Good Morning all,
Life has been a tad hectic to say the least thus a lack of posting for which I apologise.
Tank is going through a period of highs and lows.
I am currently away from home so can't provide any photos at the moment but should be able to do so closer to the weekend.
Here is the latest:
I have removed 4 dead shrimp (one of which was pregnant) which is a pity to say the least. There may have been more deaths its hard to tell with the jungle of plants. I have a look around it to see if I can spot shrimp (lots of places for the little critters to hide to say the least!)
The rest seem happy - I was excited to see the berried shrimp then about 1 week later she was dead so that was a sad moment.
The plants are doing well - Java fern is making 3 new shouts. Moss is growing slowly but starting to dense up nicely.
Tap water is still around 37 - I add Salty Shrimp GH+ & KH+ to get it up to around 250 (same as the tank water) - Tetra Aqua safe used to dechlorinate the water. Still top us the Mosura BT-9 stuff every week.
Steveo - The tank was set up for around 1 month before I added the shrimp. As you can see its heavily planted just not heavily populated
The Mosura stuff has a good reputation - If you have the money I would say go for it. If like me your Scottish I doubt I would buy any more of it. Certainly not for RCS - For CRS then I would opt for buying it again.
Speaking of which I personally am under the impression that red cherry shrimp are bomb proof (How I can't get mine to survive is beyond me!) I have been doing this since January and am yet to see a single baby shrimp.
To be perfectly honest if I knew it was this much hassle and expenditure (Just shy of £1,000 over the 10 months all in) I would simply have never bothered. I like having a tank in my room its a shame everything dies and I have to resort to wearing ear plugs in order to sleep well!
Just have to keep at it - No point giving up
Perhaps if it doesn't work out with Red Cherry Shrimp I will just give up on shrimp altogether - Seem to have followed every direction but alas no dice.
Hope you all have better success than I do
Best wishes,
Murray
Life has been a tad hectic to say the least thus a lack of posting for which I apologise.
Tank is going through a period of highs and lows.
I am currently away from home so can't provide any photos at the moment but should be able to do so closer to the weekend.
Here is the latest:
I have removed 4 dead shrimp (one of which was pregnant) which is a pity to say the least. There may have been more deaths its hard to tell with the jungle of plants. I have a look around it to see if I can spot shrimp (lots of places for the little critters to hide to say the least!)
The rest seem happy - I was excited to see the berried shrimp then about 1 week later she was dead so that was a sad moment.
The plants are doing well - Java fern is making 3 new shouts. Moss is growing slowly but starting to dense up nicely.
Tap water is still around 37 - I add Salty Shrimp GH+ & KH+ to get it up to around 250 (same as the tank water) - Tetra Aqua safe used to dechlorinate the water. Still top us the Mosura BT-9 stuff every week.
Steveo - The tank was set up for around 1 month before I added the shrimp. As you can see its heavily planted just not heavily populated
The Mosura stuff has a good reputation - If you have the money I would say go for it. If like me your Scottish I doubt I would buy any more of it. Certainly not for RCS - For CRS then I would opt for buying it again.
Speaking of which I personally am under the impression that red cherry shrimp are bomb proof (How I can't get mine to survive is beyond me!) I have been doing this since January and am yet to see a single baby shrimp.
To be perfectly honest if I knew it was this much hassle and expenditure (Just shy of £1,000 over the 10 months all in) I would simply have never bothered. I like having a tank in my room its a shame everything dies and I have to resort to wearing ear plugs in order to sleep well!
Just have to keep at it - No point giving up
Perhaps if it doesn't work out with Red Cherry Shrimp I will just give up on shrimp altogether - Seem to have followed every direction but alas no dice.
Hope you all have better success than I do
Best wishes,
Murray