RolyMo
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When I think back a year ago when I first purchased my first ever tank, a Juwel Rio 180, the assistant in the fish shop said about shrimp and that he bet (cheekily) that I would get into it as it was the new thing. At the time, I thought he was mad and I nodded with a smile and moved back to the conversation of getting the basics for the tank.
Just over 1 year and a lot of learning on the planted fish tank side and keeping some easy shrimp I venture into a new tank dedicated to shrimp.
One of the reasons is that my shrimp in my fish tank tend to hide a lot, which does add to the mystic, but also frustrates me because both I and my two girls want to see more of these funny little creatures.
My aim like thousands of others is to:-
I hope to take what I have learnt over the year and from the many very helpful and kind members on this forum and be successful.
Scene setting over. What have I got so far
1 x Do!Aqua 36 x 22 x 26cm (I did not realise it was a lower class ADA tank until after I bought it)
1 x Dennearle Corner Nano filter
1 x Fluval 11w clip on light
1 x Fluval heater
1 x Huge bag of ADA Amazonia 😉
1 x A Small piece of Redmoor wood.
1 x Moss ball
Some transplanted Elocharis sp "Mini"
1 x Java fern narrow
1 x Tropica 1-2 Christmas moss
Using tap water during the cycling period and then will switch to RO before introducing any shrimp..
EI dosing
Have yet to work out the lighting period
I have CO2 injection on standby, still fathoming out if I need this one. Even for just the initial cycling period.
Last night I poured in the substrate and this time ramped it up to the back and also made a hill on the left hand side.
Damped the substrate, and then planted some of the transplanted Elocharis sp mini.
Laid down a freezer bag and then filled up the tank.
In the absence of the dennearle cartridge at the LFS I purchase a large sheet of wool and cut to size and put into the corner filter. Positioned this on the RHS.
Added a glass orb of magic with some indicator fluid. Whooop.
Soaked my redmoor overnight and tied some Christmas moss to it this morning and left it floating in the tank, hoping it might sink some time soon.
So the tank has been initiated.
Must admit lots of detritus is floating around, hopefully might get filtered out over the next day or so. still a little murky in there.
Annoyingly the filter was missing a spraybar (was second-hand) so trying to work out how much of a problem that is going to be.
Will also debate with myself whether to take some filter material (which bit I dont know) from my internal Juwel filter and add to the wool in the nano filter for a week and see if that helps cycle.
Need to buy a TDS meter and the appropriote shrimp minierals. But first its all about getting the plants growing with minimal light and CO2 (ideally) leaving lots of viewing areas of shrimp against the black ADA substrate. And of course getting the water column optimal.
Phew. Back to work.
Roly
Just over 1 year and a lot of learning on the planted fish tank side and keeping some easy shrimp I venture into a new tank dedicated to shrimp.
One of the reasons is that my shrimp in my fish tank tend to hide a lot, which does add to the mystic, but also frustrates me because both I and my two girls want to see more of these funny little creatures.
My aim like thousands of others is to:-
- Keep some of the more sensitive fashionable shrimp
- Hopefully manage to breed those same shrimp
- Understand more about the breeding, genetics and the various parameters that cause certain traits.
- Successfully keep and expand some of the more rarer breeds
I hope to take what I have learnt over the year and from the many very helpful and kind members on this forum and be successful.
Scene setting over. What have I got so far
1 x Do!Aqua 36 x 22 x 26cm (I did not realise it was a lower class ADA tank until after I bought it)
1 x Dennearle Corner Nano filter
1 x Fluval 11w clip on light
1 x Fluval heater
1 x Huge bag of ADA Amazonia 😉
1 x A Small piece of Redmoor wood.
1 x Moss ball
Some transplanted Elocharis sp "Mini"
1 x Java fern narrow
1 x Tropica 1-2 Christmas moss
Using tap water during the cycling period and then will switch to RO before introducing any shrimp..
EI dosing
Have yet to work out the lighting period
I have CO2 injection on standby, still fathoming out if I need this one. Even for just the initial cycling period.
Last night I poured in the substrate and this time ramped it up to the back and also made a hill on the left hand side.
Damped the substrate, and then planted some of the transplanted Elocharis sp mini.
Laid down a freezer bag and then filled up the tank.
In the absence of the dennearle cartridge at the LFS I purchase a large sheet of wool and cut to size and put into the corner filter. Positioned this on the RHS.
Added a glass orb of magic with some indicator fluid. Whooop.
Soaked my redmoor overnight and tied some Christmas moss to it this morning and left it floating in the tank, hoping it might sink some time soon.
So the tank has been initiated.
Must admit lots of detritus is floating around, hopefully might get filtered out over the next day or so. still a little murky in there.
Annoyingly the filter was missing a spraybar (was second-hand) so trying to work out how much of a problem that is going to be.
Will also debate with myself whether to take some filter material (which bit I dont know) from my internal Juwel filter and add to the wool in the nano filter for a week and see if that helps cycle.
Need to buy a TDS meter and the appropriote shrimp minierals. But first its all about getting the plants growing with minimal light and CO2 (ideally) leaving lots of viewing areas of shrimp against the black ADA substrate. And of course getting the water column optimal.
Phew. Back to work.
Roly
