Breeding Freshwater Shrimp: Best Filtration - Shrimp Saturday
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Hey Shrimp Keepers, hope you're making it a great week! Today, I wanted to talk about Matten Filters and filters in general for a shrimp tank. This video is about my experience over the years in filtration for my many shrimp tanks. Lately, I've notice a huge change in the shrimp room and that has to do with switching over to these filters. The video talks about the best filtration for a shrimp tank, how to cycle a shrimp tank and how to keep a shrimp tank cycles.
Best Filtration:
1.) Matten Filter (HMF)
Between the flow and surface area, this filters is easily number one.
2.) API Sponge Filters
With the lack of surface area and added labor to clean the sponge, this filter is still a solid choice.
3.) Canister Filter with Sponge on Intake
Canister filters are always a great choice if you are looking for a cleaner look to the tank.
How to Cycle a Shrimp Tank
1.) I call it the clean sponge. Simple take a cycled sponge filter and squeeze it out over the new tank. All the dark dirty water that flows out of it is full of good bacteria. This is a great way to instantly cycle the tank.
2.) Seeding: Place a sponge filter or any other type of filter in or on an already set up tank. After a month, the filter will be ready to go. You can place with filter directly into or on a new tank. The tank will be ready for shrimp or fish.
3.) Add fish or plecos to a newly set up shrimp tank. After two month with the filter running and fish in the tank, it is ready for use. Do a 90% water change and the tank will be completely ready.
How to Keep A tank Cycled
The bioload in an aquarium is so important, especially in a freshwater shrimp tank. Shrimp are sensitive and produce little waste. Therefore, you don't want the water to foul. Once a tank is cycled, the bacteria thriving in the filter need ammonia to keep them alive. Since shrimp produce little waste, a hobbyists needs to make to have adequate numbers of shrimp to keep the bacteria in the filter alive. Usually this cannot be done and the tank will recycle thus killing the shrimp. To prevent this common problem, I use snail or other micro fish to substitute the bioload. These friendly inhabitants provide the ammonia necessary to keep the bacteria alive until the shrimp populate the tank.
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