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epond83 · 06-29-2009, 11:15 PM

Not sure if this should be in the planted area or here, i have a lot of fish in there too. It's a 40 gal. a bit sratched up cause my turtle use to live in there. Now i have a bunch of tetra's and plants along with an algae clean up crew. I added a picture of one of my algae eating shrimp she is holding a bunch of eggs. I've heard that they attach to lava but won't mature with out brackish water. How long do they hold the eggs for? Two of them are doing this and seems like it's been a while. Everything seems happy in there fish are always playful the anubis flowers alot and everything grows pretty fast. I don't fertilize and my nirates are lower then my tap water, tap is 5ppm and tank barley registers. In two weeks i'm moving so i plan on do a through cleaning hopefully i can stay on top of tha algae now that i know what i'm doing.
FTS

Left side

Right side

close up on the shrimp

Oh also i jsut got back from a 7 week trip so it didn't have DIY CO2 or any cleaning, friend just stopped by and feed them, didn't lose anything just some gross cleaning and plants out of control. the jungle vale was only in the back but has now decided to be a forground plant. All will be taken care of in the reset

TwistedGA · 06-29-2009, 11:30 PM

looks great!

alanvickiuk · 07-01-2009, 08:44 AM

that looks lovely shame about the scratches but still looks real nice they are the shrimp im getting i love them keep up the good work anymore plans for it

bmoraski · 07-01-2009, 09:26 AM

Tank looks nice !

epond83 · 07-01-2009, 10:50 AM

Thanks every one,

Well in a few weeks i'm going ot be moving and this tank has been set up for a while so i'm going to give the whole thing a good cleaning.

The laceleaf java fern is trying to become ground cover so i'm going to trim that um and move stuff around a bit. Probably buy some short (3inch or so) grass i saw at the pet shop and let that become ground cover.

OrangeCones · 07-02-2009, 09:17 PM

Make sure they don't try to sell you Mondo Grass. Its not aquatic.

epond83 · 07-05-2009, 11:54 PM

Ok thanks, it's a pretty good shop so i don't think they would... now i'm wondering what it was called

tom91970 · 07-07-2009, 09:04 AM

tank looks great

Matt Nace · 07-08-2009, 12:58 PM

Nice looking tank epond.

ValRasbora · 07-09-2009, 06:52 PM

Nice. Lots of colors, I like that.

06-29-2009, 11:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
epond83 Medium Fish Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 396	Pictures of my planted tank and shrimp Not sure if this should be in the planted area or here, i have a lot of fish in there too. It's a 40 gal. a bit sratched up cause my turtle use to live in there. Now i have a bunch of tetra's and plants along with an algae clean up crew. I added a picture of one of my algae eating shrimp she is holding a bunch of eggs. I've heard that they attach to lava but won't mature with out brackish water. How long do they hold the eggs for? Two of them are doing this and seems like it's been a while. Everything seems happy in there fish are always playful the anubis flowers alot and everything grows pretty fast. I don't fertilize and my nirates are lower then my tap water, tap is 5ppm and tank barley registers. In two weeks i'm moving so i plan on do a through cleaning hopefully i can stay on top of tha algae now that i know what i'm doing. FTS Left side Right side close up on the shrimp Oh also i jsut got back from a 7 week trip so it didn't have DIY CO2 or any cleaning, friend just stopped by and feed them, didn't lose anything just some gross cleaning and plants out of control. the jungle vale was only in the back but has now decided to be a forground plant. All will be taken care of in the reset Last edited by epond83; 06-29-2009 at 11:17 PM..

06-29-2009, 11:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
TwistedGA Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: May 2008 Location: Paducah, KY Posts: 85	looks great! __________________ 150g 55g 29g 20g

07-01-2009, 09:26 AM	#4 (permalink)
bmoraski Medium Fish Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 532	Tank looks nice ! __________________ 2.6G Fry ( snails + water spider ) 10G Guppies 20G Guppies, Pleco + ( Hornwort ) http://mysite.verizon.net/vzet42j1/index.html Bryan......................

07-07-2009, 09:04 AM	#8 (permalink)
tom91970 Super Fish Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Crockett, TX Posts: 1,128	tank looks great __________________ My tanks: 10g shrimp, 10g nano reef, 14g planted, 29g, 30g, 55g native and 55g planted http://jpotx113.4t.com/index_1.html "The sun shines down on a lonely town Where the fish all smile 'cause they know us" -- Everclear

07-08-2009, 12:58 PM	#9 (permalink)
Matt Nace Super Fish Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,449	Nice looking tank epond. __________________ -=Matt=- Current tanks: 125 gallon CA cichlid tank 150 gallon African Mbuna tank 10g q-hosp-fry tank

07-01-2009, 08:44 AM	#3 (permalink)
alanvickiuk Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 37	that looks lovely shame about the scratches but still looks real nice they are the shrimp im getting i love them keep up the good work anymore plans for it

07-01-2009, 10:50 AM	#5 (permalink)
epond83 Medium Fish Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 396	Thanks every one, Well in a few weeks i'm going ot be moving and this tank has been set up for a while so i'm going to give the whole thing a good cleaning. The laceleaf java fern is trying to become ground cover so i'm going to trim that um and move stuff around a bit. Probably buy some short (3inch or so) grass i saw at the pet shop and let that become ground cover.

07-02-2009, 09:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
OrangeCones Medium Fish Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: USA Posts: 385	Make sure they don't try to sell you Mondo Grass. Its not aquatic.

07-05-2009, 11:54 PM	#7 (permalink)
epond83 Medium Fish Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 396	Ok thanks, it's a pretty good shop so i don't think they would... now i'm wondering what it was called

07-09-2009, 06:52 PM	#10 (permalink)
ValRasbora Little Fish Join Date: May 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 269	Nice. Lots of colors, I like that. __________________ ValRasbora 20 gallon Got more fishies yay! 1 male marigold wag swordtail (named Freckles for the freckles he has). 4 platys; 2 red wags, 1 sunset, 1 variatus (all females I believe). 3 albino corys 4 harlequin rasboras 6 neons. plus 5 or 6 live plants (not sure what they are) oh and a snail infestation