This tank is still going but not with the same scape, it was rescaped in early 2011!

Still went on for a little while:
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But after a heater incident that basically boiled the whole contents of the tank, I had no choice but to start again, and ...

Many thanks, I can sit for ages just admiring it ;) the threadfin rainbows also help, very peaceful fish

Well the tank is still going without a rescape, just keeps evolving from one to the next, here the latest photo taken yesterday:

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Took the opportunity to make a video also: http://vimeo.com/13137723


Some older photos of the tank, fauna and ...

I have been trying for 18 months, and had about 40 grade S shrimplets, then had a problem with the tank and lost them all. So not sure if I will try them again, spent a lot of cash on them. I am thinking about trying other shrimp species, got some delivered two weeks ago but most arrived dead ...

that surprises me... i thought these shrimp liked soft water. And I wonder why the chlorine in the tap water hasn't wiped out your stock and killed the bacteria in your filters. What size water changes and how frequent?
I perform 50-60% water changes once every couple of weeks. I have been doing ...

hmm good point. probably a good idea to have a larger tank in that case. aren't shrimp very sensitive to water parameters?
Larger is better off course, like I said your 72l would be ideal ;)

Hi Londondragon,

You might have a convert here... I'm really impressed with your tank.
So can you tell ...

The problem with Crystals in a nano is that they don't like high temps and a nano tank heats up pretty quick to room temperature of higher in the summer, you would need a fan to keep the temps around 24ºC.

I did have some Crystals but an attack of planaria wiped them out

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 ...

I try to keep the diffusers in the shade so I'm only cleaning them once a month, but yeah, that's a pain. There's a GB on those inline diffusers right now in my local aquarist forum. I think I might give one a try, based on your success with them.
Was using this one before ( http://cgi.ebay.co.uk ...

Ah...ok, that's what a lot of the local planted tanks guys have gone to also. I personally still use ceramic diffusers in the tank and "mist" the CO2 with Koralia powerheads.
I used to do that aswell, but since I have upgraded my filters to something that does 1500lph there is no need to use a ...

2wheelsx2 wrote:Which inline diffuser are you using? The Boyu?

I tried that one and it was not very good, I have now upgraded to the UP Atomizer http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aquarium-Co2-Atom ... 25574383e5

Another update another photo, the new CO2 inline diffuser is great, very happy I purchased that :) tank is now pearling like crazy, even the Fissidens fontanus is pearling! lol

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still looks amazing! :thumbsup: have you seen the clown pl*co lately?
Unfortunately after 6 years it passed away :( might get a couple more soon though I love them.

whitch plant is in the right side all alone?
btw the tank is amazing
The plant on the right is limnophila aromatica, muito ...

Thanks :) if you buy me the plane ticket and give me free accommodation I will be right over haha although I am no expert on the subject I just do the best I can with what I have.

The betta does prefer tanks with low flow, but I had a lot of flow in the tank, about 3500lph of turnover on a 30 ...

This tank is still going, here some of the latest photos:









Thanks for looking

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 ...

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

One of my super reds:

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Photos of my Crystals offspring ...

L number Banana wrote: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

DutchFry wrote: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!

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 ...

Here is how the tank looks today:
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Some macros has one of the little CRS was ...

nvcichlids wrote:can I ask what TPN iS

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

nvcichlids wrote: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 wrote: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.

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:

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Those Stiphodon sp. are amazing I want some ;)

Haven't updated this journal in a while, here is how the tank was looking before I planted the HC, and moving towards lower maintnance plants in half the tank.

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After finishing planting the ...

glenny wrote:this is a beautiful planted tank! a little bit dutchstyle with a little bit amano, a little precious "jungle", very good pics!

Many thanks Glenny

Been taking a few more photos today, the tank was starting to get some algae so I have now upped the CO2 and the dosing.
Rather than dosing 40ml per day I have set it to dose 40ml on Mondays, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, 80ml on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. I am also dosing a couple of tea ...

it's amazing! Simply great! :thumbsup: I love how the wood on the bottom looks against the green.
Mant thanks :) this is an experimental tank now, until I get my external filter sorted and my inline CO2 reactor.


Hey! You have my fantasy tank! :lol: :lol:
That is just heavenly! The flowers are ...

Just a quick update on this tank, I am putting my rescape on hold so now I am testing a few things, I am running this pretty high light now and high CO2 and also the main reason for keeping it going full planted is to test the auto dosing system which has been running 3 weeks now, during this period ...