Hi,

I recently just completed my tank cycling and would like to share how dissolved oxygen plays a big part for my shrimp keeping hobby.


DO refers to amount of oxygen compound dissolved in water. Oxygen is an important factor that fuels life for living things, it is important to human beings as it is to shrimps. Based on my experience, i would like to share how oxygen plays a big part in any aquarium keeping.

First, i would like to discuss on how DO plays an important part in the initial stage of aquarium keeping, NITROGEN CYCLE. For those that are unsure of this nitrogen cycle, Its a process where ammonia gets broken down to nitrites and subsequently from nitrites to nitrates. But it is growth of bacteria that takes part in this nitrogen cycle that is of concern. For these bacteria to thrive, DO plays a critical role. With a saturated amount of DO in your water, this will help speed up the growth of these bacteria. During the cycling of your new tank, we try not to do any water changes as these will remove DO from the water. It will also remove ammonia and nitrites that promotes the growth of nitifying bacteria. For my new 2ft tank, i introduced aeration (through my lily pipe) and also using a sponge filter to increase the amount of DO. My cycling process took a total of 3 weeks. Try it out yourself. To be continue tonight,

Please visit my blog for more updates as i will try to update it tonight.
Www.klimshrimps.blogspot.com

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Very useful, thanks!

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