Hello All,
My name is Murray and I will do whatever it takes to make a shrimp habitat that is successful
My previous exploits failed so I emptied the tank and gave it a good preparation clean in preparation for trying again - And here I am.
This is my first ever "fish" tank - I look forward to enjoying the experience whilst learning.
Here are the details:
Tank - Dennerle 60L (38cm x 38cm x 43cm)
Filtration - Dennerle Eckfilter XL
Lighting - Dennerle 11w x2 (Will be on timers around 5 hours? TBC)
Substrate - Tropica Plant Growth capped with Dennerle Sulawesi Black Fine Gravel
Heating - 100w Nano Filter
Aeration - Eheim 100 & aqua Music mini air stone.
Hardscape - Seiryu Stone & Redmoor Root Wood
Ferts - Tropica Premium & Probably Specialised & Mosura BT9 / Old Sea Mud Powder
Plants (Provisional) - Echinodorus impaii, Eleocharis sp, Cryptocoryne wendtii brown, Eleocharis sp. 'mini', Echinodorus rose, Hottonia palustris, Ludwigia repens 'Rubin' , Fissidens Fontanus, Coral Pelia and finally Amazon Forgot.
Livestock - Sakura or Cherry Shrimp ( Would love to have CRS aided by our TDS 37 soft water but am finding my feet with an easier to handle shrimp)
Today I added the Mosura old sea mud powder then Tropica Substrate topped with the gravel.
Here are the photos:
I realise the brown band round the bottom may look slightly unpleasing to the eye to some - Personally I do not mind it so much and hope that the plants and shrimp will catch the eye.
Hardscape:
I have soaked the Redmoor and wanted to have a look at it and the Seiryu in situ before committing to plants as space may be limited.
Here is a rough idea of the layout (I have decided to stick with the layout in shot two for the time being)
Tonight I will be researching plants trying to finalise myself so I can place an order.
Just trying to work out whether or not to cover most of the Redmoor in Fissidens?
Look forward to posting the next update!
Thanks for your time.
Best wishes,
Murray
My name is Murray and I will do whatever it takes to make a shrimp habitat that is successful
My previous exploits failed so I emptied the tank and gave it a good preparation clean in preparation for trying again - And here I am.
This is my first ever "fish" tank - I look forward to enjoying the experience whilst learning.
Here are the details:
Tank - Dennerle 60L (38cm x 38cm x 43cm)
Filtration - Dennerle Eckfilter XL
Lighting - Dennerle 11w x2 (Will be on timers around 5 hours? TBC)
Substrate - Tropica Plant Growth capped with Dennerle Sulawesi Black Fine Gravel
Heating - 100w Nano Filter
Aeration - Eheim 100 & aqua Music mini air stone.
Hardscape - Seiryu Stone & Redmoor Root Wood
Ferts - Tropica Premium & Probably Specialised & Mosura BT9 / Old Sea Mud Powder
Plants (Provisional) - Echinodorus impaii, Eleocharis sp, Cryptocoryne wendtii brown, Eleocharis sp. 'mini', Echinodorus rose, Hottonia palustris, Ludwigia repens 'Rubin' , Fissidens Fontanus, Coral Pelia and finally Amazon Forgot.
Livestock - Sakura or Cherry Shrimp ( Would love to have CRS aided by our TDS 37 soft water but am finding my feet with an easier to handle shrimp)
Today I added the Mosura old sea mud powder then Tropica Substrate topped with the gravel.
Here are the photos:
I realise the brown band round the bottom may look slightly unpleasing to the eye to some - Personally I do not mind it so much and hope that the plants and shrimp will catch the eye.
Hardscape:
I have soaked the Redmoor and wanted to have a look at it and the Seiryu in situ before committing to plants as space may be limited.
Here is a rough idea of the layout (I have decided to stick with the layout in shot two for the time being)
Tonight I will be researching plants trying to finalise myself so I can place an order.
Just trying to work out whether or not to cover most of the Redmoor in Fissidens?
Look forward to posting the next update!
Thanks for your time.
Best wishes,
Murray