60L Daisy's Ricefish Tank

[gwand]

I have two thriving colonies: one is in a 5 gallon densely planted tank and the other in a 20 gallon densely planted community tank. Red neocaridina in the 5 gallon and orange in the 20 gallon. I add Bacter AE twice a week and Dennerle Shrimp King complete three times per week.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

That's interesting, Matt. I too have had much better luck with amanos than with Neocaridina. Can't keep them alive more than a few months, and have never had them reproduce. Amanos, on the other hand, live dang near forever. Something in the water, I guess.

I think I misunderstood--I thought you were worried about your shrimp devouring your crypts. Should have read the thread more carefully.

 

[MattW]

I thought you were worried about your shrimp devouring your crypts

Cyanobacteria is already ahead of the game in that respect. That damm tank is full of it.

I just want one female shrimp to breed successfully that's all I want I've bred fish, snails, and even rhabdocoela but never shrimp!

 

[WhistlingBadger]

I'm good at breeding cyanobacteria.

 

[Delboy50]

Hi

Love that new tank at the top o f the tread very creative

 

[MattW]

I've decided to leave this tank alone apart from small weekly WC's. Plant growth has been really really good so I don't want to disturb it. All the stems are doing really well even the Rotala Nanjenshan which was unexpected after it did so poorly in my 90L. I'm thinking of letting the stems get to a tall height before the first trim so any gaps can be filled if needed. As for stocking, I've lost 4 of the new shrimp sadly all seemed to be failed molts. The ricefish also saw the corpses as an easy meal. The 5 RCS that I introduced from the 90L seem to be doing very well. It seems that the more naturally coloured shrimp are doing much better, as the 4 that died were orange and red coloured. The Bolbitis in the center of the tank also seems to be a shrimp hub. They love it in there

In other news, I have some Ricefish fry currently in a 10L tank which is also home to spare plants and a growing Daphnia colony. I've been pulling any eggs that I see out of the 60L and dropping them into the fry tank. So far I've got 2 hatched fry and around 4 eggs that haven't gone fungal.

 

[Jinx_]

BABIES!