Another Small Setup

[EmmaS]

I keep meaning to do a shrimp only tank but end up moving fry or fish in there. I really cannot set up another aquarium. I already have 5

 

[Fishmanic]

if you already have 5, what’s “just one more.”
MTS

 

[MaloK]

Another lap done.

Water chemistry is a little puzzling, but it stands with a constant in between 1-2 ppm of ammonia, 0 nitrite and under 5 nitrate.

I squashed more than a couple bladder snails in addition that are surely contributing. But the seed shrimps are not relenting a single seconds. If I shake the filter... They swarm out in clouds... Lolll.

There's more than 3 amphipods and I saw them making babies... Oh well... so much for biofilm.

 

[MaloK]

So this buckles up the 6 weeks prophetic delay for a cycled tank...

Results are a little strange but are in perfect direction toward target. Nitrate is well under 5 nitrite has been 0 for a while and there's a slight touch of ammonia... I tested only once before posting.

Plant are already going in for their stance. And two have made quite a progress. And are trowing much larger leaves. I added a good dose of concentrated catalpa leaf powder to try to fight my somewhat increasing PH ( This I cant understand, I use RO/DI at 0ppm ) and still is going upward.

Seed shrimps happiness reduced in the next days. Amphipods are still stealthily roaming in.

In a week or so. It should be ready for a 6-12 initial colony and grow up in symbioses. I might acidify a little the water to slow things down some more.

 

[MaloK]

Things are slowly settling down, the seed shrimps invasion is recessing the plants seem to be doing fine. The water is looking good...

I'm still squashing snails all the time, they won't give up.

Picture has been taken Sunday

I'm about to reach procrastination maximum on this one, loll... I really have to stock ti soon.

Today I'm going to do the first filter maintenance, see how that goes. And probably change half the water a the same time.