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Well I wasn't even going to put this up, but when I saw Matty's tank I had to laugh. I set this up a few days ago because I had alot of leftover riccia and fiqured it would make it good shrimp tank. The specs:

Tank:5G AGA bowfront with frame removed
Light:18watt cf coralife - light suspension via picture wire (as DIY as I get LOL)
Filtration:Azoo palm filter 15gph
Substrate:ecomplete

Flora: java moss, riccia, bronze crypt, anubias nana, hairgrass
Fauna: cherry shrimp

Dosing: excel,no3,po4,flourish

Kahula on the rocks!

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Yeah there are shrimp in there. See him in his cave. Don't remember if I secured that rock though

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I think I see nana petite, nice. I was thinking of putting my little bunches in mine. I just think it will grow faster in my 50 with CO2.

So far it looks like you are winning the unnoficial 5ish gallon cherry red planted tank-off. Just don't mix up the kaluha with the excel....

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So far it looks like you are winning the unnoficial 5ish gallon cherry red planted tank-off. Just don't mix up the kaluha with the excel....

Real unofficial. I just thought it was funny we both have a 5ish shrimp tank. No real aquascaping here yet. I think the real battle will be that checky young pup from Jersey

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I think the real battle will be that checky young pup from Jersey

- Long Island is asking for trouble

Anyway, nice tank tetratech. I recently had the pleasure of seeing a finished 5G shrimp tank, looked pretty good. The problem there was that the Riccia was constantly trying to float up. Light was plenty, so I don't know why.

Ingo

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Long Island is asking for trouble

I might have to enlist Matty's help to battle the Jersey boys.

Thanks. I'll have to see how the riccia grows here, I'm dosing a few drops of excel daily. It also helps to doublewrap the hairnet or whatever your using. It's really not a very fussy plant. It's funny my son has a guppy tank which I accidently introduced riccia to via a net and it's spreading all over the surface. The tank has absolutely no dosing and 1 wpg. Then again it's floating and there really are no water changes so the ferts are there.

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First, I want to say that every bar should have a little fishtank on it! (or is that just the kitchen counter?)

I really like the riccia. However, everything else gets sortof lost. Maybe they just need time to adjust and brighten up. I really really like the idea of the hairgrass when it starts to grow in. I would add two more crypts. One near where the first one is, and one on the other side of the tank in the corner. I think it will help add depth and height to the tank, and hopefully won't make it look too crowded.
I love the shape of the tank, though, and the open top makes for a very tranquil kind of setting.

Hoping that there must be a word for everything I mean...

I might have to enlist Matty's help to battle the Jersey boys.

That like the Jerkey Boys?

Of course I'll do what I can. We empire staters gotta stick together....or sumfin like 'at. I kinda like that. The Evil Empire. I'm already half in the darkside so it works well for me.

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First, I want to say that every bar should have a little fishtank on it! (or is that just the kitchen counter?)

No it's a drybar, well it was a drybar Thanks for the feedback. Yeah, right now it's more or less riccia on centerstage, I really haven't don't much yet to add more green. Now on the otherhand Matty spent endless hours aquascaping his little shrimp nano, so I would hit him with the full critique. I'm sure he would appreciate it.

Of course I'll do what I can. We empire staters gotta stick together....or sumfin like 'at. I kinda like that. The Evil Empire. I'm already half in the darkside so it works well for me

How could we go wrong. My darkside stuff is shelved in the garage for now. I actually spent 2 years in Oswego going to school, so yeah we have a connection. If we could make it thru those "whiteouts" we could certainly beat the Jersey Boys in a litte scaping.


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I think Matty is forgetting that I am holding his two female Apistos hostage

And with regards to the tank and the scape, take it easy, it looks much nicer than many tanks where people put in loads of effort

Ingo

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I think Matty is forgetting that I am holding his two female Apistos hostage

Well made a couple of changes as I play around with the tank. See Matty, I'm not afraid to show some ugliness. Anyway, I removed the wood from the rear right and replaced with a bigger rock moving into the riccia field. I think this brings the large rock on the front left and the back rocks together. Kinda tired of the wood meets in the midde thing (not that it doesn't look very nice in different tanks, but I just wanted to try something different).

Also can any tell how the light fixture is suspended?

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I think the real battle will be that checky young pup from Jersey

Hey, this sounds like a challenge to me

Within the next 2 weeks I'm redoing the 4G, so you have a head start on me.

Looks like it 's suspended using those coralife suspension cords, from a shelf maybe?

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That's definitely not ugly tetratech, quite the opposite. I thought you mentioned the picture wire in your first post. Good DIY strategy IMO.

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That's definitely not ugly tetratech, quite the opposite. I thought you mentioned the picture wire in your first post. Good DIY strategy IMO

Thanks. Yes I did mention picture wire, but how is the wire connected to the mini coralife?

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Any drilling done?

Maybe sandwiched between the endcap and the fixture?

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Any drilling done?

Maybe sandwiched between the endcap and the fixture?

Actually I just unscrewed the recessed screws on the side of the fixture wrapped the wire around the screw and screwed it back in.





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Still playing around with tank, so here's a current pic. Any comments are welcome.

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I like the movement of the rocks, I'm a bit worried that the one placed in the middle of the riccia might get lost. I could see one slightly larger doing well there. Also, I'd obviously like to see more nana petite if you have some in another place that you could bring in, otherwise I guess that request will have to be filled in time.

Oh, and a background, the brick pattern is a little distracting. Though the same could be said about mine.

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I like it the way it is, crispy green

Yeah, a background would be nice though. And maybe somehow make the upper half not all that vacant.

Ingo

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Tetra,

I love how you are using the Riccia. Care to share how you are holding it down?

How often are you trimming it?

I am also with LF about filling the upper section of the tank. How about Pearl Grass?


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