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Finally after about 2 months my tank has fully cycled and I managed to put in shrimps about a week ago.
Soil: borneowipd plant soil(shrimp soil was sold out)
Ammonia:0
Nitrite:0
Nitrate:5
GH: 4
Tds:no idea
So far so good, all the commando shrimps have been doing well and even though they weren't active at first now they are. Suggestions and feedback welcome! uploadfromtaptalk1398929205640.jpg
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Nice tree. Your shrimps may not want to hide at the hollow cubes that you placed right in front of the tree.
Yeah I kinda noticed that. I realised that they don't hide at all
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Great work in cycling the tank. Like the color of the soil, perhaps can rear dark color shrimps in the future? Hee.
Anyway with shrimps, perhaps you want to consider covering the inlet with sponge?
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I used to do that but it keeps getting clogged every few days, anyway to solve that problem?
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Nice tank.
I experienced the same thing too, the filter guards keep getting clogged up and look unsightly... so nowadays i don't use filter guards at all and just allow any "lucky" shrimplets to get into the canister filter and grow up in there for a few months before i retrieve them out during filter maintenance.
Only for canister filters though, not for hang-on back filters (the shrimplets will become shrimp paste in those).
Mine is a hang on filter..... I have once seen a shrimplet getting torn into nothingness in a split second
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How to do filter maintainance ah? Wouldn't it be a mess?
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Oh ya anyone here can recommend me which soil is better for shrimps? ADA or gex shrimp soil. I want to buy benibachi soil but can't find it anywhere since gc doesn't sell it anymore
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Well, if you are rearing expensive shrimps eventually, I'm sure you won't mind making extra efforts to do filter maintenance. Haha.
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Anyone can explain how to do a filter maintainance?
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Personally, I remove the filter from the tank, take out the filter media and clean it with dechlorinated water. I then use a brush or cotton bud to clean the interior of the filter. After alls done. I place everything back in place and send it back to the tank
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Doesn't that kill all of the beneficial bb?
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No, unless you use tap water that are not treated from chlorine.
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Ohh so you just remove the filter can clean it, leave the shrimpa in the tank?
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Yea, I take about 5min to clean the filter, so it's okay ?
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I would vacuum some of the substrate every water change. I am using RAC active soil to keep water acidic and stable without having to battle fluctuations.
Some parts of your substrate seemed thick. It will be a heaven for detritus worm or other pest to feed/multiply in.
Bought mine from Aquarist Chamber
Recent studies shows that putting recent studies in your statement have a higher percentage of trust people put into your recent studies. What?
Yeah my soil is very thick, is that a bad thing?
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