Mamashack Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 As some of you may be aware I have had this 12L tank as a bare bottom QT - the shrimp have now been moved to the 19L shrimp tank after over 3 weeks in there with no sign of any fungus or bacterial infection. So I've stripped it right down and added some inert black small gravel and a moss ball and a small piece of elodea. Hopefully the bacteria have been preserved. There's partially remineralised RO water in there now. Am waiting til I get the new shrimp before deciding what level to finally go for then I won't have too much acclimating to do all being well. Already there's 0.25 ppm ammonia and this happened with the 19L tank when I first set that one up. I'm convinced it's the gravel for some reason as there's nothing else that could be releasing it. No nitrites and about 0.5 ppm nitrates so some bacterial activity evident. Will retest tomorrow to see if there's any change. Will also challenge the bacteria with some ammonia and see how they respond then keep adding snack doses until the new shrimp are here. Not going to have much in the tank until the new shrimp have settled in. Maybe a cholla log for them to hide in and munch on. Here's a picture of the new set-up so far: Got 2 filters in there so that I can clean one at a time and not disturb too many bacteria. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christinenha Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Having 2 filters sounds like a great idea! I should be doing that for my main tanks. Thanks for the inspiration! ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miwu Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Love a nice and simple tank where you'll actually be able to see all the shrimps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamashack Posted October 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Love a nice and simple tank where you'll actually be able to see all the shrimps! Thanks, miwu that's my intention at least until they settle down a bit. Started the 19L like that and now it looks like this (lol): Sorry for the reflections Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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