I thought i would show my first walstad shrimp bowl. Very excited as i've been planning it for months.
Its a 25cm x 40cm cylinder vase. I've used a 1inch layer of organic all purpose soil and a mix of 3mm and 5mm pea gravel. I also put in some balls of red clay
Had to take this down because we needed the spare room for a nursery. I still have the cylinder. Will prob set it up again when the kids are bigger and we have the space.
I want to put shrimp in my cylinder but I was told they wouldn't live in it because it's unfiltered. pH is 7.5, hardness is 10, and nitrates are 5.0ppm and ammonia 0. I do a 40 percent water every 2 days with dechlorinated water that sits open for 24 hours. And it's well planted. Any thoughts would help. Thanks!
I had PFR shrimp survive in a moss only tank, no filter or substrate. They breed non stop. I also kept one PFR with few chili rasbora in a Walstad bowl and they love it. Everyone survive in that bowl for about a year before I tore it down and move them to another tank.
PS: Your cylinder about 4 time bigger then my bowl so you can probably keep a breeding colony of shrimp in there.
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