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torface Shrimp Master

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So the day before yesterday i rescaped my big tank. All the shrimps have gone into my new rack and this tank will now become a fish tank. Got a good deal on the Amazon Swords :)

I was looking at it today and i noticed 2 little tiny weenie CBS shrimplets. They managed to evade me and survive the entire rescape, tough littlebuggers!

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ineke Shrimp Guru

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looking good! I'm doing my big fish tank this week I love using those little rocks as a divider. I thought Crystals were touchy little things amazing what they an survive!!!!

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I know i think we pamper them too much!!!

Those rocks are siliconed onto pieces of glass, so it works really well as a divider. They came with my rack, the previous owner used them so he could have shrimp soil at the back and bare glass at the front.

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That's clever. I do it to have ADA for the plants and then use the rocks to separate it from the shrimp soil but that tank is now gone so am going to try and do it for the fish to use up all the plants I had in the shrimp tank.:encouragement:

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Sounds good, you'll have to post a picture when you're done :encouragement:

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Yes I will . i will take a before and after because it's a plastic plant tank at the moment and while it looks attractive I'msure the fish would be happier with live plants!!!

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Looking good torface am loving the large sized plants, what sort of sand is it your using at the front? Looks similar to one i used in a community tank and had really bad experience with :(

What fish are going into the tank?

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The sand is quartz sand called "salt and pepper", cant remember what brand though. Why did you have a bad experience with your sand?

Getting discus and blue rams :)

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The sand is quartz sand called "salt and pepper"' date=' cant remember what brand though. Why did you have a bad experience with your sand?

Getting discus and blue rams :)[/quote']

discus are such lovely fish, hope your partner is ready for all the water changes when your not home lol, I plan and hope to have a 6ft discus tank one day. I dont remember if my sand was the same but i wasnt aware it needed to aerated regularly and ended up causing a foul odur and lost lots of kuhli loaches because they would bury into it and then it would become like cement :(

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Looks awesome Tor, very well done! It's going to look stunning with a few discus in there & the apisto's are going to look awesome, should check out apistogramma cacatuoides, one of my favourite dwarf cichlid :victorious:

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Well they're only gonna get a water change once a week and like it lol! That's what the people im getting them off do anyway so should be good. I plan to make up the water in a barrel then all he needs to do is siphon the water out and pump the new water in. Hopefully it wont be difficult once we've perfected it.

I dont remember if my sand was the same but i wasnt aware it needed to aerated regularly and ended up causing a foul odur and lost lots of kuhli loaches because they would bury into it and then it would become like cement :(
Oh that's not good! The LFS where i bought this stuff reckon it's really good, so hopefully it wont end up like that. I'll be having to vacuum it anyway so that will help.
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I give you 4 months and 3 weeks till it's a shrimp tank again ....

Lookin' good!

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I give you 4 months and 3 weeks till it's a shrimp tank again ....

Lookin' good!

LOL probably! But it was a real pain in the bum as a shrimp tank, it's over 50cm high and virtually impossible for me to reach in to do things, plus the shrimps were only ever on the substrate so it always looked empty!

I've got a rack to keep me satisfied, for a while anyway :encouragement:

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It looks great! Can't wait for fish pics now! ;)

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I've got a rack to keep me satisfied' date=' for a while anyway :encouragement:[/quote']

I'm totally leaving that one alone! Hahaha :smiley_simmons:

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I've told myself no more shrimps for a little while, i'm going to let these ones breed for a bit and establish numbers.... Next shrimp will be a TB :) ...unless of course someone sends me free shrimps (cant let them go homeless) or Dean has another shrimp sale LOL

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I'm totally leaving that one alone! Hahaha :smiley_simmons:

I have a marvellous rack! :stupid:

LOL *rolls eyes*

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I'm totally leaving that one alone! Hahaha :smiley_simmons:

that was very safe of you Squiggle :smiley_simmons:

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