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Keeping shrimps? if yes would advice remove the stones. Good to take precaution if your looking to breed.
For sharing! Recently redo my tank due to a failure in my previous tank.. Finally finish doing it yesterday so still kinda cloudy.
Filter: OC US-03
Media: seachem Matrix x2 column, seachem de-nitrate x1 column, stock OC CR x1 column.
Sub: ADA Amazonia & ADA Colorado sand
Sub addictive: Mosura old sea mud, Mosura BT-9
Plants: Christmas moss, marsilea crenata, alternanthera reineckii 'mini'Attachment 40979Attachment 40980Attachment 40981
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Keeping shrimps? if yes would advice remove the stones. Good to take precaution if your looking to breed.
Ya keep shrimp. What's the reason for removing the stones?Originally Posted by Spid
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Nice Swing!
I am balding but i am still young!
The composite of the stone is the reason. Some of the material or composite substances may not be shrimp friendly.
Oh.. is there anyway we can test it?
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So far I think only dragon stone is safe becausw it is inert. Sorry if I'm wrong. I think your stone is granite stone.
Hmmm.. I didn't know about this..
What's going to happen if I don't remove the stones? Because I'm using then to hold my spider wood too.
Maybe just a few rocks won't hurt, you can try first, maybe there won't be problems. I have seen it in some LFS that houses shrimps. What shrimps are you intending to keep? Some iwagumi designed tanks have these rocks.
Otherwise you try to find out what rocks are those then do some research online and see if others who have it has problems or not.
Going with CRS SS. Praying for the best.. gonna cycle the water first.
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Iwagumi tanks are planted tanks by nature which are not used to house shrimps.
Certain rocks do release compounds that will change water parameters over time due to aging, or due to additives.
It is important that water parameters are stable for good for the shrimps, especially the more sensitive ones like CRS that you are planning to have.
It is difficult to test if it will affect water parameters or not as we do not know the exact type of stone and its origins. If you are not sure, it is best to avoid.
Otherwise you can consider to replace the rocks to dragon rocks. I did alot of research on rocks before deciding to leave the dragon rocks in the tanks. Initially I also removed all my rocks until I was pretty sure it was safe then I put it back. You can find nice dragon rocks around too. The other safest rocks to use are lava rocks.
Long time since I last updated! Much changes been made. Here's the list of added things.
1. CRS
2. Plants (Mini Nana, Fissidens Fontanus
3. One ceramic structure for shrimp hidding
4. DIY mini cave with weeping moss attached
5. Marimo Moss Ball
So far PH stable at 6++, CRS health is good, no death. Current "tree" is growing so much!
Only trouble I have now is my CRS aren't eating much of my room, my guess is there's enough food inside there.
Here's some pic!
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More pic!
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Very nice setup
Nice setup...
wow! are those PRL? did it take alot of work and effort trying to get the moss to grow downwards? my java keeps growing upwards toward the light i gave up after 5 months.
I like the little swing! It looks so cute.
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Not really.. I'm using Christmas moss and surprisingly they went downward themselves. Maybe you can consider using weeping moss?
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Yeah me too bro but the swing have since been destroy by the shrimp. Lol..
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