Alternative to GlasGarten's Bacter AE for Shrimp 🦐
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Ever found yourself wondering about alternatives to GlasGarten's Bacter AE? 🤔 Well, you're in luck!
🎥 Dive into my latest video where I unravel the mysteries and give you the lowdown on safe and effective substitutes for Bacter AE. Plus, we'll chat about the risks of overdoing it - because, let's be real, we all want our little aquatic buddies to thrive, not just survive!
Let's discuss further in this video.
I wish everyone success in their planted shrimp keeping journey, thanks everyone for their support and listening to my rambles
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Cool vid, I wasn't aware of the ammonia from bacter ae. I only dose a grain of rice size amount every other day. I also have sl aqua magic powder and millione but haven't used too much, just on new setups.
That's the perfect amount to dose. Thx for the comment
Great video. This isn’t available in the states but I use Dead shrimp powder which works very similar
oh yes! thanks for the support and kind words, tai cheng's dead shrimp powder works quite well also, and it's in my rotation of poweders to dose my tanks! thanks for that!
They are all good with a small dosage. I am enjoying the Kallax balls. The shrimplets always have a good source of food and don’t need to compete with the adults when feeding pellets.
Very true. Small dosage is key. Thanks for the comments
I have used both and work well. I noticed you use a thin layer of soil. Do you vaccume your soil or rake it to avoid building up?
Hi there, I'm still experimenting with the thin soil method, before with thick layer I didn't vacuum, but I might give it a try with the thin soil method and report back. How about you, do you vacuumed it?
@@RWAquariumPages just raking it atm but was going to try vaccumimg
@@grantmurphy7893 I was just discussing this with a buddy last week and in his sula tank after vacuuming his tank, his shrimp was much more active. So I'll be testing this theory also. Thanks for asking and sharing
@RWAquariumPages thanks I have ada amazonia soil so not sure if I should vacuum have you ever?
@grantmurphy7893 I didn't but I would give it a try to see. On theory it would make a difference but it can stress out the shrimp
I have been using magic power from Sl-aqua as an alternative and it works quite well, do you know it?
Yep that's the same company as aqualex enzyme powder, just a older version. Sl aqua and aqualex are the same company
@@RWAquariumPages so great! Ty
Awesome! High 5, glad to hear it's working well for you
Hi Ray, Can we use Bacter AE & SL Aqua Magic Powder alternating in the same tank. Does one interfere with other.
I've personally done it without issues, but I've read not to mix because the bacteria strains interfere with each other
@@RWAquariumPages Thanks for taking time to answer my question. Could you elaborate how you have used/pattern both together. Appreciate the time and effort you have put in sharing the info here, especially on the Sulawesi shrimps.
@raagm79 thanks for the kind words and support. What I usually do is feed them a tiny amount 1x per week and rotate with 3 types of bacteria powder, the other one I use is beninachis bee max powder
I now use qualdrop psbacter
Oh great, I've heard of this but I haven't tried so I couldn't comment, I'm going to Have to give this a try. Thanks for the comment
Do u have a link to the enzyme powder?
Here you go www.fishaddicts.ca/shopping/products/aqualex-enzyme-powder-
Ground up TetraMin bioactive fish flakes out performs all of these commercial bacteria products.
That's a great tip. Thanks for this and I'll give it a try
@markclayden7654 I’m interested in learning more. What method do you use to ground it up? And what frequency/dosage do you do?
@@MyAdventurr personally, I use a coffee grinder with fish flake foods and dose a small scoop every 3 to 4 days and the walls are full of biofilm afterwards
@@MyAdventurr Ah i do it the old fashioned way... fingers! Put some in a bowl, break it up with your fingers, job done. It doesnt have to be a fine powder, its actually better if there are some larger particles in the mix as you'll see when you feed it. Adult shrimp love it and its great for baby shrimp too. I feed a decent amount every other day (my tanks are highly populated and it gets devoured pretty quick) and dont be shy with the amount you feed, it disappears quickly! Another little tip, bogwood. Its the best thing for growing biofilm on so makesure you have some in your tanks.