Filterless shrimp tank with plant?

[mistahoo]

I thought Amano offspring require brackish water to mature to adulthood?

Offspring requires brackish or full salt water (full on saltwater seems to give better results) to mature to juvies. After that they can transition over to freshwater and live until they die.

[ItsDubC]

Lol well that settles that I guess :)

You should have no problem w/ growing an RCS colony in a filterless setup. All of my planted tanks have been filterless w/ no additional CO2, ferts, or water changes. I do use a soil substrate capped w/ inert sand/gravel and plant heavy from the get-go tho.

I'd say definitely get some moss since shrimp love the stuff. The pygmy chain sword should be fine but it may end up taking over eventually. You may not even need a light if you find a decent window to put the tank near.

Be sure to post pics when it's setup!

[suicune]

it's already set up I'm just waiting for the air pump I ordered, hopefully will show up tomorrow. Some water circulation would be great.

[ItsDubC]

Nice,

Let us know how it goes. I read somewhere that excess surface agitation robs the water column of CO2 for the plants to use, so I've never used an airpump.

[suicune]

well since it's java moss it's really doesn't matter =D

[mistahoo]

It does, but if you're not pumping CO2 you shouldn't worry about it. Flow is very important for plants. Many plant hobbyist forget this.

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[suicune]

I also read that the CO2 in the tank is always trying to be equal to the CO2 make up in the atmosphere, so if you have a planted tank without water movement it's actually gonna give you less CO2

[ItsDubC]

I've actually been MORE worried about CO2 loss simply because I don't inject or supplement it. In other words, my stance has been to hold on to what little I do have haha

[mistahoo]

Planted tank without movement will not give you less CO2. It'll give you less oxygen though

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[suicune]

it won't affect your CO2 level unless you have injected CO2 like Steven said. The CO2 level in the water will always try to balance itself with the CO2 level in the atmosphere. So when you do injected CO2, your CO2 in the water is higher than the level in the atmosphere, that's why you don't want to have much surface agitation in such case.

[suicune]

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rescaped the tank. Didn't like to wait for the java moss carpet. I put in some substrate and some marimo balls, a bush of java fern, a bush of wisteria, rocks. found some mini shrimp. but is having hydra problem :(. I'm going to try panacur like some ppl on TPT suggested.

[LooksLater]

Looks much better!
If you're not too awfully worried about the shrimp, put a betta in there to eat the hydra.

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[mistahoo]

Even smaller fish will prey on hydra and leave your shrimp alone

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[aquabee]

Even smaller fish will prey on hydra and leave your shrimp alone

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Neon tetras are pros at eating hydra and planaria and leaving the shrimp alone until all the other food sources are gone.


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[suicune]

Maybe i'll put an endler in there to try out? Single neon tetra is kinda sad