8 gallon shrimp tank

[pranavakira]

Hi ! my 8 gallon shrimp tank

Tank SIxe :20inch (l) x 10inch (b) x 10in (h)


Flora:
Marimo Moss Ball
Java Moss
Wisteria
Crypt (parva i guess )
Pellia
Pennywort
Baby tears
Dwarf Sagittaria
Tiger Lotus
Cabomba
Ambulia(asian)
Amazon Sword Plant
Java fern.
hydrocotyle tripartita


Fauna :10 RCS,25 Indian Rainbow Shrimp(wood), 2assassin Snail, 2 adult platy and 2 Guppies(removed them), 1 baby guppy and 3 baby platy .

Filter: HOB 360ltr/hour

Currently using 15 w Halonix CFL(upgraded to 24watt Philips CFL)

Diy CO2 (removed)

lighting 8 hours

temp: 26-28C (SometIme's 25.2 )

suggestions plz on ferts , lightings and adding some more plants.
click here to view pics

[pranavakira]

Before


After








pls id the plant near lotus the clover shaped one? and how to get rid of the algae in driftwood !

[pranavakira]

one week (update)

shrimps show better colour :dance: but!! oil film appearing in the surface!! any ideas to clear it !! HOB is not able to remove it
ambulia on the left and cabomba on the right !! reducing temperature till 26.3 c using sun sun fan on the top , white hairs on peila moss !! are these rhizoids. or any algae,
.

[pranavakira]

New additions

2 Nerite Snail(Zebra)







are red leaves sign of new growth


plastic bamboo Shrimp Caves ( i can see fries inside them )

Pearling Powder (a white powder a friend of mine gave me ) since he's moving (but scared to try it in shrimp tank ( in fear of copper contents in it) has anyone used it he had bought that from kolathur a month ago . appear to be a white powder .

[pranavakira]

2 nerites above and Assasin below

[pranavakira]

Identify these stem plants !! tey whr not growing on low light and had got them longtime when i bought shrimps these whr in the packet to reduce the stress of the shrimps the red one with the green one and green one with wisteria what are these three plants one appears to be lookalike hygrophilla suset and other Hygrophila corymbosa , is red one Ludiwiga but pls identify them!!

















got algae growing on wisteria . shall i remove the leaves ! and plant the new stem growing !!! (its staghorn now spreading to all the plants)

[magpie]

Hi pal, nice selection of plants. The red tiger lotus should be placed right below or behind the driftwood with moss as its leaves will shoot up and covered your front left tank when it grown.

[pranavakira]

Gave Wisteria a massive trim till its stump!! the ambulia looks better after that







The vallisneria is back with a bang!! i thought the entire plant is dead !! but i guess its bulb was there in the substrate and it is recovering! :thumbup:

[Peanut8787]

It look wild scape. Nicely done

[Andy Woo]

Nice set up bro .

[felix_fx2]

Hi there,

Good job doing up the journal.
Your algae on driftwood is BBA. I know of someone who has a wall of them... beauty is in the eye of the beholder and he's loving it. (i actually wish i could see it again )
Do you have access to Seachem's Excel or hydrogen peroxide (h2o2)? your shrimp might snack on it after it takes a 5 minute bath from them.. but take heed you might miss them.