Custom Acrylic 30 Gallon Rimless: FINALLY tank running w/shrimp!!! PICS 12/18!!!

Senior Shrimpo · 10-16-2011, 03:41 AM

Well, as this is gonna be my go to thread for shrimp pictures as well as for this awesome lucky find,

Left side: Has changed and is now for some reason a really big picture. I'll replace it soon

Right side:

There were two holes in the tank, so I went down to home depot, got some plugs, and fixed them up:

All my fun fluval 404 stuff:

Full tank shot:

What's gonna go in this tank? Secret. Try and guess. I bet you might already know

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Tank now as of 12/18/11:

Go to page 2 for more pics!

**PC1** · 10-16-2011, 03:53 AM

Sweet score! I really like the one on the right. I contemplated keeping that one in my keepers stack

As far as substrate goes. I really like the fluval shrimp stratum so far. Iv'e been using it a few months and it works nice. 0 Ammonia! When I added it to 3 of my tanks I did a full substrate swap with all my shrimp still in the tank. 1 water change to help clear the water column and in the morning it looked like it had always been there.

Senior Shrimpo · 10-16-2011, 04:03 AM

The one on the right is actually two pieces in one

I combined it with another piece just to make it have more branches. I really like it too.

I had Fluval stratum in my one tank, but I've been reading mixed reviews and don't want it to effect my shrimp breeding. It's fine in my one tank but you never know, apparently some batches are bad.

Everyone, try and guess what shrimp I'm keeping!

**Geniusdudekiran** · 10-16-2011, 04:29 AM

Sulawesi?

Senior Shrimpo · 10-16-2011, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geniusdudekiran

Sulawesi?

Nahh. Believe me I like Sulawesis and stuff but a lot of people have been having bad experiences which makes me think I should stick to a shrimp I can handle easy.

I saw some harlequins that I almost couldn't pass up, as well as some cardinals.... but nope :P

madness · 10-16-2011, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Senior Shrimpo

Nahh. Believe me I like Sulawesis and stuff but a lot of people have been having bad experiences which makes me think I should stick to a shrimp I can handle easy.

I saw some harlequins that I almost couldn't pass up, as well as some cardinals.... but nope :P

Blue Auras?

**shrimpnmoss** · 10-16-2011, 04:28 PM

hahah...you should make that the "blue" rack...put your Blue Bolts, Blue Auras and all you need is some Blue Tigers...

Senior Shrimpo · 10-16-2011, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by madness

Blue Auras?

Ding! Well, possibly a ding, cuz I'm not sure yet :P But probably.

Quote:

Originally Posted by shrimpnmoss

hahah...you should make that the "blue" rack...put your Blue Bolts, Blue Auras and all you need is some Blue Tigers...

Noooo! They're all caridinas, they'll interbreed! lol

Senior Shrimpo · 10-17-2011, 09:23 PM

Decided on New Aquasoil Amazonia Multi-type and bought 9 Liters of it yesterday. Really wanted some Up Aqua sand but couldn't get enough. Ahh well, extra week of daily water changes and I bet it'll be fine.

Well... can no one guess what kind of shrimp are going in here?? Aura blue is partially right, however there's another component!

Might get Black tigers instead of aura blues though. Also, I don't know if the picture in the beginning is too big or not, I thought I resized it... if it's too big let me know.

**shrimpnmoss** · 10-18-2011, 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Senior Shrimpo

Ding! Well, possibly a ding, cuz I'm not sure yet :P But probably.

Noooo! They're all caridinas, they'll interbreed! lol

In other news, getting my substrate this week hopefully so nothing new with the tank till then. But I will leave you guys with a picture of a baby shrimpy:

Taiwan Bee pinto maybe? Or just SSS CBS? You decide, because I have no idea. He is in my TB tank though.

SSS Hybrid?

How are they going to interbreed? You have dividers.

jrwestcoast · 10-18-2011, 01:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Senior Shrimpo

Decided on New Aquasoil Amazonia Multi-type and bought 9 Liters of it yesterday. Really wanted some Up Aqua sand but couldn't get enough. Ahh well, extra week of daily water changes and I bet it'll be fine.

+1 on the Up Aqua sand it is really nice, I have it in one of my tanks and the dark grey color and uniform size contrast very good with crs.

Senior Shrimpo · 10-18-2011, 01:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shrimpnmoss

SSS Hybrid?

How are they going to interbreed? You have dividers.

I'd say SSS hybrid but none of my shrimp in that tank were SSS and it's got the little dots pintos have sometimes. Hey, I can dream.

They'll interbreed because I only have one divider in the middle, so I can only keep two caridina species in the tank. My TBs are different because they have their own tank.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jrwestcoast

+1 on the Up Aqua sand it is really nice, I have it in one of my tanks and the dark grey color and uniform size contrast very good with crs.

I already ordered amazonia

You should've told me sooner! It doesn't matter cuz I couldn't get Up aqua sand anyway except for Micro, which I didn't want.

jrwestcoast · 10-18-2011, 02:23 AM

Sorry man but only been using for a couple of weeks and don't know how good it will maintain the Ph, but it does look nice. Also I got mine from Liam, but don't know if he has anymore available.

Senior Shrimpo · 10-18-2011, 08:04 PM

I tried to get some from Liam, I guess you got the last batch... grr lol

Well I'm getting another 15 shrimp from a bud of mine next week or whenever the tank is set up, he's helping me out with it

Guess what they are??

OverStocked · 10-18-2011, 08:15 PM

you should plumb the fluval into the holes in the tank, instead of just plugging them...

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10-16-2011, 03:53 AM	#2
PC1 Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (118/98%) Join Date: May 2010 Location: Corona Ca 92882 Posts: 1,258	Sweet score! I really like the one on the right. I contemplated keeping that one in my keepers stack As far as substrate goes. I really like the fluval shrimp stratum so far. Iv'e been using it a few months and it works nice. 0 Ammonia! When I added it to 3 of my tanks I did a full substrate swap with all my shrimp still in the tank. 1 water change to help clear the water column and in the morning it looked like it had always been there.

10-16-2011, 04:03 AM	#3
Senior Shrimpo Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 880	The one on the right is actually two pieces in one I combined it with another piece just to make it have more branches. I really like it too. I had Fluval stratum in my one tank, but I've been reading mixed reviews and don't want it to effect my shrimp breeding. It's fine in my one tank but you never know, apparently some batches are bad. Everyone, try and guess what shrimp I'm keeping!

10-17-2011, 09:23 PM	#9
Senior Shrimpo Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 880	Decided on New Aquasoil Amazonia Multi-type and bought 9 Liters of it yesterday. Really wanted some Up Aqua sand but couldn't get enough. Ahh well, extra week of daily water changes and I bet it'll be fine. Well... can no one guess what kind of shrimp are going in here?? Aura blue is partially right, however there's another component! Might get Black tigers instead of aura blues though. Also, I don't know if the picture in the beginning is too big or not, I thought I resized it... if it's too big let me know.

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jrwestcoast Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: santa cruz, CA Posts: 166	Sorry man but only been using for a couple of weeks and don't know how good it will maintain the Ph, but it does look nice. Also I got mine from Liam, but don't know if he has anymore available.

10-18-2011, 08:04 PM	#14
Senior Shrimpo Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 880	I tried to get some from Liam, I guess you got the last batch... grr lol Well I'm getting another 15 shrimp from a bud of mine next week or whenever the tank is set up, he's helping me out with it Guess what they are??

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OverStocked Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (76/94%) Join Date: May 2007 Location: SoDak Posts: 10,732	you should plumb the fluval into the holes in the tank, instead of just plugging them...