Your current Fish tank Setups!

robfosters · 24 May 2015 at 22:37

ScreamWorker said:
hey guys,

just after some advice, i have just bought a 64 litre tank, the chap who sold it me also gave some of his "filter media" which essentially was a large filter sponge thing from his filter full of fish poo.

He advised after i had set the tank up ect to drop that in and it will kickstart my cycle.

After 24 hours of running my tank empty i dumped that in and another 24 hours later it all went clear again.

Now i plan on leaving it at least 7 days but i haven't got any filter starter ect in. do you guys think it will be enough if i drop some dried food in every couple of days to start the cycle ?

i plan to test the after after 7 days but i just wanted to know if i should buy some filter start

many thanks for the future advice

The used filter media will give you a start, but thre is a product called seachem Stability which is, imo, the best starter and much better to use than letting food rot away in there. You can get it here.

http://www.aquacadabra.com/seachem-stability-100ml.html

I have used it and it really does kickstart the filter as it puts the necessary bacteria straight in rather than waiting weeks for it to develop.

utajoker · 25 May 2015 at 00:05

So here is my 15L tank

need some white vinegar to clean it up!

2.5 bottles in and the rest warm water.

after a wipe over with my finger quickly.

Running the heater on max and the filter to get the water moving. will give it over night and then clean it and see how it is. Will give it a rinse tomorrow afternoon to see what is is like and will give it another soak with the rest of the vinegar if it needs it. Then it will just need a good rise and ready to go!

utajoker · 25 May 2015 at 09:52

Since im going for cherry shrimp and they bread like crazy, anyone got any tips on how to keep the population stable?

if i put in say 8 shrimp, how quickly am i going to get over run?

robfosters · 25 May 2015 at 10:42

utajoker said:
Since im going for cherry shrimp and they bread like crazy, anyone got any tips on how to keep the population stable?

if i put in say 8 shrimp, how quickly am i going to get over run?

With no fish to eat the babies, you may end up having to cull them.

Or you could sell them.

King4aDay · 25 May 2015 at 11:08

You can have a practically infinite number of shrimp in a tank in my experience, I really wouldn't worry about it. If they get out of control then just sell/give some away.

robfosters · 25 May 2015 at 11:11

Gets a bit ugly though with too many.

utajoker · 25 May 2015 at 11:40

yea, i have been scouring looking for a single fish to fit in a 15L tank but there is nothing appart from a betta that is pushing it and will eat all the shrimp not just babies anyway.

i might go for crystal red shrimp rather than cherry shrimp.

robfosters · 25 May 2015 at 12:11

utajoker said:
yea, i have been scouring looking for a single fish to fit in a 15L tank but there is nothing appart from a betta that is pushing it and will eat all the shrimp not just babies anyway.

i might go for crystal red shrimp rather than cherry shrimp.

Amanos are good. Won't get population probs with them and they are fantastic algae eaters.

ci_newman · 25 May 2015 at 16:20

Amano wont reproduce at all in freshwater.

All of my shrimp keep dying

utajoker · 25 May 2015 at 19:49

tank is all clean and ready to go!

shall be buying

tmc nutrasoil

couple of KG of mini landscape rock

some cryptocoryne wendtii green for the background

some pogostemon to carpet

and some staurogyne rubescens to fill in the gaps.

will also pick up a bottle of Eheim Water Conditioner

any other substrate i should consider?

Spook187 · 25 May 2015 at 19:58

ADA Aqua Soil is all i use.

http://www.thegreenmachineonline.co...bstrate-system/ada-aqua-soil-amazonia-3-litre

King4aDay · 25 May 2015 at 21:59

must have the Gucci planted substrates are pretty similar. I've used ADA Amazonia II and TMC Nutrasoil and they both seem just as good as each other although I haven't specifically tested anything.

utajoker · 26 May 2015 at 21:29

anyone think i need anything more than sponge in my filter?

robfosters · 26 May 2015 at 21:46

Nope, sponge will be fine in a shrimp tank that size.

BigBruiserAl · 26 May 2015 at 22:23

Talking of shrimp tank im going to convert my 350L tank into a giant shrimp farm

utajoker · 26 May 2015 at 22:30

filling with RO water?

3-4 days filling

BigBruiserAl · 26 May 2015 at 22:38

utajoker said:
filling with RO water?

3-4 days filling

I done it before with my marine tank took about 24 hrs

I then found out I had 7-8 BAR coming out the mains :eek:

ci_newman · 27 May 2015 at 15:38

Does anyone know what type of critter this snail is?

Spook187 · 27 May 2015 at 17:10

4 days in and the new crew are doing well

Great hand feeding the cleaner shrimps, greedy little things

Waiting on a couple of Zoanthids frags to turns up this week.
Just the Apex controller and auto feeder yet to buy next month.

Couple of snails doing a good job.

Spanker · 27 May 2015 at 17:55

I would absolutely love a marine tank, so beautiful.