Introduction
This is a 10 gal Dennerle Scaper's Tank with a 5W LED that came with the tank. I got it kinda for my three-year-old, but really for me. I had guppies as a kid, but this is my first real go at it. Having issues with algae and nitrates - I hear it's actually a little harder with a smaller tank to keep parameters in line since any little thing can cause a big swing. It's a learning curve, but my inhabitants don't seem to mind too much. I already have a couple of baby RCS that are about 1cm long and getting gradually less shy.
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pH
Nitrate
Temperature
Alkalinity
Nitrite
Ammonia
GH
Phosphate
11 Fish
2
Pygmy Corydoras
sp sp
10 Invertebrate
Leopard Nerite Snail
Neritina turrita
8 Plants
Equipment
Dosing
Dennerle Plant Elixir
Food
Cobalt Aquatics Tropical Flakes
Filter
Dennerle Nano Eckfilter
Dennerle Scaper's Flow filter
Lighting
Salt
Dosing See more
Seachem Flourish Excel · Dennerle Plant Elixer · Dennerle E15 · Hydrogen peroxide 3%Feeding See more
API bottom feeder pellet · API Tropical Flakes · Hikari Shrimp granules · Shrimp granules · Aqueon bloodworms · Hikari Spirulina Brine Shrimp · Hikari Fancy Guppy · Hikari Shrimp Cuisine · Aqueon Tropical Flakes · Cobalt Aquatics Tropical Flakes · Hikari Algae Wafers · Hikari Sinking WafersOn average you perform a 12% water change every 10 days.
0% total water change in August.
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I can count at least seven individual red cherry shrimp, and the Amano shrimp are still going strong. I’m going to try more frequent water changes, and less frequent dosing of fertilizers and Excel, a…
Two juvenile shrimp out and about! Thank goodness, because I’d recently lost two adults. 5 individuals visible in total. I think the big female is berried again, but she’s pretty good at hiding the eg…
I saw at least one (maybe two) juvenile shrimp when I was cleaning the Java Moss! Hopefully I didn’t vacuum it up when I was cleaning the gravel today. Fingers crossed!!! None of the adults have any s…
I’ll be interested to see if there are any baby red cherry shrimp spotted in the next few days. The largest female isn’t carrying eggs any longer, so I’m hopeful. In any case, this entry can be a litt…
Noted one of the RCS has what appears to be Scutariella japonica on its rostrum. Pulled it out and dunked it for 30 sec in a 1 tbsb/1 cup tank water bath. I'm also going to remove any molts I see. I m…
It’s amazing how little this tank has changed lately. There are currently eight baby guppies growing out in here. I moved six to the big tank recently because nitrates were trending up. I’m still wait…