Hello everyone,
Wanted to share a fun little setup I have been running for a while now.
I must mention that I am no pro shrimp keeper/breeder by any means. I like RCS and a few extra home bred shrimps come in handy for my other planted tanks. Thats basically why I keep them.
Its a
-15x12x12in(roughly 30l)
-filtered by a big sponge filter
-aquasoil substrate
-a couple of extra crypts from other tank
-a couple of driftwood pieces
-It has easily over 100 shrimps
-I change about 80% water weekly(2x40%)
I dedicated this tank to shrimps back in january this year when the population in community setup was declined to barely 6 RCS. Since then this is second generation of shrimps. Sometimes I do think about culling to improve the strain but couldnt do that yet full fledged.
A FTS
shrimps feasting on flakes..
one of the older generation adults
A bug that appeared out of nowhere into this setup. Very amusing to watch it swim, doesnt seem to prey on shrimps, I wonder how is it alive?
a close-up
Some old pictures from February..
You can see a mosquito larve enjoying algae wafer along weth shrimps, yep I have all sorts of critters in this tank.
Best shrimp in my lot
I hope you enjoy the pictures.
Cheers!
Hamza
Wanted to share a fun little setup I have been running for a while now.
I must mention that I am no pro shrimp keeper/breeder by any means. I like RCS and a few extra home bred shrimps come in handy for my other planted tanks. Thats basically why I keep them.
Its a
-15x12x12in(roughly 30l)
-filtered by a big sponge filter
-aquasoil substrate
-a couple of extra crypts from other tank
-a couple of driftwood pieces
-It has easily over 100 shrimps
-I change about 80% water weekly(2x40%)
I dedicated this tank to shrimps back in january this year when the population in community setup was declined to barely 6 RCS. Since then this is second generation of shrimps. Sometimes I do think about culling to improve the strain but couldnt do that yet full fledged.
A FTS
shrimps feasting on flakes..
one of the older generation adults
A bug that appeared out of nowhere into this setup. Very amusing to watch it swim, doesnt seem to prey on shrimps, I wonder how is it alive?
a close-up
Some old pictures from February..
You can see a mosquito larve enjoying algae wafer along weth shrimps, yep I have all sorts of critters in this tank.
Best shrimp in my lot
I hope you enjoy the pictures.
Cheers!
Hamza
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