Hey all, thanks for reading another of my journals. This tank has come a long way, and I'd like to preface the whole story of this tank with a full tank shot that I'll keep pretty current.
------- The journey from the beginning.
I've been saving this for a weekend project, and a lot of my business just cleared up, so I can finally get to this!
I've recently started an 18" long 2.5 gal tank and it has sucked up my time and resources, but it is set up and has fauna in it now. But now this tank will be my focus for a while!
So if you don't know the dimensions of a Fluval Spec, it is almost awkwardly tall.
Roughly 10" tall, 6" deep and 7" across. Something like that.
I'll have some rocks to work with
And some driftwood
And of course the tank, which will be a clean slate. No plants, removing this gravel and cleaning the tank up.
Basically I'll be working with a cycled this:
Finally, I hope to keep nerites, ramshorns and only CRS in this tank.
I think you should leave everything like it is!!! Sure the branch is big for that size of tank, but it does all of the things you have listed about it, so I would for sure leave it!
Your shrimp are beautiful! I really like the s and ss grades too! They seem to have more character!!! Although I have seen some of the high grades that have a smiley face in red on their white backs, and that was freakin' sweet too!!! LOL
Your plants look SUPER HAPPY, and are some of the best greens I have seen here! Just be careful with the H. Japan, as it will take over the tank pretty quickly! I had it in my 55g, and had to go take care of the farm for a few weeks. When I got back it had grown over the entire 55g! It was EVERYWHERE!!! I do have pretty high light and inject Co2 so that was a big factor there, but still I would be sure to keep it in check! I really love the plant though! And I will have it in my Shrimp tank when I can afford to set one up!
Anyway, AWESOME JOB on the tank, and I am Subscribed!
Drew
Thanks!! I'm super happy. They are thriving. I'm nervous none are berried, but I'll just keep on watching. Maybe do a big water change with cool water.
well, just be prepared that they'll breed slower! i turned down my co2 a little bit today because I thought one of the otos was breathing hard(i was only at normal green color though) and a bunch of super small pale tiny crs babies crawled out of the woodwork. I guess they like it with lower co2 although I also fed some baby shrimp powder today lol
anyway, get some shrimp when you can
and I love your tank mabj, I am seriously considering doing something like this for my favorite 2 shrimp (instead of a breeders box) lol.
MAN. I'm very nervous I'll be seeing my first death soon. In prepping my new tank, I got a new ZooMed 501.
So obviously when you're doing a new tank, you want to transplant half of another filter into the new one. I chose to set the new filter up with 70% of the old media including the insider sponge.
I also decided while I'm setting and scaping the new tank, I'd put it in the new tank.
It is the same amount of flow, but I'm just getting all kinds of goodies in the new filter.
I set both up, rebooked the old one to its connections and plugged both in.
I walk away for at least 15 to 20 minutes and got the feeling I needed to check things out. I looked inside and saw a shrimp stuck inside the submerged spraybar. Her body was contorted and her tiny head was sticking out one of these holes.
I immediately disconnected it and started trying to get her out. She came right back to life, and soon after some fussing she got out.
With all the new/rearranged media and moved around stuff, I'm just praying I don't see any deaths or anything.
It's been over 3 months. They should have matured. I don't mind that they won't breed. They've been very rewarding to keep. Here's some shots from today
It's been over 3 months. They should have matured. I don't mind that they won't breed. They've been very rewarding to keep. Here's some shots from today
While I'm certainly no expert I thought I remember reading that they do not breed in smaller tanks, as in under 5 gallons. I may be totally off but I thought I remember seeing in a couple different areas
I look at these newest pics and I'm sick. I can't believe it, horrible! How the hell can you grow moss so well, and I can't even get java moss to do well? lol I hate you! Other than being jealous of your moss skillz nice tank! Love the pics.
BTW what ever happened to your TT? I'm debating on starting a tank of those and orange neo's. Just got a 20 long tank today, it's either TT and orange neos or dwarf puffers.
Haha thanks bud. It literally just grows when you get nice light over it for 6 hours a day.
This is mini Xmas. Best moss I've had. Mini pellia is nice once it gets used to what it's on.
My TT's just all died one by one. I think they'd do well if I got more, but that's something I might do some other day.
They're a little expensive. Why not try OBETS in your 20 long if you can keep a constant temp and a PH of 6.5.
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