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You might want to add more faster growing plants, i forsee a problem with algae due to excess nutrients as you have new soil and slow growing plants except the sword at the back
Okay, once your tank is fully cycled and stable, you should add the livestock progressively in stages, the smaller the bio-load added each time the better, ie. just a few shrimps or a few small fishes every few days.Originally Posted by nervagent
This is so that the beneficial bacteria colonies can have sufficient time to multiply to accomodate the gradual increase in bio-load (its tempting to add alot of livestock at one time, but that can overwhelm the cycle and result in toxic parameter spikes).
Do remember to do drip acclimation of the fishes and shrimp before introduction into the tank.
As for the order of introduction, its better to add the shrimps first, it will give them time to adapt to the tank environment without additional stress by fishes... once they have settled in and are familar with all the hiding places, then the tetras can be added in.
Otos and nerite snails can be added anytime and in any order, as they don't harass the shrimps.
Khuli loaches are also okay with shrimps, but if you are planning to grow out a carpet of plants, the khuli loaches may uproot them with their digging activities around the substrate, so its better to only introduce them later once your plants are mostly established and rooted in securely.
Last edited by Urban Aquaria; 14th Jul 2015 at 21:12.
You might want to add more faster growing plants, i forsee a problem with algae due to excess nutrients as you have new soil and slow growing plants except the sword at the back
image.jpgAmazon sword leave turning transparent, shud i be worried? Read online because its due to nutrient deficiency, been adding excel according to dosage. All my other plants are fine
Yeah, those leaves are melting, since they were just recently added, it could be due to the emersed to submersed transition process in which the older emersed leaves do tend to melt. Just cut away those affected leaves to encourage newer submersed leaf growth.
If you notice alot of the newer leaves are also melting or yellowish/stunted, then have to dose more fertilizers. Alternatively add root tabs/sticks to boost the nutrient content of the soil (your current soil may not have sufficient nutrients to support its growth), amazon sword plants are very heavy root feeders and develop very large root systems, so they can sap up all of the soil's available nutrients very quickly (its one of the reasons why people use a deep layer of nutrient-rich soil for such plants).
Okok shall dose 1ml of seachem flourish per day then. Thx
Dear UA,
is this fuzz algae? How do i get rid of it? Can i just wash it off since its on a coconut shell. I cant have algae eaters now as my tank is still cycling
Looks like abit of thread/hair algae starting to grow out, you can just manually pluck them out with a tweezers and rinse them away. Physical removal should suffice for the moment, until you can add in shrimps to help manage it.
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