5 gallon planted hex tank *Journal*

graciegrapes · 08-27-2008, 07:15 PM

so my cherry shrimp arrived today....
in the process of getting the fish out (2 guppies and 3 neon tetras) I pretty much destoryed the tank! plants all uprooted and just a big mess.

hopefully the shrimp survived the devastation.....

graciegrapes · 01-09-2009, 05:24 PM

so my RCS tank didn't work out... it was going good for a couple of monthsm even had a couple of berried females. BUT ultimately it wasn't meant to be.... the snails started to take over, no babies were ever seen, and the shrimp slowly died away (I have 2 left)

I've decided to redo the tank... don't think I'm gonna do a shrimp tank though. Probably gonna let my boyfriend pick out some fish at the store... i dunno...
anyways, here's how I got it set up this morning. still pretty low-tech... 13 watt CFL, gravel, API Leaf Zone, Flourish excel
plants are pretty simple too (just left overs I had lying around): Java Fern, Java moss, Anubias, some sort of grassy thing, two surviving stems of ludwigia repens.

Suggestion?

graciegrapes · 08-20-2009, 04:26 PM

this tank is going pretty steady.. but i'm getting kinda bored with it and am getting tired of maintaining both 5 gallon tanks.

so in a couple of weeks i'm going to be taking down both 5 gallon tanks and setting up a 10 gallon. but since i still want a small tank in my room i'm planning on setting up a 2.5 gallon Natural Planted tank using the Walstead method! I'm really excited!
Will probably start up a new thread for the 2.5 gallon

Eileen · 08-20-2009, 06:18 PM

Maybe your RCS died because they like a older tank that is cycled. Dwarf shrimps are sensitive. It could have been the stress of shipping. I recently bought some Tiger shrimp on Aqua bid and the shipping box got damaged and some water leaked out. All the shrimps were dead when I got them. I did get a refund on the shrimps. Your best bet is to get the shrimps at a LFS ask when they got them. If it was a recent shipment wait about 1-2 weeks then get the survivors. The weak ones die first in a shipment. Looking for some small fish to keep in the 5 Hex. I have Tiger/Hybrid endlers in mine babies now. Endlers are really cute. I would stick with males only as you will have millions in no time with a pair. Black Bar endlers are nice also. My Tiger endlers have neon colors. Here is a picture of what my Tigers look like I found on-line:
http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p...iger%20Endler/
Sometimes at tropical fish stores they sell them as feeders. You can't find these at the Petsmart or Petco though. They stay really small so a nice group of them 7-10 would be perfect for a 5 gal. and those pygmy cory would be great to put in with the endlers. I also bought some dwarf rasboras at the fish store 6 for $10 they are way smaller in size then the reg. Rasboras and have a neon color to them.

graciegrapes · 09-09-2009, 06:37 AM

As of this past Monday this tank was broken down and combined with my 5.5 gallon standard to setup a 10 gallon standard planted.

Here's the link for the 10 gallon: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/lo...tml#post905516

IZZIE · 09-11-2009, 02:08 AM

well just read this thread, nice tank , going over to your 10 gallon thread now !!!

GREAT JOB !!!!

08-27-2008, 07:15 PM	#16
graciegrapes Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 40	so my cherry shrimp arrived today.... in the process of getting the fish out (2 guppies and 3 neon tetras) I pretty much destoryed the tank! plants all uprooted and just a big mess. hopefully the shrimp survived the devastation..... __________________ 10 gallon standard - combination of my 5 gal tanks (started 9/7/09) 2.5 gallon standard - just plants right now (started 8/25/09) 5 gallon planted hex (broken down 9/7/09)

01-09-2009, 05:24 PM	#17
graciegrapes Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 40	RCS tank didn't work out.... so my RCS tank didn't work out... it was going good for a couple of monthsm even had a couple of berried females. BUT ultimately it wasn't meant to be.... the snails started to take over, no babies were ever seen, and the shrimp slowly died away (I have 2 left) I've decided to redo the tank... don't think I'm gonna do a shrimp tank though. Probably gonna let my boyfriend pick out some fish at the store... i dunno... anyways, here's how I got it set up this morning. still pretty low-tech... 13 watt CFL, gravel, API Leaf Zone, Flourish excel plants are pretty simple too (just left overs I had lying around): Java Fern, Java moss, Anubias, some sort of grassy thing, two surviving stems of ludwigia repens. Suggestion? __________________ 10 gallon standard - combination of my 5 gal tanks (started 9/7/09) 2.5 gallon standard - just plants right now (started 8/25/09) 5 gallon planted hex (broken down 9/7/09)

08-20-2009, 04:26 PM	#18
graciegrapes Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 40	this tank is going pretty steady.. but i'm getting kinda bored with it and am getting tired of maintaining both 5 gallon tanks. so in a couple of weeks i'm going to be taking down both 5 gallon tanks and setting up a 10 gallon. but since i still want a small tank in my room i'm planning on setting up a 2.5 gallon Natural Planted tank using the Walstead method! I'm really excited! Will probably start up a new thread for the 2.5 gallon __________________ 10 gallon standard - combination of my 5 gal tanks (started 9/7/09) 2.5 gallon standard - just plants right now (started 8/25/09) 5 gallon planted hex (broken down 9/7/09)

09-09-2009, 06:37 AM	#20
graciegrapes Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 40	As of this past Monday this tank was broken down and combined with my 5.5 gallon standard to setup a 10 gallon standard planted. Here's the link for the 10 gallon: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/lo...tml#post905516 __________________ 10 gallon standard - combination of my 5 gal tanks (started 9/7/09) 2.5 gallon standard - just plants right now (started 8/25/09) 5 gallon planted hex (broken down 9/7/09)

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08-20-2009, 06:18 PM	#19
Eileen Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: May 2009 Location: San Diego, california Posts: 52	Maybe your RCS died because they like a older tank that is cycled. Dwarf shrimps are sensitive. It could have been the stress of shipping. I recently bought some Tiger shrimp on Aqua bid and the shipping box got damaged and some water leaked out. All the shrimps were dead when I got them. I did get a refund on the shrimps. Your best bet is to get the shrimps at a LFS ask when they got them. If it was a recent shipment wait about 1-2 weeks then get the survivors. The weak ones die first in a shipment. Looking for some small fish to keep in the 5 Hex. I have Tiger/Hybrid endlers in mine babies now. Endlers are really cute. I would stick with males only as you will have millions in no time with a pair. Black Bar endlers are nice also. My Tiger endlers have neon colors. Here is a picture of what my Tigers look like I found on-line: http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p...iger%20Endler/ Sometimes at tropical fish stores they sell them as feeders. You can't find these at the Petsmart or Petco though. They stay really small so a nice group of them 7-10 would be perfect for a 5 gal. and those pygmy cory would be great to put in with the endlers. I also bought some dwarf rasboras at the fish store 6 for $10 they are way smaller in size then the reg. Rasboras and have a neon color to them.

09-11-2009, 02:08 AM	#21
IZZIE Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (6/88%) Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: S.C. Posts: 52	well just read this thread, nice tank , going over to your 10 gallon thread now !!! GREAT JOB !!!!