aec34
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So... my 20l tank of cherries is doing really well, about 7 months old, and the shrimp are happily breeding. At some point in the next few months I’ll be setting up a 65l, and am probably planning on rehoming a load of the shrimp in there, and getting some tiny fish which I’m really excited about (CPDs probably top of the list, unless I go chillis).
If I do, and get all the cherries out, is it feasible to lower the TDS in the 20l so crystals are likely to be ok? Or is 20l realistically just too small to be sensible for a first timer - I’ve never kept them before? The substrate is dennerle deponitmix, and I think more or less inert, and then just wood and pretty heavily planted. I already use rain water.
Thoughts? I could try them in the new ‘big’ tank, but somehow that seems a lot scarier. And I really want some fish which I haven’t really ever had before, and those two new things at once seem like madness, if I’m trying to get both shrimp and fish parameters right - unless there is a good combination?
And before anyone says it, another tank is not the answer!
If I do, and get all the cherries out, is it feasible to lower the TDS in the 20l so crystals are likely to be ok? Or is 20l realistically just too small to be sensible for a first timer - I’ve never kept them before? The substrate is dennerle deponitmix, and I think more or less inert, and then just wood and pretty heavily planted. I already use rain water.
Thoughts? I could try them in the new ‘big’ tank, but somehow that seems a lot scarier. And I really want some fish which I haven’t really ever had before, and those two new things at once seem like madness, if I’m trying to get both shrimp and fish parameters right - unless there is a good combination?
And before anyone says it, another tank is not the answer!