hey
how are you
it's been a while since we updated you
on the shallow tanks
today it's the third week mark going on
without water changes we have been only
topping off with row water and dosing
supplements
let's go over the cleaning process of
the bloody mary tank again no water
changes
only algae cleaning and a quick update
on the aquarium
it's going to be great
let's start
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this tank is more than 300 days old
we escaped it as a diy building the tank
itself
creating the bottom filter using a
sponge filter
and creating the volcano-like slate rock
formation
i'll add a link to that video
first we remove excess floating plants
they grow like crazy
then try to clean a bit of surface
detritus if any
using a chopstick we remove the
filamentous algae it's an easy process a
matter of touching the algae with the
chopstick and rolling
this technique is awesome
we learned it from mark's shrimp tanks
and i tell you it saved us a lot of time
the algae tend to stick on it better
than using tweezers or hands
it also helps catch any floating
particle rather than keeping it floating
this algae grows whenever the conditions
permits with low plant density in a
shrimp tank it tends to overgrow and has
to be cleaned often until the ecosystem
establishes equilibrium and we notice
most of the time it disappears as the
tank mature
an important point when removing it is
to prevent small pieces or particles to
float and attach to other places in the
tank
it is not a nuisance and shrimp
especially young ones love it and
actually live in it
watch out when removing big chunks
we notice that some ferns are getting
yellow leaves this is an indicator that
the water needs nitrogen and iron
we will add those at the end
after removing the algae from easy spots
it gets trickier when it comes to mosses
when the filamentous algae develops
inside a moss chunk removing it becomes
harder
in our case this is a very rare borneo
moss
and each tiny piece costs a fortune
so cutting it and throwing it makes you
feel guilty
anyhow it has to be done
we can leave it as is but it looks
better without hair like threads coming
out of it it's actually a personal
preference you don't have to do this at
home
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and here we are
a quick cleaning for the tank
just to keep things tidy and have fun
shrimp keeping
otherwise the scape will get messy and
plants will take over the tank and you
won't be able to enjoy the site let's
add some nutrients now
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using row water we always add exo to
replenish electrolytes in the water this
week we are going to add iron and
nitrogen not necessary frequently just
when you see it's needed and as always
seek m prime it helps remove any
leftover chemicals
also as a vitamin supplements we add
vitamin powder from pudre shrimp food
powder supplements
on a weekly basis it helps replenish the
vitamins and enzymes in the water and
boost the shrimp's vitality
it is our own brand of shrimp powder
supplements check it out on ready
aquarium website
i'll add a link in the description
always mixed with water and poured into
the tank
the shrimps love it and they rush to
graze on it whenever we add it
and that is it for today
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