Starting a shrimp nano

[Chris.d514]

Starting a shrimp nano

I was thinking of getting Amazonia and will look into the ebi. I saw someone who has a DoAqua 4 gallon on Craigslist.

[mnemenoi]

Do Aqua is great (moderately priced ADA line) and it looks tight. I imagine your issues with it would be evaporation due to it lacking an enclosed top. We run our Ebi without a top and it requires top offs twice a week at least. With the Do Aqua I would certainly go with a canister as a HOB or internal would both command a huge amount of room. Another option if you are only going to keep shrimp is a simple sponge filter. Easy, little maintanance and only requires a air pump which is easily hidden and tubing is cheap. Being very frugal with feeding would be the key to it being successful, but we use them in many of our tanks and I think they are great. With some creative hardscape and planting they can virtually dissappear and no HOB or canister to hide.

[Chris.d514]

Starting a shrimp nano

Talked to the wife and I might get an ebi and a bag of Amazonia for it. I gotta check the measurements of a piece of drift wood that I have and figure out making it fit. Then I gotta find some moss. I have plants that I should be able to clip from.

[h2oaggie]

Check out Schuber-Wright on eBay, they make some really nice low-iron rimless tanks. Here is my journal on Planted Tank. I have one going here as well just haven't updated it as frequently.

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showthread.php?t=182769

[Totenkampf]

oh yeah i forgot about schuber, i have seen the one h2oaggie has and the clarity is excellent. i think that i have seen those rimless in a package deal with the finnex canister and clip on light on ebay before

[h2oaggie]

Re: Starting a shrimp nano

Yes, they do offer a nice package on Ebay. I bought the one with the LED fixture and it was certainly worth the little extra.

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[Chris.d514]

Starting a shrimp nano

I'll have about $150 for setup and starting shrimp. Wife said I may get OEBTs for Xmas.

[h2oaggie]

Re: Starting a shrimp nano

Plenty of money. I spent less than $100 on the before mentioned tank, light and filter. Something like that leaves enough for substrate, plants and some shrimp.

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[Totenkampf]

good timing, tim might have his obets for sale by them. his CB stock is usually really nice.

[Chris.d514]

Starting a shrimp nano

Buying the 5 gallon that jozle had for sale. Just gotta get my Amazonia and a light to get this thing going.

[Chris.d514]

Got a 5 gallon AQUAH2O from jozle and added 3 liters of amazonia. Adding water agitated the aquasoil but I have a filter running on it.

[Chris.d514]

Starting a shrimp nano

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The light is a strip desk light that I had and can put a 15" t8 bulb in. Right now running a cycled ac20 and a marineland i25. I have a double sponge to put in after the water clears.

[Ballinxalex]

Nice even tho I know nothing of shrimp tanks why is the water so dirty ? Is it hard to keep shrimp?

[mistahoo]

Nice even tho I know nothing of shrimp tanks why is the water so dirty ? Is it hard to keep shrimp?

Got a 5 gallon AQUAH2O from jozle and added 3 liters of amazonia. Adding water agitated the aquasoil but I have a filter running on it.

How hard is it to keep shrimp depends on the type of shrimp. Some are very resilient and others not so much.

[mnemenoi]

Aquasoil and similar types of substrate can be quite dirty when first added, but they will settle over time. As for their difficulty, they are far easier if they are minimally fed and any shrimp need good water quality and stable conditions.

Are you using tap water? Are you thinking about soft (I'm assuming) or hard water shrimp? Neo's should do well and possibly some tigers or bee variant.