Tiger shrimp tank - an Aquascaping effort with mosses

[Elisa]

Hi everybody,

I practise me a bit in Aquascaping, especially with mosses. I want to show you such an experiment by reference to a 25l tank with Orange Tail Tiger Shrimp.

Basic information:
- energy saver Lamp 18W, Daylight, 12 hours per day
- selfmade wooden case for the lamp with looking glass as reflectors
- thick sponge filter at the back, behind are ceramic tubules (Siporax) and a little electric pump
- (thermometer)
- oxydator
- Discus Mineral or other products to increase hardness of the water to change (I change about 40% every third day)
- no CO2 installation, no plant nutrients or other additions

Water:
pH 7,4
temp 70-75°F
conductivity ~350µS/cm

Decoration equipment:
- sand mixture (I simply poured all the rests of sand in different colours I had together)
- stones from the Donau (river)
- beech leaves (it's just deco, because no animal feeds it)

Plants:
- Monosolenium tenerum
- Riccia rhenana
- Riccardia chamaedryfolia ("Coral Pellia")
- Vesicularia sp.
- Lomariopsis lineata
- Utricularia gibba

Livestock:
- Orange Tiger shrimps
- some little Snails (Planorbidae)

Food:
- done food, rice bran etc. (once a day a bit)
- Artemia, mosquito larvae and so on (once a week a bit)
- stinging nettle leaves (always available)
- walnut leaves (always available)


Enought words, here finally photos. :) Enjoy.



http://www5.pic-upload.de/28.09.10/afjiboo937z.jpg (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7225333/Tank-1.jpg.html)



http://www5.pic-upload.de/24.09.10/3hnebaaaapkg.jpg (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7173868/Tank-2.jpg.html)



http://www5.pic-upload.de/28.09.10/j96grt5ldo82.jpg (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7225280/Tank-3.jpg.html)



http://www5.pic-upload.de/28.09.10/y16ebqfvzqh.jpg (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7225038/Case-with-lamp.jpg.html)



http://www5.pic-upload.de/28.09.10/7edzp7bv3nd7.jpg (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7225531/Filter.jpg.html)



http://www5.pic-upload.de/24.09.10/c857qykmyyo.jpg (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7173898/Glass-plate.jpg.html)



Adult Guys:

http://www5.pic-upload.de/28.09.10/bcjs51o96lto.jpg (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7225118/Tigers-in-tank-1.jpg.html)



http://www5.pic-upload.de/28.09.10/jsojh5kjvoah.jpg (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7225375/Tigers-in-tank-2.jpg.html)



http://www5.pic-upload.de/28.09.10/pc747itx7gck.jpg (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7225403/Tigers-in-tank-3.jpg.html)



'Playschool':):

http://www5.pic-upload.de/28.09.10/de9nhsiaodvt.jpg (http://www.pic-upload.de/view-7225421/--Playschool--.jpg.html)

[dxiong5]

Nice tank and shrimp!

[Frank]

Thank you for pics and describtion. Very nice.

[retardo]

Those are some really nice tiger shrimp!! I wish I could find some as nice in the states. :)

[Summit MicroFarm]

elisa,

I think it is gorgeous. Very nicely done.:)




:alien:

[countcoco]

Beautiful tank! It's rare to see such a well scaped aquarium without high T5 lighting and CO2.

[imke_j]

Hi Elisa, very nice documentation! How much Tiger live in this tank and what is it's netto volume? It's not easy to make a small tank running well - what's your trick?

[Shrimpson]

Heyas Elisa, thanks for those nice picture. Keep them rolling in :) Best regards, Marcus

[Elisa]

Hi everybody,

sorry for the circumstances. I attached the same pictures. I'll keep you current.

Best regards and have a nice day

Elisa


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Adult Tigers:

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'Playschool':):

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[morgana]

:thumbsup: Very nice landscapes!

[Elisa]

Hi,

thank you! :) In the tank live about, I don't know, 50 Tigers at the moment and it's netto volume is about 20l. Yesterday I removed the oxydator, because the temperature is meanwhile lower in Germany.

Best regards

Elisa

[Elisa]

Hi everybody,

the "playschool" grows very well. 3 of them got an interesting orange-rose appearance with red stripes, but I would need certainly some more such Tigers to select them and start a new population.

3713

So I hope for the actually "Playschool". I don't lost track of the generations, yet. :)

3714

Best regards and have a nice evening

Elisa

[imke_j]

Very nice shrimp kindergarden - would be great if you could do selection for red / win-red stripes. I like them!