Quick Little Gs Question About Air Bubbler...

[soritan]

So, I have a baggie of ghost shrimp floating in my 10 US gallon tank. I paid for six, got seven! I'm lucky they're hard to count...

I think tomorrow I'll add my betta, and just kinda observe my ghost shrimp tonight. Do you think I'll need to run my air bubbler for the ghost shrimp in a tank as big as a 10 gallon? I don't mind running it, I'd just prefer to not run it so as to have less current for the betta, tomorrow.

If you think they'd need it in a tank as large as a 10g (which has an internal filter), I'll probably gang-valve my air bubbler and set it on 'very low'.

I'm running under the assumption that they'll require a slow transference to my water's parameter's like a fish, and adding water to their store water and all that.

 

[yvez9]

you're right, adding shrimp is like adding fish. it's better t take your time to acclimate them to your new water.

as for the air pump, i don't think you need to turn it on. If you can see the water moving at the surface, it's fine!

 

[soritan]

Ah, yes. Thank you for that, two things I really wanted to hear. If I had other fish in there, naturally I'd run the bubbler, but since it's the betta and the shrimp, I wasn't entirely sure.

I finally get to put something into my tank. This is kind of exciting. My nose will be at the glass for days.

 

[soritan]

I'm being a pest tonight, please understand it's because I'm so happy my *Q(U*(Q@U$* little tank is finally done cycling and I can add fish to it.

I just observed one of my ghost shrimps 'attack' a pond snail. It was kinda funny. He plucked it from the side of the glass, swam about 3 inches to one side, and sort of gave up trying to eat it and dropped it. The snail is still alive and well, but I imagine he's going to need therapy for his near death experience.

I posed this question in the betta board earlier, as an edit to one of my replies in the thread. I don't think it's been seen, but if anyone reads it on here and over there, I apologize again for being such a pain.

My water is just a shade cloudy, from my water change earlier today. Should I wait until the water is clear, before adding my betta? I understand that it's probably a bacterial bloom or waste which has been stirred up by my gravel vacuuming.

It's not mega-bad-omgwtf-help cloudy, but it's that faintly noticable, "Hn, keep an eye on that" kinda cloudy. If my ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates are all 0, should I worry about something as trivial as a tint to my otherwise clear tank?


) Now I feel foolish.