Shrimp tank

Ghazanfar Ghori · Post by **Ghazanfar Ghori** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 11:02 am

Here's a not so great pic of my 5.5G Shrimp tank.

I set it up back in November...

<img src="http://www.aquaticscape.com/offsite/nov7/5Gshrimp.jpg" border="0">

And now it looks like ...
<img src="http://www.aquaticscape.com/offsite/shrimptank1.jpg" border="0">

<img src="http://www.aquaticscape.com/offsite/shrimptank2.jpg" border="0">

Actually the entire foreground was javamoss, but I removed that to give it a little contrast. I want
the foreground to fill in with Marselia or something.

RTRJR · Post by **RTRJR** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 1:30 pm

When you pulled out the foreground moss, I hope you looked closely for babies... that Cherry Red is too nice to toss offspring.

Mulm in shrimp tanks (along with the Java Moss) is nursery and food source. You are too neat Ghazanfar- leave some chaos for biology. <img border="0" src="smileys/smiley2.gif" border="0">

Unless of course it is pure display tank, then feel free to be photo-ready. <img border="0" src="smileys/smiley32.gif" border="0">

Ghazanfar Ghori · Post by **Ghazanfar Ghori** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 3:52 pm

I shook out the jmoss pretty good - saw a few babies
swim out. Hopfully I got them all. These guys are
very prolific. I think if someone setup a 20G tank
with lots of driftwood and java moss - let a dozen
or so shrimp in there - no filteration, no heater
and bare minimum lighting. Toss in a shrimp pellet or
two a week - in a 4-6 months you'd have a shrimp
factory!

RTRJR · Post by **RTRJR** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 7:23 pm

That is what I'm doing for the Amanos this round, we'll see if they make it in straight (if moderately hard) FW. Pounds of Java Moss and likely at least fractions of mulm (a veggie filter in real life). I'm burned with baby stravation due to my absences, along with power outages. But the Amanos are not as prolific as Cherry Reds, or rather, are not as simple.

jerseyjay · Post by **jerseyjay** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 1:28 pm

Ghazanfar,

Very nice. I love those rocks. I have to swing over once you settle in and we can go rock picking. Those would be perfect for any tank.

I see great potential for AGA <img border="0" src="smileys/smiley2.gif" border="0">

Can you provide specs for this tank

- Equipment
- Plants used
- Weekly schedule
- Fertilizer ?
- CO2 ?

Ghazanfar Ghori · Post by **Ghazanfar Ghori** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 8:29 pm

You can swing by anytime Jay - you know that!

Equipment: Azoo Palm filter
Plants: Java moss, Christmas moss, Rotala rotundafolia 'green', Ludwigia arcuata and Marselia sp.

No ferts any more. I was using Excel and Flourish
in the beginning - but I stopped dosing all that
once things got going.

No CO2.

I do partial water changes (20%) once every 2-3 weeks.

jerseyjay · Post by **jerseyjay** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 8:44 pm

What about light. How much and what brand.

Ghazanfar Ghori · Post by **Ghazanfar Ghori** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 9:20 pm

Its a 28W Coralife Aqualight. The fixture is actually
a bit too big for the tank but the bulb is the right
size and lights up the tank quite well.

Pigheaddd · Post by **Pigheaddd** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 12:07 am

Ghazanfar,

i like those rocks! where did u find them? so... can i have some cherry red shrimps and some xmas moss. PLEASE~~~

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