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So, I need a new tank for my RCS babies, there are just too many in my 2.5 gallon iwagumi (see my signature). So I just want to start a bare-bottom tank, with no substrate and a filter. Just for breeding/growing out purposes. I would put some moss in there as well.
I need them to grow. They are clearly being stunted, because they are 7 weeks old and only one centimeter. I accidentally put one of them in my lightly stocked ebi, and he has grown 3 times larger than the others in 2 weeks.
So, the question is: With a 2.5 gallon tank and a sponge filter, fed daily in very small amounts, would I even need to cycle with just like 30 BABY shrimp? Water changes done once weekly, of course. I even thought I might make a little continuous drip water change system. I would be keeping the shrimp in there until they are about 1.5 cm-ish. So, thanks in advance.
I need them to grow. They are clearly being stunted, because they are 7 weeks old and only one centimeter. I accidentally put one of them in my lightly stocked ebi, and he has grown 3 times larger than the others in 2 weeks.
So, the question is: With a 2.5 gallon tank and a sponge filter, fed daily in very small amounts, would I even need to cycle with just like 30 BABY shrimp? Water changes done once weekly, of course. I even thought I might make a little continuous drip water change system. I would be keeping the shrimp in there until they are about 1.5 cm-ish. So, thanks in advance.