My Shrimp Tank

[bigcheed]

just felt like sharing some pics of my shrimp tank.
 

 

[Sophie]

What shrimp are they?
Cherry and something else?
I'm a shrimp noob

 

[Megalodon]

those are cute.

 

[fm1978]

I'm loving shrimp the more and more I see them! Looks like some (fire) reds, cherrys and a crystal bee, perhaps?

I like what you've done with the place!

 

[Baccus]

Very nice, I still love crystal shrimp but have learnt from expensive experience that they just don't do any good in the heat we have.
Great looking shrimp and congrats on the tank.

 

[TallTree01]

Good looking shrimps and tank.

What are those 3 cylinders that look like corks on the mid right hand side?

 

[fm1978]

Cork floats really well, TT...it sure as heck ain't gonna be that. Hehe!

They look like ceramic tubes.

 

[TallTree01]

I was describing them, I know they're not actually corks. They just look like them .

 

[fm1978]

I was describing them, I know they're not actually corks. They just look like them .

Sounds like you've been drinking as much as me!

 

[bigcheed]

Thanks guys. They are crystal reds. Some are just low grade. Hence the low colouration. I have some that are much more brightly coloured. Alot of the females are berries so I'm hoping they bred with the higher grade ones so I can get some good shrimplets. The fire reds n cherrys have already spawned. The babies are tiny but very cool. The cork looking things are ceramic filter media pellets. I used them to seed the tank when I set it up. Just left them in there. Thanks again for all the positive comments.

 

[TallTree01]

Did just leaving them on the substrate help much in cycling?

 

[bigcheed]

I put them in a mesh pouch along with some gravel from my community tank. Certainly sped up the process. I just cut the pouches open when the cycle finished and left them.

 

[Welshweeks]

Nice tank, I set one up a few months ago myself and have sakura/cherries in there at the moment which like yours are breeding like mad! Hoping to introduce some CBS soon.