Hello,
I am struggling with the relationship between these three (BGA(Cyanbacteria)Shrimp, Nitrates)
I have a small BGA problem which went away for a while but has now come back and I am trying to remove it and kill it off through various techniques.
One of the ways is to increase my nitrates because they may have been a little low for my planted tank according to a lot of people. They were on 5ppm or less. I have raised them that to around 10ppm by dosing a little more often.
However I also keep Sakura shrimp and Im looking to get a few more shrimp like some Blue tigers, CRS and black bees quite soon. The Sakura's at the moment seem to have gone into hiding at the back of the tank, not sure if this is normal or not?
I have seen threads that people have kept shrimp in conditions with high nitrates in a planted tank. Surely tanks like this one I have linked below dose a lot of nitrates but they also have high grade CRS in there as well?
http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2 ... l=0&id=130
Any thoughts or opinions would be great.
Thanks.
I am struggling with the relationship between these three (BGA(Cyanbacteria)Shrimp, Nitrates)
I have a small BGA problem which went away for a while but has now come back and I am trying to remove it and kill it off through various techniques.
One of the ways is to increase my nitrates because they may have been a little low for my planted tank according to a lot of people. They were on 5ppm or less. I have raised them that to around 10ppm by dosing a little more often.
However I also keep Sakura shrimp and Im looking to get a few more shrimp like some Blue tigers, CRS and black bees quite soon. The Sakura's at the moment seem to have gone into hiding at the back of the tank, not sure if this is normal or not?
I have seen threads that people have kept shrimp in conditions with high nitrates in a planted tank. Surely tanks like this one I have linked below dose a lot of nitrates but they also have high grade CRS in there as well?
http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2 ... l=0&id=130
Any thoughts or opinions would be great.
Thanks.