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Dgolden
Join date : 2012-11-09 Posts : 457
| Subject: Wild Type Shrimp Tank Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:54 pm | |
| Welcome to my Wild Type Shrimp Tank I grabbed a 10 gallon tank at the LFS and grabbed some eco-complete since it's the substrate in the tank that they're in now. I also really wanted to try out this RocketFilter and grō soil tabs Tank Setup Date: 12/7/12 So here's the primary info:
- 10 Gallon
- EcoComplete
- Rocket Filter
- ~25 lbs of leftover rock that I had laying around
- T8 PowerGlo light
- Using Flourish product line with this tank (excel, plant food and iron)
- grō soil (First time using it)
Plants:
- Water Wisteria (Hygrophila difformis)
- Dwarf Sagittaria (Sagittaria subulata)
- Brazilian Pennywort (Hydrocotyle leucocephala)
- Moss Ball
- Xmas Moss
This is a few days behind I took these pictures while I was setting up Just haven't gotten around to posting So here's the first set of setup to current The inlet is pretty thin trying to decide if I want to throw some type of sponge around this or not Initial Layout Close Ups with substrate in place Plants and Water in and running: Prolly going to move the moss ball back to my 55 gallon, it's in here right now to help speed cycling That's that, I think that I'm going to change the substrate up a bit to give it some depth I didn't realize how flat it looked until I looked at the preview. Comments and suggestions always welcome | |
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Farfromfiji
Join date : 2012-01-19 Posts : 316
| Subject: Re: Wild Type Shrimp Tank Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:24 pm | |
| Looks cool Drew, what kind of shrimp are you planning for this? | |
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Dgolden
Join date : 2012-11-09 Posts : 457
| Subject: Re: Wild Type Shrimp Tank Tue Dec 25, 2012 2:34 pm | |
| Wild types I've got about 6 in there I just need to get some pictures | |
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Sam_G Admin
Join date : 2011-01-15 Posts : 2530
| Subject: Re: Wild Type Shrimp Tank Wed Dec 26, 2012 9:20 am | |
| I like the new set-up! How's the rocket filter doing for you? | |
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Dgolden
Join date : 2012-11-09 Posts : 457
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Dgolden
Join date : 2012-11-09 Posts : 457
| Subject: Re: Wild Type Shrimp Tank Wed Dec 26, 2012 9:36 am | |
| Here's a pic of one of the Wild Type shrimp grazing on some weeping moss that I just got in | |
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Sam_G Admin
Join date : 2011-01-15 Posts : 2530
| Subject: Re: Wild Type Shrimp Tank Wed Dec 26, 2012 11:40 am | |
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Dgolden
Join date : 2012-11-09 Posts : 457
| Subject: Re: Wild Type Shrimp Tank Wed Dec 26, 2012 3:57 pm | |
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Sam_G Admin
Join date : 2011-01-15 Posts : 2530
| Subject: Re: Wild Type Shrimp Tank Thu Dec 27, 2012 10:35 am | |
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Dgolden
Join date : 2012-11-09 Posts : 457
| Subject: Re: Wild Type Shrimp Tank Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:32 pm | |
| So I figure time for a super speedy update: The rocket filter is no more, it actually caused the death of 2 residents (not shrimp) so I figured forget that, so I have changed to an in tank filter with seems to be doing good and hasn't sucked anyone up LOL I added some weeping moss and that's turning out nicely and the tank is filling in very nicely. I will be trying to incorporate some cholla wood here soon so the shrimp have a place to have fun The shrimp are doing ok although there's only about 4 of them in there so once I get a good shot of them I will be looking to pick up a few more they are def loving the dense plant life and are quite reclusive >< | |
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Dgolden
Join date : 2012-11-09 Posts : 457
| Subject: Re: Wild Type Shrimp Tank Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:33 pm | |
| On a side note sorry for the crooked shot LOL | |
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loganjonathan
Join date : 2012-12-18 Posts : 396
| Subject: Re: Wild Type Shrimp Tank Wed Apr 10, 2013 6:42 pm | |
| is that saltwater or freshwater looks like freshwater | |
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Dgolden
Join date : 2012-11-09 Posts : 457
| Subject: Re: Wild Type Shrimp Tank Fri May 24, 2013 2:10 am | |
| Wow I didn't see your reply to this! It's a freshwater shrimp tank And I've got exciting news tonight Looks like I've got a very very heavily berried female after all these months of just wondering if I had only gotten all females, there must be a male in here somewhere I've been really down the last few weeks trying to figure out where I can get more of these awesome shrimp what a surprise!!!!! | |
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Nicholas41
Join date : 2011-06-02 Posts : 1062
| Subject: Re: Wild Type Shrimp Tank Sat May 25, 2013 10:30 am | |
| Too cool! I was looking in my tank late last night and saw one of my peppermint shrimp is carrying eggs as well! Sadly mine won't have a chance I survival But congratulations | |
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loganjonathan
Join date : 2012-12-18 Posts : 396
| Subject: Re: Wild Type Shrimp Tank Sat May 25, 2013 12:38 pm | |
| hey i can raise ur fry nicholas if u want | |
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Nicholas41
Join date : 2011-06-02 Posts : 1062
| Subject: Re: Wild Type Shrimp Tank Sat May 25, 2013 2:53 pm | |
| From what I have read no one has been successful with marine shrimp such as cleaner, peppermint, and blood; I also have no way to collect the eggs :/.
If yours hatch out drew try and get some pics of them! | |
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loganjonathan
Join date : 2012-12-18 Posts : 396
| Subject: Re: Wild Type Shrimp Tank Sat May 25, 2013 3:03 pm | |
| yeah man cause i know someone who breed peppermints and he sold them dirt cheap and then he got out of the hobby when he made his 2 million dollars so it possible but i dont know how hard it is to get them to hatch | |
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Dgolden
Join date : 2012-11-09 Posts : 457
| Subject: Re: Wild Type Shrimp Tank Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:08 pm | |
| One day ill be interested in Marine....
Update: Mom isn't berried anymore saw no eggs loose in the tank, assuming babies are in here somewhere just can't find them. | |
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loganjonathan
Join date : 2012-12-18 Posts : 396
| Subject: Re: Wild Type Shrimp Tank Thu Jun 13, 2013 11:28 am | |
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Dgolden
Join date : 2012-11-09 Posts : 457
| Subject: Re: Wild Type Shrimp Tank Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:23 pm | |
| I'm going to be doing some further tweaking soon....the more ya learn....the water is crazy hard here | |
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loganjonathan
Join date : 2012-12-18 Posts : 396
| Subject: Re: Wild Type Shrimp Tank Fri Jun 21, 2013 7:21 pm | |
| im telling u its hard here too and i literally leave my water in buckets and the dechlorinate them before i use it | |
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Dgolden
Join date : 2012-11-09 Posts : 457
| Subject: Re: Wild Type Shrimp Tank Sat Jun 22, 2013 12:15 am | |
| Yea I'm thinking about going rodi here soon | |
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loganjonathan
Join date : 2012-12-18 Posts : 396
| Subject: Re: Wild Type Shrimp Tank Sat Jun 22, 2013 8:00 am | |
| u know those things are hard to keep alive right | |
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Dgolden
Join date : 2012-11-09 Posts : 457
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