55g Low-Tech Sandy Bottoms'...Shrimp Tank

ChadRamsey · 11-16-2012, 05:56 PM

This tank was supposed to be a temporary set up to house the fish while i redid my big tank.

I had the DW laying around so i threw something together. I pulled a few plants from the big tank out. Treated them for the BBA that plagued the big tank and tossed them in here.

Now that its all up and running, i decided that i kinda like it and am going to keep it. I plan to stuff it full of crypts, ferns and moss.

Tank: 55g
Filter: AquaTop 500 UV (not to impressed with it)
Light: Coralife T5 NO, single bulb

Hardscape: Locally collected DW. PFS. and locally collected rocks.

Plants:
Windelov
Trident ferns
Lace Fern
C. wendtii red
C. beckettii
C. nurii
Nana petite
Hydro V
Hydro sib
Fiss
Mini fiss
Fiss Geppi
Notocyphus lutescens
Narrow Java
Willow moss

tiggity · 11-16-2012, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ChadRamsey

Sweet pic (last) of your Cherries! Your girls are blushing for the camera

ChadRamsey · 11-18-2012, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by tiggity

Sweet pic (last) of your Cherries! Your girls are blushing for the camera

thx. i just love my cherries. they have such great personality

ChadRamsey · 01-01-2013, 04:39 PM

mother nurii

Knotyoureality · 01-01-2013, 07:59 PM

My "just for now" tanks have a terrible pattern of becoming permanent set-ups.

Crypts growing out in spare tank? Might as well toss some cherry culls in there to keep 'em clean. And hey, look! Otos on sale and I've got room. Gimme a couple amano too while you're at it--and ooooo nice wood!

Three months later I have it all rescaped and am left wondering where I can get some more good crypts for my original project.

ChadRamsey · 01-01-2013, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Knotyoureality

My "just for now" tanks have a terrible pattern of becoming permanent set-ups.

Crypts growing out in spare tank? Might as well toss some cherry culls in there to keep 'em clean. And hey, look! Otos on sale and I've got room. Gimme a couple amano too while you're at it--and ooooo nice wood!

Three months later I have it all rescaped and am left wondering where I can get some more good crypts for my original project.

HAHA! yup, that is exactly how this one started.

id love to throw in some shrimp, should in fact, BUT i have a pair of yoyos in there to control the snails and they dont mix to well

ChadRamsey · 01-30-2013, 02:31 PM

darn nerites,. mystery must have sat still too long

**h4n** · 01-30-2013, 03:06 PM

Lol!!

-Sent from my Samsung Note, a "Phablet"

tex627 · 01-31-2013, 04:30 AM

That poor Apple Snail. An innocent bystander.

Saxtonhill · 01-31-2013, 10:40 AM

Lol

ChadRamsey · 02-06-2013, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by tex627

That poor Apple Snail. An innocent bystander.

of a swim by egging!

sad. what has this tank come to?

Knotyoureality · 02-06-2013, 07:34 PM

Let's all just be glad nerites don't have access to toilet paper. Hooligans that they are we'd never get our tanks clean!

ChadRamsey · 02-13-2013, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Knotyoureality

Let's all just be glad nerites don't have access to toilet paper. Hooligans that they are we'd never get our tanks clean!

HA! no doubt!

i actually saw a large MTS in this tank that other day that 3 nerite eggs on it

Studman0143 · 02-13-2013, 10:07 PM

What kind of sand are you using and where did you get it from?

ChadRamsey · 02-15-2013, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Studman0143

What kind of sand are you using and where did you get it from?

its pool filter sand. 50# from HD like $5 i think

11-16-2012, 05:56 PM	#1
ChadRamsey Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (44/100%) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Canton, Ga Posts: 1,179	55g Low-Tech Sandy Bottoms'...Shrimp Tank This tank was supposed to be a temporary set up to house the fish while i redid my big tank. I had the DW laying around so i threw something together. I pulled a few plants from the big tank out. Treated them for the BBA that plagued the big tank and tossed them in here. Now that its all up and running, i decided that i kinda like it and am going to keep it. I plan to stuff it full of crypts, ferns and moss. Tank: 55g Filter: AquaTop 500 UV (not to impressed with it) Light: Coralife T5 NO, single bulb Hardscape: Locally collected DW. PFS. and locally collected rocks. Plants: Windelov Trident ferns Lace Fern C. wendtii red C. beckettii C. nurii Nana petite Hydro V Hydro sib Fiss Mini fiss Fiss Geppi Notocyphus lutescens Narrow Java Willow moss __________________ 125g High Tech 55g Low Tech 20L CRS Tank There are 2 types of people on this forum. Those that have algae, and those that lie and say they don't. Last edited by ChadRamsey; 02-15-2013 at 08:17 PM.. Reason: add

01-01-2013, 04:39 PM	#4
ChadRamsey Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (44/100%) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Canton, Ga Posts: 1,179	mother nurii __________________ 125g High Tech 55g Low Tech 20L CRS Tank There are 2 types of people on this forum. Those that have algae, and those that lie and say they don't.

01-30-2013, 02:31 PM	#7
ChadRamsey Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (44/100%) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Canton, Ga Posts: 1,179	darn nerites,. mystery must have sat still too long __________________ 125g High Tech 55g Low Tech 20L CRS Tank There are 2 types of people on this forum. Those that have algae, and those that lie and say they don't.

01-30-2013, 03:06 PM	#8
h4n Hobbuiness Man (View User Tanks) PTrader: (474/100%) Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Charlton, Mass Posts: 4,226	Re: 55g Low-Tech Sandy Bottoms' Lol!! -Sent from my Samsung Note, a "Phablet" __________________ My Planted Tank ROOM~!!!

01-31-2013, 04:30 AM	#9
tex627 Sponsor (View User Tanks) PTrader: (19/91%) Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: San Diego CA Posts: 214	That poor Apple Snail. An innocent bystander. __________________ ^^ Click above to visit Aqua Design Innovations, Follow our Twitter, and Like our FB Page ^^

01-01-2013, 07:59 PM	#5
Knotyoureality Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 739	My "just for now" tanks have a terrible pattern of becoming permanent set-ups. Crypts growing out in spare tank? Might as well toss some cherry culls in there to keep 'em clean. And hey, look! Otos on sale and I've got room. Gimme a couple amano too while you're at it--and ooooo nice wood! Three months later I have it all rescaped and am left wondering where I can get some more good crypts for my original project.

01-31-2013, 10:40 AM	#10
Saxtonhill Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: New England Posts: 203	Lol __________________ "Adopt the pace of nature; her secret is patience." Ralph Waldo Emerson http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=213218

02-06-2013, 07:34 PM	#12
Knotyoureality Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 739	Let's all just be glad nerites don't have access to toilet paper. Hooligans that they are we'd never get our tanks clean!

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