THE MAINTENANCE
Not changing the water: I have succeeded to create
kind of a natural balance in all glasses. Without fish that need
feeding, I avoid changing water. Only the plants have to be pruned every
second month or so.
Feeding the shrimps - and plants: I have actually started feeding
the shrimps - and thereby the plants: The four glasses share a half
boiled kidney bean every week. After some time, the hungry plants did
respond, while the shrimps don't show any change.
Depending on the animals and amount of nutrition in
the specific aquarium, I might have to clean the front-glass from time to time.
I use a folded piece of toilet-paper, held with the
tweezers.
Besides from that, I might have to get rite of some offspring
of the shrimps from time to time.
I am actually started having only shrimps of the same sex in each
aquarium, except the breeding ones. I was surprised when I pulled over
50 shrimps out of a single glass!
 Pruning
the plants: After I started feeding, not only the Java Moss need
pruning, although only every second month or so. The Java Moss is planted
in bunched, tied together with a sewing-string. I add a new lasso a few
centimetres up, and cut-off the button. The grass is just weeded along
with the Bladderwort, while the Cuba and Water Hyssop are pruned. The Anubias need more nutrition to grow into an issue.
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