Denizens of Nav's shrimp tank

[Navanod]

Some recent shots of a big mosura

[sunnydaze]

Hi Navanod, is that ADA soil you are using?

[Kenng]

Nice but the white seems to be fading.
BTW what is the blue print fish in the front?

[Navanod]

Hi Navanod, is that ADA soil you are using?

Yes, Amazonia II

Nice but the white seems to be fading.
BTW what is the blue print fish in the front?

Very sharp eyes. This guy has the best patterns in my tank but very golden tint and slightly faded colors. Feeding good stuff now in the hope that it'll improve, although I think its genetic and cannot be helped.

Blue print fish? Hahaha!! You mean this:

http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...860#post565860

[alvinchan80]

Bro Nav, how come I dont see the fine powder soil on your substrate? Just realized mine is very very fine like powder...
Guess I have to wash my filter once when cycle done..

Oh ya, my shrimps are just like yours.. Color fade as they grow older.. Haix.. What good stuff u feeding? :P

[redmap]

The adults feeding


Painted Red


Zoom out tank shots



hi bro, i like your tank setup nice especially the rocks and can see clearly where the shripms.where u bought the marimo lawn?what the plants name at the far corner.i seem got this plant in my tank but grow very slow and not so good like yours.can ask what soil you use

[redmap]

sorry misout above readings. but find your amazonia II soil very solid..i bought twice from lfs turned out fine powder very fast.that why put another layer of soil.

[Navanod]

Bro Nav, how come I dont see the fine powder soil on your substrate? Just realized mine is very very fine like powder...
Guess I have to wash my filter once when cycle done..

Oh ya, my shrimps are just like yours.. Color fade as they grow older.. Haix.. What good stuff u feeding? :P

The fine powder is only on the front glass, so that the soil part in front looks dark and even. The rest are used in spots where I wanted to top up but not everything...I think the ADA soil looks more natural as a top soil so I'm not going all out to cover with powder.

Good stuff? Secret...hehehe, but I think the key is variety. Cannot expect them to eat only one type of food and expect a balanced diet right?

hi bro, i like your tank setup nice especially the rocks and can see clearly where the shripms.where u bought the marimo lawn?what the plants name at the far corner.i seem got this plant in my tank but grow very slow and not so good like yours.can ask what soil you use

Thank you. The marimo balls can be found at most LFS. The lawn is DIY using mesh and fishing lines.
Which plant? I have hornwort, HC, US Fissiden and Zipper moss in the tank. Soil is ADA Amazonia II. Check out my project log for more info.

[alvinchan80]

haha.. so secretive.. must be some secret home-made recipe right? hahahaha...

understand.. Anyway, I have added mine to be fully covered top soil with powder soil... but i foresee once i try to dig in or plant something, the big granula soil will be dug out..

[redmap]

Which plant? I have hornwort, HC, US Fissiden and Zipper moss in the tank. Soil is ADA Amazonia II. Check out my project log for more info.[/QUOTE]

bro,your HC looks grows well from pics.mine still far from yours.do you put fert?will it affect shrimps?me only co2.

[Navanod]

haha.. so secretive.. must be some secret home-made recipe right? hahahaha...

understand.. Anyway, I have added mine to be fully covered top soil with powder soil... but i foresee once i try to dig in or plant something, the big granula soil will be dug out..

No lah...food all bought from LFS. I just wanna be sure if they work before posting...otherwise you go and buy waste money

bro,your HC looks grows well from pics.mine still far from yours.do you put fert?will it affect shrimps?me only co2.

Yes, I'm dosing ferts. Nope, the shrimps don't care as long as nitrate is not too high.
But Bro, for plants, can discuss at the plant section?
This section more for shrimps, snails and other livestocks. Thanks

[Navanod]

One of the painted fire reds had turned very very dark...I don't know why.
I hope its not a sign that its going to expire soon from old age




Here's one of the normal fire reds taken with the same camera settings for comparison

[alvinchan80]

One of the painted fire reds had turned very very dark...I don't know why.
I hope its not a sign that its going to expire soon from old age




Here's one of the normal fire reds taken with the same camera settings for comparison

Wah!!! OMFG!!! So solid red!!!
Very beautiful color... No wonder you so excited about it... Lol...

Compare the CRS to the fire red... Lol... (CRS happened to be passing by huh?)

[avex30]

Hi bro nice tank same like u i got 2 cardinal on impulse currently they are in my 1ft tank with sakura, low grade bee, mix tiger, 1 golden eye blue tiger, snowball,neon green, yellow.

My Ph is about 7.4
GH- unknown
KH- unknown
Temp range is 24-26.5

The 1st time i introduce them in after acclimatization. 1 of them nearly cannot make it I kept seeing swin upwards than just sink down and lay there for like few sec lifeless i thought gone case $6 down the drain. Decided to leave them alone however the next day i saw them start picking on the woods and moss. almost 3 weeks since i have them.

[Navanod]

Hi bro nice tank same like u i got 2 cardinal on impulse currently they are in my 1ft tank with sakura, low grade bee, mix tiger, 1 golden eye blue tiger, snowball,neon green, yellow.

My Ph is about 7.4
GH- unknown
KH- unknown
Temp range is 24-26.5

The 1st time i introduce them in after acclimatization. 1 of them nearly cannot make it I kept seeing swin upwards than just sink down and lay there for like few sec lifeless i thought gone case $6 down the drain. Decided to leave them alone however the next day i saw them start picking on the woods and moss. almost 3 weeks since i have them.

I added 7 more lately (total 8 in tank) but most didn't make it because I can only find 4 now.
Either they're hiding really well, or RIP already...perhaps I need to rethink this experiment

[avex30]

Hmm i think it might not work it may stay alive for sometimes. 1 of my pcs RIP this morning. Left one pcs still swimming here and there i hope it will last longer. Planning to start a small community with my spare nano temp since they do not need chiller.

[boneshag]

Bro.. ur pics damn poison... now i wanna go buy more shrimps from C328...

[marimo]

oooh my eyes pop out
one of my FR female also appear dark inside, maybe she's old ?

[intelsys]

Bro Nav, what is the chiller that you are using?

[Navanod]

Used to be on a Resun 1/4HP. Now on an Arctica 1/4HP.