New old setup

Hi all,

just set up my nano 30l shrimp tank again, its not very impressive yet! I plan to get it all mossed up soon. I'm still in the planning stage as far as plants go, so I'd love some imput and photos of all your nano setups !!!

Ciaran

Hey Ciaran,

Im no expert in aquascaping but i think adding some hight in the form of wood or rock looks well in these tanks. Maybe some carpet type plants for the foreground. Best of luck with it anyway.

Stephen.

yea true! i'm planning to get some moss for the foreground. I was thinking of putting in some wood but i don't want it to stain the water and I think any dark wood will be too dark considering the background and gravel. i'll see anyways still have some planning to do thanks for the feedback

ciaran

Hi,

I have a large piece of bogwood in a 37 litre aquael globe tank. The bogwood, although large, is very slim, so doesn't take up a lot of volume, but it does add another dimension for my shrimp (RCS) and fish (dwarf rasboras), as they can swim both under and around it, and the shrimp like to spend a lot of time on it, as well.

I have it covered in a 10 portion size of Christmas moss, which takes the bare look off it.

Its true, the wood does stain the water (even after I soaked it in rain water outside for a couple of days). Another advantage of the wood, is that I can hide my water heater, etc., behind it.

I still have a bit of tidying up to do on the tank (just added the shrimp and fish at the weekend), but once complete I'll post a photo up of it.

Helen

Helen wrote:

Hi,

I have a large piece of bogwood in a 37 litre aquael globe tank. The bogwood, although large, is very slim, so doesn't take up a lot of volume, but it does add another dimension for my shrimp (RCS) and fish (dwarf rasboras), as they can swim both under and around it, and the shrimp like to spend a lot of time on it, as well.

I have it covered in a 10 portion size of Christmas moss, which takes the bare look off it.

Its true, the wood does stain the water (even after I soaked it in rain water outside for a couple of days). Another advantage of the wood, is that I can hide my water heater, etc., behind it.

I still have a bit of tidying up to do on the tank (just added the shrimp and fish at the weekend), but once complete I'll post a photo up of it.

Helen

Hey Helen,

Sounds like a nice setup you have. Looking forward to seeing the pix. Regarding your heater, I have a 30l shrimp setup and a 100l tank without heaters. Depending on your room temperature your dwarf rasboras and shrimp will be very happy at room temperature. I am keeping dwarf rasboras/threadfin rainbowfish/rice fish/endlers etc in my 100l tank at 19-23 degrees and shrimp in the 30l at the same temperature and they are breading like there is no tomorrow! Anyway best of luck with the tank.

Stephen.

Hey Stephen,

no heater at all? That's great news - one less worry for when the electricity goes with bad weather...

I have to say the Shrimp are amazing - they've only been in my tank a few days, and they've cleaned every piece of moss/plant/glass. I just wish they came in bullet proof armour so I could put them in my angels tank

Helen

Hey Helen,

Yup no heater. I did have a 50w heater in the 30l tank but it rarely was on so i took it out and kept an eye on the temp over a few days and all was fine. That was in december and have not looked back since! When you think about it, temperatures in rivers and lakes where these fish and shrimp come from have constantly changing temperatures, day and night and from session to session. I know not all fish like the cooler temps, i also have a heated tank for rams and apistogramma which like the warmer water.

Stephen.

Hi guys,

just one more thing to add, I was doing some research on the net over the weekend, and to my horror I found a web-page that said under no circumstances to put anubis or crypt plants in with shrimp, as

'Freshly cut rhizome/roots/stems/leaves from Anubias and Crypt. Plants (especially Anubias) leak a toxic substance to your tank. If the shrimps forge on it, they tend to die within several days' .

I did a quick check and I had 2 very healthy Anubis plants in with my 100+ shrimp, so I quickly whipped them out and promptly did a water change, just to be on the safe side.

To be honest, I don't know how accurate the above is, but I wasn't going to take any chances...., the web-site I got this information from seems quite reputable (www.planetinverts.com/breeding%20softwat...%20by%20kenshin.html).

Helen

Hey Helen,

I have 3 Anubias species in with shrimp for about 8 months now without any problems. I wont worry too much about it.

Stephen.

Hi Stephen,

I'm sure you're right on the new anubias - I think its just 'new parent' syndrome on my part - I don't want to take any chances with my shrimp. They seem happy in their new home, and I don't want anything to mess that up

thanks
Helen

Helen wrote:

Hi Stephen,

I'm sure you're right on the new anubias - I think its just 'new parent' syndrome on my part - I don't want to take any chances with my shrimp. They seem happy in their new home, and I don't want anything to mess that up

thanks
Helen

No probs Helen, better safe then sorry i guess.

Stephen.

Hi Helen, how are the shrimp doin. Are you goin to put up a pic of your shrimp setup.

John

Hi John,
the shrimp are doing great, thanks - they are really amazing little guys

You're putting me on the spot for a photo, so I guess I'll have to come up with the goods. I only have a crappy work camera at the moment (got a new one from Santa & had it robbed on boxing day!!), so I'll have to see if my brother Steve (aka muppetkiller) can take one for me someday this week.

I still have lots of work to do on the tank - I don't know how you got those little grasses to behave for you? I think I need some more classes on aqua-scaping...,

Helen

The grass prob need co2 to get the best results and good lighting, I changed my lights to get it to grow and had co2.
Just cut them into small pieces and stick them into the Substrate a few cm apart.

Hi,

I've finally gotten some photos of the tank. Please keep in mind that its only been set up a few weeks and I've still a lot to do with it (change out the ugly sponge filter for one).

I've attached Christmas moss to the piece of wood, and its just starting to fluff up now. I also have a couple of marimo balls, peacock moss, java moss and a mystery piece of moss.

The livestock at present are:
100+ Red Cherry Shrimp
10 Chili Rasbora's
10 Mosquito Rasbora's (all above thanks to John Portman - as well as my mystery moss)
2 male guppy/endlers (purchased as guppy fry @ 50cent each, but turned out to be beautiful hybrids instead)

I also purchased a Red Crystal Shrimp, which was huge in comparison to the RCS, but hasn't been seen in over a week, so I'm assuming my tank wasn't mature enough for him yet (I do two 10 litre water changes a week & all my water tests come up perfect). I will try another one in a month or two.

Any suggestions, more than welcome!

Helen

Hey Helen,

Nice little tank you got there. Red Crystal Shrimp are a bit more sensitive to Ph then red cherry shrimp. I have 10 Red Crystal Shrimp in a ph of about 7 and are doing fine.

Stephen.

Stephen,

10 Bee Shrimp - I am so jealous What kind of set up have you got them in?

I think when I find myself another small tank that I am happy with, I might set-up a shrimp only tank (although I'll miss the colour/movement that fish add). I'd keep some Bee shrimp and a colour morph of the Cherry Shrimp (my current favourite being the Rili shrimp).

I bought a Japanese Kotobuki Dome Filter off ebay and am eager to try it out in a new set-up.

Oh, I nearly forgot to say, my current PH is under 7 (about 6.5) so I'm not sure that this was the issue. Ppossibly my temperature was too high - even though I had it set to 24, it crept up to 26 with the warm weather we had been having a few weeks back).

Helen

Helen wrote:

Stephen,

10 Bee Shrimp - I am so jealous What kind of set up have you got them in?

I think when I find myself another small tank that I am happy with, I might set-up a shrimp only tank (although I'll miss the colour/movement that fish add). I'd keep some Bee shrimp and a colour morph of the Cherry Shrimp (my current favourite being the Rili shrimp).

I bought a Japanese Kotobuki Dome Filter off ebay and am eager to try it out in a new set-up.

Oh, I nearly forgot to say, my current PH is under 7 (about 6.5) so I'm not sure that this was the issue. Ppossibly my temperature was too high - even though I had it set to 24, it crept up to 26 with the warm weather we had been having a few weeks back).

Helen

Hey Helen,

6.5 should be ok for the Red Bee shrimp but i wouldnt go any lower that that. I would lower your temperature a little, shrimp like it a bit cooler 19 - 23 is what my tank runs at without a heater and the shrimp look very happy!

www.irishfishkeepers.com/index.php/forum...l-shrimp-tank-update

These pix are a few weeks old now so i will put up some new ones this weekend.

Stephen.