My Shrimp Only Tank - Cherry and CRS

[LondonDragon]

Just did a short video of the tank this after a water change, don't know what happened to the quality of the video, after upload its became a little blurry.

Anyway here it is: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=86fJEpX6FJE

Thanks for looking.

[LondonDragon]

Well just a quick update on this tank, the ADA Amazonia II soil I put in this tank when I first setup it up started breaking up after 6 months of usage so this is what my tank looked like when I uprooted some plants or messed about with the substrate:





So after 5 months of milky water I decided to get rid of the ADA soil and purchased some of the new Oliver Knott Nature soil instead which is shrimp friendly, so it claims.

A few photos of the substrate change, goodbye ADA Amazonia II FOREVER!!!! Worst thing I ever purchased in my life!!!

Tank clean and ready to go:


The inspector watching to make sure I was doing everything properly:


Just after planting and turning on the filters:


4 hours after setup, crystal clear water for the first time in about 4-5 months!!


Closer look:


Really like this substrate, colour and size are perfet for this size tank:


I couldn't find the rocks I needed so used what I have and this tank now needs a few extra plants too.

Later on in the day I added some of the shrimp and created the fissidens fontanus carpert.







After spending 5 hours catching shrimp so that I could change the substrate this is what I had left LOL



Thanks for looking

[nvcichlids]

If I am able to set up another tank, I would LOVE to do a shrimp/invert tank. I think your tank is AMAZING and love the moss, I just have never been able to keep moss alive in a wall format. Do you use CO2?

[LondonDragon]

If I am able to set up another tank, I would LOVE to do a shrimp/invert tank. I think your tank is AMAZING and love the moss, I just have never been able to keep moss alive in a wall format. Do you use CO2?

No CO2 or liquid carbon in this tank, I am just dosing TPN+ twice a week.

[nvcichlids]

can I ask what TPN iS

Edit: how many cherry shrimp could I keep in a 5.5 gallon tank?

[LondonDragon]

can I ask what TPN iS

TPN+ stands for Tropica Plant Nitrution Plus, its a commercial all in one aquarium plant fertelizer.

Edit: how many cherry shrimp could I keep in a 5.5 gallon tank?

I have a holding tank for cherries which is about that size where I keep around 100 cherries at a time.

[nvcichlids]

Thanks for that insight. I may start a cherry shrimp tank in the near future!

[LondonDragon]

Here is how the tank looks today:










Some macros has one of the little CRS was right at the front of the tank, they don't look high grade at least not this one but its a start

Spot the CRS (and not the dirty glass):








Adult CRS:


Some of my adult Red Cherries:




Thanks for looking

[glenny]

Stunning pictures!!!

[LondonDragon]

Just a quick update, the first lot that bred are about half a cm in size now and I have seen about 6-7 of them at the same time in the tank so things are looking good, today I spotted some more tiny 1mm red/white CRS. But also spotted 3-4 Black CRS, so I now have the Red and Black Crystals breeding in the tank
The fan really helped with the hot weather, the temps never went above 25C, now the its becoming a bit cooler and with the fans was taking the temp down to 18C I have turned them off, so the temp now stays are around 23-24C

Some tank photos:







Thanks for looking

[DutchFry]

that's one very sweet tank!

you must be very happy with the very clear water, especially after the troubles you had with that!

keep up the great work

[LondonDragon]

that's one very sweet tank!
you must be very happy with the very clear water, especially after the troubles you had with that!
keep up the great work

Many thanks Dutch, I am very happy now with the Naturesoil, would recommend to anyone that wants to keep planted or shrimp tanks!

[L number Banana]

Oh that's so peaceful and lush

What's the substrate plants? Good shrimp viewing carpet!

[LondonDragon]

Oh that's so peaceful and lush
What's the substrate plants? Good shrimp viewing carpet!

On the right hand side its Staurogyne sp. and the main carpet is Fissidens Fontanus. Thanks

[LondonDragon]

Haven't posted anything in ages on this journal, some shrimp photos

One of my super reds:







Photos of my Crystals offspring:











Thanks for looking

[andywoolloo]

it's beautiful! it was beautiful before and after the amazonia substrate.

amazing, makes me want to do a shrimp tank. What size tank is that?

you are very good with plants. And no CO2 you said. What kind of lights are on that tank?

[LondonDragon]

it's beautiful! it was beautiful before and after the amazonia substrate.

Many thanks

amazing, makes me want to do a shrimp tank. What size tank is that?

Its only a Juwel Rekord 60, 60cm wide and 54 liters!

you are very good with plants. And no CO2 you said. What kind of lights are on that tank?

No CO2 at all, it has 30w of light and only dose Tropica Plant Nutrition Plus

[shamrock]

hey LondonDragon

nice tank! i got pretty excited at one stage (early on) and bought a 72litre planned for shrimp, i filled it up in the bathroom to test for leaks and it's been there fore the past 6m hahahah.

what's a small, but managable tank to put shrimp in? i guess the water parameters need to be pretty stable for shrimp, so better with a bigger tank? can they manage in a nano tank?

thanks

ps. any good resources you can recommend for shrimps? btw, what do you do with all your excess shrimp? use them as feeders? sounds bad, i know...

[LondonDragon]

Hi Shamrock,

It all depends on what type of shrimp you want to keep, but that 72 litre is perfect for any kind of shrimp you want to keep.

If you want to keep Cherries then they are easy and hardy shrimp, they do well in most types of water and also various temps 18-30ºC

I am now keeping shrimp in 15 litre tanks also and don't see any problems with doing that, I am breeding cherries on a 15 litre nano and at one stage I had about 200 shrimplets in there, just gotta make sure you have a nice filter for it, I am using hang on filters and had a problem with one that almost wiped out all the shrimp in there. Not due to tank size just they require more frequent maintenance that I was expecting.

Here some photos of my 15 litre tank:









and a small video:

http://vimeo.com/11504409

I do not use the shrimp as feeder when I have a lot of them I just sell them off cheap online to other forum members and ship them via the mail.

Cheers

[shamrock]

hi,

great tanks btw!

what i may do is to start off with a planted tank project using a nano tank. then perhaps add 1-2 shrimp later. CRS are quite nice. i think you have a few?