Shrimp Oasis - From where it all began

[Heavyd]

I have realised after perving on so many other tank photos that I haven't shared any of my own in a long time. This is my favourite shrimp tank, which I spend countless hours relaxing in front of. It has become quite wild lately, but I like it this way.

The tank is a 200 litre tank, and the inhabitants are CRS and Yellow Cherry shrimp. Enjoy....

[Heavyd]

This is how the tank looked in the early days

[northboy]

Dam nice tank HD and I like the way it looks now.

You want to pack that up and send it to Cairns please LOL.

Bob

[Eshrimp]

Wow! Hope we get there one day CONGRATULATIONS

[honcho]

wow... that tank is absolutely stunning.. you must b very proud of it.. its lovely.. thanx for sharing..

how long did it take to grow..?

[HexaD]

thanks for sharing ***finally***! awesome tank man! love the variety of moss

[Loach]

Wow, looks loke a rainforest :p. Love it :)

[Dean]

i love this tank mate, so lush and wild. perfect for shrimp :)

[Gbang]

mate it is amazing!

[Shrimpdream]

Wow very nice tank ....

[Heavyd]

Thanks for the compliments. I am very happy with it. It has taken about 6-7months to get to this stage.

[Triggs]

Damn, That's really beautiful. I feel nothing but envy lol !

Thanks for sharing, It's nice to see tanks like this to aim to achieve. Stunning

[Heavyd]

Thanks Triggs. Just need to find the right driftwood and plaster them with mosses lol

[Triggs]

Thanks Triggs. Just need to find the right driftwood and plaster them with mosses lol

If only it really was that simple, Every time I put something in my tank I look at it and think "Yeah, That looks crap there" lol!

Apparently I have no artistic touch when it comes to layouts :-\

[Heavyd]

The thing I have learnt with this tank, is that it takes a while to look good (moss takes a lot of time to grow in), and spending the extra time in the beginning tying/glueing the moss into position, will result in a better spread/coverage in the end.

The main problem I have with the shrimp tanks is that I'm scared to move things around. Every move, kills shrimplets and scares the crap out of the adults.

On their scale moving a bit of driftwood is like shifting a skyscraper lol

[jrc693]

Such an amazing scape!

[HamishB]

amazing take - I love the wild look