Ratio of water to algae

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Ratio of water to algae

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Hi,

I’d like to expand one of my tanks, a very small 0.25gal mostly enclosed jar with only two shrimp. I’m planning on increasing it to closer to 0.75gal with still only the two shrimp. Besides the water, what else should I add?

I recall being told that there can’t be too much calcium carbonate? I’d like to match pH as well as I can, but don’t know how much is required for a quantity of water.

What about algae? All I have in there is the filamentous algae from an ecosphere. Does more water need more algae even if there are only a couple shrimp? The water is from a different tank so it’s already cycled and whatnot. I’ll be drip acclimating over the next few weeks for minimal disturbance of the tank’s inhabitants. I was considering adding a small amount of the petshrimp macroalgae, but if it’s not necessary, I’d like to leave the tank as similar as possible to reduce stress from changes.

Thank you so much! This forum is the best.
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