White Cloud Mountain Minnow 30l Tank

[yshif]

I've got eight white clouds in this 30l Tetra art tank, 11w of light, cycled with mature filter media and filter replaced with a fluval1+ for added filtration, all water stats now looking perfect. Planting is Hygrophila Polysperma, java fern, Vallis Torta, and I'm going to add a little java moss.

I think I'm fully stocked - what do you think - I do not want to overstock - anything I could add (but I'm quite happy )? I'd quite like a snail to deal with any algae that develops - any thoughts on that.

Comments v. welcome as I'm a noobie

I love these WCMM's!

 

[veil92]

IMO its stocked enough.
The tank looks good. It'll look even better when the plants fill it out.

EDIT: Oops as in stocking, I was only thinking fish wise. I agree with Kniesh. I would suggest an otto or 2 but it seems there's no need for one in your tank. Cherry shrimp would definitely look good in your tank.

 

[kniesh]

Very nice tank, its refreshing to see Minnows used for something other than to feed bigger fish. I think you could defiinately add some sort of snail and you could probably add some shrimp too so long as you keep on top of water changes I dont see any problems there. Just set my 10gal up pretty similar to this, It's just got 3 minnows in, (although I keep about 25 in my 40gal with my Fire Bellied Toads), and I am putting a few differing species of shrimp in there too.

 

[yshif]

Very nice tank, its refreshing to see Minnows used for something other than to feed bigger fish. I think you could defiinately add some sort of snail and you could probably add some shrimp too so long as you keep on top of water changes I dont see any problems there. Just set my 10gal up pretty similar to this, It's just got 3 minnows in, (although I keep about 25 in my 40gal with my Fire Bellied Toads), and I am putting a few differing species of shrimp in there too.

How many shrimp should I add - v. interested in this idea - would 5 be ok? Thanks guys

 

[jacko9901]

great looking tank

 

[freddythefish]

great tank mate
I would go for about 3 personally or maybe 5 cherry shrimps...although I am no shrimp expert...

 

[pinkdolphin_113]

i think cherry shrimp would look good in there because of the red on the minnow.
very nice colouration

 

[kniesh]

Hi, yeah 5 Shrimp would not be a problem, I forgot to mention in my Pm, you might want to consider a very small piece of bogwood. This will allow a small algae colony to constantly be available, and the micro-organisms that live on the algae for the shrimp,and any baby shrimp they may have especially. Nothing that will stand out too much on the current decor, just a small piece you could blend in with it. Keep us posted with pics for when u add them

 

[poconoboss]

Nice tank!

I like White Clouds, I am hoping to find some long fin variety like these:

 

[kniesh]

Now that is a fish. Never seen them before but i want some.

 

[yshif]

Now that is a fish. Never seen them before but i want some.

Cool aren't they. I can't find any

 

[paul_219]

Very nice tank looking gr8.

 

[TylerFerretLord]

Great looking tank.

You can get the smaller varieties of snails, such as MTS, pond, and ramshorn. Apples would be a little cramped, in my opinion. They'll be easy to control population-wise in a smaler tank such as this if you don't like having too many.

 

[fourthtimelucky]

I love WCMMs, would love a coldwater setup with em but not enough room. The long-finned version is GORGEOUS, I've never seen one of those before!

PS and of course your regular ones are cool too! My excitement got the better of me there.

 

[yshif]

Hello all,

My tank is going well and I love it, the 8 WCM are happy however the 5 red cherry shrimp are now about 20 (!) or so and breeding ever more rapidly. Which is great, but whats the bioload like on my tank - am I going to run into problems??

Cheers!