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Hi guys not sure if this is the right section to post but does anyone here keep shrimp with plants? And if so how do you dose fertiliser?

I have been keeping some cherries in a planted tank for over half a year now and have been using flourish as well as leafzone and co2 but I am planning on moving away from the premade liquid ferts to a dry mix that would be significantly cheaper.

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Is there anyone that does NOT keep shrimp with plants???
As long as there's no copper in your fertiliser the shrimp should be fine. I personally use borneowild Ferrum at half dose, but only because I don't have much plants yet. When I get more planted I'll go full dose.

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I keep red cherry in high light tank wiht lot of ferts... im using Estimate index.

Red cherry and neos dont have problem with ferts.

 

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As above, as long as no copper in the ferts you should be good. But best to check here with the ferts you want to use in case someone has already done the hard yards for you.

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Thanks for all the replies guys, really appreciated!

I am planning on buying a dry mix from a place called simple grow in wetherill park, there is some info about aquarist using their mix in their tanks and should be cheaper. Has anyone heard of them before?

Any reconmendations on where I would get fertiliser from SL aqua?

I will head to Simple grow today and ask about what is in their trace element mix before diving into using it.

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Hi Santa,

I have had very good results with the Seachem Aquavitro Envy: it consists of amino acids and vitamins in absorbable form for plants. It does what it says: my mosses are all super green and I have not had an increase in algae ( to be fair, I have recently bought a lot of snails). In my experience it is 100 percent shrimp safe as I have tried it with TB, CRS, Tiger and Neo-types for a few months now. My brown diatom layer on some of my leaves have disappeared too. 

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Personally I don't use any ferts. I believe good strong lighting is plenty. I'm running a 14,000k 150wwtal halide on my set up.

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3 hours ago, Ayrshire shrimp said:

Personally I don't use any ferts. I believe good strong lighting is plenty. I'm running a 14,000k 150wwtal halide on my set up.

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Nice looking tank mate!

You don't have many issues with algae at all with such a strong light and no ferts or CO2?

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Thanks Santa. Will try getting better PIC but hard with the light being so strong lol. No not really the shrimp keep most of it away. Had a staghorn outbreak on my sponge filter but just took it out and washed it. Seems to have worked lol

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