JS Fish Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 (edited) --------> Saturday, Feb 3, 2024 I started this tank about a week and a half ago. For the hard escape I used 40 pounds of white sand, mountain stone, and mopani drift wood. These photos are of it the day I set it up. I just today after about a week of cycling the tank added in plants. The plants I used are: ● java moss ● moss ball ● water wisteria ● dwarf baby tear drops For stocking, I'm planning on: ● 3 otocinclus ● cherry shrimp ● chili rasboras --------> Teusday, Feb 6, 2024 Today I added: ● 3 otocinclus ● 1 monte carlo plant Edited February 6 by JS Fish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 (edited) Wonderful start! Do yourself a HUGE favor. Be patient and don't add either the shrimp or the Otos until a significant amount of time has passed and the tank pretty well established. :-) They will do better and have more food availability. Add the Rasboras first. I think this tank is going to look great! That Mopani will add a lot of nice tannins to the water which they will all like! Edited February 3 by xXInkedPhoenixX Typos suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Fish Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 On 2/3/2024 at 6:18 PM, xXInkedPhoenixX said: Wonderful start! Do yourself a HUGE favor. Be patient and don't add either the shrimp or the Otos until a significant amount of time has passed and the tank pretty well established. :-) They will do better and have more food availability. Add the Rasboras first. I think this tank is going to look great! That Mopani will add a lot of nice tannins to the water which they will all like! Yep. I'm already seeing alage and film on the top of my water. I also just today had my local pet store order 10 chili rasboras. They should be there in around 3 to 7 days for me to pick up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Fish Posted February 6 Author Share Posted February 6 Just updated the Journal! Added in Otis and a new plant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Fish Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 Just got 10 blue cherry shrimp on order! Will be here in about a week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 On 2/9/2024 at 3:44 PM, JS Fish said: Just got 10 blue cherry shrimp on order! Will be here in about a week! Nice @JS Fish! On 2/3/2024 at 10:20 PM, JS Fish said: Yep. I'm already seeing alage and film on the top of my water. I also just today had my local pet store order 10 chili rasboras. They should be there in around 3 to 7 days for me to pick up. I hate algae soooooo much! I am getting some diatoms in my new 10g right now. Not really “algae” I guess but I hate it! @JS Fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Fish Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 I dont like it either, but my otos are luckly fast workers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Fish Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 My chilicrasboras just came in! I ordered them from my local pet store and there finally in my tank and swiming! I got 8 in and they all look to be doing great! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 On 2/13/2024 at 8:21 PM, JS Fish said: My chilicrasboras just came in! I ordered them from my local pet store and there finally in my tank and swiming! I got 8 in and they all look to be doing great! Nice @JS Fish!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Fish Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 Here are the chili rasboras after a nights rest in their New home! They look much brighter and happier! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Fish Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 Just got in 11 velvet blue cherry shrimp! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Fish Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 Unfortunately, I'm now down to 1 otocinclus and 3 chili rasboras. Good new, all the shrimp are doing great and the oto and 3 chilis are also doing great! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 (edited) What happened @JS Fish? Edited March 12 by Whitecloud09 Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Fish Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 On 3/11/2024 at 8:17 PM, Whitecloud09 said: What happened @JS Fish? The fish came in sick and most died a few days after I got them. I treated them with medicine right after i got them but it was to late unfortunately. Sorry about not posting soon, I got really busy with my school work for a while. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 On 3/12/2024 at 8:05 AM, JS Fish said: The fish came in sick and most died a few days after I got them. I treated them with medicine right after i got them but it was to late unfortunately. Sorry about not posting soon, I got really busy with my school work for a while. Sorry about that, that’s ok, I am glad for the update tho @JS Fish 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Fish Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 Changed around tank a bit and added an anubis nana 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Fish Posted March 18 Author Share Posted March 18 Shrimp are starting to get berried, hoping for shrimplets soon! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Nice! I love that driftwood with the algae look. So into the natural aquascapes, again, amazing looking tank @JS Fish, and again, great job!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Fish Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 On 3/18/2024 at 7:23 PM, Whitecloud09 said: Nice! I love that driftwood with the algae look. So into the natural aquascapes, again, amazing looking tank @JS Fish, and again, great job!!! Thanks, I've been doing alot of research to try to get better and more familiar with aquascaping and fish keeping in general 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Fish Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 I'm thinking about adding a bamboo shrimp. Any thoughts? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 (edited) On 3/21/2024 at 8:13 AM, JS Fish said: I'm thinking about adding a bamboo shrimp. Any thoughts? That sounds great! Real quick, can you remind me of the stocking on this tank? Like how many fish you have? Then I will give u my thoughts on these boys! Edited March 21 by Whitecloud09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Fish Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 On 3/21/2024 at 2:10 PM, Whitecloud09 said: That sounds great! Real quick, can you remind me of the stocking on this tank? Like how many fish you have? Then I will give u my thoughts on these boys! I currently have 3 chili rasboras, 1 oto, and 11 velvet blue cherry shrimp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Fish Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 The shrimp have recently started getting berried and shedding more often 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecloud09 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Nice! Obviously just one for a 20g, with they’re diet being, ⬇️ tiny frozen foods such as cyclops and baby brineshrimp, along with regular feedings of zooplankton or phytoplankton and ground-up flake foods. paremeters here ⬇️ 68° - 85° F (20° - 29° C) pH: 6.5 - 7.9. They like a higher flow of water I believe. You might know all of this but idk if you do @JS Fish, hope this is what you meant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS Fish Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 On 3/21/2024 at 2:18 PM, Whitecloud09 said: Nice! Obviously just one for a 20g, with they’re diet being, ⬇️ tiny frozen foods such as cyclops and baby brineshrimp, along with regular feedings of zooplankton or phytoplankton and ground-up flake foods. paremeters here ⬇️ 68° - 85° F (20° - 29° C) pH: 6.5 - 7.9. They like a higher flow of water I believe. You might know all of this but idk if you do @JS Fish, hope this is what you meant? Yea, thanks. I didn't know much about them so I wanted to know if anyone else did On 3/21/2024 at 2:24 PM, JS Fish said: Yea, thanks. I didn't know much about them so I wanted to know if anyone else did @Whitecloud09 do you know if bamboo shrimp will eat any of the cherry shrimp or shrimplets? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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