My 1 gallon japonica tank

[dugrant153]

hey folks,

just registered on this forum. Hopefully I can find lots of info on my japonica/amano/yamato shrimp.

Here are the pics:

Them:
http://www.sfu.ca/~jdwong/fish/fish7.jpg

Their home
http://www.sfu.ca/~jdwong/fish/fish8.jpg

The tank temperature sits around 69 degrees F. I have a sponge filter in there that blows a lot of bubbles and moves the water around a lot.

Just looking for suggestions as to how to make this shrimp home better for them.

[dom]

Saw there is a piece of "rock" next to the filter. Is that the dead rock (dead coral rock)? If yes, I would like to suggest you to remove it. Because it will raise the PH level to 8 and above in such a small tank.

Beside that, try to introduce some live plants like Java moss or stem plant like Cabomba. Mosses is the best choice for yamato shrimp. This is due to the microrganism will grow inside the mosses and it is the food for shrimp.

Welcome on board and happy surfing shrimpnow.com

Cheers.

[dugrant153]

that is a rock next to my filter. kind of hard to see, but there are two rocks in there.
I don't think it is dead rock. They are rocks from my local neighborhood that I washed.

the picture doesn't show it, but today I just introducted a small ball of java moss into this tank. hopefully they'll like it :)

[dugrant153]

http://www.sfu.ca/~jdwong/fish/filter2.jpg

there's a more clear image of the sponge filter. and the java moss next to it.

Believe it or not, I just bought a 2 gallon tank. The 1 gallon will be shut down and only used for possibly breeding the japonica shrimp if need be.

Actually, might as well post a pic of the new tank:

http://www.sfu.ca/~jdwong/fish/filter1.jpg

Do you folks think the sponge filter (with the dome) is better? or is the biowheel better? (For a planted shrimp tank)

[azn_fishy55]

Depends,if you are planning a high light set-up its not going to be real useful with CO2.But overall it is a pretty good filter since it was has alot of surface area for bacteria to colonize and detoxify the water.Then you have to put a sponge over the filter intake to prevent any shrimp getting sucked into the filter.Have you cycled the tank?

[dugrant153]

wow, this thread is kinda old :P

since my last post, I've actually moved the shrimp into a planted 10 gallon with proper filtration.

it's all good.

[azn_fishy55]

opps...sorry I need to check the dates :P

[dugrant153]

It's all good.

I'll try to put updates of photos of my 10g planted with the shrimp in it. It might become a community tank.