Reply With QuoteBro. How many drops of each did you put. I notice you measuring slightly above 5ml while the required is 10ml.
Hi all, couldn't control the itchy hand of mine, started another project dedicated for shrimps and Mini fissidens. I hope this journey may help prospective hobbyist in some way or another. Please feel free to comment anything which I can improve on.
Tank 5mm (60cm x 22cm x 30cm)
T5 24W x 2 (3hrs time slot x 2)
Eheim 2211 (filled with Biohome media)
ADA Amazonia Soil
Pressurized CO2 (1bps)
Tank & Ligght
Added Mosura Old Sea Mud & BT9
Added Ceramic Rings
Added Soil
Flooding Tank
Let the tank sit for 1 night, added mini fissidens from another tank
Day 1 Readings:
Ammonia 4ppm
PH 6
Magikarp! I choose you! Karp Karp Karp
Bro. How many drops of each did you put. I notice you measuring slightly above 5ml while the required is 10ml.
Why the ceramic rings? I have a fire red tank with moss as well. Us fiss and mini fiss.
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Sharp eyes! Sera PH test kit requires 4 drops on 5ml of tank water. yes, could have tested slightly more than 5ml. Did another test earlier on today and it's still at ph6.Originally Posted by Naraki
yes I'm following your threat too! =) actually those ceramic are just leftovers lying around in my cabinet, I used it to
1. Add more media to sort of alleviate the soil level higher
2. More media for building up of beneficial bacteria as my filter is rather small. The filter was previously used for another tank.
I see I see. For me, I invested in a second hand eheim 2213. Bought it for around $50 without media. Not cheap but still worthwhile in the end.
You cant take any risks with shrimps as their quite delicate. My first batch of juveniles are still growing up.
Now the problem im facing is the adults are slowing dying off one by one.
And the next is that I have no idea how to harvest my mini fiss.i would like to transfer them or tie them up to my bogwood but have no experience how. Any tips?
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I never tried US Fissidens but I gues should be the same as Mini Fissiden. I started off with 2 mesh, all the others you see on driftwood and meshes are self tied.
here's a good article on how to tie moss on mesh: http://www.littlegreencorner.com/howtotiemoss.html
As for driftwood, I employ the same technic. After awhile the mini fissidens will attach themselves on the driftwood and I removed the fishing line. They will grow over time and look more bushy
As for harvesting, I just trim them from the meshes when they grow longer and re-tie it. CO2 do helps in improving growth rate.
Thanks bro. Will check out the link. My fishing lines are still attach even though my mini fiss are about 1-2cm long
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Hey nicholas, able to share the price of your fire reds via pm?
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Nice and Neat tank...
Ph should be dropping after that...
thanks. I'm still considering what shrimps to keep. Crystal Red/Black are out since this tank runs without chiller. Fire red seems a good choice, just wondering if I should add some coral chips in the tank to raise the ph.
You should start adjusting your water parameter when your tank is about to complete its cycle.
Erm...fire Red or yellow should be a good choice.
Please dont rush into adding shrimps in until your tank has fully cycled. I have had many casualties because of placing them into my tank too early.
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noworries and thanks for reminding. I had been through that stage already. =D
camping here...
DAY 7 UPDATE:
Ammonia = 8ppm
PH = 6
No water change done, only top up with tap water treated with de-chlorinator and prime.
Try to keep the ammonia below 5ppm. If its too high, it may slow the cycle down too
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