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Yellow Cherry Shrimp Tank


jase87

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Just thought id post a few pics of my first shrimp aquarium, now been going for about 2months.

tank- 150l 3ft

lighting- twin t8 fluro

filter- HOB Aquaone Clearview 800

Heater- Aquaone 200w heater

substrate and rocks are all Kalbarri iron rock collected from the cliffs, Aquaone Foam Background

plants are Peacock moss and Java Fern

houses 16 Yellow Cherry Shrimp and some young red cherries that i used as canary shrimp "havnt managed to catch them all yet"

Sorry about the pics, they were off my Iphone

cheers, Jase

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Hey Brad, the rocks havnt effected the water at all... I am told that this rock is only suitable for aquariums with a high PH. If the PH is lowered it will cause the Iron to oxidise "Killing everything".. I dont no of anyone ever using iron rock before or atleast this much so it is abit of an experiment

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Very nice jase87, has a Egyptian theme/feel...nothing wrong with iPhone pics.....I've given up on the DSLR and exclusively use iPhone pics now. LOL

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