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hey guys been a while since i was keeping shrimp fish as im always low on cash :p im an yr 8 student btw so been saving up so heres my low tech tank i plan on getting rid of the albinos as they are too big and adding some CRS A/B/C grades

current tank inhabitants 6 normal lf bns and 2 albino lf bns

plants:some sort of anubias, little bit of java and peacock moss i plan on adding more peacock moss but find it quite hard as i dont see anyone selling it nowadays ;)

so heres the tank not that good compared to others but im still proud of myself as im still learning new things everyday :encouragement:

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Looking good :D What substrate are you using? I've got a few longfin albino myself, originally didnt like the longfin mutation but it's definately grown on me and now they're the only ones I plan on keeping lol.

I have to ask, what size tank is that and what filter? it looks huge! might want to make sure that shrimplets cant get sucked into it and that it's not too strong for your shrimp

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its a 1ft tank so pretty small the filter is a eheim 2008 i plan on getting rid of the filter and use a sponge filter when i get the shrimps

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Hey mate, welcome! Love your tank :) Send me a PM and i can mail you some moss that im almost sure is peacock :)

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