So After the Main tank was wiped out by some unknown factor a few weeks ago.
Had been itching to get something going, as Had harvested my blue dream/velvets from outdoors. As well as the different ramshorns i have in tubs with my livefoods cultures.
Spotted some Pipefish for sale at Deans and just had to have them. As he advised that they have been weened onto from BS and Cyclops.
They are Microphis Brachyurus. Have kept these a few times and have had them breed.
So set up one of the spare tall cubes I have. used my trusty Ikea Janso Led which still going strong after 5 years.
Scaped with a few peices of Lava rock (from buckets outside. Just rinsed them under the hot tap, and a lots of moss balls, And a few Hydrocotyle species. And a few sprigs from the creeping jenny.
Floating plants will be Salvinia.
I have set this up with just a sponge filter for now and overdosed the tank with Bacteria to make sure no Losses and minimal bloom. Going forward longterm the filter will be a Ziss MBF (same as the ones Korey at Aquarium Co-op is using in all his stores tanks.) So i will use the ponge from this when it arrives.
Added My Shrimp as well as some red cherries. And got it going. Along, with as many critters i could find in my tubs. And then a few days later went back to get the Pipes, but all the females had been sold ( i know who has them, so will negotiate with them). So took what they had left, which I think are all males looking at the bellies.
Well they indeed had a ball once they were settled in. And were poking around all the nooks and crannies to hunt. Which was very interesting to watch. Which is why i like pipes so much. Could see they have eaten most of the cherries in the tank the next day as lots are bright red poop. Still a few cherries can be seen hiding away.
They are still taking frozen, but can see them hunting for more cherries.
So have ordered Gammarus, As these are the easiest to breed and are alot cheaper than alot of shrimp. And will add a 20 or so to this chuck the rest in a bowl with cuttings. Gammarus are also a great clean up crew.
Hoping to get hold of the females and see if they will breed.
Had been itching to get something going, as Had harvested my blue dream/velvets from outdoors. As well as the different ramshorns i have in tubs with my livefoods cultures.
Spotted some Pipefish for sale at Deans and just had to have them. As he advised that they have been weened onto from BS and Cyclops.
They are Microphis Brachyurus. Have kept these a few times and have had them breed.
So set up one of the spare tall cubes I have. used my trusty Ikea Janso Led which still going strong after 5 years.
Scaped with a few peices of Lava rock (from buckets outside. Just rinsed them under the hot tap, and a lots of moss balls, And a few Hydrocotyle species. And a few sprigs from the creeping jenny.
Floating plants will be Salvinia.
I have set this up with just a sponge filter for now and overdosed the tank with Bacteria to make sure no Losses and minimal bloom. Going forward longterm the filter will be a Ziss MBF (same as the ones Korey at Aquarium Co-op is using in all his stores tanks.) So i will use the ponge from this when it arrives.
Added My Shrimp as well as some red cherries. And got it going. Along, with as many critters i could find in my tubs. And then a few days later went back to get the Pipes, but all the females had been sold ( i know who has them, so will negotiate with them). So took what they had left, which I think are all males looking at the bellies.
Well they indeed had a ball once they were settled in. And were poking around all the nooks and crannies to hunt. Which was very interesting to watch. Which is why i like pipes so much. Could see they have eaten most of the cherries in the tank the next day as lots are bright red poop. Still a few cherries can be seen hiding away.
They are still taking frozen, but can see them hunting for more cherries.
So have ordered Gammarus, As these are the easiest to breed and are alot cheaper than alot of shrimp. And will add a 20 or so to this chuck the rest in a bowl with cuttings. Gammarus are also a great clean up crew.
Hoping to get hold of the females and see if they will breed.