Happy day,
We are gathered here today to deal with a serious matter, a very serious matter indeed. I have come to you, the people, to seek your guidance on...a sacrifice.
I have a new 9.6gl quasi-Walstad Method tank. While I did place root tabs, thus violating the purity of the method, the tank has no other ferts, filter, heater or pump. The tank is in an office, so the temp should be stable between 73-76. It has a dirt core and Eco-complete cap, as well as wood, plants, okho stone and perhaps 1lb of smaller-than-pea gravel, all of which soaked in a mature tank for 10+ days. The wood has been in tanks for years.
This tank has been quietly cycling for about 3 weeks. It has one tiny snail that came in with some plants that's been dutifully cleaning. Otherwise, the plants are doing their thing and there hasn't been much melt, even among the dwarf sags.
The goal is for this to be a tank for blue dream and amano shrimp, but I am leery about dumping $50 of critters in there. I am willing to sacrifice a life, not my money, for heavens sake...,that would be sheer madness. So I need a potential sacrificial critter. I am open to keeping a nerite/mystery/apple/inset-name snail in this tank, and wondered if that would be a good one to offer to the God of the Cycle or if a fish would be better, and if so, what kind.
I await your nominations.
We are gathered here today to deal with a serious matter, a very serious matter indeed. I have come to you, the people, to seek your guidance on...a sacrifice.
I have a new 9.6gl quasi-Walstad Method tank. While I did place root tabs, thus violating the purity of the method, the tank has no other ferts, filter, heater or pump. The tank is in an office, so the temp should be stable between 73-76. It has a dirt core and Eco-complete cap, as well as wood, plants, okho stone and perhaps 1lb of smaller-than-pea gravel, all of which soaked in a mature tank for 10+ days. The wood has been in tanks for years.
This tank has been quietly cycling for about 3 weeks. It has one tiny snail that came in with some plants that's been dutifully cleaning. Otherwise, the plants are doing their thing and there hasn't been much melt, even among the dwarf sags.
The goal is for this to be a tank for blue dream and amano shrimp, but I am leery about dumping $50 of critters in there. I am willing to sacrifice a life, not my money, for heavens sake...,that would be sheer madness. So I need a potential sacrificial critter. I am open to keeping a nerite/mystery/apple/inset-name snail in this tank, and wondered if that would be a good one to offer to the God of the Cycle or if a fish would be better, and if so, what kind.
I await your nominations.