Nano Tank Ideas

thrujenseyes said:

super cute.
Have you decided what will be living there?

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noobfish said:

Thanks!
No decision on stock yet. Right now I need to get more plants. I have some cabomba trimmings to add and my java ferns are propagating right now so when one is large enough I'll add that. And of course even though I said I wasn't, I had to order a small plant light to retro to the underside of the hood. It's never simple

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thrujenseyes said:

I've never had luck with plants in my little fluval edge 6 gallon. Just stock lighting, maybe that's why? Plus I have super acidic water. So anubias species are the only things that seem to do well for me. So I use a lot of wood to fill space.View attachment 141600

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noobfish said:

I love those tanks! No one around me seems to carry them though.

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thrujenseyes said:

be thankful, because they're very difficult to clean and scape with that small hole.

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noobfish said:

*insert Michael Scott quote

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Essjay said:

Different species have different needs (water chemistry, temperature) so provided you keep species with the same needs, it's OK to keep more than one species.

Many of the shrimps we keep nowadays are just different colours of the same species, and they will breed together. Several generations later, you have a tank of brown shrimps.
Sunburst shrimps and red cherries are the same species. They used to be Neocaridina heteropoda, now they are N. davidii but you'll see both names in use on different websites.
Amano shrimps are a different species which grow larger and don't breed in fresh water. I was once warned that because they are bigger they can intimidate cherry shrimps (in all their colours) but mine were in different tanks so I don't know from experince if that's true.

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Essjay said:

Different species have different needs (water chemistry, temperature) so provided you keep species with the same needs, it's OK to keep more than one species.

Many of the shrimps we keep nowadays are just different colours of the same species, and they will breed together. Several generations later, you have a tank of brown shrimps.
Sunburst shrimps and red cherries are the same species. They used to be Neocaridina heteropoda, now they are N. davidii but you'll see both names in use on different websites.
Amano shrimps are a different species which grow larger and don't breed in fresh water. I was once warned that because they are bigger they can intimidate cherry shrimps (in all their colours) but mine were in different tanks so I don't know from experince if that's true.

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noobfish said:

So good to get both sunburst and red. I've heard of "blue" shrimp. Are they just another color of cherry as well?

Don't want a ton of shrimps in the tank, so I suppose if they do breed I can cull the browns. (Apologies if too harsh sounding)

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Slaphppy7 said:

Yes, the blues are just a Neo color morph...a couple of mine:

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