Is water change necessary for shrimp setups?

[memzsa]

hi all,

I'm new and had just created my nano tank and am cycling/conditioning the water for 2 weeks before adding shrimps(crs).

by then my nano is aged water, do I need to dechlorinate it still ? before adding crs.

Need advice:
-where to buy?
-brand?
-price?

Appreciate your advise and guidance.

I've attached my Nano pic to be placed in office.

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1388334852.055344.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1388334871.471557.jpg

[Urban Aquaria]

hi all,

I'm new and had just created my nano tank and am cycling/conditioning the water for 2 weeks before adding shrimps(crs).

by then my nano is aged water, do I need to dechlorinate it still ? before adding crs.

Need advice:
-where to buy?
-brand?
-price?

Appreciate your advise and guidance.

I've attached my Nano pic to be placed in office.

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1388334852.055344.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1388334871.471557.jpg

Yes, you should always dechlorinate the water before adding it to your tank... note that aging water only removes chlorine but there is still chloramine present in the water, so you still have to declorinate it.

One of the most commonly used declorination solutions is Seachem Prime, it removes chlorine and chloramines, and detoxifies ammonia too. You can get it from most LFS, usually around S$8-$10 for a 250ml bottle (that amount will treat up to 10,000 litres worth of water, so it'll last you quite a while).

Btw, 2 weeks might be too soon to fully cycle a tank. It'll be best to test your tank parameters before adding the shrimps, especially if they are CRS as those tend to be more sensitive to adverse water conditions and fluctuating parameters.

[qngwn]

It is important that the tank is fully cycled before putting in livestocks, especially for sensitive invertebrates like CRS.
I believe that you recently set up your tank with plants. Other than watching water parameters, do wait for the plants in the tank to settle and spread to ensure the sustainability of the plants before introducing sensitive species. Death of plants as well as uprooting of the soil may lead to an ammonia spike, leading to deaths of fauna if went unnoticed.

Sent from my GT-N7105 using Tapatalk

[xuan87]

Once your tank has been fully cycled, you should see a high level of nitrate (I got 40 ppm recently after cycling my 2ft tank), which means you'll have to do a water change anyway to bring down your nitrate level before you can put in any shrimps. It's best to keep your nitrate level at 20 ppm or less.

I use ocean-free anti-chlorine special which costs only $0.80 from C328. I believe it's quite common and you should be able to get it from other LFS as well. I believe it's either produced or distributed from Qian Hu based on a German formula but unfortunately, the tag is abit vague on the gases that it removes (definitely chlorine, but not sure about other gases).

[memzsa]

thanks you all for your expertise advise and guidance, will take heed and let the cycle span for longer period but first, I'm buying dechlorinator.. making my way lunch time from office

Shrimping is actually science of understanding water parameter and the type of ecosystem investing.
Thank you all again for your detail guidance that will serves useful for a greenhorn like me.

[qngwn]

After using different dechlorinators, I am sticking with seachem prime. Most dechlorinators are the same, and doing the maths for the amount of water that they treat, it works out to be almost the same. You can try around and see which works for you, as long as the dechlorinators do what they are supposed to do, it should be fine.

Do take a look at their description to see if they do remove chloramine as well, not all dechlorinators do that.

Sent from my GT-N7105 using Tapatalk

[cheetf]

hi all,

I'm new and had just created my nano tank and am cycling/conditioning the water for 2 weeks before adding shrimps(crs).

by then my nano is aged water, do I need to dechlorinate it still ? before adding crs.

Need advice:
-where to buy?
-brand?
-price?

Appreciate your advise and guidance.

I've attached my Nano pic to be placed in office.

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1388334852.055344.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1388334871.471557.jpg

Think maybe you should start a new thread and make it a journal.

[memzsa]

hi all just to share, here is my other tank on my desk.

I wasn't sure with the concept but I want it to be minimalistic.. so I tried Iwagumi with fine white sands. Was seeking for Frogbit donation heh..

I left this cycling for 2 weeks and it was office tap water. Chlorinated I guess..

What happen a few days back, a colleague of mine, self-help and donate 3 baby shrimps into my empty tank.

Surprisingly, they settle nicely, alive and one of them even molted over 6 days. I was on-leave.

-Should I changed to shrimp soil then fine sands?
-I would prefer a white soil, any idea what and where I can get? this will look good in contrast..

I intend to keep King Kong black shrimps (I call them Chanel shrimps lol) look good with white or biage soil..

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1388402522.525596.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1388402543.924790.jpg

[Hund Wong]

Sudo reef sand??


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Hund Wong]

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1427297508.799159.jpg
Will be this colour. But its fine sand though


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[gboy2242]

It depends on the tank and the conditions of the tank.

[wooty100]

I notice this thread has alot nice desk tanks. I have 2 questions to those who do not do water changes.

1) Does your tank have stains on the glass panels? How do you overcome those?
2) Does algae becomes a problem

[gboy2242]

Get red nose shrimps to clean up.

[Dscheng]

I notice this thread has alot nice desk tanks. I have 2 questions to those who do not do water changes.

1) Does your tank have stains on the glass panels? How do you overcome those?
2) Does algae becomes a problem

As for water mark or stain, use a brush to remove it.
Algae issue, really have to monitor the lightning period, Co2 and water temperature. If algae wall spot, use the razor blade to scrub it off, do a water change and doze algaexit solution.
Rear some OTO, SAE, yamato and an army of cherry red shrimp.

[Whitefit]

Just to side track. Do I add soil n cycle or soil with plants n other items like crisom ball etc


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk