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DoubleT's 10g Fire Red/Tiger Shrimp tank

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#1 · (Edited)
Current FTS 4-8-2013


added some tiger shrimp 4-12-2013

Started on 4-15-2012

Equipment:
-10g tank (standard)
-Fluval plant stratum
-20” Aquaticlife T5HO light fixture 2 -6000k 18w bulbs
-Eheim classic 2213


Flora:
-Narrow leaf anacharis
-Marimo moss ball
-Mini Fissidens
-Myriophyllum Mattogrossense
-Bronze crypt wendtii

Fauna:
-MTS
-red ramshorn snails
-Fire Red shrimp
-Malawa shrimp
 
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#13 ·
Nice tank....

BTW those aren't PFR's....they are just regular Fire Red shrimp....With real PFR's you can't see their saddle or tell if they're berried unless they swim and you see their underside...They are called "Painted" for a reason - they are suppose to be opaque (and not translucent) just like red paint from a bucket....PM if you want to see pictures of what a real PFR looks like
 
#17 ·
You've got some nice looking PFRs! Once they start breeding on a regular basis your population will grow like crazy! I like the looks of your tank. How do you like the tiger shrimp? I've been thinking about adding some to my PFR tank.
 
#19 ·
I love tiger shrimp, so I say go for it. :) try to get some from a person that has similar water params as your PFR tank. I bought 2 batches(10 each) from 2 different people. One batch came from CRS water params and the other came from Houston tap water, I still have all the original ones that came from houston tap. The batch that came from the CRS water params slowly died off over a period of about a month even though I acclimated them for 3 hours(drip method)
 
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