I got this tank for my desktop and I plan on making this a low tech shrimp tank. Not sure which type of shrimp this tank will house, but most likely rili shrimp
Filter: Finnex PX-360 canister filter
Light: Finnex Ray II - 24"
Substrate: MGOPM topped with Tahitian Moon Sand
Fauna: 10 Painted Fire Red shrimp, Ramshorn snails, Malaysian Trumpet snails, 2 Zebra Nerites
Flora: Staurogyne Repens, Blyxa Japonica, Hydrocotyle 'Japan', Ludwigia "Red" Hybrid, Fissiden Fontanus, Mini x-mas moss
First pic (8/21) was the initial scape with ryuoh stone a week ago. I rescaped it today using lava rocks (8/27)
Last picture is the latest picture of the tank (10/11)
I think the bevel is pretty noticeable but I don't think it's bad, it makes the tank look much more expensive. The glass is also probably twice as thick as regular 10g glass and edges are smooth
It's been awhile since my first post so here's an update..
2 days after I rescaped with lava rocks, I decided to make this tank high-tech. I swapped out the lava rock with ryuoh stone again.
Equipment changes: Switched out the sponge prefilter with a stainless steel mesh one and swapped out the 16" Finnex Fugeray with a 24" Ray II. Also added a 20oz CO2 tank running on the Red Sea Paintball CO2 system with Solenoid.
Flora changes: I removed the java fern, anubias nana petite, and crypt parva to my now low-tech Spec V. I planted this tank's foreground with Staurogyne Repens which seems to be doing really well. Mid-ground consists of Hemianthus Glomeratus, Hydrocotyle 'Japan', and Blyxa Japonica. Mini x-mas moss is superglued to the top of the wood and fissidens is superglued to most rocks around the tank and also part of the wood. I only have a few stems of Ludwigia "Red" Hybrid right now, but I plan on making that the entire background
Fauna changes: The 3 swordtail fry was removed yesterday when 10 rili shrimps were introduced. The 3 cherry/sakura shrimp were moved to my 2.5g peacock gudgeon fry tank. One of them got berried within 12 hours of being moved into that tank
I actually had no intentions of breeding peacock gudgeons, but they're breeding for me so I decided to see if I can raise the fry. They're about 3 weeks old and have been living off HBH Baby Bites. There's ~25 in the tank, but if just 5 survive to adulthood I'll be happy.
I'm pretty amazed by the growth in the past 3 weeks. To me it didn't seem like much changed until I compared the previous picture. Since then, I removed the Rili shrimp 2 weeks ago into the 2.5g peacock gudgeon fry tank and within 1 week, 3 became berried. This tank currently houses 20 PFR shrimp, but I don't know if the CO2 will hinder them from breeding.. hopefully not
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