My Newbie Planted Tank

[xenogade]

First time trying a planted tank. do i have to add in more hiding places for my shrimps?

[Sunday]

Looks good as it is!

[xenogade]

i just added the driftwood,hornwort and the nana plant into the tank yesterday. and 3 shrimps just suddenly died....

Originally Posted by xenogade

i just added the driftwood,hornwort and the nana plant into the tank yesterday. and 3 shrimps just suddenly died....

Oh dear, new plants from LFS ? Maybe pesticide could have killed your shrimps

[james_neo]

Look like you have bought the emmersed form of moss carpet. Can still see the soil/root under the moss which is not good for the tank water.

[xenogade]

Originally Posted by james_neo

Look like you have bought the emmersed form of moss carpet. Can still see the soil/root under the moss which is not good for the tank water.

ermm able to elaborate more on this?

[xenogade]

Originally Posted by spottyfish

Oh dear, new plants from LFS ? Maybe pesticide could have killed your shrimps

i think it might not be the plants. btw another shrimp bite the dust again. so total 4 shrimps liao. the 4 shrimps were given by my friend. i think the temperature difference in our tank might be too drastic for the shrimp to handle. my friend's tank is at 25 degree while mine is around 27.4 degree.

[james_neo]

Originally Posted by xenogade

ermm able to elaborate more on this?

Originally Posted by xenogade

i think it might not be the plants. btw another shrimp bite the dust again. so total 4 shrimps liao. the 4 shrimps were given by my friend. i think the temperature difference in our tank might be too drastic for the shrimp to handle. my friend's tank is at 25 degree while mine is around 27.4 degree.

LFS get their plants from plants supplier. They are cultivated in the fastest way possible and emmersed form of cultivation is one of the method. Moss grow in this condition are faster and with minimum effort. Thus when buyer get their moss from LFS (packed nicely in plastic bag), the moss are still in emmersed form and not conditioned to submerged form. Thus when buyer put them under water, it will turn brownish or yellowish after a few days/weeks while they transit to submerged form. Some may even died off. The emmersed form of moss are usually untreated (with pest, toxic substance)
[Moss does not have root, you can see from the underneath of the moss that brown portion which are soil and roots from the ground where they are cultivated] which could be toxic as they melt and released them to the water. This is bad for sensitive fishes and shrimps which required good quality water. Hope this help.