plantropimunity
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hey sam, thanks for the reply.
the reason that i brought the ammonia back up to 4 is so that the bacteria remain fed. since i initially spiked ammonia too high when starting, i decided to go with an add and wait version of the fishless cycle. it should be said that this is the first time i am using a fishless cycle myself, so i may be making a mistake here, but my reasoning is that when the ammonia drops to zero, i bring it back to 4, until this is happening every day. during this process, nitrite will also spike and come down, as the second colony forms. from there, i will want to be at a point where i am adding ammonia one night, and getting zero readings for ammonia and nitrite the next day. then i will do a waterchange to get out nitrates and add fish. i admit it seems like a bit of overkill, but i am planning a relatively high bioload, and i want a healthy amount of bacteria in there to be able to handle it.
thanks for the input regarding the shrimp. 30-40??? really? i was thinking about like ten or so would be good. i guess it would be pretty cool to have that many shrimp in there, though.
does anyone else have any opinions on the number of shrimp i should have?
the reason that i brought the ammonia back up to 4 is so that the bacteria remain fed. since i initially spiked ammonia too high when starting, i decided to go with an add and wait version of the fishless cycle. it should be said that this is the first time i am using a fishless cycle myself, so i may be making a mistake here, but my reasoning is that when the ammonia drops to zero, i bring it back to 4, until this is happening every day. during this process, nitrite will also spike and come down, as the second colony forms. from there, i will want to be at a point where i am adding ammonia one night, and getting zero readings for ammonia and nitrite the next day. then i will do a waterchange to get out nitrates and add fish. i admit it seems like a bit of overkill, but i am planning a relatively high bioload, and i want a healthy amount of bacteria in there to be able to handle it.
thanks for the input regarding the shrimp. 30-40??? really? i was thinking about like ten or so would be good. i guess it would be pretty cool to have that many shrimp in there, though.
does anyone else have any opinions on the number of shrimp i should have?