Cherry and Crystal Red Shrimp
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Well just a quick update on this tank, the ADA Amazonia II soil I put in this tank when I first setup it up started breaking up after 6 months of usage so this is what my tank looked like when I uprooted some plants or messed about with the substrate:
So after 5 months of milky water I decided to get rid of the ADA soil and purchased some of the new Oliver Knott Nature soil instead which is shrimp friendly, so it claims.
A few photos of the substrate change, goodbye ADA Amazonia II FOREVER!!!! Worst thing I ever purchased in my life!!!
Tank clean and ready to go:
The inspector watching to make sure I was doing everything properly:
Just after planting and turning on the filters:
4 hours after setup, crystal clear water for the first time in about 4-5 months!!
Closer look:
Really like this substrate, colour and size are perfet for this size tank:
I couldn't find the rocks I needed so used what I have and this tank now needs a few extra plants too.
Later on in the day I added some of the shrimp and created the fissidens fontanus carpert.
After spending 5 hours catching shrimp so that I could change the substrate this is what I had left LOL
Thanks for looking
So after 5 months of milky water I decided to get rid of the ADA soil and purchased some of the new Oliver Knott Nature soil instead which is shrimp friendly, so it claims.
A few photos of the substrate change, goodbye ADA Amazonia II FOREVER!!!! Worst thing I ever purchased in my life!!!
Tank clean and ready to go:
The inspector watching to make sure I was doing everything properly:
Just after planting and turning on the filters:
4 hours after setup, crystal clear water for the first time in about 4-5 months!!
Closer look:
Really like this substrate, colour and size are perfet for this size tank:
I couldn't find the rocks I needed so used what I have and this tank now needs a few extra plants too.
Later on in the day I added some of the shrimp and created the fissidens fontanus carpert.
After spending 5 hours catching shrimp so that I could change the substrate this is what I had left LOL
Thanks for looking
really nice, love the fissidens carpet. Do you have a link to that substrate? (for sale in this country) Looks really nice.
Many thanks, the Fissidens is great, will double the size of the carpet soon
The only place that I know that sells it is http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/ind...h_in_description=1&keyword=NatureSoil&x=0&y=0 in the UK, but they do ship abroad.
Que
I wish I was a fish I wish.
Here is how the tank looks today, couldn't get any macros of the shrimp, batteries on the external flash were drained!!
Thanks for looking
Thanks for looking
