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40g Blue Diamond + SS CRS

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Hey Guys!!

I left the shrimp world in November last year due to moving and only being allowed 1 tank :( So I kept my high tech for a while, but the shrimp bug kept pulling on me and I decided to give in lol

I just converted back to low tech and threw together a simple home for the shrimp. Nothing super fancy, but it should grow in and look interesting with lots of Neos crawling around.
Tank
40g Breeder
Aquariumplants.com substrate
Osmocote + Root Tabs
2x24w 10k T5 HO Odyysea
SunSun 303A Canister Filter
Hydor Inline Heater
UV Sterilizer Inline

Flora
-Pellia or Subwassertang (honestly dont know)
-Anubias nana
-Rotala rutondifolia
-Hygrophila angustofolia
-Hygrophila diformis
-Marsilea minuta
-Ludwigia repens X arcuata
-Brazilian pennywort
-Bacopa caroliana
-Crypt wendtii (green gecko)
-Echinodorus tenellus

Fauna
-Clown Pleco (currently in the process of finding a new home for this guy)
-3x Otocinclus (staying)
-1x Amano (staying, but I want a few more)
-Soon to be Blue Velvet Neocaridina when I can order them :D

Water Parameters
-75 degrees
-pure SoCal tap water (super hard and pH around 7.9)

Pics (3/29/13) (PS - I turned my drop checker into a gush pod lol)






Also, This was my last thriving PFR/RCS tank from last year. It was Taiwan moss heaven in there lol
 
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#107 ·
I love the CRS! They're so cute! :D
 
#114 ·
My hang on breeder was difficult to maintain. I was having trouble balancing the light and water parameters in such a shallow tank with the water being calibrated for the main. SO, I decided to let the algae take over on the walls of it. Now it isn't easy to see in from the outside, but it allows me to grow high light plants now :D

It has become a mini downoi farm for me :D

 
#120 ·
(Just so you know I liked the pic, not the horror story)
I'm sorry to hear about the rest of your shrimp, sounds like you could do with some more? (I suggest a slower transition between waters so they don't go into shock, they not very hardy animals IMO)
 
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