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Just measured my phosphate and it's still at 0.25ppm or so even after about a week of daily 2ml seachem phosphorus dosing.
I guess I have to increase my dosage. Although it seems to be already much more than what is recommended on the bottle.
Currently my phosphate is at 3ppm and never drop below 1ppm. I am pretty sure your phosphate is at 0-0.25ppm.
i am not sure why flourish have P in it. It is way too little to be of any significant. I dose Flourish too, but it is more for Traces.
Just measured my phosphate and it's still at 0.25ppm or so even after about a week of daily 2ml seachem phosphorus dosing.
I guess I have to increase my dosage. Although it seems to be already much more than what is recommended on the bottle.
Try to maintain P at a1-2ppm. It would be good to push to 3ppm if you have red plants and high lights
That's what I am aiming for. Probably have to dose a lot more than what the bottle states to reach that.
Yeah, if I dose to 3ppm for my 4ft , a seachem 500ml phosphorus would last me less than 2 weeks....
time to use kH2PO4 dry fert. Way way cheaper and potent.
Please note, if you are having high light and good Co2 injection, your N and K consumption will drop pretty fast too. Because now, the plant is absorbing more with all the crucial nutrient present. This is EI dosing
I am also monitoring my N. it's at about 10-20ppm with 1ml seachem nitrogen dosing twice a week. Guess it is still ok. Haven got a K test kit yet. Maybe will get one too.
I have no experience with dry ferts. I can get them from most LFS? Guess I may have to change to save my wallet.
You can get from Singapore Hydroponics, just google the name. They sell KNO3, so just dose that and you get N and K
Great thanks. So for NPK I will need KNO3 and KH2PO4. Will probably get them after my seachem liquid ferts are all used up.
Will read up more on how much to dose.
Thanks guys. I will study Phosphate dosing for my tank.
BTW, I have recorded Rummynose Tetras schooling in the tank. I believe this is the right decision to choose them in the tank! Please take a look at the video and see how they school together! Yay!
http://youtu.be/H4c3M_KU36I
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I have tried to feed my Otos with blanched zucchini slide recently. Shrimps also like it and graze on. I need to check if they finish the slide after a day.
Some photos during preparation:
Zucchini was cut and blanch in hot water:
It was not sunken, so I need to use this method:
My Otos love it! Yay!
And the shrimps love it, too!
So now my Otos have learnt how to eat other food rather than algae. May be just treat them once in a while so that they can still focus on algae control.
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Another method you could use to keep the zuchinni slice submerged is to use a plastic balloon stick or a rigid air line stick (can get from most LFS), then spear it through a few slices and stick it into the substrate.
Make like a sort of vegetable street snack on a stick.
Thanks UA.Originally Posted by Urban Aquaria
Another method you could use to keep the zuchinni slice submerged is to use a plastic balloon stick or a rigid air line stick (can get from most LFS), then spear it through a few slices and stick it into the substrate.
Make like a sort of vegetable street snack on a stick.I may try that next time. BTW, I would like to ask if I need to boil the zucchini a bit longer so that it would be softer for the fishes and shrimps to eat?
Well, you could boil the vegetable slices longer to soften them further, the shrimps and otos will be able to eat it quicker. Though that also means there may be abit more nutrient loss and the slices tend to breakdown into mush and bits faster too, so they may not last as long in a tank.Thanks UA.
Just experiment and see, it all depends on whether you prefer a shorter or longer grazing time for the algae eaters.
Thanks UA. I went home this evening and see one slide almost no more. The second slice still have about half.
Normally, what is your feeding regime for the fauna? I feed the Rummynose once a day and will feed the other herbivores either green pea/algae wafer/zucchini every 2-3 days. Is that too much?
For my fishes, i usually feed them a small quantity of crushed NLS pellets once every 2 days (sometimes every 3 days if i'm busy, just giving them a slightly larger meal to compensate).Normally, what is your feeding regime for the fauna? I feed the Rummynose once a day and will feed the other herbivores either green pea/algae wafer/zucchini every 2-3 days. Is that too much?
Zucchini slices will depend on the number of otos and the tank size (it mainly food meant for them, the shrimps just clear up the scraps). I keep zebra otos which are generally larger than normal otos, so they tend to require more supplementary food. In my 2ft tanks i usually keep 3-4 zebra otos and feed thick slices of zucchini every 2-3 days too. That keeps their tummies nice and round.
As long as you see the vegetable slices get eaten up within 48 hours, that means its a sufficient amount of supplement food for the otos and shrimps.
Thank you, UA. I have checked the tank and they finished the 2 slices that I put last night (i.e.24hrs). That means I need to give a little bit more or thicker slices next time?
For Rummynose Tetras, I will feed them a bit less then. They are always looking for food, anyway. Every time I put the pellets in, they eat like they been left starving for so long!
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What a beautiful Saturday morning! Good day, everyone!
I have put some Nerite Horned Snails in my tank to increase the cleaning force for the tank. So currently, the fauna stock in the tank is:
3x Amano Shrimp
10x Fire Red Shrimp
3x Otocinclus Catfish
12x Rummynose Tetra
5x Nerite Horned Snail
May I know if I need to feed anything to the Horned Snails or just let them handle the algae around the tank? And how to feed them if needed?
Some updates photos of the tank's citizen:
New citizens: Nerite Horned Snails
A Fire Red Shrimp:
Otocinclus Catfish. May I know which type of Oto is that? Is that Otocinclus affinis or other type?
An Amano Shrimp. Some LFS calls Yamato Shrimps makes a newbie like me confused at first. In fact, they are the same kind of shrimp.
So far I can see the fauna live happily in the tank and very active. No fish or shrimp try to jump out of the tank. I guess my tank has plenty of bushes and caves that make them feel safe and can hide there anytime they feel threatened. Here is the tank 50 days after setting up:
I have recently trimmed the Rotala 'Bonsai' and the new branches pop up after just a week!
May I know if it is really necessary to dose N and P in the near future? Can the plants just use N and P that generate from fauna's waste and food waste? Thanks all!
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Jacky do update if the snails will climb above water lvl
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Ludwigia glandulosa / Eleocharis acicularis 'Mini' / Rotala wallichii / Cyperus Rotundus / Rotala Sp. Sunset / Rotala Sp. Green
Cardinal Tetra / Rummynose Sp. Platinium / L183 Stralight Bristlenose Pelco / Nirate Snail / Yamato Shrimps
Hi bro,
So far after one night, I observe they only climb around the tank. No snails climb up out of the tank. I guess they find much food to eat and enjoy it. Photos taken as of now.
Horned nerite snails are mainly algae eaters, they don't go for commercial foods, at least not that i've noticed. 5 of them should have more than enough algae to eat in a 2ft planted tank (i usually keep around 10-12 in similar sized tanks).
The oto variant you have is otocinclus vestitus.
Just for reference, the other 2 common oto variants sold at most LFS are otocinclus vittatus (has additional white line above the black line) and otocinclus macrospilus (has large black blotch at the tail).
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