journal my setup

[HexaD]

That Pellia has had a very quick turnaround. Nice green tips. Good job mate.

Thanks heavyd! The mini pellia has really taken off after a few weeks under high light!!

small update' date=' decided on a sort of simple scale with four different moss in each corner. us fissidens, mini pellia, flame, peacock and of course dean's centerpiece

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bought a chocolate delight package and this was the CBS cull that came with the package

has a blue tinge!!

blue cherry within the chocolates :)

CBS feeding on a moulted skin

feeding plate

hiding places for the shrimps because the flow is too strong with a g3 and 2217 in there

the colored up SSS cull after a night

[Gbang]

WOAH!!!!! so jealous i love this tank!!!!:victorious:

[Loach]

Great job Daniel, I lve this tank!

[HexaD]

Thanks!! Means a lot to me!! I owe a lot a lot to everyone on skf, now hopefully it will self suffice and I don't have to keep buying to replace any deaths or else it's really shut down time :)

[Eshrimp]

Very very nice mate.... What are the advantages to feeding on the plate?

[HexaD]

I find that although I'm not feeding often, the shrimp sometimes can't even finish a small piece (1/4) of commercial food... The plate makes it easier for me as I can take the unfinished food out the next day instead of letting it go soft or breaking apart which contaminates the water quality

[honcho]

wow.. that tanks looking really sweet hexad... the shrimp in there are also really good.hopefully u should have plenty quality babies popping up soon ..

cant believe that cbs is a cull.. it looks awsome

[HexaD]

wow.. that tanks looking really sweet hexad... the shrimp in there are also really good.hopefully u should have plenty quality babies popping up soon ..

cant believe that cbs is a cull.. it looks awsome

thanks Honcho!! hopefully one day my tank will house awesome shrimps like your wine red too :)

its been a while but here are some updates' date=' nothing special besides adding some rose moss, mini fissidens, a peacock moss wall and a huge ass anubis.

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the rose moss are from a dear mate of mine where they werent working out for him, so i have them now trying to see how they do in my water parameters.

mini fissidens which i like more than normal ones

the moss wall isn't really covering the whole panel but hopefully it will provide some sort of safety house for the shrimplets to hide.

took out the shrimp caves as i added weeping moss to them with super glue, now in the community tank to ensure no poisonous stuff kills my high grades (coz low grades are ok xD) and will move them back once they are quarantined and color up again

3ft fts while im here

problem with this setup is ive been waiting and waiting, they shrimps have been moulting and moulting, and nothing is getting berried which is a bit frustrating, even with mosura gravidas every 3 days isnt doing much. i am reluctant to use the breeding liquid although i still have a bottle left. i've even had my best SSS die due to old age because their freaking huge! maybe i dont have enough females? but im pretty sure i have a few in there :( any tips?

[Robert]

I love those shrimp shelters but they are ridiculously expensive for what they are. They look amazing and so does your setup.

[Neo-shrimp]

Absolutely amazing tanks HexaD...Hopefully one day I'll be able gather up half of what you have accomplished I'd be extremely happy...thanks for the photos...very inspiring (how long have you been in the shrimping scene HexaD)?

[HexaD]

I love those shrimp shelters but they are ridiculously expensive for what they are. They look amazing and so does your setup.

Thanks rob! They are actually imitation I bought from china for a fraction of the price around $1.20' date=' the quality and color can't compare to the Japan originals. But they serve the same purpose and hopefully it'll look better once the moss settles in :)[img']http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n91/licliczzz/15DDC799-F606-4203-A6F8-7571CD772EEA-1751-000001F29253E585.jpg

Absolutely amazing tanks HexaD...Hopefully one day I'll be able gather up half of what you have accomplished I'd be extremely happy...thanks for the photos...very inspiring (how long have you been in the shrimping scene HexaD)?

Thanks Neo, just over 2 years but still not really at it, would love to see your setup too

[Robert]

I want these. If you ever purchase more id love some.

[Neo-shrimp]

@ this point in time it's just a 3 ft tank (given for free) mainly with endlers & guppies (giving them away free...very slowly) , RCS,CRS a few NINJAS....Waiting for the dough to roll in (Finance Minister approval) and start from scratch with the shrimp tank set-up...In the meantime I'm mainly getting as much info as I can before-hand, you know trying get my head wrapped around it...And with pics like yourself yourself are really inspiring...Will appreciate it if you you can give me some do's and don'ts from your experience...(will keep you posted) thanks buddy CJ

[doctr-dan]

What's that growing in the foreground of the 3ft full tank shot?

[HexaD]

I want these. If you ever purchase more id love some.

definitely will pm if i get some more!

@ this point in time it's just a 3 ft tank (given for free) mainly with endlers & guppies (giving them away free...very slowly) ' date=' RCS,CRS a few NINJAS....Waiting for the dough to roll in (Finance Minister approval) and start from scratch with the shrimp tank set-up...In the meantime I'm mainly getting as much info as I can before-hand, you know trying get my head wrapped around it...And with pics like yourself yourself are really inspiring...Will appreciate it if you you can give me some do's and don'ts from your experience...(will keep you posted) thanks buddy CJ[/quote']dont worry, thats how we all start, slowly and slowly, piece by piece, you will get there! im sure that all of us on the forum would be happy to help and inspire you, just ask you have any questions :)thats Staurogyne Tropica, will have some for sale at the end of the month if you are interesteda clearer and earlier shot of the Stauro taken with my dslr

[lachie1998]

wow that tank is amaizing!

[HexaD]

Came home today and found that there were numerous deaths in the 40cm cube including a few dark chocolates and my prized SS CBS :(

I managed to save the eggs ASAP but there was already a snail feasting on the carcass (first pic), so hopefully i got in in time! As i don't have a tumbler, I put them in my net and just in front of the outflow pipe, not sure whether that's enough tho..

Had a look at the temp in the cube and it was 28c! So I decided to move all the shrimps over to the Cade. Not really my preference as I only had SSS in the tank, but rather let them mix with lower grades than to see them die

It also gives me an excuse to give my new toy a go The lazyman's wondertool, Ebitabreed water adjustment kit to help with acclimatizing the shrimp, it works like a normal airtube drip acclimatization but has a control valve instead of a knot. Tested it and let it drip for one hour.

Long story short, all the dark chocolates are now happy in the breeding box and low grades are in the tank enjoying a cool temp of 24c, hopefully they wont be affected by the sudden temp drop and water parameter shock

hitchhiker

Deans cull on Dean's driftwood haha

FTS with the eggs in the blue net in front of the outflow. I played with the scape again as I didn't like the huge anubis sitting there as it was creating a dead spot in one of the corners, so hopefully with this new layout there will be more smooth sailing. Gotta end this post with one sentence, CHILLER IS THE BEST THING YOU CAN GET FOR A SHRIMP TANK, LIFE SAVER! :)

[Dean]

sorry to hear about the losses mate, why didn't you have a chiller on the tank anyway??????????????????????????

after everything you have been through i thought this tank was going to have all the bells and whistles :)

i hope you have ordered a chiller now....

"Deans cull on Dean's driftwood haha"

lol dont you like it mate :)

[Eshrimp]

:( sorry for your loss mate... Remember the good old frozen coke bottle will get you out of an emergency. Or just bring me your babys and ill keep an eye on them :)

[HexaD]

@dean haha coz I'm so slack every time I proceed to checkout I will click cancel and spend the money on new fish or shrimp. Or something else comes out like family and friends visiting, Xmas, holidays, bills and tenants moving out :$ Then I thought wait a minute, if I move everything into the Cade till autumn won't that solve all my issues? Genius and as they say the rest is history loll

and yes! I'm gonna man up and say I love you dean :P thanks so much for everything hehe

@emmanual thanks for your offer :) I'm sure my babies (if any) would be best buds with yours! I do remember the coke method but I cleared everything from the tank so I only have plants in there growing at high temps! Still need to drop by and check out your awesome marine and shrimp tanks!

[Eshrimp]

It will be my honour for you to come to my humble hut Daniel...MI CASA ES SU CASA (my home is your home) PM me when ready mate.

[lachie1998]

Hopefully your shrimp thrive in the CADE it looks like a awsome setup:D

[HexaD]

Thanks Em and Lachie :)

One of my dark chocolates are berried after being locked up in the love house, SO happy!

But...

She swam away the next day from the holes within the breeding box and I can't find her anymore.. Gawd, they are are so camouflaged!

[Gbang]

woah that's a dark chocolate!!! and congrats on da berry :)

[HexaD]

all thx to you hehe