Advise on setting up a 2ft planted shrimp tank

[silane]

I have to admit that this piece from Spid is really good and hard to come by. For the other sources of yours, I have seen his quality, it is sort of like from LFS.

[Wackytpt]

Hope more will produce like that.

Then I will be a happy man sitting in front of my tank and looking at them.

Got to said that pictures from You and Spid re-ignite my passion to keep them again.

And hope Singapore LFS or breeder can get in/breed such quality TFR.

Cheers

[silane]

Many has bought FR and they breed, unfornately, not many are able to breed shrimps that is high quality TWFR standard. The throw out is quite high even from high quality TWFR.

[Wackytpt]

Thanks for the point out.

Learn something new.

[eeeeemo]

hey your shrimps look fabulous!!! and i like the placement of your driftwood!
time for my own shrimp tank to buck up. right now only have one or two malayans inside to test water...

what is your maintenance regime going to be like?
do you have to roll the marimo balls around?

[Ebi]

Finally we get to see your setup. Nice Tank and nice shrimps. Did you pour red gloss paint on the shrimp?
Really nice TWFR. Hope you get a bunch of similar quality offsprings as Hong Bao...

By the way, is that the nisso tank you were talking about?

[Spid]

Dear all,

Here is the update of my tank. In the end, I didn't do a planted shrimp tank but a semi one.

Tank Setup



Substrate

1. ADA Amazonia II

Plants

Petite Nanas
fissidens nobilis on mesh and driftwood.
mini needle java fern
Marino Balls

Filteration & Equipment

1. Eheim 2213 (Linked outlet to Hang on Filter Casing)

Hang On Filter



2. Hamburg MAtten Filter
3. Fan

Fauna

1. Taiwan Fire Red

Mummy to be Taiwan Fire Red Shrimp (Pardon the poor shot as didn't setup the proper photography setup)


2. Corydoras Hastatus
3. L144 ( will take them out in the near future)

Enjoy the updates and thanks to fellow bros like Jojoe, Spid, Ebi, Marle & Silane for the advise.

Feel free to comment.

Next quest is to look for more quality fire red shirmps.

Cheers
Nicholas

That piece is so disgusting! HaHa. That macro shot simply kills me!

Wonderful shot there and I can tell you that tank seemed to be a wonderful breeding place for those guys. Good job!

[marle]

Hi Wackytpt,

great to see your breeding tank! my bet is more people will want to get TWFR after seeing your pics!

[eeeeemo]

do twfr breed in 28degC??

[Wackytpt]

hey your shrimps look fabulous!!! and i like the placement of your driftwood!
time for my own shrimp tank to buck up. right now only have one or two malayans inside to test water...

what is your maintenance regime going to be like?
do you have to roll the marimo balls around?

Regular water change and will need to roll the marimo balls.

Finally we get to see your setup. Nice Tank and nice shrimps. Did you pour red gloss paint on the shrimp?
Really nice TWFR. Hope you get a bunch of similar quality offsprings as Hong Bao...

By the way, is that the nisso tank you were talking about?

Thanks for the comment. Shrimps is as real as it is. I didn't do any photoshop to the colour of it. I do hope I can get quality ones. But some expert gave me pointers it is not easy to breed quality one.

Yes this is the nisso tank (Actually it is 5 plan) tank.

That piece is so disgusting! HaHa. That macro shot simply kills me!

Wonderful shot there and I can tell you that tank seemed to be a wonderful breeding place for those guys. Good job!

Can arrange to come take some picture of your shrimps. Haha. Or you t-loan me some to shoot.

Hi Wackytpt,

great to see your breeding tank! my bet is more people will want to get TWFR after seeing your pics!

I am luckily that members in the forum assist me in getting them and letting go some to me.

do twfr breed in 28degC??

My current temperature is between 26.3 to around 27? At times can hit 25.6.

Cheers

[Ebi]

Hi Wackytpt san,

These are the Clithon Coronas I was talking about. Think they are also called horned nerites, bumblebee or porcupine snails, etc. Not sure if there is any difference though.

They do a terrific job of cleaning out the algae from the glass and sponge, but the shrimp tank soft water conditions may not be conducive to the snails. Anyway they only breed in brackish water so no worries about over-population issues.

There's quite a lot of write up on these snails on the internet. Actually they can be found in the estuaries of our local shorelines as well (read from an article by our local nature guys but can't find the link now )
Here's the weblink where i got the foto: http://www.leopardaquatic.com/shrimpsnail.html

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[silane]

Blackish water snails are not suitable for shrimps tank with acidic water. The shells will be corruded or pitted after a period of time in such water.

[Wackytpt]

Hi Silane,

Is there any alage eater fauna that we can introduce into a shrimp tank?

Cheers

[silane]

Hi Nic,

You can use virgin snail. I like to use Ramhorn, put a young small one into a tank. They can be hard working when get bigger.

Select a small ramhorn before sexual maturity and put in your shrimp tank to prevent them from breeding.

[Wackytpt]

Silane,

Point noted.

But won't the ramhorn snail's shell faced the same problem as the horned nerites?

Or they need different water parameters?

Thanks

[Ebi]

Hi Wackytpt-san,

Thanks for the "stuff" and tour. Still in quarantine though. Think will remain in quarantine until I rid the tanks of all hydras.

[silane]

Silane,

Point noted.

But won't the ramhorn snail's shell faced the same problem as the horned nerites?

Or they need different water parameters?

Thanks

They maybe roughened in some cases, not as bad as nerites snail in acidic water shrimp tanks.