Reddit reviews Fluval Shrimp Granules - 1.2 Ounces
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A healthy dose of multi-vitamin supplement to ensure growth while supporting disease resistanceHighly nutritiousNo artificial colorantsFor freshwater shrimp
I was in your shoes not too long ago, it's overwhelming! Here's a list of things that I bought, but I am not an expert so if others have better input go for that:
Equipment
Shop for whatever is cheaper, I have a huge heater because I had an extra one from before. I've read that it's not necessary but also have read that if you want them to breed you need to stimulate warm water. For now, I keep the heater off and leave it at room temperature of 72F. They seem very happy! Most important in my opinion, add plenty of plants and a marimo ball or 2.
Lastly, I'm unsure of the siphon, I think it's good to have a bucket and siphon just in case your water parameters are looking bad so you are prepared to do a water change. From what I read, shrimp have a very low bio load and should be able to sustain themselves. Make sure to do tests regularly.
EDIT I just read that this is your first aquarium, so here is a detailed write up:
Setting up your tank
After your tank has cycled
Please don't skip the important step of acclimating your shrimp! They are very sensitive to water changes and this ensures that they will survive.
Here are my water parameters, people have all kinds of ranges but this is what works for me:
I hope this helps... again, I was in your shoes not too long ago, it was really overwhelming. But after a lot of research I think my tank is in a good place :). Other users, if there's anything in my list that seems incorrect please let me know!
It really depends on how many you have and how much you feed them each time. You put some food in, see how long it takes them to finish it, monitor the water parameters with testing, and kind of build a routine that works for your tank. Do you know what you want to put in it?
They're grazers so they'll pick through the substrate, eat what accumulates on your decorations, snack on what's collected on the pre-filter, etc.
One small container of Fluval Shrimp Granules could last years feeding a 5.5g shrimp tank. It would likely expire before you got through it. Plus it's good to switch things up with algae wafers and veggies.
I don't do too anything fancy. Break up an algae wafer, very small pinch of fluval shrimp food, and for shrimplets I do go a bit fancy with Bacter AE Then sometimes I put some fresh veg for them and the snails. Thin slice of cucumber.
I would like to try some nicer foods for color, but my shrimp are breeding pretty well so I'm not worried about it. I'm a bit of a tight ass when it comes to spending money.
I usually feed 3 times a week, rotating between Algae Wafer and Fluval Shrimp Granules. It looks like the granules has the iodine and calcium carbonate. Maybe I should switch to mainly granules and let the shrimps graze the algae from my rocks. As for the Remineraliz-P I will have to check tomorrow if it has carbonate. How important is it?
Here is a FTS from a couple weeks ago. I found the pump a bit strong, so I pointed to to the glass to try and break some of the power. I only house RCS, so i don't think it is the lack of hiding spots.