Cherry
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Help needed please - wasn't sure where to put this - so here goes !!
I am setting up a shrimp tank (31 litres) - have put in this Fluval Shrimp stratum so - first question-
how do you stop plants "floating" out of it - find it really difficult to plant in - if use tweezers just seem to come out again and putting my hand in isnt much better!
Tank has a trickle filter with two tiny cartridges - nice and quiet - however I cleaned them for the first time last week (as it has matured) and when I put them back in the tank helpfully emptied itself all over the floor - I realised the filter was blocked , so took them apart (it was the fine polisher that seemed to be causing the problem ie the flow was too fast for the filters so overflowed) I took them to pieces and cobbled together a diy version- which has meant I have lost my carbon 😡 but am scared of the tank emptying itself a again as I now have ottos in - also doesn't do the floor and electrics much good!!! any ideas?
- and finally - fertilisers !! I am a bung it in girl - sorry EI - works splendidly in my large tank - machetes to the fore - not sure how to carry it out for the best in a teeny tank - also liquid carbon - should I be putting it in once I add my shrimps?
am doing a 25- 50% water change most days - out of the rain but outside - advantage of living in the middle of nowhere
I have put an air curtain in too - best to leave it on all the time?
Do I need a heater? - I put one under the substate , but pulled it out when I was losing water as I thought the wire was "wicking " the water out (it wasnt) so heater now just hanging there
any ideas for teeny fish that wont eat my shrimps??
sorry so many questions😳 but any help appreciated!!
I am setting up a shrimp tank (31 litres) - have put in this Fluval Shrimp stratum so - first question-
how do you stop plants "floating" out of it - find it really difficult to plant in - if use tweezers just seem to come out again and putting my hand in isnt much better!
Tank has a trickle filter with two tiny cartridges - nice and quiet - however I cleaned them for the first time last week (as it has matured) and when I put them back in the tank helpfully emptied itself all over the floor - I realised the filter was blocked , so took them apart (it was the fine polisher that seemed to be causing the problem ie the flow was too fast for the filters so overflowed) I took them to pieces and cobbled together a diy version- which has meant I have lost my carbon 😡 but am scared of the tank emptying itself a again as I now have ottos in - also doesn't do the floor and electrics much good!!! any ideas?
- and finally - fertilisers !! I am a bung it in girl - sorry EI - works splendidly in my large tank - machetes to the fore - not sure how to carry it out for the best in a teeny tank - also liquid carbon - should I be putting it in once I add my shrimps?
am doing a 25- 50% water change most days - out of the rain but outside - advantage of living in the middle of nowhere
I have put an air curtain in too - best to leave it on all the time?
Do I need a heater? - I put one under the substate , but pulled it out when I was losing water as I thought the wire was "wicking " the water out (it wasnt) so heater now just hanging there
any ideas for teeny fish that wont eat my shrimps??
sorry so many questions😳 but any help appreciated!!