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So far I've got 2 tanks for shrimp, with plans on more. Atm I have a 1x1x2 tank full of red cherries, Although not good quality. Also a 1.5x1x1 tank with 8 yellow cherries and so far a minimum of 5 shrimplets. Theres nothing flash about the setup of the 2 tanks substrate or light wise. The 1x1 has river sand as a substrate and the 1.5x1 has fluval shrimp stratum. Both tanks run aquazonic 16.44w marine light (i know marine isnt good for plants. but they have the option to leave the acitinic lights off)

The red cherry tank is just plants (not sure on names) and a piece of drift wood with fontinalis moss on it.

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The yellow cherry tank was bare with some java moss on a stick. In the last couple of days I have started a moss wall with the java and have also added a ground cover "pillow" of Riccia that i had growing in my pond.

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Looks like its going to be a very easy on the eyes scape.

Good luck with your riccia I have never managed to have much success with it, I just can't seem to get the right light/CO2 balance going on.

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Thanks naric.

The funny thing is I failed at growing riccia about 6months ago. It basically broke down and went everywhere. I scooped up all remaining pieces and Threw basically 50c size portion of it in my pond out the back. 6months later and it was covered in duckweed so I couldn't even see it. I cleaned out the duckweed and there was the riccia floating just under the surface and about the size of a average sized wallet/purse!

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Nice tanks zacsbee89...At least you didn't succumb to plastic plants like I did a year back with my guppies tank...Thanks for the pics...CJ

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Cheers neo-shrimp,

Just an update on the riccia pillow and a home made filter I made.

First off this is a 1 week update to the growth of the riccia pillow which im happy about!!!

BEFORE:

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AFTER:

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After buying one of those black foam filters I see everybody use in there tanks like this:

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I found that the one i bought was well S$%T. The piping was way to thin which caused the bubbles to combine and made for a very noisey air driven pump. So modelling of the design "kind of" I set off to bunnings for some 15mm poly pipe and some joiners. I used dacron wrapped around the lower pipe as filter media as thats what I use for my turtle tank sump and i had it laying around. I drilled a hole at the base of the vertical pipe and placed my airstone at the very bottom.

I also filled the horizontal pipe up with bio noodles which ill replace with matrix once i pick up my order from guppys tomorrow.

Anyway its not pretty but it works!!! before I capped of the filter end I tested its "sucking power" it can literately suck up the substrate!!! I was impressed lol

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I also just noticed the 1 week algae growth on the rock in the background!!! lol

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