Indian Whisker Shrimp - Segrest carries them - so it's likely that's the source of the contamination.

Got a few of these as contaminant in an order of amano shrimp.
Any idea what these are?

Anyone have some fine leaf watersprite? Lmk

OK so its been about 8 or 9 weeks since I set up with this new substrate. Things are growing. Algae is finally starting to take a backseat. Plants are growing but compared to ADA Amazonia, growth is a bit slower. I've been fertilizing since week two. Not a big fan of how light it is, but overall not...

Its an Aquatop Nano Type-P LED.

Sulaiman's 9" cube

Got 20oz paintball for $21 shipped. Amazon. $16 for the adapter. $4 for CO2 from Dicks (thanks Jim for the tip)

Should last in the nano for several months.

The reagents arent that expensive. 7 euros to 19 euros ($10 to $25) for 40 tests. For an apples to apples comparison - Nitrate test (40 test) is 12 euros = ~$16. Amazon has the API nitrate kit for about $11 (90 tests) - so yes, you're right, its more expensive, but costs are not crazy obscene. Might...

How much was that? Where did you buy from?

Anyone seen this? http://www.wasserpantscher.at/index.php?cat=c2_Fotometer-Photometer.html Not exactly cheap - the photometer itself is about $135 Photometer plus 4 test kits about $200. Their offering of test kits include the standard Nitrate, Phosphate, pH, GH, KH etc but also have CO2, O2, Potass...