My mini cherry shrimp tank

[Lubber Duckie]

This tank is about 3 months old.

Setup:
1x tank (L17cm x B11cm x H15cm)
1x gex soil (approx. 300ml) & water

What's inside:
1x plantation of hairgrass
xx Cherry Shrimps

Easiest setup which requires only top up now and then.



C & C welcome

[sea_maestro]

Yelo 'Lubber Duckie'! Neat and fuss free setup you got there. I like!!

[torque6]

maybe alechim should see here, your tank's HG is doing fair better than mine in high tech in 3 months. Well done.

[StanChung]

Ha! Well done! No fertilisation?

[vurbul]

No filter either?

[Lubber Duckie]

No filter & fertiliser.
Simple & hassle free.
Recommended for lazy people.
This is my experimental setup & it works.

[Jervis]

Hairgrass at its best! Well done!

[Aquaculture]

Nice lush growth of hairgrass. May I suggest putting a small rock in the middle as a focal point.

[insider]

No mosquito laid egg on the water?

[emmanuelwoon]

may i know how many watts of lighting do u have there ?

[Jervis]

Probably 7W to 9W... I see another interesting tank in your first picture... is that a vivarium?

I am inspired by you... will start a similar tank soon

[Lubber Duckie]

Nice lush growth of hairgrass. May I suggest putting a small rock in the middle as a focal point.

Thanks for the suggestion, I've just tried putting the rock in, but it's looks awkward to me.

No mosquito laid egg on the water?

No mosquitos, yet.
Employed a venus flytrap in my vivarium to attract insects.

may i know how many watts of lighting do u have there ?

7W, switched on prolly once a week, to prevent algae.
Anyway, tank is 1m away from window.

Probably 7W to 9W... I see another interesting tank in your first picture... is that a vivarium?
I am inspired by you... will start a similar tank soon

Yep, a vivarium, photos in vivarium section.
I'm thinking of setting up more similar tanks too! haha
I believe gex soil made the difference.
I swear by it now.

[Jervis]

You on your light once a week? Now that's really interesting

[Verminator]

35 Litre tank?

[k3nlim]

Perhaps it is getting lighting from the window? Nice field of HG you got there...

[torque6]

Lights on once a week ? are you kidding ? seems its not the clip on doing the work but the sunlight from the window enticing the HG to flourish.

[Lubber Duckie]

Lights on once a week ? are you kidding ? seems its not the clip on doing the work but the sunlight from the window enticing the HG to flourish.

Definitely the sunlight, the window is unblocked and I noticed the side nearer to the window is growing slightly taller.
However, there is no direct sunlight contact.
The lamp was only purchased about 2-3 weeks ago.
I feel that the lamp is too warm for the shrimplets.

[blue33]

I notice the HG is not spreading much as you can see the rooting is not spreading alot, most of them is the original position when you planted them, and it is growing upwards and thicker only, is not spreading i believe. I do agree Gex soil is pretty good with HG, my HG is having a very good spread on my tank also, not only HG but also Glosso. Minimum sunlight is better than man made light if you can control the light passing through the tank.

[Fei Miao]

Amazed at the lack of algae despite no water change

[darren1987]

wow... amazing tank you got there.. without algae and with only on the light once a week... good job...