[Primetime Rob]

My first attempt at breeding shrimp. So far so good.

Aquarium: 20 Gallon Long
Lighting: 65W Aqualife PC 6700K
Ferts: Flourish, Flourish Excel
Filter: Fluval 305
CO2: DIY Two bottles each changed every two weeks.
Substrate: 40 lbs. Eco Complete
Zebra Rock, Assorted Driftwood

NO3- <10ppm
pH- 7.2
GH- 12

Flora
Lugwigia
Amazon Sword
Bacopa
? Crypt
Dwarf Baby Tear (HC)
Java Moss

Fauna
10-20 Adult Yellow Shrimp
10-30 Baby-Juvenile Yellows
4 Otos












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[Church]

That's a beautiful tank you have there, and I love those shrimp! (But that poor sword needs to be moved to a larger tank).

Very nice!

 

[Primetime Rob]

That's a beautiful tank you have there, and I love those shrimp! (But that poor sword needs to be moved to a larger tank).

Very nice!

Thanks. You're right, the sword was looking great for a while but they just get too tall.

 

[sewingalot]

That HC is amazing. I love yellow shrimp. They are my favorite. I wish I had more than I do. I love the emersed bacopa. Do you ever see shrimp climbing on it?

 

[Neoman]

Looking really good, that sword is looking a little too big for the tank though :/ Maybe try a compact sword? Might look more proportionate, although to be honest I'm not sure how big they actually get.

 

[justin182]

Love your HC, I'm wondering how long it's gonna take for my HC to carpet.
Do you get flowers on your bacopa?

 

[Primetime Rob]

Love your HC, I'm wondering how long it's gonna take for my HC to carpet.
Do you get flowers on your bacopa?

Here's what my HC looked like when I first planted it around September 10th.

 

[Primetime Rob]

Sewingalot- Yea, they tend to sit near the surface and then dive off.

Neo- I'm planning on moving the sword to my brothers 55. Any plant suggestions to replace it?

 

[vca2004]

Beautiful tank! Love how there are just roots and rocks laying around - very natural and not so staged.roud:

 

[Church]

It definitely looks nice. That driftwood seems a bit.. um.. phallic? lol

 

[Primetime Rob]

It definitely looks nice. That driftwood seems a bit.. um.. phallic? lol

Haha thanks I think. Freud might have something to say about it. In my defense they were laying around the house and fit together nicely.

 

[Primetime Rob]

On Friday morning at 8:00AM I began a blackout to help with the hair algae all over my HC and driftwood. I'll be unveiling it this morning at 8 when I'm done with work. I'll post pics after that. Hopefully the lack of light helped.

 

[ermano]

Nice tank man.

 

[sewingalot]

Sewingalot- Yea, they tend to sit near the surface and then dive off.

Neo- I'm planning on moving the sword to my brothers 55. Any plant suggestions to replace it?

Too cool. What is the status on the algae issues?

 

[Primetime Rob]

Too cool. What is the status on the algae issues?

I decreased the photoperiod to 7 hours per day, and elevated the light another couple inches above the surface. The floating HC looks healthy, and the hair algae isn't coming back.

I should start planting today and I'll have some pics tonight.