[NANO] Fluval Flora 30l

[Iain Sutherland]

Nice looking nano paulo, low tech nanos are so satisfying!!
Do your hamshorns float about the tank and at the surface?? Mine do in all my tanks...

Thanks Iain, yes they do that in all my tanks too, the craziest thing ever lol

thanks, i was beginning to think it was just mine that are a bit 'special'

 

[LondonDragon]

Another quick video



Thanks for looking

 

[sr20det]

Any plans for fish, or a dedicated yellow shrimp tank?

 

[LondonDragon]

Any plans for fish, or a dedicated yellow shrimp tank?

I have tested the tank with 3 types of fish and they all keep jumping out the tank and because of the wood there is not way to place the cover, so it will remain just as a shrimp tank for now.

 

[Aqua sobriquet]

I thought Shrimp climb out as well if you don't have a lid on?

 

[LondonDragon]

I thought Shrimp climb out as well if you don't have a lid on?

If you leave a 2cm gap at the top then they are ok. just don't fill it to the brim!

 

[Ady34]

I thought Shrimp climb out as well if you don't have a lid on?

If you leave a 2cm gap at the top then they are ok. just don't fill it to the brim!

Thats good info to know, when im cycled an ready i could have ended up with shrimp lemmings!

 

[Aqua sobriquet]

Yes indeed, that is worth knowing!

 

[sr20det]

Any plans for fish, or a dedicated yellow shrimp tank?

I have tested the tank with 3 types of fish and they all keep jumping out the tank and because of the wood there is not way to place the cover, so it will remain just as a shrimp tank for now.

Cool, could add some flexi netting, on a frame that would stretch over the wood? But if it is to be a dedicated shrimp then yeah, why not. Those yellow shrimp are lovely.

I think i need to get some more red ramshorn snails, got a few (well 3 I think) but I think I need more, dont think mine are breeding yet.

 

[LondonDragon]

quick update, disaster struck! Found a dragon fly in my study last week and last night noticed another larvae in the tank, so to get it out had to strip the tank down now have to replant it all again, maybe tomorrow! :? :?

So here is how it looks at the moment lol

:? :?

 

[sr20det]

quick update, disaster struck! Found a dragon fly in my study last week and last night noticed another larvae in the tank, so to get it out had to strip the tank down now have to replant it all again, maybe tomorrow! :? :?

So here is how it looks at the moment lol

:? :?

Damn, sad news, good thing mind, heard they have a taste for shrimp.

 

[AAB]

quick update, disaster struck! Found a dragon fly in my study last week and last night noticed another larvae in the tank, so to get it out had to strip the tank down now have to replant it all again, maybe tomorrow! :? :?

So here is how it looks at the moment lol

:? :?

Apologies for my ignorance, but what is so bad about a dragon fly that it warrants stripping the whole tank down?

 

[Antipofish]

They eat shrimp apparently !

 

[AAB]

They eat shrimp apparently !

Can they go deep down under water?

 

[sr20det]

They eat shrimp apparently !

They eat fish too, tetras make an easy meal for the bigger larvae. Watch vids on you tube of them pouncing. Eat anything it can catch I believe.

 

[sr20det]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD5wsoyc ... ata_player

Edit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W557aSVd ... ata_player

 

[Emyr]

That is brutal!!

 

[LondonDragon]

Yep it was one exactly like that and a few shrimp disappeared in the process so had to get it out! expensive meal!

 

[AAB]

Wow, that is gross. I don't think I am ever going to open my windows again.

 

[Westyggx]

wow that is crazy!