11 gallon Red Cherry tank, UPDATE

[Dusko]

Hi all,
finally my RCS planted tank is born and after the cycle was finished I introduced my first 10 RCS and about 10 Malaysian Trumpet Snails.
pH is 7.8, KH 5, temperature 26'C.

Shrimps are between 1 and 1.5cm long (very young). I am not sure can they breed while they are still small???

They are very active and are picking stuff on rocks and plants.
I fed a small peace of HIKARI algae wafer today just to make sure that they got their first meal in this aquarium of mine. I will feed them twice a week with a small peace of HIKARI Algae wafer + blanched cucumber.
They will have 4 days to feed on microorganisms and algae.

If you have any other suggestions, please post a reply.

More info on http://aquariumpoetry-11gallonrcs.blogspot.com/

To visualise my project;









Kind regards, Dusko.

[Neonshrimp]

Hi Dusko, very nice !!! Your shrimp look like they like there new home and at 1.5 cm should be mature enough for breeding. Is that a filter in the right back corner, If so what type?

Thanks again

[Dusko]

Yes it is a filter. Many aquarists advice not to use that huge BOX filter because it is very unsightly.
Well I proved them wrong. It is very "out-of-sightly"
Buy placing Java fern in front of it, it is almost totally invincible.
But first I buried the box filter into the gravel.
Here you can see closely what I did ;
http://aquariumpoetry-11gallonrcs.blogs ... -born.html

Thanks for the info Neonshrimp. Hope to see some egg carrying soon
Regards, Dusko.

[YuccaPatrol]

I like the fully framed tank. Haven't seen one like that in quite a while.

[BM]

You can always add a background, it will increase the visual depth of your tank significantly. Plus it can hide any equipment behind the tank.

[Dusko]

I like the fully framed tank. Haven't seen one like that in quite a while.

Hi YuccaPatrol,
here in Sweden it is very common for people to make this kind of DIY aquarium. They are very cheep. This 11 gallons cost me 15 euros approx 20$. My plan is to go more into shrimp and crayfish breeding. I will try to rent out a room with another fish-breeder for breeding purposes. Those tanks are at hand for low cost. But this project could take a while.
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4144 ... 0011.0.jpg

You can always add a background

Hi BM, I have a black background, but thanks for the tip anyway

Regards, Dusko.

[Dusko]

Hi all,
it is a time for a little up date

After some time of stress, having females releasing their eggs after just 2 days, my shrimp population seem to be growing now.



I believe that young females do release their first eggs immediately (photo above) but the second batch is successfully raised.
You can see on this second photo one of my baby shrimps feeding on the filter beside the mature shrimp. I can count around 30 shrimplets at the moment (there are probably more but hard to spot them).
Link to my baby shrimp video



The tank is maturing nicely too as you can compare in the next two photos;

Now


Before




Kind regards, Dusko.

[Neonshrimp]

Congratulations Dusko ! Your tank looks even better now and will make a great home for your growing population. I love to see the babies as they live and grow in my tank also. Your pictures are very well taken

Thanks

[Dusko]

Hi Neonshrimp
thanks for your comments.
I just noticed that we entered petshrimp at the same time (approx) and look at you now a Shrimp Master and I am still an undeveloped larva maybe I need kind of brackish condition

I am getting ready for setting up six, 10 gallon, tanks for shrimp breeding.
I already established one small 15 liters to help me out when my RCS population out grows the current 11 gallon.

Pic of the 15 liters tank;


Regards, Dusko.

[The Fisherman]

Looking great Dusko, it definitely looks like your tank has matured quite a bit.

Great pictures, of the female releasing eggs, and of the little shrimplet.

Good luck with your current project, and please keep us updated.

-John