Zikofski's Ada 60H (45) Iwagumi Tank Journal

[Zikofski]

okay so i got some bad new's and good new's
 
firstly the bad news, i lost a fantasy blue yesterday out of the blue, looked perfectly healthy before hand. strange, so i am now down to 1 fantasy blue, and apparently i also have a chocolate sakura think its called which was accidentally given to me when i bought the fantasy blues last time. so time for the good news which i have a lot firstly my choco shrimp is berried who the father is no idea what colours shrimp i will receive no idea, i also have a cherry shrimp berried but i have moved all my cherrys to the veggie filter now. 
 
i also received my new batch of fantasy blue, these will be the last batch i buy for a while, the good news is i spoke to the manager about the choco shrimp and he gave me an extra free fantasy blue so i have 11 to add and that will make 12, i hope these breed before they die and hopefully non won't die. they have been acclimatising for the past few hours and will move them into the tank shortly.
 
algae - hmm algae is a huge problem i the tank surprisingly not on my cuba but more on the rocks i just cleaned them and hopefully it will quieten down in there on that side but i shall monitor it, my nitrate has plummet now that my veggie filter is established a little more and plants are growing well in there, so now my nitrate is around 10ppm
 
il get some pics to follow later

 

[Zikofski]

omg i have a baby shrimp 

 

 

 
i saw it about 2mm in length so so tiny no colour on it yet, this was after i removed 2 or 3 buckets of water and then i checked my bucket and i have 3 more in there that where less than 1mm in thenth probably 1/10th of 1mm so so tiny just look like bugs rather than shrimp but i presume they are shrimp, so sadly i kinda ruined my scape a little poring them back in with the buckets substrate and cuba when flying but i have baby shrimp 

 
il try and get a pic of this tiny little fella 

 

[Ch4rlie]

yaaay! 

 
Nice one!
 
Love seeing new shrimplets

 

[Mamashack]

That's fabtastic - pics as soon as you can!!

 

[Zikofski]

thnx everyone can't get pics they are too small and to quick but i did manage to net two and make a video

they are never out and i can never see them i wonder if this is because i have fish in the tank and there for they are hiding all the time within my cuba, i guess good but i hope they do make it to adult hood and not just a free meal for my rasboras on another note i did notice my rasboars rubbing against each other? what behaviour is this very strange never seen them do this before
 
 
https/www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCHqxH8KRm8

 

[Ch4rlie]

Nice.
 
Either that net is massive or these two shrimps are tiny

 

[Zikofski]

the net is 150mm net il let some one else work out the math

 

[Mamashack]

It's amazing to see your first shrimplets! Congrats on getting a video of them, Zik - no mean feat when they are so small!

 

[stanleo]

My rasporas rub against eachother as well. I have assumed it is a dominance behavior cause it is only with the one larger male that they do this with. 

 

[Zikofski]

thnx stanleo thats gd its just dominance.
 
and i have seen more baby shrimp today getting larger and i counted around 8 to 10 of them, some clear colour some looking rather red now so i may need to move these shrimps once they grow up a little to my veggie filter as i want this tank to be purely fantasy blue

 

[Dandyman3]

You have 8 or 10 baby shrimp??? Wow what are you feeding them...  
 
Hope all is going well Z. 

 

[Zikofski]

yea I've started seeing some swim about the tank now i am 100% sure they are turning red so i will need to move them as and when i see them to my other tank,
 
@DM i don't feed them, nor do i feed my adult shrimp yet, as the stock is to low there is enough bio film in the tank to support them at the moment. i do feed my fish tho once or twice a week
 
 
UPDATE:
 
i did my last WC last sunday and since then the tank has been in a black out lights out co2 off and no ferts trying to contain this algae a little bit, i have been dosing 5ml of Excel tho to help and so far no deaths i also started adding Salty Shrimp to the tank and so far no deaths and all is good  more cuba is floating around after my mess that i created so i think i will need to get some more ADA Amazonia and put some more in fill out the back a bit more and replant the cuba properly i have a job interview in the next 2 weeks so i may do it after that

 

[Dandyman3]

Update? Where you hiding

 

[Mamashack]

Yoohoo how's it going Zik?
Are your baby shrimp now parents themselves yet?

 

[Zikofski]

hey sorry peeps I've been frantic first few months of this year, this tank as you know it no longer going, i had to move, so its all changed, took out the cuba and the rocks, and i now have wood in it, no fish or shrimp and no plants just letting the dust settle and taking my time as i have a new job now so busy busy busy all the time.
 
PS i moved back down south england back to my home land woo. il try and post a pic up over the next month or so not sure what plants to get for the wood, its roots thin and twisty roots