The 3.5G is a rimless rectangular tank with black silicone. I bought it in early 2011 to house a half-moon betta. Went for a short vacation, came back home and there he is lying dry on the floor...
Then i decided to start a shrimp tank. I had a couple of danios from my 10g, so I temporarily put them in the tank after to help with the cycling. Have been rearing Cherry red shrimps for a months plus, then I realized how heavy maintenance it is to have a cherry shrimp. A little shift in water conditions, and they molt, if they're not ready to molt, they'll die molting. Also, I was having trouble to get some MALE shrimps to get them to breed. All I got from LFS seems to be female eventhough the shopkeeper says they are male..
But, Whatever, Now, I have a pretty betta in there. I haven't chose a name for him yet. I'll let my kid choose it for me later.
Current Spec:
3.5G.
Hob Filter
No CO2, No Ferts
Ikea Lamp with CFL bulb.
ADA Soil Amazonia
Ambulia
Bacopa
Rotala of some sort
Couples of DW that looks like a sunken ship!
Ok, here are some pics... finally I got 3 Red Cherry Shrimps.
The Tank: (3-4gallon ish)
Close up:
Another shot:
I notice one of the shrimp is doing swimming laps.. while the other 2 just grazing around. I guess I got 1 male and 2 female (not really sure). But I hope so...
I am planning to add some stem plants on the left later. Probably just take some from my 10g.
very nice im planning on making a similaiar tank that is longer with jars for the shrimp to clean i like that moss, and i was also thinking of a stem plant like a banana for the shrimp i like it so far.
You can get a filter sponge at any big box pet store. Most of them carry the one that fits on the filter for the Fluval Edge, and that should fit right on your filter with no problems.
Ok, I did a rescape. Ditched the java fern. Removed some mosses. Dropped in a big chunk of rock in the middle. Planted some DHG(?), and rotala (taken from my 10g). IMO it looks better, but I feel there are still more room for improvements.
I just added 5 new shrimps. I did the acclimation for 1 hour. (mixing of my tank water into the LFS water gradually over 1 hour)... all of the shrimps are AOK till today and actively grazing my mosses. AND!!! I SPOT ONE WITH RACING STRIPES!!! Crossing fingers for berried shrimp later!! HOO AHH!
Okay.... it seems my shrimp dislike that super white pebbles. They seem to be keeping away from it. LOL. So I decided to take it off. I tied the plastic branch to a small pebble and put some christmas moss on it and tuck it at another corner of the tank.
LOL. Maybe due to their prey instinct? Since they blended into the dark colored substrate they want nothing to do with the white pebbles. I must say I really like your layout in this tank. And that bonsai tree idea! I really liked how you had it in that glass cup thing. I will totally be stealing that idea! I have bare bottom shrimp tanks (had a bad experience with black sand and a HOB filter semi-exploding) so having little vases inside would look cool
I have been noticing the same for my tetras as well. They dislike anything bright white. Like when I take a piece of white tissue paper and wipe the external wall, they'd be zig zagging at the speed of light in there!!
Yeah, I actually like the glass cup in there as well.. with some dark colored pebbles, it would be nice. That'd be a nice addition to your bare bottom tank! Good luck with that.
Yesterday saw some shrimps gather around grazing their dead friend.
I just top up the water a day before that (about 5%). no idea why he died.
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