Finally after waiting to get the tank cycled and ready for shrimp, they are in. I went with 1 dozen blue pearl shrimp (Neocaridina cf. zhangjiajiensis). Their colors are still faint, but they are showing more blue as time passes and are very active. I drip acclimated them for an hour. I hope to see
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Well here we are at part 3 still no shrimp, but you already figured that. It is nearing the end of the cycle and at the moment it houses a lone fancy guppy. I have added a few plants; Japanese Dwarf Variegated Rush(Acorus variegatus), java fern and a moss ball. I’ve thought about adding some
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I now have the shrimp tank set up and cycling. For lighting I had a standard black desk lamp with a bendable neck, & I put in a Marineland 10 watt compact fluorescent bulb. I purchased a nice piece of African Mopani Wood and decided I was going open top with the wood sticking out.
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Finally decided to start up a shrimp tank that will be dedicated to house some sort of neocaridina shrimp species and maybe an oto or two. I decided to get a 2.5 gallon glass aquarium, along with a Tom Mini Internal Filter & CaribSea Tahitian Moon Sand. So far that’s it, now I plan on
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This is basically a walk through of me starting my first saltwater tank, it was a 55 gallon drilled aquarium with filter/skimmer and stand I acquired for free. The first thing I noticed when getting into saltwater is the COST, especially reef. Compared to freshwater there’s additional equipment needed like RO/DI Unit(recommended), protein skimmer, sumps
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