Hi Folks,
I had to rescape my aquarium as the plant mass had reduced quite a bit due to neglect and algae recently. The tank has been running as a high tech since a year now so has established filter media and inhabitants.
I moved the fish to another tank with the existing filter media running. I wan't able to catch all the shrimp (probably 50+ cherry shrimps), so they are still in the rescaped tank.
The rescaping involved:
Here is a pic of the tank. Right now I have just misted it and wrapped the top with cling foil.
I could not completely drain the tank as there are still many shrimp in it so there is a level of water above the substrate. Also the substrate is sloped to the back so there is more water towards the front glass.
I was wondering whether I should do a dry start and let all the new plants grow or should I just continue with filling the tank with water and going the traditional way and will dry start help in my case since I have added quite a few stem plants as well?
If going the dry start route makes sense then how do i get the water level just at/below the substrate level while also keeping my shrimp alive ? I can't find a way out to catch all my shrimp atleast
Regards,
Mel.
I had to rescape my aquarium as the plant mass had reduced quite a bit due to neglect and algae recently. The tank has been running as a high tech since a year now so has established filter media and inhabitants.
I moved the fish to another tank with the existing filter media running. I wan't able to catch all the shrimp (probably 50+ cherry shrimps), so they are still in the rescaped tank.
The rescaping involved:
- Uprooting some dead/unwanted stem plants and planting some new ones
- Addition of nutrition capsules to the substrate
- New plants that were planted :
- Limnophila aromatica/hippuridoides - tissue culture
- Ludwigia Palustris red - in pot
- Rotala rotundifolia Colorata - tissue culture
- Blyxa japonica - tissue culture
- Marsilea crenata - tissue culture
- Marsilea hirsuta - tissue culture
- Micranthemum Monte Carlo (existing in the tank - submerged)
- Anubias and a couple of buce (existing in the tank - submerged)
- No addition of hardscape
- No change to the existing Tropica Soil substate
Here is a pic of the tank. Right now I have just misted it and wrapped the top with cling foil.
I could not completely drain the tank as there are still many shrimp in it so there is a level of water above the substrate. Also the substrate is sloped to the back so there is more water towards the front glass.
I was wondering whether I should do a dry start and let all the new plants grow or should I just continue with filling the tank with water and going the traditional way and will dry start help in my case since I have added quite a few stem plants as well?
If going the dry start route makes sense then how do i get the water level just at/below the substrate level while also keeping my shrimp alive ? I can't find a way out to catch all my shrimp atleast
Regards,
Mel.