Joydiv 2 Feet Tank

**joydiv** · 13th Oct 2008, 23:12

Been cycling for close to 3 months now. No co2, going to try sulawesi shrimps in them again. It seems not many people are still into them anymore.

Hopefully it will work better.

I have tried with bare tank with mostly rocks but the mortality rate was high perhaps a heavily planted tank might work.

PH is close to 8 and the TDS is 250.

**natureAddict** · 13th Oct 2008, 23:26

looks nice. feel like going in for a dive

I see some happy shrimps already. good luck with your sulawesi

**EvolutionZ** · 13th Oct 2008, 23:33

wow! i love that wood on rock combo! great job!

**weeyang19** · 13th Oct 2008, 23:45

Hi bro nice scaping there,.... How big is ur tank size,...?

**Quixotic** · 14th Oct 2008, 03:23

Cycling close to 3 months? That should be really good. Let us know the results, say 2 months after introducing them in your tank, yeah?

Psst, how did you keep the pH that high? I see some soil(?) in there, which supposedly makes the water acidic.

**joydiv** · 14th Oct 2008, 11:49

The tank is the standard 60 X 30 X 36. 2 feet.

Have coral chips in one compartment of the filter, this keep the ph up.

Previously I used marine sand and rocks only for the set up and kept the sula shrimps. Didnt work.
After 3 mth of the 30 I introduce left 3 surviving. So I thought I would use a different approach.
Let's hope this time result will be better.
By the way, heard that the shrimps supply is dwindling.. wonder if its true.

**marle** · 14th Oct 2008, 11:54

Your tank looks really good and with great pH parameters. Becareful of the anubias and crypts though.

**randchai** · 14th Oct 2008, 14:14

Do you use a chiller or fan in your setup ? Wondering wats the temp in your tank... Seems your mosses growing pretty well... Great job !

**juggler** · 14th Oct 2008, 16:15

Nice setup. Plants looked healthy.

I notice you keeping some Furcata Rainbow. Are they easy to keep?
How's their temperament? Any suggested number for a 1 ft cube I am keeping?

**joydiv** · 14th Oct 2008, 22:46

No fan and chiller, ambient temp arnd 26 to 29, 26 with the aircon on.

They are relatively easy to keep, but I think they are very active and greedy fish and need ample swimming room. I have 4 in a 2 feet, 3 female and a lone male.
They are the survivor of 10 which I bought and placed in a 1.5 feet tank.
Guess for 1 feet I wouldnt go above 6. BTW they can get really large, I have seen some male which are more than 3 inches TL.

**Quixotic** · 15th Oct 2008, 02:14

Originally Posted by joydiv

By the way, heard that the shrimps supply is dwindling.. wonder if its true.

Didn't hear anything, but if it is true, I wouldn't be surprised. Seems like the number of offsprings from breeding is pretty low, haven't heard of anyone breeding them successfully in the masses.

Good luck.

**joydiv** · 15th Oct 2008, 11:48

They are difficult to breed, most breeding reports come from female carrying eggs when they are caught.
Each brood number no more than 15. So guess they aren't really prolific. a pity such nice shrimps are so difficult to keep.

**uklau** · 15th Oct 2008, 13:27

Originally Posted by joydiv

The tank is the standard 60 X 30 X 36. 2 feet.

That's a huge tank

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One great looking tank! So natural.

**littlerat08** · 16th Oct 2008, 17:43

Hi Joydiv,

littlerat here. nice tank that uyou have. can bring some Sulaweisi on your next trip back... saw a few shops carry, the Seletar had some fresh supply about 15 last week. saw some in Hougang Ave 8 and also CRS Haven in Tampines where I bought the " Pinocuio" or long nose shrimps

**troyz** · 19th Oct 2008, 21:10

yo bro, i always like to see your tank...always different style of scape
you are coming out with

**joydiv** · 19th Oct 2008, 22:02

Thanks troyz, so do you have any projects coming along? Post them and we can exchange pointers.

Here are some of the inhabitants, they are very difficult to spot in the tanks!

Baby Sulawesi snails, they reproduce!

Wild form of the cherry shrimp

**slacker04** · 20th Oct 2008, 09:46

Wow...Flora and fauna looking great bro...Great job

**pohrichard** · 21st Oct 2008, 00:27

Very nice setup. A friend give me a very nice 1.5ft Japan make tank with curve front and build in overflow ISO behind. It should be a marine tank as the cover was fit with 2 blue/white PL light, 2 dark blue LED and fan. I am very "shua gu", still try to figure out how the ISO system work. May like to try on plants and shrimps tank if got time. Need advice from brothers and sisters here when the project start. Thanks.

**joydiv** · 21st Oct 2008, 23:14

More inhabitants of the tank, went to the supplier and just asked him to give me assorted sula shrimps, now the wait, see if they will all survive long term.

Don;t think this is spongicola, It should be another sp, heard from supplier these are not found with the sponges. Anyone can confirm?

At the moment no Caridinal white spot, if all esle fails then perhaps will add it into the tank.