Do you need a filter for shrimp tank?
Shrimp tank generally need filter, especially for breeding, good water quality to ensure the survival of young shrimp. For small tanks, you can prepare a water goblin, also known as sponge filter, but for large tanks, you need to use more professional filtration, water goblin can only be used as an auxiliary filter.
What equipment do you need for shrimp tank?
1. Bottom mud: shrimp tank bottom must be paved with mud, if not paved mud, the bottom of the tank is too slippery, shrimp tend to stand unstable, and the bottom mud can also provide a living place for nitrifying bacteria. In addition to the bottom mud, usually you should plant some water plants, you can choose to plant moss or negative grass, such grass is often lower oxygen consumption.
2. Filtration: the filtration of shrimp tank is not physical filtration, mainly rely on biochemical filtration. This animal has high requirements for water quality, the organic matter in the water is decomposed by heterotrophic bacteria, will produce a lot of invisible ammonia nitrogen, which is very harmful to the health of shrimp, and even lead to its death, and decomposition of ammonia nitrogen mainly by nitrifying bacteria.
3. Light: shrimp tank will usually be planted with aquatic plants, and aquatic plants want to photosynthesis, it needs a certain amount of light, in addition to sunlight, can also be used is the light. And the light can not only be used to fill the light, some can also improve the temperature of the water body, which is conducive to the survival of shrimp.
