mpulido0316
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hi guys,
After a series of unfortunate events, (losing all of my fish to ick), the three shrimp I owned were all that remained. We have decided to do a 5g red cherry shrimp tank that is cycled and ready for more. I have a couple of plants in there, nothing too special, some marimo balls, java moss that came with the shrimp, a pennywort that isn't doing too hot, and a plant (I think an anacharis that is doing really well). My light is a 15W incandescent bulb and I have 2 pieces of driftwood in there too. I really just need some help on trying to get everything really nice for the shrimp. We're moving 4+ hours in a week and a half so everything would have to wait until we've moved, but that's pretty much everything to the tank.
Here are the parameters:
Temperature: 80*F +- 2*F
pH: 6.8
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: less than 5ppm
*I have a kh and gh test kit but I don't know the parameters for those, but can do them if necessary.
**I also don't have CO2 running or any intention to, but will if it proves not to be too dangerous for the shrimp and not too expensive or hard to do.
I just really need some help with the plants. I have no idea what I'm doing so any help is appreciated.
After a series of unfortunate events, (losing all of my fish to ick), the three shrimp I owned were all that remained. We have decided to do a 5g red cherry shrimp tank that is cycled and ready for more. I have a couple of plants in there, nothing too special, some marimo balls, java moss that came with the shrimp, a pennywort that isn't doing too hot, and a plant (I think an anacharis that is doing really well). My light is a 15W incandescent bulb and I have 2 pieces of driftwood in there too. I really just need some help on trying to get everything really nice for the shrimp. We're moving 4+ hours in a week and a half so everything would have to wait until we've moved, but that's pretty much everything to the tank.
Here are the parameters:
Temperature: 80*F +- 2*F
pH: 6.8
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: less than 5ppm
*I have a kh and gh test kit but I don't know the parameters for those, but can do them if necessary.
**I also don't have CO2 running or any intention to, but will if it proves not to be too dangerous for the shrimp and not too expensive or hard to do.
I just really need some help with the plants. I have no idea what I'm doing so any help is appreciated.