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This is a new tank isn't it? And the fish had to be moved into an uncyled tank as there were too many for your 19 litre? You are testing daily for ammonia and nitrite?
It is very unlikely the rio will be cycled yet. Shrimps are not a good idea in an uncycled tank as they are even more susceptible to poor water conditions than fish. You need to wait until the ammonia and nitrite levels have been at zero for a week, and then a bit longer before getting shrimps.
Though the angelfish might decide to eat them.
It is very unlikely the rio will be cycled yet. Shrimps are not a good idea in an uncycled tank as they are even more susceptible to poor water conditions than fish. You need to wait until the ammonia and nitrite levels have been at zero for a week, and then a bit longer before getting shrimps.
Though the angelfish might decide to eat them.
Welshweeks
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I would have thought the Killi would snack on them too
Have you been testing the rio for ammonia and nitrite?
You said in another thread it had only been set up a few days and you had added a filter starter. The filter starter is very very unlikely to have done anything at all, and you will be in a fish-in cycle. This will take more than three weeks to complete. You should be testing daily for ammonia and nitrite and doing a water change if you see a reading for either of them.
The only reason I said to move the fish into this uncycled tank is that they were in an even worse situation before with an angel, killifish, molly, tetras, cories and a betta all crammmed into a 19 litre tank. Moving them all except the betta into the rio was better than leaving them all there, but it was still not an ideal thing to do.
Your tank will not be cycled in three weeks. You should not get any shrimps until it has been cycled, and then wait another month after that.
And your angel and killifish (thanks Welshweeks) will probably eat any shrimps.
You said in another thread it had only been set up a few days and you had added a filter starter. The filter starter is very very unlikely to have done anything at all, and you will be in a fish-in cycle. This will take more than three weeks to complete. You should be testing daily for ammonia and nitrite and doing a water change if you see a reading for either of them.
The only reason I said to move the fish into this uncycled tank is that they were in an even worse situation before with an angel, killifish, molly, tetras, cories and a betta all crammmed into a 19 litre tank. Moving them all except the betta into the rio was better than leaving them all there, but it was still not an ideal thing to do.
Your tank will not be cycled in three weeks. You should not get any shrimps until it has been cycled, and then wait another month after that.
And your angel and killifish (thanks Welshweeks) will probably eat any shrimps.
This Old Spouse
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Don't get shrimp for this tank, cycled or not. They'll be lunch for your angel and killifish, possibly even the tetras and molly. They'd be fine with the cory.
Iam quite well aware that the 19ltr wasnt good enough hence the 125 ltr tank being purchased ! We wernt to know at the time and were led by lfs iam also aware it may take longer than 3 weeks to cycle, i had the water tested today and there was just a trace of nitrite and ammonia was at zero.
The question was just aimed at finding out if i could have shrimp in the tank later on
The question was just aimed at finding out if i could have shrimp in the tank later on
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