CezzaXV
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Hello everyone!
My boyfriend was kind enough to give me money this Valentine's day to get myself a shrimp tank. My room is currently being redecorate and I dont want to set it up until everything is done, though it's looking like it may be completed in the next few weeks.
The appeal of a shrimp tank for me was that it is low tech and low maintenance. My original plan was to run an air pump on a timer to create a bit of water movement (not on much, but maybe to come on maybe three or four times a day), but I've since found a super cheap sponge filter that I can attach. Not for the amount of filtering it's really going to be doing, but it can't hurt. This is all the filtering I want to do really to save on the electric. I'd have a small heater in the tank, more to make sure the tank doesn't get too cold than really heat the tank. Hoping to pick up a cheap light somewhere, though I'm still on a search. Looking to just have the light on for my own enjoyment rather than X hours a day. I've considered placing it on my windowsill which would help create light in the tank, but not sure about algae. It's a north facing window so there isn't ever any direct sunlight, just general light from outside.
Tank size, I'm aiming for something in the 10-20L region, though hopefully towards the lower end of that scale. Ideally glass/acrylic because I dont like the look of cheap plastic tanks.
Substrate, I'm not sure what to go for yet (please give me ideas!). Definitely something dark to bring out the shrimp colours. My LFS sells black glass substrate though I'm not 100% sure if I like it. It also sells soil which it says is for potting aquatic plants, but may be a possibility?
Looking for very low demand plants - anubias, java fern, moss etc. Open to suggestions on this one. Willing to dose liquid ferts if need be but that's as far as I'm willing to go in messing about with plants. Probably going to go for rocks as a focal point rather than wood, just so I can be different to my main tank. Willing to change that though if anyone can tell me if wood would be more beneficial.
I've just sort of splurged out all my plans and thoughts here, but I'd be grateful if anyone has any pointers or opinions they'd like to give
My boyfriend was kind enough to give me money this Valentine's day to get myself a shrimp tank. My room is currently being redecorate and I dont want to set it up until everything is done, though it's looking like it may be completed in the next few weeks.
The appeal of a shrimp tank for me was that it is low tech and low maintenance. My original plan was to run an air pump on a timer to create a bit of water movement (not on much, but maybe to come on maybe three or four times a day), but I've since found a super cheap sponge filter that I can attach. Not for the amount of filtering it's really going to be doing, but it can't hurt. This is all the filtering I want to do really to save on the electric. I'd have a small heater in the tank, more to make sure the tank doesn't get too cold than really heat the tank. Hoping to pick up a cheap light somewhere, though I'm still on a search. Looking to just have the light on for my own enjoyment rather than X hours a day. I've considered placing it on my windowsill which would help create light in the tank, but not sure about algae. It's a north facing window so there isn't ever any direct sunlight, just general light from outside.
Tank size, I'm aiming for something in the 10-20L region, though hopefully towards the lower end of that scale. Ideally glass/acrylic because I dont like the look of cheap plastic tanks.
Substrate, I'm not sure what to go for yet (please give me ideas!). Definitely something dark to bring out the shrimp colours. My LFS sells black glass substrate though I'm not 100% sure if I like it. It also sells soil which it says is for potting aquatic plants, but may be a possibility?
Looking for very low demand plants - anubias, java fern, moss etc. Open to suggestions on this one. Willing to dose liquid ferts if need be but that's as far as I'm willing to go in messing about with plants. Probably going to go for rocks as a focal point rather than wood, just so I can be different to my main tank. Willing to change that though if anyone can tell me if wood would be more beneficial.
I've just sort of splurged out all my plans and thoughts here, but I'd be grateful if anyone has any pointers or opinions they'd like to give
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