Effects of fertilisers on shrimps

[aquarius]

I understand that you need about 10ppm of NO3 and 2ppm of Phosphate for a high maintenance tank but i'm worried that it'll kill my tiger and cherry shrimps.
Even if i "acclaimatise" them slowly by increasing the NO3 slowly, won't it be detrimatal to the shrimps over the long term since i'll need to maintain NO3 at least 10ppm and Phosphate at 2ppm?

[brad]

nope. Nitrate isn`t very deadly until it gets to high levels. If you`re using inorganic ferts to maintain that, they`re even less deadly. I often maintain up to 40ppm without problems.

Phosphate isn`t a problem either.

[PeterGwee]

Ditto....folks all over the whole that grow plants have no issues with shrimps. They make great hiding places/homes for shrimps.

Regards
Peter Gwee

[spinex]

I understand that you need about 10ppm of NO3 and 2ppm of Phosphate for a high maintenance tank but i'm worried that it'll kill my tiger and cherry shrimps.
Even if i "acclaimatise" them slowly by increasing the NO3 slowly, won't it be detrimatal to the shrimps over the long term since i'll need to maintain NO3 at least 10ppm and Phosphate at 2ppm?

I acclaimatise my shrimp for less than 10 mins in my tank with 50ppm of NO3 measured and the shrimps are okay !

10ppm and Phosphate 2ppm is okay because i dosing using EI also. I always believe a good planted tank will be good enough for shrimps too. In fact they look much better in a well maintained tank.

[PeterGwee]

Its usually low O2 and NH3 that bugs them and not so much of NO3 (unless grossly overdose and you do not do large water changes.).

Regards
Peter Gwee

[solonavi]

I acclaimatise my shrimp for less than 10 mins in my tank with 50ppm of NO3 measured and the shrimps are okay !

10ppm and Phosphate 2ppm is okay because i dosing using EI also. I always believe a good planted tank will be good enough for shrimps too. In fact they look much better in a well maintained tank.

What shrimp is it? Yamato? CRS?

JC

[spinex]

What shrimp is it? Yamato? CRS?

JC

CRS, diamond and cherries

[aquarius]

I acclaimatise my shrimp for less than 10 mins in my tank with 50ppm of NO3 measured and the shrimps are okay !

10ppm and Phosphate 2ppm is okay because i dosing using EI also. I always believe a good planted tank will be good enough for shrimps too. In fact they look much better in a well maintained tank.

I was initially concerned cos i read somewhere in the forum that shrimps are sensitive to high NO3 and also becos i'm keeping the more expensive and more "difficult" to keep shrimps.

Thanks guys for the assurances. I'll have to agree that my cherry and tiger shrimps look absolutely fantastic with my well estabilished and heavily planted tank! The colour of my cherry shrimps are very very red! Too bad don't have a camera to take pics of my shrimps to share with you all.

I must say that doing the EI method is really good cos the fishes, shrimps and plants are doing very well. The only thing is waste alot of water. But i guess the visually pleasing setup makes it really worth it.