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So it's been about a year since I started with shrimp in Plant Test Tank #1. That tank now needs to be renamed, as it is no longer a test tank at all!
ANYHOO, I have learned a couple of things:
1) I do NOT need to clean the substrate - After seeing a video of a large aquarium that hadn't been cleaned in decades, I decided to let things sorta sit. I have cleaned a few areas after removing a plant or rock. But otherwise the shrimp seem to keep the gravel surface from getting nasty.
2) shrimp like to play - I often see them reverse-surfing down the tank while holding onto a leaf. I swear they cut off leaves JUST for that reason! Some also seem to like riding on a wood skewer I use to move/remove things in the tank. They'll latch on and go for a ride!
3) tank needs a cover - keeps them inside when they try to escape being chased by others
4) shrimp love TUMS - so they get calcium, I put a small bit into the tank now and then, and they eat it all up.
5) I need to watch the PH - finally tested and the ph was very high
6) water changes not that important - I swear the whole tank got better when I STOPPED doing regular water changes!
7) nerite snails aren't all great - the snail in that tank seems to be lazy... plenty of algae ends up on the glass!
ANYHOO, I have learned a couple of things:
1) I do NOT need to clean the substrate - After seeing a video of a large aquarium that hadn't been cleaned in decades, I decided to let things sorta sit. I have cleaned a few areas after removing a plant or rock. But otherwise the shrimp seem to keep the gravel surface from getting nasty.
2) shrimp like to play - I often see them reverse-surfing down the tank while holding onto a leaf. I swear they cut off leaves JUST for that reason! Some also seem to like riding on a wood skewer I use to move/remove things in the tank. They'll latch on and go for a ride!
3) tank needs a cover - keeps them inside when they try to escape being chased by others
4) shrimp love TUMS - so they get calcium, I put a small bit into the tank now and then, and they eat it all up.
5) I need to watch the PH - finally tested and the ph was very high
6) water changes not that important - I swear the whole tank got better when I STOPPED doing regular water changes!
7) nerite snails aren't all great - the snail in that tank seems to be lazy... plenty of algae ends up on the glass!
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