Ada Amazonia

[prunkster]

Greeting AQ bros,

i need some help. I have a shrimp tank which I set up 1 month ago.
unfortunately as I was impatient, I dump in 20 shrimps and they all have officially died yesterday.

i am planning to cycle my tank properly again before I buy shrimps so I need advice!

here is my set up:
1)1.5ft tank
2)Ada Amazonia without any 'powder' in between(have been running for 1 month)
3)t5 lights
4)boyu fan
5)hang on filter
6)CO2 @ 1 bubble/ 2sec

for last 1 month I have been using
1)CRS haven Bactermax
2)CRS mineral snow

my tank consist of
1)mini fissiden
2)spiky moss
3)hair grass
4)driftwood

please advice me
1)how should I cycle?
2)what product should I use
3)what parameters to test( I never test b4)
4)what shrimps can be kept with a tank using fan and not chiller


feeling so guilty that so many shrimps die in my hand and so much money wasted but still a failure.
really need help. I see everyone so successful in AQ. All advice are welcome!!

cheers!

[Arron]

are you restarting the tank? crs can be kept without a chiller but dont expect them to breed so readily. ada soil just need do about 50% water change every week as it leeches a lot of ammonia. you can try mosura bt-9 or if you want liquid bacteria I suggest ATM colony. most importantly buy a test kit as it will allow you to check the water parameters. for ada soil 6 weeks of cycling is minimum to ensure that your shrimps are safe. after 6 weeks do a 90% water change and add all the supplements and you're ready to go

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[Starlett]

1 month of cycling I feel should be quite safe already if you have been changing water regularly during the cycling period.

[Arron]

ada soil mainly for plants but shrimps keeps like it for its stability. why not try specific soil for shrimps? ?

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[thebaldingaquarist]

may i know what shrimp are you keeping and (sorry to ask this) how did the shrimps die? all at one shot or?

how about water parameters?

I am very unsuccessful my friends will know, don't despair, you are not alone! its a hobby afterall.

[Arron]

I too experienced a fair share of deaths, after all my cherries dead due to insufficient knowledge of cycling a tank I moved straight to crs:P thankfully my crs are thriving and have many offsprings

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[prunkster]

are you restarting the tank? crs can be kept without a chiller but dont expect them to breed so readily. ada soil just need do about 50% water change every week as it leeches a lot of ammonia. you can try mosura bt-9 or if you want liquid bacteria I suggest ATM colony. most importantly buy a test kit as it will allow you to check the water parameters. for ada soil 6 weeks of cycling is minimum to ensure that your shrimps are safe. after 6 weeks do a 90% water change and add all the supplements and you're ready to go

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hi Arron,

I am lazy to change it now and only use the soil for awhile.
Thanks for the advice! I didn't know I have to change so much water for Ada.

so after 6 weeks, I just need to add bacteria and nth else?

[prunkster]

1 month of cycling I feel should be quite safe already if you have been changing water regularly during the cycling period.

hi starlet, that's what I thought too but it wasn't good enough. I still lost the shrimps

[prunkster]

May I know the parameters that should be checking? On my way to Lfs to buy test kits now.

Don't really trust Lfs at times as they ask to buy a lot of redundant things

[Arron]

just buy one api master test kit

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[Starlett]

First week I changed 50% everyday, 2nd week I changed 50% every other day. I feel airpump will make the water cycle faster. With our current high temperature will cycle faster too.

[prunkster]

just buy one api master test kit

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where can I buy that and how much is it?

R

[prunkster]

First week I changed 50% everyday, 2nd week I changed 50% every other day. I feel airpump will make the water cycle faster. With our current high temperature will cycle faster too.

Noted on this. Thanks bro!

[Arron]

I bought mine online from freshnmarine. Ard $50, saves you quite abit

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[Arron]

Hmm you said your tank has been running for about a month, shouldn't it already be cycled?

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[prunkster]

I bought mine online from freshnmarine. Ard $50, saves you quite abit

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Where is fresh n marine. Its cheap man

[prunkster]

Hmm you said your tank has been running for about a month, shouldn't it already be cycled?

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Apparently it is not, thats why my shrimps died. If not I dont know other reasons. Any advise?

[Subdave]

you put them in after 1 month? did you drip accumulate them?

[Arron]

Freshnmarine is an online website, they have cash in delivery

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[prunkster]

you put them in after 1 month? did you drip accumulate them?

yes i did. But no success at that point.