all and I love being able to change the color however I want. Hope this helped! I have a 29 gallon biocube (not rimless) and this light is perfect. I have plate coral, sps, lots of button polyps, candy coral, and frogspawn. I have had this light for a couple months and they are all thriving! I think it would rest on the rimless tank pretty well as long at the water level isn't too high, but I have never owned one so I'm not sure how close the water would be to the light. Before I bought this I had the HQI metal halide bulb and had to clean the tank walls constantly because of so much algae growth, and I hated the color it put out. Now my tank stays super clean and I... » Read More I have a 29 gallon biocube (not rimless) and this light is perfect. I have plate coral, sps, lots of button polyps, candy coral, and frogspawn. I have had this light for a couple months and they are all thriving! I think it would rest on the rimless tank pretty well as long at the water level isn't too high, but I have never owned one so I'm not sure how close the water would be to the light. Before I bought this I had the HQI metal halide bulb and had to clean the tank walls constantly because of so much algae growth, and I hated the color it put out. Now my tank stays super clean and I have no algae problems at all and I love being able to change the color however I want. Hope this helped! « Show Less
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Hi Kathy, As a FOWLR ( fish only with live rock) tank it will be extremely easy to maintain. ( Ive got the same with corals and an anemone and they're great!). I would recommend the protein skimmer and marine test kit with this.
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They won't fight with the other shrimp, but depending on the type of shrimp they may interbreed and you'd end up with wild type shrimp, which would defeat the purpose of having shrimp with special colors. Generally speaking, neocaridina shrimp cannot be housed with other neocaridina shrimp unless they are the same color variant. With regards to the betta question, it's really a tossup. My betta won't tolerate any shrimp in his tank, not even ghost shrimp. He harasses them and they spend all their time hiding. Some bettas do fine with shrimp, even cherries. Others do fine with ghost shrimp but not cherries.
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I have not used the Spirunlina Brine Shrimp, So I do know how they compare. Sorry......
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I have a coral banded shrimp for 6 months now and haven't had a problem yet with it.
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I have a CPO in a heavily planted and structured 20 gal. "peaceful aquarium" which houses a dojo, 3 cory cats, 2 blue rams, 5 neon tetras, 2 glowline tetras, 2 cherry barbs, 2 tiger barbs, 2 rasbora hets, 15 ghost shrimp, 4 mystery snails, 5 nerite snails, a giant moss ball and all is pure LOVE. An excellent pet.
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I have treated mine all the same and they are doing wonderfully. You will need to water or spritz them with DISTILLED water- that does make the difference. Otherwise they are pretty hardy.
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I use live plants in all my tanks. Live plants give out oxygen, remove CO2, and depending on the fish they may also snack off of them. I have never had an issue with my live plants making my tanks feel dirty and since I have switched from silk to live I'd had a much higher survival rate with my fish. Just make sure you get hardy plants that can survive with regular indoor lighting or you'll have issues with them living in this tank without making modifications.
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Hi again. I responded on your later question, but I'll comment here as well. If you go to the comments under "Stacey" review, (I think it is the one now rated most helpful critical review) in the later comments there are some good exchanges Stacey and myself had with another person, "Ann" looking for advice on starting over after losing a fish. My review is the presently rated most helpful positive so you will get both views. Stacey has some very good advice on safely cycling with the fish in the tank in those later comments I mentioned, and I gave my method for safely sterilizing the tank without going nuts. The comments I'm referring to start about page 8 under the review. Good Luck. Hi again. I responded on your later question, but I'll comment here as well. If you go to the comments under "Stacey" review, (I think it is the one now rated most helpful critical review) in the later comments there are some good exchanges Stacey and myself had with another person, "Ann" looking for advice on starting over after losing a fish. My review is the presently rated most helpful positive so you will get both views. Stacey has some very good advice on safely cycling with the fish in the tank in those later comments I mentioned, and I gave my method for safely... » Read More Hi again. I responded on your later question, but I'll comment here as well. If you go to the comments under "Stacey" review, (I think it is the one now rated most helpful critical review) in the later comments there are some good exchanges Stacey and myself had with another person, "Ann" looking for advice on starting over after losing a fish. My review is the presently rated most helpful positive so you will get both views. Stacey has some very good advice on safely cycling with the fish in the tank in those later comments I mentioned, and I gave my method for safely sterilizing the tank without going nuts. The comments I'm referring to start about page 8 under the review. Good Luck. « Show Less
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I am sure the shrimp will be fine in a tank that size sense they are bottom feeders. Mine did not live long because I did not put them in a heated tank and places to hide. As far as koi let me just say, we have a 5400 gallon koi pond in our yard and they ate all of our trapdoor snails. I can only suggest putting may 2 or 3 in for a while and see how they do. I hope this was some help.
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So far I have only needed to wipe it with a damp paper towel to clean the plates. I avoid chemicals that would leave an odor and repel the mice. The only "false" trips I have had were when the plates got crusty as they sometimes empty their bladder. I have caught perhaps 40 mice and two pack rats in a month and a half. I am rural and have it outside.
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I have a 29 gallon and am barely getting by. Soft coral only, Some LPS,no Acans or SPS. I'm selling mine on eBay next week.Customer service is spotty at best.
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At least ten Assassin Snails in my twenty gallons tank now. My experience is- they're good for eat up pest snails, not much effective for cleaning algae or any kind of residue.
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I have the shrimps for almost a year now, they are still healthy and living. I feed them spirulina powder from vitamin world once a week or two. They seem to like it a lot.