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Seedling
Wanted to start a journal describing my first RCS (Red Cherry Shrimp) in my first, though established, planted tank.
Background:
1.5 years old nano planted tank:
40x25x25cm glass rimless tank
Overkill Fluval LED light
Eheim classic cannister filter (350)
2 Layer substrate. Lower some nutrient rich. top layer is fluval stratum
Driftwood bonsai tree
Java moss
Dwarf Baby Tears (carpet)
Timeline:
First 6 months:
Started doing homebrew CO2 (yeast), Left it at a pretty high rate as no livestock. Carpet was growing well, moss growing well and starting to look like a tree. Algae bloom then started to subside, but left some thicker filament algae. Here I decreased CO2 and got some 3x amano shrimp.
6-1year, amano shrimp making work of all algae including string algae, maybe due to 0 feeding from me. Tank was super clean of all algae, only some green algae on glass next to outflow probably cause shrimp could not get there. Carpet fully grown out and overgrown, my bad on maintanence. Full trimmed and lower levels a bit yellow but greened out over a month or 2. Stopped CO2 as refilling yeast every week was a chore. DBT still thriving and growing even without CO2 surprisingly.
Just after 1 year an amano died was found red and stuck to the inflow. Inflow didn't have pre filter sponge and it must have been set too high and got stuck.
2 Years, moved flats. Was so overgrown didn't think the shrimp was still alive. Hard trimmed and found them still alive though pretty small as no feedings for 2 years. Removed 90% of water from tank but left water in canister filter and moved in Uber. Did not plan this out very well and filter intake connecter snapped in transit. Ordered spare part but will take a week to come.
Refilled water from tap with seachem prime. Looking back it was pretty dumb. Should have kept the water I took out during the move and transported in jugs. But these amano are bulletproof super shrimp. 2 years no feeding and 90% water change from a different tap though the move was still in a similar area so don't think it was too different. Left with no lights (left next to window for natural light) and no filter for a week.
Fixed filter, still no light as have not built a light stand yet but have started regular daily feeding with shrimp pellets. These guys were hungry and grew. 3 weeks in from move and both have molted successfully at the same time, looks like we are in the clear. Got a TDS pen and GH/KH test kit, water params:
GH: 13
KH: 6
PH: 7.8
Amonia/Nitrite/Nitrate: 0/0/20
TDS: 380
Background:
1.5 years old nano planted tank:
40x25x25cm glass rimless tank
Overkill Fluval LED light
Eheim classic cannister filter (350)
2 Layer substrate. Lower some nutrient rich. top layer is fluval stratum
Driftwood bonsai tree
Java moss
Dwarf Baby Tears (carpet)
Timeline:
First 6 months:
Started doing homebrew CO2 (yeast), Left it at a pretty high rate as no livestock. Carpet was growing well, moss growing well and starting to look like a tree. Algae bloom then started to subside, but left some thicker filament algae. Here I decreased CO2 and got some 3x amano shrimp.
6-1year, amano shrimp making work of all algae including string algae, maybe due to 0 feeding from me. Tank was super clean of all algae, only some green algae on glass next to outflow probably cause shrimp could not get there. Carpet fully grown out and overgrown, my bad on maintanence. Full trimmed and lower levels a bit yellow but greened out over a month or 2. Stopped CO2 as refilling yeast every week was a chore. DBT still thriving and growing even without CO2 surprisingly.
Just after 1 year an amano died was found red and stuck to the inflow. Inflow didn't have pre filter sponge and it must have been set too high and got stuck.
2 Years, moved flats. Was so overgrown didn't think the shrimp was still alive. Hard trimmed and found them still alive though pretty small as no feedings for 2 years. Removed 90% of water from tank but left water in canister filter and moved in Uber. Did not plan this out very well and filter intake connecter snapped in transit. Ordered spare part but will take a week to come.
Refilled water from tap with seachem prime. Looking back it was pretty dumb. Should have kept the water I took out during the move and transported in jugs. But these amano are bulletproof super shrimp. 2 years no feeding and 90% water change from a different tap though the move was still in a similar area so don't think it was too different. Left with no lights (left next to window for natural light) and no filter for a week.
Fixed filter, still no light as have not built a light stand yet but have started regular daily feeding with shrimp pellets. These guys were hungry and grew. 3 weeks in from move and both have molted successfully at the same time, looks like we are in the clear. Got a TDS pen and GH/KH test kit, water params:
GH: 13
KH: 6
PH: 7.8
Amonia/Nitrite/Nitrate: 0/0/20
TDS: 380