Nils 2.5G upgrade to 5.5G DP Build!

[TMRC Exotics]

I'm impressed!

 

[PassengerTN]

Seeing them here as well, looks a lot better than what I was imagining in my head for 200 posts lol

Jesse

 

[Nils]

I'm impressed!

Thanks man! Can't tell you guys how glad I am that I can finally post pics! Don't worry, it's better than it looks from the pics but that's just my amazing photography skills lol.

 

[ImACoolguy]

Lookin great Nils nice to finally see some pics in here and that light is really cool.


Caleb

 

[Nils]

Lookin great Nils nice to finally see some pics in here and that light is really cool.


Caleb

Thanks! It's the Finnex Stingray Cliplight, it works wonders and is great at growing algae! But I like it a lot actually. No complaints.

 

[Fresh2o]

Pics! My work is done here.
Tank looks good. Filter on the side is a nice touch.


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[Nils]

Thanks! I put the filter there just so that it could distribute the Co2 throughout the hwole tank. Plus flow is better going into the big stand of plants. And the puffs like riding the current lol.


Shrimp are still doing good, no aggression from puffs directed towards them yet (knock on wood) They're just grazing the leaves and hiding from me.

 

[Sk3lly]

Light looks very bright for such a small tank. Be careful on timings and carbon addition


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[Nils]

Light looks very bright for such a small tank. Be careful on timings and carbon addition


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Yep, light runs for 3 1/2 hours a day. Algae isn't growing and haven't seen any since I planted the blyxa. Hopefully if some dos grow the shrimp will wipe it out. I only add 4 drops of the liquid Co2 now.

 

[Nils]

That's the red amano shrimp! Found out how to take pics with my iPod....no more uploading on computer!


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[Autumnsky]

Guy at the lfs told me they have blue and green now frequently!! Nils, that is a cool pic of the colors.

 

[sinibotia]

Wow that's a beautiful shrimp! For a second I thought that was in the tank with the puffer, was gonna say that it might be a beautiful snack

 

[Nils]

She's really a lot redder than it looks! Who needs those fancy neo shrimp species when you can get colored Amano shrimp lol. Sini, the shrimp are in the puffer tank. SInce thye both are at least 2 times the puffers size the puffers, surprisingly, leave them alone. I've ordered 12 RCS for my tanks and I think I'm going to be putting 6 in here and 6 in the 16/ Anyone have any idea how long it takes them to get berried? Trying to make some money off these shrimp to gain back a small portion of what I've lost lol.

 

[Nils]

And that's the white shrimp! I'm trying to decide if it's an albino or just a different color variation.....I'm leaning towards albino because this was the only one that was white and the rest looked normal.


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[unstopaBULLFish]

Wow it looks amazing!


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[Nils]

Guess I just got lucky. Amano shrimp are cool and they sure do keep my tank clean! Should I be feeding them anything special or will the biofilm on the leaves and surfaces keep them fed? I have fed them some bloodworms and Hikari pellets.

 

[unstopaBULLFish]

That sounds good usually I alternate my shrimp between flakes algae wafers every other day is feeding day.


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[Autumnsky]

The white one doesn't have pink eyes, so not albino. But it looks like a Snowball Shrimp - Neocaridina. Will cross with Red Cherry btw in a bad way.

 

[Sk3lly]

The white one doesn't have pink eyes, so not albino. But it looks like a Snowball Shrimp - Neocaridina. Will cross with Red Cherry btw in a bad way.

+1. I agree with it being a neocaridina


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[Nils]

Well then, got a great deal on an otherwise $8 shrimp! Good to know that it is doing well in the tank and that the RCS will probably do good as well. I might move it to the 16 to avoid any cross breeding between species. What would a cross between a RCS and a snowball look like Would it just be brown or red/white? That would be cool!