Kyle's Light Bulb shrimp tank!

[Freakgecko91]

O I finally got around to doing a shrimp tank. I made it out of a light bulb, let me know what you all think it currently has 6 cherry reds and was completed tonight so it's a bit cloudy still

 

[DWilliams]

I've never seen that done before pretty cool. How do you plan on doing maintenance? & is there filtration/sponge filter?

 

[Freakgecko91]

No filtration, I wanted it to be a super low tech build. I want it to grow into a mini jungle, so I don't plan on trimming the plants really, which are dwarf sag, christmas moss, and giant duckweed. The bioload is extremely small, being only 6 shrimp, so I don't see a filter being necessary

 

[adeebm]

That's pretty cool! How did you manage to get all that stuff in there, and how do you plan to feed? Can't see any holes

--Adeeb

 

[Freakgecko91]

Basically, you pull the "guts" out through the silver part you normally screw into the socket, so anything that's in there went in through that same way lol I used a screwdriver to push the plants into the sand after pushing them through the opening. Feeding is a bit tricky, as the tiny pellets tend to get stuck behind the rim of the screw part, so I use a syringe thing to put it in there

 

[HUKIT]

Well MacGyver that's pretty darn cool, now if you can make one to fit some new world cichlids then I'm in!

 

[Billbug68]

This is really cool! So what are you going to use to.. ummm... light... your light bulb?

 

[Freakgecko91]

I really wish there was a cichlid species small enough for it :/ Thinking about adding three ruby tetras to it, but not sure if i want to or not yet. It's a pretty large bulb, it's resting on a Coke bottle cap in the first pic, for size reference. As for lighting, I'm thinking just a CFL fixture over it, or even just a normal desk lamp over the top of it

 

[Billbug68]

Sounds cool, did you see this somewhere or think of it on your own? This would be a cool little desktop build for an office or something. Hmmm... I think I want one!

 

[Freakgecko91]

I was bored and googled "cool terrariums" and saw a instructional about making a light bulb into a terrarium with a tillandsia (air plant; epiphytic plants; use their leaves to obtain nutrients) and thought to myself: I should do this with a fish tank! And thus, my adventure began!

 

[Billbug68]

Awesome! Well good luck with it! Looking forward to seeing it grow in to that jungle! Keep us posted!

 

[linds3y]

This is really cool

 

[Freakgecko91]

I'm rather proud of it it only cost me about $10 (without the shrimp, $25 with the shrimp) and took about an hour (give or take). I jut hope it works well in the long run, if it does, I plan on doing several "species bulbs" with a different shrimp species/color in each!

 

[linds3y]

I hope it works out! If it works for you then I might try it

 

[Freakgecko91]

So far I've had one casualty, but my room hit 86 degrees at least, we had our air off and my door and window were both closed

other than that, I'm not noticing any real issues

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

This is so cool.... I would love to try it

 

[Freakgecko91]

It's pretty easy! Aqua scraping is the only hard part because the opening is so small

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

Haha i have no idea how you did that.....

 

[Freakgecko91]

I used a long pick thing I found in my step dads tool box lol but my friend is supposed to get me a pair of long skinny forceps from her mom for my next one

 

[Freakgecko91]