12 Gallon Miracle Tank

[Jozle]

Reason why it's the miracle tank is that it saved my Rili colony and created a massive population boom. It is currently doing the same with the Cardinia species. Another reason is that the plants that grow in here grow ridiculously faster than the tank that has CO2. It is currently 2 months old.

Equipment

36" T5 AquaticLife
Eheim 2213
Mr. Aqua 12 Gallon Long

Residents

Red and Blue Rilis
Velvet Shrimps
Crystal Red and Black Shrimp
Orange Eye Blue Tiger
Horned Nerite
Zebra Nerite
Juvenile Pleco
Planaria <-----Foul Evil Things Needs TO DIE!!

[Ballinxalex]

That is one super nice tank I wish I could have time to make one of these one Day those shrimps look super happy

[Fancyfish]

nice tank!

[GoSpursGo]

12 Gallon Miracle Tank

That's a crazy amount of light, how do you keep algae blooms at bay?

[GoSpursGo]

12 Gallon Miracle Tank

Pimp tank btw!

[Jozle]

I got an army of nerites that do their job pretty damn well. Only problem is the constant trimming of small hair algae growth. Also, the lighting is on an irregular pattern so it disrupts algae growth.

[GoSpursGo]

12 Gallon Miracle Tank

I use the same fixture on a 29g. I tend to get GSA regularly. I also have an irregular schedule; four on, two off, four on. I want nerites to deal with the green spot but I don't want eggs everywhere.

[Jozle]

My nerites don't seem to breed. I really wouldn't have to worry about eggs.

[mistahoo]

Would the irregular light schedule have an effect on the plants?

I've got nerites as well. I've seen the original two I have do the nasty, but never witnessed any eggs or anything of the like. They haven't laid any eggs either because I haven't found any white remains on the driftwood, glass, plants, light, filter, etc. I recently added 3 more nerites just because I like how they look.

Btw, very nice tank! I like the varying colors. The shrimp don't interbreed? (still new to shrimp)

[GoSpursGo]

12 Gallon Miracle Tank

You two need to tell me what nerites are in your tanks, my olive greens covered everything!
What's the flora behind the blyxa in the very corner?

[Jozle]

@mistahoo, so far no noticeable negative effects on the plants. Rilis and Velvets come from the same strand, so interbreeding isn't a problem because they'll either produce red rili or velvets. Shrimp masters says that crystals and tigers will crossbreed but from what I'm seeing, they are staying in their own cliches.

@GoSpursGo, the problem I have dealing with plants is trying to remember their names. I know a little less than half of all things growing in all my tanks, so I'm not much help with identifying plants. I have 1 olive nerite and over 20 zebra nerites that are on algae duty.

[mistahoo]

I honestly have no clue what the original two nerites I have are. The three I added were 2 horned nerites and 1 large black racer nerite. I wanna get a ton of different nerites, but I haven't seen them come in locally yet.

[Jozle]

Try Tim's nerites. That's where I got mine from.

[troy tucker]

It is a nice looking tank. For some one that doesn't know all the name of your plants. They sure look fantastic...

[Mike&stef]

I am new to plants to I have a hard time rembering the names to. But I love that red one in the middle it looks great and the shrimps look happy. All you are missing is that Lilly intake