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hello
how are you welcome to my channel in
today's video
we are going to talk about the last
shallow tank in the series
those were the nano ones that on the
long run we had to replace with bigger
tanks for neocardinal breeding
if you want to watch all four in the
series click on the link provided in
this video
info after carefully preparing the tank
we took some time to recycle plants from
an older build and tried a new method
for holding plants down
we will upload the technique in future
diy video
basically this tank the last of the four
is a rebuild of the existing plant
holding tank
we just transfer everything recycling
hardscape
soil and plants makes it easier to cycle
the tank
the filter being the same it is
pre-cycled the soil being active for
more than six months
makes it perfect for nutrients and won't
cause any ammonia spike
the soil used is a mix of tropica aqua
soil and
sea chem chloride red fluoride red
is not chemically coated or treated and
will not alter the ph of the water
fluoride red is good for the life of the
aquarium and need not be replaced
tropica soil ensures good and active
growth from the beginning
and boosts the red plant shades it is a
complete substrate which can be used
without any other types of bottom layer
propagate soil is further an active
bottom layer that lowers the ph
value and slightly affects the water
chemistry
placing the dragon stone is shaped like
a back of a dragon
we picked this stone because it is
neutral and do not alter the parameters
also because we had it in the previous
tank and has a lot of holes for shrimps
to hide
leave us a comment what do you think
about the heartscape placement
moving on with planting also those
plants were recycled
a bunch of retalifera and water lotus
plant are used along with some needle
moss on the hardwood
malaysian driftwood is one of the most
recommended in aquascaping
for its color its shapes and weight that
allows it to stay at the bottom
here's our fancy method in filling the
tank back with fresh water
the hand likes this method and can't
stop bragging about it
please try it and let us know what you
think let us know in the comment if you
want to see a diy video about the setup
now the long wait for the red cloud to
settle
after a few hours with a good
circulation and filtration the tank is
kinda ready for additional work
you can start testing the water and
adding botanicals
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this is a breeding tank not a planted
aquas tape so we will keep the design
simple and easier for calling and
breeding here we add some botanicals
catawba leaves adler cones full of wood
those have been
boiled and prepped earlier they're
natural products that are used for both
decorative and environmental enrichment
purposes in our aquariums
it has long been understood that there
are actually some antifungal and
possibly
even antibacterial benefits to so-called
black water
after carefully testing the water and
making sure it is ready
we proceed by introducing the black nose
neopardina shrimp
as most neocardina we are keeping those
at a ph of 7.5
a tps of 150 a gh of 6 and a kh of 4.
here's the full setup 4 shallow tanks of
10 gallons each
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