curlingmom
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I have inherited two very aged and somewhat neglected shrimp tanks: one with a quite elderly red&white shrimp. (The latter now have taxied out in its wheel chair. R-I-P.) and another with 6 full grown amanos (probably also quite elderly ) and a runt.
Each tank was densely planted with tiered looking plants on old soil + an empty Söchting Oxidator (glass dome with pellets and a ceramic base).
Along came one litre of 6% brand hydrogenperoxide + an brand new extra set. I cleansed and refilled the two domes and enjoyed the occational trickle of oxygen they let out.
After research for info on their actual effect not finding anything substantial a feeling crept up on me: Maybe this is just some kind of old timer shrimp gear fad?.
The densely planted 30 l. seems to me not a lot of space for the pack of huge amanos and I removed the domes from the tank.
Plants and shrimps seems indifferent to this.
The plants actually have grown even more and taken more colour. probably doing better with an occational squirt of "the brown fertilizer" and weekly water changes.
(Plants: crypt. red with amanos respectively valisneria tiger. Both tanks with old soil + tap water, an alder cone and a dried walnut leaf.)
Six weeks ago I reinstated the oxidatos in my newly established 112 l. low tech tank set on high flow in the maturing period. Here they trickle along nicely. Plant grow is slow but steady. Light now 8 hours max. All seems ok. I really cannot say if the glass domes make any difference to the plants.
What i can say though is that they do a difference in my feeling a caretaking underwater gardener to my plants. And maybe upping my low tech status a bit.
Key nutrition of a fad. And maybe/probably/presumably why it experienced its tide among avid shrimp keepers? OR?
My question in this thread rises from a thread here on CO2 making fish lethargic if not monitoried metiqulously.
When i add fish to the tank, will the trickle from the two oxydators affect the well being of my fish ?
Or are they simply too small to make any difference to neither plants nor fish?
Thank you in advance. 🙂
Tank 112 l:
Amazon soil, a layer of chicklid sand mixed with rounded 3-4mm pebbles.
Water:
rainwater + partial tap water. 22 Celcius, pH 7,2. Stable values.
Plants:
various buchephalandra, Echinodorus Sword + Reni, Schismatoglottis Prietoi, Anubias Barterii + Nana, valisneria "Tiger", Aponogeton Longiplumosos, Fontinalis Antipyrethrum, Riccia fluitans, Cladrophora Aegarophila, Phyllantus Fluitans, red crypts. + some quickly growing stem plants.
Fish:
amandae, pygmy corys, celestial pearl danios. All presently in other tanks (30x30x60) + probably 7 WC Minnows as dithers.
OBS: Not sure where to post this question. Thought this might be the best forum.
Each tank was densely planted with tiered looking plants on old soil + an empty Söchting Oxidator (glass dome with pellets and a ceramic base).
Along came one litre of 6% brand hydrogenperoxide + an brand new extra set. I cleansed and refilled the two domes and enjoyed the occational trickle of oxygen they let out.
After research for info on their actual effect not finding anything substantial a feeling crept up on me: Maybe this is just some kind of old timer shrimp gear fad?.
The densely planted 30 l. seems to me not a lot of space for the pack of huge amanos and I removed the domes from the tank.
Plants and shrimps seems indifferent to this.
The plants actually have grown even more and taken more colour. probably doing better with an occational squirt of "the brown fertilizer" and weekly water changes.
(Plants: crypt. red with amanos respectively valisneria tiger. Both tanks with old soil + tap water, an alder cone and a dried walnut leaf.)
Six weeks ago I reinstated the oxidatos in my newly established 112 l. low tech tank set on high flow in the maturing period. Here they trickle along nicely. Plant grow is slow but steady. Light now 8 hours max. All seems ok. I really cannot say if the glass domes make any difference to the plants.
What i can say though is that they do a difference in my feeling a caretaking underwater gardener to my plants. And maybe upping my low tech status a bit.
Key nutrition of a fad. And maybe/probably/presumably why it experienced its tide among avid shrimp keepers? OR?
My question in this thread rises from a thread here on CO2 making fish lethargic if not monitoried metiqulously.
When i add fish to the tank, will the trickle from the two oxydators affect the well being of my fish ?
Or are they simply too small to make any difference to neither plants nor fish?
Thank you in advance. 🙂
Tank 112 l:
Amazon soil, a layer of chicklid sand mixed with rounded 3-4mm pebbles.
Water:
rainwater + partial tap water. 22 Celcius, pH 7,2. Stable values.
Plants:
various buchephalandra, Echinodorus Sword + Reni, Schismatoglottis Prietoi, Anubias Barterii + Nana, valisneria "Tiger", Aponogeton Longiplumosos, Fontinalis Antipyrethrum, Riccia fluitans, Cladrophora Aegarophila, Phyllantus Fluitans, red crypts. + some quickly growing stem plants.
Fish:
amandae, pygmy corys, celestial pearl danios. All presently in other tanks (30x30x60) + probably 7 WC Minnows as dithers.
OBS: Not sure where to post this question. Thought this might be the best forum.
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