Ok, so if anyone remembers I have a friend who is a breeder. He called me up today, and asked if I wanted this special tank he picked up in san fran years back-- it was made to be a planted 12g display tank and he knows I'm into that.
So I picked it up, but I also picked up 4 candy cane shrimp, and a number of other items I'll talk about in other posts.
Anyway, he asked me to raise them too, since the water on my part of the island is especially soft and clean. If I can keep these 4 healthy for a month, he'll give me 20 more to raise and hopefully they'll spawn more.
So, I decided to transform the nano cube thing he gave me into a shrimp factory. The tank came with a pretty good light, 24 watts and reflectors.
Here's the tank:
If you remember, I mentioned that I chucked all the stem plants that were in my 5g into a bucket. I chucked 'em in the new tank-- how well they do will test how good the lighting is. I also tossed in the 2 rocks previously in my 10g, and a piece of wood and some moss.
I think I'm going get nicer bog wood pieces, new substrate and CO2 system for this tank for christmas. Eventually it'll be another planted tank-- but this time for ONLY candy cane shrimp.
Here's a pic of a shrimp, doesn't do it justice. They're bright red and white striped all over in person. This pic is alsy REALLY blown up.
So I picked it up, but I also picked up 4 candy cane shrimp, and a number of other items I'll talk about in other posts.
Anyway, he asked me to raise them too, since the water on my part of the island is especially soft and clean. If I can keep these 4 healthy for a month, he'll give me 20 more to raise and hopefully they'll spawn more.
So, I decided to transform the nano cube thing he gave me into a shrimp factory. The tank came with a pretty good light, 24 watts and reflectors.
Here's the tank:
If you remember, I mentioned that I chucked all the stem plants that were in my 5g into a bucket. I chucked 'em in the new tank-- how well they do will test how good the lighting is. I also tossed in the 2 rocks previously in my 10g, and a piece of wood and some moss.
I think I'm going get nicer bog wood pieces, new substrate and CO2 system for this tank for christmas. Eventually it'll be another planted tank-- but this time for ONLY candy cane shrimp.
Here's a pic of a shrimp, doesn't do it justice. They're bright red and white striped all over in person. This pic is alsy REALLY blown up.
