Fluval Flex 15 gallon build thread

[PheonixKingZ]

got a nice pic of the male tonight. can’t wait for these new shrimp to come in

 

[Uberhoust]

I really like the markings on your latest shrimp. Tank looks good to me. Like what you have done with it. Thinking about getting one for my work office. Small self-contained unit would go good in the office. Thanks for sharing the development of your tank.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

I really like the markings on your latest shrimp. Tank looks good to me. Like what you have done with it. Thinking about getting one for my work office. Small self-contained unit would go good in the office. Thanks for sharing the development of your tank.

thank you!

i really like this tank. after previously having standard tanks with either internal filters or HOB filters, i prefer this setup much more. it kinda replicates a sump but there’s plenty of space for extra filter media if you want to add some, and it has a compartment for your heater so you don’t have to look at any equipment.

the flow is pretty strong, i had to attach some filter floss to one of the outlets to slow down the flow some, and now it’s perfect.

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shrimp should come in tomorrow sometime, hoping for no DOA’s and some pretty shrimp

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edit: also i’m 99% sure these shrimp are some form of neo tiger shrimp, which is kinda crazy cause i never bought tiger shrimp i bought some yellow neos a while back but i think the betta killed all of them.

 

[Uberhoust]

My first attempt with shrimp where with an orange variety. They were not very hardy and 50% died. I then got the normal red ones and they took off. The fancier varieties seem to not do as well as the reds. Now I have a mixture of reds, blues, and orange varieties, the young from this group vary from nearly black to transparent, with red predominating. For me I like the mix, but none have yet have the nice markings yours show.

Hope you get an interesting mix with your new shrimp.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

My first attempt with shrimp where with an orange variety. They were not very hardy and 50% died. I then got the normal red ones and they took off. The fancier varieties seem to not do as well as the reds. Now I have a mixture of reds, blues, and orange varieties, the young from this group vary from nearly black to transparent, with red predominating. For me I like the mix, but none have yet have the nice markings yours show.

Hope you get an interesting mix with your new shrimp.

i got 4 orange from my LFS and all have died, not sure if it was the betta or died just because.

i used to have a very large colony of cherry shrimp (probably 50+) but i sold all of them to my LFS when i sold my old tanks too, which im bumming about cause that was a really strong colony

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they came in!! only 1 DOA which is very good. horrible pics but i’ll try to get some better ones once i get home. i just hope the cherry barbs dont pick at them but i dont think they will

(got some cherries, blue velvet, red crystal, yellow, orange, white, black, and i think maybe a green too)

 

[connorlindeman]

i got 4 orange from my LFS and all have died, not sure if it was the betta or died just because.

i used to have a very large colony of cherry shrimp (probably 50+) but i sold all of them to my LFS when i sold my old tanks too, which im bumming about cause that was a really strong colony

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they came in!! only 1 DOA which is very good. horrible pics but i’ll try to get some better ones once i get home. i just hope the cherry barbs dont pick at them but i dont think they will
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(got some cherries, blue velvet, red crystal, yellow, orange, white, black, and i think maybe a green too)

All the offspring will end up natural brown right?

 

[PheonixKingZ]

All the offspring will end up natural brown right?

that all depends on which shrimp breed with which lol. i suppose in about 6 months time yeah

 

[PheonixKingZ]

just a few pics of the shrimp!

I got a lot of yellow and black ones which i’m not complaining about, i got a nice mixture

 

[PheonixKingZ]

the shrimp love this big clump of algae! i was gonna remove it but they seem to utilize it well

 

[PheonixKingZ]

tank still doing good, barbs have settled in and are showing great color and behavior

shrimp are doing good

i’m going to be moving out on my own in about a month or so so that’ll be an extremely stressful and difficult time, but i want to take this tank with me to my apartment, so that’ll be an interesting transition

 

[MattW]

i’m going to be moving out on my own in about a month or so so that’ll be an extremely stressful and difficult time, but i want to take this tank with me to my apartment, so that’ll be an interesting transition

Best of luck with that! I think there was a thread not too long ago on moving with fish tanks if that's useful.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Best of luck with that! I think there was a thread not too long ago on moving with fish tanks if that's useful.

thanks! gotcha, i know there’s been a few over the years. it’s pretty self explanatory but it’s just rough on the livestock and the plants obviously. i’m just glad the landlord is chill with me having a fish tank (only 1 for now ) cause sometimes they charge extra to have them, but this guy doesn’t.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

happy monday, hope yall had a better one than i did. anyway, here’s a kinda good pic of one of the males i was able to get on my phone

 

[PheonixKingZ]

i don’t even know if anyone cares besides @MattW3344 but i’m gonna keep posting lol. i miss how active and engaged the forum used to be on build threads

anyway loving how the tank is looking right now

this might be my fav shrimp:

i think it might be some sort of tiger variety but she sure is big!

also a rare sighting of one of the black shrimp

 

[Essjay]

How are the barbs and shrimps together?
After finding a juvenile cherry barb in my main tank I decided it was safe to get cherry shrimps, a mixed colour group like yours. I now have a lot more shrimps than I bought, the fish leave the newly hatched shrimps alone, and like your tank they have lots of hiding places.