QUOTE(urahara666 @ Jul 9 2012, 06:27 PM)
before this, i setup using some experience in planted tank and reading from the net.
i want your pro input from the start for my new 30cm cube. i'm planning to use new amazonia soil for some hairgrass & stone+moss without co2 injection but still dosing liquid carbon....
i'm almost at the benchmark of patient. if not i already throw them in my planted tank & rescape for planted tank
30cm cube, that is a 27L tank,ADA new amazonia , i familiar with that as my first 2 plant cum shrimps tank have 6cm thick of it.(now full shrimps tank), You are not alone ,i do suffer heavy casualty before,lost count of the numbers of shrimps perished that amounted to loss hundreds of $$$.
i rule out CRS for you in this tank as they are too sensitive, at least for the time being. Neocaridina shrimps will suit best.
Things you must know about keeping shrimps and to breed them.
-They need good filtration. (excess filtration is welcome)
-They need need stable & clean water.
-They need good aeration.
-They super sensitive to any pesticide/fert. esp those contain copper.
-Majority of shrimps don't like too high temp >30'c. (Fan or chiller needed)
-No to high water current flow. (reduce output flow or use things to break out flow)
-Cover your filter inlet with sponge or stainless steel mesh cover(can wait till you have berried shrimps unless the intake hole is big enough for adult shrimps to be suck it).
-DON"T overfeed.
-DON"T mix with fish(only exception is OTTO's) . NO to SAE & Yamato unless Yamato is only shrimps you want to keep.
if you need SAE & Yamato for initial algae control, then only remove them when you introduce your dwarf shrimps.
-Adequate light(if too bright , provide shade(hidding place)).
-They like brown/green algae on glass or rock. But not to the extent you get those BBA , hair algae, Staghorn etc.
A mature breeding tank is always not nice to look at cos we intentionally breed/allow soft algae to flourish on the glass(those are shrimp/shrimplets natural foods) and a sign of mature tank.
-Type of substrate(affect tank cycle/mature period, PH buffer, shrimps color,shrimp type suitable to keep)
-Keeping/breeding shrimps can be more expensive than doing planted tank if you aim & provide the best.
(Unless your ultimate goal is to only keep grass shrimp or low grade cherry), then ignore all the above.
Back to your case, since your choice is lightly planted tank with ADA amazonia soil, patient is your key due to this soil. My 2 tank need >6mths to mature with this soil.
Treat me as the one setup this 30cm cube tank, this is what i do.
-I want my substrate to be 4.5cm-5cm thick due to planting of hair grass, so the amount of soil i need is 3x3x4.5cm = 4L of amazonia(i will get one 3L normal pack and buy 1L loose powder pack and 0.5L to 1L of loose pack ADA powersand S(small).
-As usual sparkle ADA 5 elements (bacter100, tourmaline, clear super, penac w, penac p). I normally double dose Tourmaline & super clear below powersand. (buy dose in scoop will do)
-For shrimps purpose,beside ADA 5 elements, i also sparkle Borneowild Minerax(take ADA scoop - 5 to 10 scoop), Mosura Old Sea Mud (half bottle) & Borneowild Humic (half bottle). For BW Humic you can sparkle on soil surface, or bottom of substrate or put in filter bag inside water filter.
BW Humic will help buffer the PH to 6.4 - 6.5 which prefer for most shrimps.
-Fill up with ADA soil normal then top-up with powder form, sparkle a scoop of bacter100 on soil surface.
-Cover soil surface with clean plastic bag, buy and fix one small size internal plastic breeder tank at tank bottom just above soil, pour in water directly into the breeder tank , water will come out smoothly at the bottom of the breeder tank on to the soil, hardly/won't stir up the soil , plastic bag is there for the "in case" .... (Dechlorinated water only)
(you can use tank water from established tank to help seed the bacteria.)
-Port one of my aged Filter from a established tank(most of my tank got 2 filter) or borrow some aged filter media.
-Fix and put in air pump for aeration, i use air driven bio-sponge. (2 in 1 , got aeration and extra filter)
-Light on for at least 10hrs.(for shrimps tank only, i on 24hrs, i want the brown spot algae
)
-NO fan or cooling during tank cycle ,as bacteria build/grow up fast in higher temp.
-Daily dosing of Seachem Stability/Mosura BT9/or whatever bacteria kick-start we have.
-Plant the hairgrass , put in moss etc
-Put in Seachem Purigen(100g pack in the filter, can treat up to 400L water and can last > 6mths before need to regenerate with Clorox)
(Purigen is the ultimate organic waste absorber, all my tank have one)
ADA soil famous/notorious for leeching HUGE amount of ammonia up to months, we need to build up sufficient beneficial nitrifying bacteria to combat this.
- If i will to use a new filter with new media then this tank cycling process will took at least a months.
That why we need to prepare before hand by seeding a new filter in a establish tank for weeks when we plan our new tank.
- If using aged filter, i will test for nitrite after 3 - 4 days, if zero nitrite detected, bingo your tank probably cycled. else keep dosing BT9/stability and retest on days 7. (i fully cycle my 3ft 200L tank im 7 days with 20L of soil(contro+benibachi) by seeding with half amount of media taken from a aged eheim 2213 and put into the new eheim 2217 with daily dosing of BT9 & stability).
i won't test for ammonia now cos it proven to ever presence with ADA soil.
After your new 30cm cube tank is cycled, let me know. But if still in planning, then better start seeding a new filter now.
This post has been edited by arrow: Jul 10 2012, 01:50 AM 
Jul 8 2012, 01:23 PM
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