My 5.5 Gallon Cherry Shrimp Tank (UPDATE: 8/11)

WallaceGrover · 07-15-2012, 12:25 AM

As you can see it has transformed a lot since this:

GMYukonon24s · 07-15-2012, 12:59 AM

Nice looking tank! What type of plants do you have in there?

WallaceGrover · 07-15-2012, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by GMYukonon24s

Nice looking tank! What type of plants do you have in there?

Thank you!

Java moss, parva, wendetti, lucens, and hygrophila siamensis. (the wendetti is not doing so well for some reason)

stevenjohn21 · 07-15-2012, 01:21 AM

Your a brave person using the stealth heater ! Even on a 5 gallon , it's too much water to risk for me ! Nice tank though

WallaceGrover · 07-15-2012, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by stevenjohn21

Your a brave person using the stealth heater ! Even on a 5 gallon , it's too much water to risk for me ! Nice tank though

They got recalled but to be honest most heaters have the potential to blow up. I think I got it from Dr. Foster & Smith? I guess it's too late to get it replaced now...

stevenjohn21 · 07-15-2012, 02:32 AM

From what marineland emailed me about the faulty elements they used I'd say inevitable . They will still take them in . I bought a used tank last month from Craigslist and it came with a 100 watt stealth heater , I emailed marineland and said I would pay for the extra for a 300 watt ...... They sent it out free of charge in exchange for the stealth !

WallaceGrover · 07-15-2012, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by stevenjohn21

From what marineland emailed me about the faulty elements they used I'd say inevitable . They will still take them in . I bought a used tank last month from Craigslist and it came with a 100 watt stealth heater , I emailed marineland and said I would pay for the extra for a 300 watt ...... They sent it out free of charge in exchange for the stealth !

Oooh, I think I'll have to get on that. Thank you for telling me!

Bubba Shrimp · 07-15-2012, 03:41 AM

you could get a prefilter sponge for your filter intake they work great

Bubba Shrimp · 07-15-2012, 03:43 AM

what kind of water do you use? Tap, filtered or RO?

WallaceGrover · 07-15-2012, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Bubba Shrimp

what kind of water do you use? Tap, filtered or RO?

Tap, my tap water is rock hard though. I asked and apparently it's still ok for RCS...

WallaceGrover · 08-11-2012, 08:45 PM

Here it is as of now, about to be with shrimp added. I had to trim the hygro and got rid of most of the hair algae. I also switched from tap to a 50:50 of RO to tap.

Sorry for the instagram-ish looking pictures. They had a green tint for whatever reason and I wanted to edit it out for truer colors.

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Bubba Shrimp Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: May 2012 Location: Calgary, Alberta Canada Posts: 329	what kind of water do you use? Tap, filtered or RO? __________________ So a guy walks into a Pet Store Guy: "I have a Algae on my drift wood!" Pet Clerk: "Take two Plecos and call me next week." EHEIM Classic 2213

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WallaceGrover Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (6/100%) Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 675	Here it is as of now, about to be with shrimp added. I had to trim the hygro and got rid of most of the hair algae. I also switched from tap to a 50:50 of RO to tap. Sorry for the instagram-ish looking pictures. They had a green tint for whatever reason and I wanted to edit it out for truer colors. __________________ 5g of Cherries

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07-15-2012, 12:59 AM	#2
GMYukonon24s Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: May 2009 Location: MICHIGAN Posts: 2,805	Nice looking tank! What type of plants do you have in there?

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stevenjohn21 Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: May 2012 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,018	From what marineland emailed me about the faulty elements they used I'd say inevitable . They will still take them in . I bought a used tank last month from Craigslist and it came with a 100 watt stealth heater , I emailed marineland and said I would pay for the extra for a 300 watt ...... They sent it out free of charge in exchange for the stealth !