Re-scaped 10G Shrimp Tank

**Tex Gal** · 07-17-2008, 03:06 AM

Just finished redoing my 10g shrimp tank. The UG is finally starting to take hold. My downoi is also finally starting to take. I have tried 3 or 4 times for these plants.

skoorbza · 07-17-2008, 03:13 AM

Looks lovely. Nice job!

**Ugly Genius** · 07-17-2008, 03:26 AM

Looks awesome. I love the second picture with the Crystal Reds. Your tank is so interesting in that it looks bigger and smaller than a ten gallon at the same time. Well done!

kittytango · 07-17-2008, 03:32 AM

What fish are those?

**Tex Gal** · 07-17-2008, 03:44 AM

Skoorbza- Thanks for you comments.

Ugly Genius- I have cherry and chrystals in there. I just added the Chrystals. I have TONS of cherry babies in there and it seems like everyone is berried!!! LOL I have tried to fit the plants to the size of the tank. I'm glad you like it.

Kittytango- I have one pair of thread fins - a left over from a previous life. The other residents are 8 Boraras Merah aka pheonix rasboras and 9 Boraras Micros Brigettae. They are so cute. They LOVE frozen daphnia.

Bk828 · 07-17-2008, 04:06 AM

very nice looking tank tex gal. Any luck getting fry from the micro rasboras??

seAdams · 07-17-2008, 04:21 AM

Your tank is truly amazing looking, and appears to be huge!

Wonderful job.

**ZooTycoonMaster** · 07-17-2008, 04:31 AM

Awesome, as always

2 things I keep on forgetting to ask, what's the plant mass in the upper left hand corner? And do the fish ever try and nibble on the shrimp food that you put in?

mizu-chan · 07-17-2008, 05:46 AM

Great rescape!
Your tank looks amazing (:

**Tex Gal** · 07-17-2008, 05:52 AM

BK828- Thanks!

. I haven't tried to breed the micro rasboras. I have been messing around with danios. I have some long finned red danio fry right now. They are so neat looking.

seAdams- I appreciate the comments! That is what I was going for. Using really small plants makes it look larger than it really is. It's like a little mini world in there.

ZooTycoonMaster- Thanks again! The plant in the upper left is Fissidens fontanus. It could use a little trim. I also need to get the duckweed out of there. I hate that stuff! The only way I know to erradicate that stuff is to get a fish that eats it...

No the fish don't really bother the shrimp food at all. Even the baby shrimp powder doesn't seem to interest them. Their regular diet is TetraColor flakes. I supplement with frozen daphnia.

Mizu-chan- Thank you! I think it will look better when the back red plants fill in and the UG gets better. It's a little unruly right now.

MY husband hates the big sponge filter. He wants me to go back to the net bag over the intake. I tend to agree with him as the bag intake doesn't show. The sponge thing is so huge. Unfortunately I have to clean the bag thing about every 3 or so days, a real pain. Thought I'd try the sponge to see if I can live with it.

**ZooTycoonMaster** · 07-17-2008, 03:29 PM

I like duckweed

Gets rid of nitrates

@marko@ · 07-17-2008, 03:31 PM

very nice tank, tex.

yeah, it also chokes the surface and blocks light to everything else. its also next to impossible to get rid of.

fish_fasinated · 07-17-2008, 03:47 PM

amazing tank! deffidently looks double the size it actually is! keep up the good work

**ZooTycoonMaster** · 07-17-2008, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tex Gal

No the fish don't really bother the shrimp food at all. Even the baby shrimp powder doesn't seem to interest them. Their regular diet is TetraColor flakes. I supplement with frozen daphnia.

Threadfin Rainbow's mouths are small enough to eat TetraColor Flakes?

**Tex Gal** · 07-17-2008, 10:34 PM

Appreciate it, @Marko@ and fish_fasinated! I'm tryin'!

ZootycoonMaster - yes. I just crumble it a little. They scarf it right up!

07-17-2008, 03:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
Tex Gal Plant nut $Tex Gal's Avatar$ (View User Tanks) PTrader: (72/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Joshua, TX Posts: 1,456	Re-scaped 10G Shrimp Tank Just finished redoing my 10g shrimp tank. The UG is finally starting to take hold. My downoi is also finally starting to take. I have tried 3 or 4 times for these plants. __________________ Just keeping on keeping on.... 125G 10G Shrimp Tank

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Ugly Genius Experiments with Beauty (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 1,559	Looks awesome. I love the second picture with the Crystal Reds. Your tank is so interesting in that it looks bigger and smaller than a ten gallon at the same time. Well done! __________________ Mini-S Mini-M Mini-L Plant Glass Cube Mini-M

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Tex Gal Plant nut $Tex Gal's Avatar$ (View User Tanks) PTrader: (72/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Joshua, TX Posts: 1,456	Skoorbza- Thanks for you comments. Ugly Genius- I have cherry and chrystals in there. I just added the Chrystals. I have TONS of cherry babies in there and it seems like everyone is berried!!! LOL I have tried to fit the plants to the size of the tank. I'm glad you like it. Kittytango- I have one pair of thread fins - a left over from a previous life. The other residents are 8 Boraras Merah aka pheonix rasboras and 9 Boraras Micros Brigettae. They are so cute. They LOVE frozen daphnia. __________________ Just keeping on keeping on.... 125G 10G Shrimp Tank Last edited by Tex Gal; 07-17-2008 at 05:54 AM.

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Bk828 Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (41/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 1,066	very nice looking tank tex gal. Any luck getting fry from the micro rasboras?? __________________

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ZooTycoonMaster Just Do!(Aqua) It (View User Tanks) PTrader: (22/100%) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Santa Clara, California Posts: 3,188	Awesome, as always 2 things I keep on forgetting to ask, what's the plant mass in the upper left hand corner? And do the fish ever try and nibble on the shrimp food that you put in? __________________ Eheim Pimp #341 Eheim Classic 2213 10 Gallon Tank

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skoorbza Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Nowhere, NE Posts: 278	Looks lovely. Nice job!

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kittytango Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: May 2008 Location: Stanton, California Posts: 464	What fish are those?

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seAdams Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 398	Your tank is truly amazing looking, and appears to be huge! Wonderful job.

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mizu-chan Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (22/100%) Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lakewood/Denver, Colorado Posts: 1,122	Great rescape! Your tank looks amazing (: __________________ Rimless 24G Journal // 20L Journal (taken down)

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Tex Gal Plant nut $Tex Gal's Avatar$ (View User Tanks) PTrader: (72/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Joshua, TX Posts: 1,456	BK828- Thanks! . I haven't tried to breed the micro rasboras. I have been messing around with danios. I have some long finned red danio fry right now. They are so neat looking. seAdams- I appreciate the comments! That is what I was going for. Using really small plants makes it look larger than it really is. It's like a little mini world in there. ZooTycoonMaster- Thanks again! The plant in the upper left is Fissidens fontanus. It could use a little trim. I also need to get the duckweed out of there. I hate that stuff! The only way I know to erradicate that stuff is to get a fish that eats it... No the fish don't really bother the shrimp food at all. Even the baby shrimp powder doesn't seem to interest them. Their regular diet is TetraColor flakes. I supplement with frozen daphnia. Mizu-chan- Thank you! I think it will look better when the back red plants fill in and the UG gets better. It's a little unruly right now. MY husband hates the big sponge filter. He wants me to go back to the net bag over the intake. I tend to agree with him as the bag intake doesn't show. The sponge thing is so huge. Unfortunately I have to clean the bag thing about every 3 or so days, a real pain. Thought I'd try the sponge to see if I can live with it. __________________ Just keeping on keeping on.... 125G 10G Shrimp Tank

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ZooTycoonMaster Just Do!(Aqua) It (View User Tanks) PTrader: (22/100%) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Santa Clara, California Posts: 3,188	I like duckweed Gets rid of nitrates __________________ Eheim Pimp #341 Eheim Classic 2213 10 Gallon Tank

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@marko@ Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (7/100%) Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: livingston, nj Posts: 3,623	very nice tank, tex. yeah, it also chokes the surface and blocks light to everything else. its also next to impossible to get rid of. __________________ Eheim Pimp #296 Eheim Ecco 2232 (x2), Eheim Ecco 2234 (x1) please grow my hatchling (click on it):

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fish_fasinated Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: canada Posts: 340	amazing tank! deffidently looks double the size it actually is! keep up the good work

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Tex Gal Plant nut $Tex Gal's Avatar$ (View User Tanks) PTrader: (72/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Joshua, TX Posts: 1,456	Appreciate it, @Marko@ and fish_fasinated! I'm tryin'! ZootycoonMaster - yes. I just crumble it a little. They scarf it right up! __________________ Just keeping on keeping on.... 125G 10G Shrimp Tank

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