Sharing my CRS setup

[Zenith82]

Hi just to share my process of creating my shrimp tank.
Hope you guys like it. Please feel free to comment.

Benibachi Soil

2ft Gex Tank

Mosura Old Sea Mud

Pour in media, old sea mud and BT-9

Add in soil

Level the soil

Later add another layer old sea mud

Then another layer soil

Add in water slowly

[Zenith82]

Tank filled with water

Let it cycle for 24hrs and it clears up

Prefilter

Pump Inlet

Prefilter connect to Ehiem canister

Start to run filter and cycle tank for 1 month.

Added some shrimps to test

Chiller, prefilter and canister

Tank stable, added more shrimps

[newlife]

Cool.....
Great to have people like you to share your set up...
Closer shot for your shrimps...

[Zenith82]

Added mini lettuce and frogbits

Water chilled at around 25 degrees

Added mineral rock and decorated with mini fissiden on pebbles

Shrimps frenzy

Mostly are SS grade CRS shrimps

Added US fissidens on mesh

[Zenith82]

Cool.....
Great to have people like you to share your set up...
Closer shot for your shrimps...

Thanks newlife! Will try to take more closeup pictures when I get my digital micro scope video camera.

[newlife]

Thanks newlife! Will try to take more closeup pictures when I get my digital micro scope video camera.

You are most welcome...
How long have you web running this tank???

[newlife]

Added mini lettuce and frogbits

Water chilled at around 25 degrees

Added mineral rock and decorated with mini fissiden on pebbles

Shrimps frenzy

Mostly are SS grade CRS shrimps

Added US fissidens on mesh

Nice coloration Crs you have....
Seems like they enjoy the stay in your tank....

[Kenng]

Nice shrimps, simple setup to show their beauties.

[Zenith82]

You are most welcome...
How long have you web running this tank???

What do you mean web running? I actually cycle the tank for 1 month and to speed up bacteria growth, I added microbelife niteout II to help.

[Zenith82]

Nice shrimps, simple setup to show their beauties.

Thank you for the kind comments.

[goody992828]

Nice setup! Keep it going... and I saw some pieces have transparent white, suggest u remove them so that your breeding will have better offspring.

[rcw]

Nice tank bro....

[Zenith82]

Thanks for the advices and nice comments.

[alvinchan80]

nice set up and all the best in keeping the shrimps... they look really very nice in the environment...

i think you have water lettuce and duckweed in your tank.. try to remove those duckweed (smaller leaf ones) those are kind of a pest instead of helping to suck nitrates, you might be having a surface full of duckweed to clear especially they reproduce very fast...

[RonWill]

A couple of comments/questions and please take it constructively.

Ceramic rings - that's the first time I see them used this way. Interesting idea and logic being....?

Pre-filter - how effective is that in minimizing maintenance on your eheim?

Duckweed - junk that. It will over-run and out-grow those mini-lettuce and a PITA to get rid of.

Mesh - the setup is simple and nicely done but it will look better without the mesh. Try tying the US fissidens onto a driftwood or something more natural looking.

[Zenith82]

nice set up and all the best in keeping the shrimps... they look really very nice in the environment...

i think you have water lettuce and duckweed in your tank.. try to remove those duckweed (smaller leaf ones) those are kind of a pest instead of helping to suck nitrates, you might be having a surface full of duckweed to clear especially they reproduce very fast...

Haha, yup I'm trying to remove them, they are starting to annoy me as it's over growing very fast....

[Zenith82]

Hi Ron,

Ceramic rings - that's the first time I see them used this way. Interesting idea and logic being....?
The ceramic rings are just acting as a substrate for me, just another media to help breed more bacteria.

Pre-filter - how effective is that in minimizing maintenance on your eheim?
Prefilter helps to filter particles so when time comes to washing the filter wools it's easier as I don't need to open the canister because it will take some effort to kick start it if you open your canister and air goes in.

Duckweed - junk that. It will over-run and out-grow those mini-lettuce and a PITA to get rid of.
I agree, duckweed is starting to over grow and it's kinda annoying.

Mesh - the setup is simple and nicely done but it will look better without the mesh. Try tying the US fissidens onto a driftwood or something more natural looking.
Did some on drift woods too. it's all hanging on the surface edge of my tank if you can notice.

[Zenith82]

Just to share more pics.

DW

DW hang

DW on edge of tank

DIY work in progress

Slowly piece by piece lay on DW

My complete work

How it looks like in tank

DIY fissidens on DW

Satisfied complete work

Current Tank decor

[Zenith82]

My Chocolate Shrimps

[RonWill]

Did some on drift woods too. it's all hanging on the surface edge of my tank if you can notice.

Hanging??? Sorry, no, I didn't notice but hmm... there's only one uncle I know who hang his guinea pigs on tank rims

Another thing I forgot to ask... what's the brand of the pre-filter? It appears to have a CO² inlet at the intake (between sponge and green plastic tubing). If that being the case, CO² diffusion is gonna be pretty awesome. I want one too!!

Edit: Oh... just saw your updated pics. What are you using for the guinea pigs?