Hi everyone,
I am setting up a new tank to replace my 60l tank with a Juwel Rio 180L tank. I have planted the tank straight away to see if the ammonia spike can be avoided and still allow good growth of bacteria in filter as malaya soil leeches little ammonia in comparison to amazonia. I have 2 shrimps and 8 mosquito rasbora to create a small waste production.
I have yet to have any detectable presence of ammonia or nitrites in the tank but a small bacterial bloom in the water.
Substrate:
ADA Malaya Aquasoil
Flora:
Glosso
Amazon Swords
Hairgrass
Nymphaea Lotus
Myriophyllum Mattogrossense
Moss Ball
Feeding plants with 5ml of Easycarbo daily.
Small dosing of Potassium Phosphate every other day.
A very small pinch of CSM+B on water change.
Fauna:
2 Cherry Shrimps
8 Mosquito Rasbora
Slowly add more fish after a month
Only worrying issue I have is that if the plants are taking up ammonia before the bacteria can feed upon it and thrive it will keep preventing the maturing of the filter media. I feel this emthod could take longer to mature than fishless cycling but will we see.
Mr. C Shrimp
I am setting up a new tank to replace my 60l tank with a Juwel Rio 180L tank. I have planted the tank straight away to see if the ammonia spike can be avoided and still allow good growth of bacteria in filter as malaya soil leeches little ammonia in comparison to amazonia. I have 2 shrimps and 8 mosquito rasbora to create a small waste production.
I have yet to have any detectable presence of ammonia or nitrites in the tank but a small bacterial bloom in the water.
Substrate:
ADA Malaya Aquasoil
Flora:
Glosso
Amazon Swords
Hairgrass
Nymphaea Lotus
Myriophyllum Mattogrossense
Moss Ball
Feeding plants with 5ml of Easycarbo daily.
Small dosing of Potassium Phosphate every other day.
A very small pinch of CSM+B on water change.
Fauna:
2 Cherry Shrimps
8 Mosquito Rasbora
Slowly add more fish after a month
Only worrying issue I have is that if the plants are taking up ammonia before the bacteria can feed upon it and thrive it will keep preventing the maturing of the filter media. I feel this emthod could take longer to mature than fishless cycling but will we see.
Mr. C Shrimp