Have had nitrates building up quite quickly and doing water changes every other day. That might be my fault as I suspect overfeeding is the cause since removing the snail didn't make any difference. Also the temperature is hard to keep stable in the micro tank so I've decided to upgrade the shrimp tank.
Got a plastic 19L starter tank from PAH (all I've got room for!) It's a couple of inches bigger in each direction and about 50% increase on the micro.
Going to add black micro-gravel (sized in between sand and normal gravel) and start off with a minimally decorated tank mainly so I can see what they're up to.
Not sure whether to start a new thread or just carry on here so for now here's a photo of the new one just running with water to check for leaks.
Have cobbled together a hanging glass thermometer - the rubber had perished so fastened it to a sucker with a rubber band for now. Temp started off at 18⁰ and it's up to 19 after an hour and a half.
Will eventually transfer all the equipment over so won't be doing a fishless cycle or anything. Then I'll see if I can find more than 1 shrimp to transfer!
Got a plastic 19L starter tank from PAH (all I've got room for!) It's a couple of inches bigger in each direction and about 50% increase on the micro.
Going to add black micro-gravel (sized in between sand and normal gravel) and start off with a minimally decorated tank mainly so I can see what they're up to.
Not sure whether to start a new thread or just carry on here so for now here's a photo of the new one just running with water to check for leaks.
Have cobbled together a hanging glass thermometer - the rubber had perished so fastened it to a sucker with a rubber band for now. Temp started off at 18⁰ and it's up to 19 after an hour and a half.
Will eventually transfer all the equipment over so won't be doing a fishless cycle or anything. Then I'll see if I can find more than 1 shrimp to transfer!
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sorry for the delay 
