#FishTankDiary Day 21

The nitrites and nitrates are low!!! This means that...

We went to Maidenhead Aquatics in Coton, yesterday and brought back 5 red cherry shrimps (sakura) and a zebra nerite snail.
In emoticons that's:
Fun

We actually got 5 adult shrimps and at least as many baby ones "for free". Also one of the adult #shrimp appears to be pregnant (carrying eggs under her abdomen). That's so exciting!

Our snail appeared to have been a bladder snail which can reproduce like crazy... So we decided to get rid of it. The zebra #nerite #snail we bought should not reproduce.

Plants are still growing very nicely, lots of new leaves appearing, roots extending... We did another big gardening session yesterday, cutting and replanting them in the background.

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#FishTankDiary Day 10

The #biofilm is still slowly growing... We're not worrying anymore. It's good bacteria.
Amonia is not at 0 yet, but 0.1 is not bad
We've also noticed that the Limnophila heterophylla is growing very well. Also it retracts when the light goes down, and expands when light goes on.

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#FishTankDiary Day 3

Water is less troubled, I added "BioBoost" last night, maybe it helped?
The #fluval waterpump and filter device seems to have a life of its own: I set it on the lowest flow speed, and sometimes, it decides to go full throttle with lots of air bubbles... It needs more investigation to understand what is going on with this pump...
Today, we should receive some #moss (people here should appreciate! ), 2 thin branches and a pipette and scissors.

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#FishTankDiary Day 2
Water is a bit troubled, maybe because of the soil that came up as two plants uprooted?
Not so many bubbles coming from the substrate anymore.
Added 3L of water to top it up.
Playing with the #fluval light settings: you can simulate a storm or clouds passing by... So much fun!
Tested the water: pH 7.5
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