Re: Aquanano40 CRShrimp tank....new pics.
Piece-of-fish said:
Beautiful looking shrimp and tank, ehh.
With your selection of plants I would leave only 18w light. Everything will grow perfectly well.
In such a relatively big shrimp tank 10 CRS will thrive with no extra feeding at all also. You can treat them occasionally with a solid pellet but dont keep it to long in the tank. 1-2 hours would do. The fact they are not interested means they are more than happy as it is. And they do look like it from the vids. These pictures you are referring to have relatively high density shrimp populated systems.
Well done
Thanks Ed,
yeah i think with 18w everything would grow well, but the colour rendition is pretty drab to be honest and with the more yellow of the hagen unit the tank looks more vibrant. The aqua one bulbs only come in 2 types and the alternative one is even bluer i think.....unless i can source different pl bulbs elsewhere. Ive raised the 18w light unit to about 15cm above the water surface at the moment.
Yeah the times ive seen the swarming has been on very densely populated tanks, probably more sparsely planted too. Ill maybe try occasional treats just to judge their hunger and ensure they are getting enough food
Whitey89 said:
Hows this coming along Ady mate?
Are the CRS doing well?
Thinking of getting myself some taiwan bees for my 'Ryuoh Ravine'
Taiwan bees sound cool, but ill have to google image them.
CRS are doing really good mate, some of them are getting pretty big now, probably growing fast due to the recent warmer weather weve been having and consequent higher tank temps, was up to 24 degrees celcius yesterday....thats the highest its been. They have been much more active in the past few days, but i suppose that goes hand in hand with warmer temps as theyll need to forage more for food to increase growth rates.
Also, dont want to speak too soon but staghorn seems to be slowly reducing with every week filter cleans and consistency of liquid carbon dosing. Im down to 25% weekly water changes, 1ml daily easycarb and half ei dosing, could prob reduce fert dosing a little more as tds is rising by about 5ppm during the week, but nothing to worry about. Plant growth rates are v. slow, but thats not a problem, just makes maintaining it easier
May try swapping the rotala for something else as a background though as this is at a standstill, myriophyllum or maybe ludwigia repens for a splash of colour....although rotala is supposed to be very easy so something is lacking still....c02!
Really fancied some vallis nana as that would have looked great, but liquid carbon and v low carbonate water = no go.
Cheerio,
Ady.
