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I kind of forgot when I started to set that tank up but I think it was The second week in August and when I started it I also squeezed the gunk from other sponge filtahs These are some of the babies from my other cardinia tank Not sure exactly how I got that coloration

I can’t seam to get the size of picture correct it only lets me upload 2.19 mb

It’s a 20 gallon long with matten filter on the right wall , brightwell substrate, led light hood on 12 hours, cholla wood one Indian almond leaf one piece drift wood with Java moss and a rear wall full of tall plants that I can’t remember the name but I will post a picture when I get back home.I think my tank is “MINIMALIST “ as others had said on this site. Let me know any other things that you would like to know about the tank set up

Neo tank scuds are all Gone as far as last time I posted about them. in that tank I carefully removed every shrimp including babies I then removed all of the water and the plants and the filter which is a sponge and then I felt just enough to cover the gravel which is black sand with seltzer water they all died pretty much immediately but I waited about two hours Then I drained all of the water again filled it up with rodi water and then drained again to get the dead scuds out there were hundreds of them. Then I put everything back together without the shrimp and ran it for a couple days to make sure I didn’t miss any and then put all of the Neos back in. Knock on wood everything seems perfect in that tank. I hope I did not jinx myself

That nitrate figure wouldn't alarm me too much (one of my tanks has that figure all the time) but the lower the better, as long as Ammonia and Nitrite are zero. You could do a water change but don't do more than 25% and you should always add new water very slowly, by dripper, or very thin tube with your larger setup should work. I would probably squeeze the other tank sponges in the tank again if you can, after any water change obviously if you are doing one! If you have enough time perhaps you could give us as much detail as you can on this tank and set up, when it was done, what you used in the tank, anything you add such as plant fertiliser etc. I'm assuming that the shrimp were transferred to this new tank and were in the 10 gallon before? Did you get on top of the scud problem in the neocaridina tank? Simon

Yes, do a water change. The ammonia has now been converted into Nitrates by the beneficial bacteria. The shrimps are still facing the impact of the ammonia.

Ok so the ammonia is now 0 but the nitrate is 20-30 ish what should I do? water change? Lost 4 more shrimp they were crs and blue panda