My Office 2 ft tank

[Taz]

Hi,

After about half year into keeping CRS, would like to share with friends here my office 2 ft tank.

[Korni]

:shocked:Nice:shocked:

Do you know how many shrimps are into the tank?

[phuongmy]

wow wow wow. Amazing!
I wish I have only 1/10 of your CRSs.

But, I think you will soon think of breeding high grade CRSs, right?

Nice day!

[gr81]

how do you guys keep your tanks at low NO3? I have to have bare bottom tanks to manage it.

[ahmiao]

Hi,

After about half year into keeping CRS, would like to share with friends here my office 2 ft tank.

very curious.. how many did u start with?

[Mert Arslan]

:shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked: Oh my god!

Congrats ! Very good...

[milt]

Amazing! I thought only cherries breed like rabbits!! Care to share what are your water parameters? So jealous.....lol

[Taz]

Thanks.

There are about 300 plus in the tank.

I started with 30 CRS and the population had grown to about 500 plus after half a year of hard work.

Actually I got another 2 ft tank at home, which are the off-spring of the office tank.

[phuongmy]

Taz, I like your CRS tank so much that I keep look at its pics everyday. Could you share your experience of how you take care of them, your equipments, foods, ect? Thank you.

[Taz]

Thanks for your interest in my tank.

The water temp is about 25 degree.
- 300 grade B-A CRS
- external canister filter Eheim 2213 with surface skimmer.
- ADA Amazonia II.
- Christmas moss on driftwood and stone.
- feed with Shirakura.
- 20-30% water change weekly.

For me ADA Amazonia II make a great different in my CRS tank.

[Repz]

Im just wondering how many litres are in your 2 foot tank?

[Taz]

2ftX1tx1ft, is about 50 litres of water.

[Zeth]

Beautifull I wish we had Crs in Mx, I like how does that moss lok on your stones :)

[phuongmy]

Thanks for your interest in my tank.

The water temp is about 25 degree.
- 300 grade B-A CRS
- external canister filter Eheim 2213 with surface skimmer.
- ADA Amazonia II.
- Christmas moss on driftwood and stone.
- feed with Shirakura.
- 20-30% water change weekly.

For me ADA Amazonia II make a great different in my CRS tank.

Thanks a lot Taz. Especially for your note of ADA Amazonia II. You set up your office tank first, and your home tank later? Did you have any problem in transfering CRSs from office to your house? Do you notice any difference of your CRSs breeding rates in these 2 tanks? Do you have any plan to upgrade your CRSs?

[Taz]

Hi Phuongmy,

You are right, I done the office tank first then my home tank.

As for transfer of CRS from office to home, I didn't face an problem, but I do noticed the breeding rate is a bit slow :huh:, maybe it take some time for it to adopt to the new environment.

Yes I am moving to higher grade one, but need to sell some of the baby to get some fund.

[phuongmy]

I'm eager to see your magic on high grade ones as you have done on the low grade :D

[Harry Muscle]

Thanks for your interest in my tank.

The water temp is about 25 degree.
- 300 grade B-A CRS
- external canister filter Eheim 2213 with surface skimmer.
- ADA Amazonia II.
- Christmas moss on driftwood and stone.
- feed with Shirakura.
- 20-30% water change weekly.

For me ADA Amazonia II make a great different in my CRS tank.

What's the pH, KH, and GH of your tank?

Thanks,
Harry

[gundam]

wow wow very very nice
i wish i have yourtank,very much CRS
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Taz]

PH - 6.5

As for GH and KH, I don't measure it.

[vin]

Hi

pls advise, if you said 20-30% of water is replace every week, will the PH still remain at it orginal as before?:rolleyes:

[Taz]

I did the PH measurement day after water change, PH still around 6.5.

[vin]

Hi,

After about half year into keeping CRS, would like to share with friends here my office 2 ft tank.

how ur tank breed like nobody bz...... my only 2 off spring :(

[vin]

I did the PH measurement day after water change, PH still around 6.5.

U change the water ....every week? And the PH still remain 6.5.
As for my tank ....if I change the water every week, the PH will slowly move up and within 6 mnth is will be 6.8:(
Then my CRS will start look unheathy and slow in movement then clour change and lastly DIA.:(

[BenBen]

Bro Taz, i'm new to CRS, may i know what kind of media u put in ur Eheim 2213.. Thanks..

[milt]

U change the water ....every week? And the PH still remain 6.5.
As for my tank ....if I change the water every week, the PH will slowly move up and within 6 mnth is will be 6.8:(
Then my CRS will start look unheathy and slow in movement then clour change and lastly DIA.:(

I guess the pH is also related to the pH of the tap water in your area. The pH of the water from my tap is 6.0 and I do daily 2-5% water changes and the pH of my water in the shrimp tank is consistently at 6.0. The shrimps are doing fine and I have quite a few shrimplets and pregnant females.....:)

[Taz]

Beside the original media set, I have added ceramic ring and Biohome.

[BenBen]

thanks bro taz....

[shaobo]

Wow...... that is nice :) :) :) ~~~ what a sight!!!

[Taz]

Population increased after few months.

[l0ngb0w]

woa dude you have a pasa malam in your tank! I'm not so fortunate though, not only are my shrimps not breeding, they are hiding at the back of the tank. I guess your shrimps are more outgoing than mine haha :p

[Taz]

Actually they were having lunch party.lol

[skratikans]

Wow! nice amount of shrimp you have there..what do you think would be the max amount of shrimp that tank could hold?

[Taz]

The tank is holding 300 +, and the breeding rate is getting slower, so I guess it about the max.

[ivanlo24]

My office tank's temp is set at 22 degrees. It that too cold for breeding? Also 1 bro told me that CO2 reduces breeding of the CRS. Can anyone advise?

[gajami]

awesome! ....so many in quite little tank;)

[discusdubai]

Wow....Is All I can I say...=)

[fishy80]

What light set are u using for your 2 ft tank? I am also on a 2 ft tank. But i am using 24 W PL. Experiencing a bit of BBA. Sigh. Maybe I need to plant more moss in future.

[Taz]

I am using a 55W 2 ft PL light.

[GhosTS]

This has to be the most number of shrimps that I have ever seen in a single time. Your filteration has to be superb to hold all that livestock.

[infopimp]

I'd love a large copy of that photo of all your CRS - to make it my desktop background.

That is amazing!

[davruns]

Hey Taz, the shrimp are amazing! Since they are breeding so quickly, generation after generation, have you ever considered selectively breeding them to get them higher grade? Most recommend starting out with higher grades because it takes so long, but with your fast reproduction cycle, it doesn't seem like it would take that long to get at least a step or to up on the grading scale.

[Taz]

Sad to say after I shifted my office, I torn down the setup, sold most of the shrimps and move some better one back home. But due to high temp (~26-27 degree) the reproduction cycle is much slower.

Will try to post my home setup later.

[bernardlaw]

HOPE TO SEE YOUR NEW PHOTO OF CRS SOON.

[flashsilva]

hi taz, any udpate?

[Taz]

Hi,

Here is my current home tank.

[Tn23]

Looks like you have sole goldens and higher grade CRS now.

[lake_tuna]

I hope mine becomes like this. I think I'm on the way with a couple berried and saddle CRS'!

[Tn23]

Taz, what kindof moss is that your trying to grow on the floor thats tied to the white thing?

[eviltrain]

Taz, what kindof moss is that your trying to grow on the floor thats tied to the white thing?
its actually US Fissdens tied on wire mesh.