my new shrimp tank!

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Originally Posted by 69efan69

haha alrite thinking of selling my excel+flourish+profito away. not using them anymore and ive only used 0.5ml of each lol. btw im using what i think they call "black quartz". juz black gravel, no soil. =)

haha, maybe you can sell them to me!

btw, i think you should add some subwasserstang as well. they can serve as hiding place for your shrimplets if any of your females becomes berried

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Originally Posted by Patrique

icic bro... maybe next time you might wanna consider using soil like GEX or ADA as it provides minerals and nutrients for plants and shrimps... just my opinion!

Cheers!

bro, care to enlighten me what nutrients do such processed soil have that can be beneficial to the shrimps??

Originally Posted by WiNd.feNg

bro, care to enlighten me what nutrients do such processed soil have that can be beneficial to the shrimps??

sorry bro, i can't give you exact details but this is what i was told when i was buying the soil, as in the contents in the soil helps stabilize the water for optimal conditions for the shrimps

Originally Posted by 69efan69

lol yeaa it does become dirty easily. had to use chopstick and stir gravel to siphon out the dirts once a weeek haha. thanks!

Hi, can I ask if using chop stick to stir will scare the shrimps off?

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DO NOT Stir the base. That can cause a spike (toxin/amonia/nitrate/nitrite, whatever is at the base) and may cause casulty due to sudden change in water perimeter. Leave the base as it is if you can

Originally Posted by Patrique

sorry bro, i can't give you exact details but this is what i was told when i was buying the soil, as in the contents in the soil helps stabilize the water for optimal conditions for the shrimps

If i'm not wrong, soil helps to lower pH. I don't know about benefits for shrimps directly.

Originally Posted by 69efan69

haha alrite thinking of selling my excel+flourish+profito away. not using them anymore and ive only used 0.5ml of each lol. btw im using what i think they call "black quartz". juz black gravel, no soil. =)

no use? haha sell it to me ba

Originally Posted by WiNd.feNg

bro, care to enlighten me what nutrients do such processed soil have that can be beneficial to the shrimps??

ada lower the ph level. CRS need low ph water around 6 to 6.5
benefits for shrimps indirectly is the plant. ada soil very good for planting. if the plant grow well it the give hidding place and food for shrimp.

haha i'll post my fertz in the marketplace soon. anywae, Today i did a 30% weekly water change at 12am (water used is aged and antichlorine/chloramine added yesteday) and switch off the light.. den i got shocked when i on the tank light at 3am. all my cherries are either transparent or very little red.

i started looking around the internet for info and 10 min later i check them again, they are all very red again. Do they change colour when lights are off ?

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30% wc seems a lot. Is it necessary to change so much each week? I do about 10-15% wc weekly, some weeks up to 20% change (but done abt 10% twice a wk).

It's normal for the shrimps to fade in color when they rest. The same applies for some fishes. If you look at them sometime later (eg 15-30mins), the color will likely be back to normal.

I believe it has to do with blood circulation when one sleeps. The blood pressure is reduced when one rest, thus coloration will be lower.

Originally Posted by globalcookie

30% wc seems a lot. Is it necessary to change so much each week? I do about 10-15% wc weekly, some weeks up to 20% change (but done abt 10% twice a wk).

It's normal for the shrimps to fade in color when they rest. The same applies for some fishes. If you look at them sometime later (eg 15-30mins), the color will likely be back to normal.

I believe it has to do with blood circulation when one sleeps. The blood pressure is reduced when one rest, thus coloration will be lower.

depends on your tank's size.

For shrimps, 20% is perfectly fine. WC with aged water.