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Hi all, this is my first post in this forum and this is the picture of my proposed shrimp tank in my office (let's hope this work):


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Tank specs:
L45xD30xH30 9g tank
Liberty 200 + Atman HOF 600 with Biohome
Dennerle substrate
18W PL lights x 9h daily

Temp:
22 - 25C on weekdays
25 - 27C on weekends

Decor:
Driftwood with TW moss

Bioload:
4x otos

The tank has been cycled for a month and will be adding cherry shrimps soon. I need to ask a question here though. I'm thinking of introducing either golden tetras or rasboras into the tank too. Anyone has any experience if they can get along with the shrimps?[/img]

Hi Anakin

Your tank setup sounds fine. As to the tetras, they will most likely not harass the adult shrimp, but they will grab any young shrimp and hatchling they can catch, so you would need to provide a lot of hiding spaces if you want any shrimp offspring to survive.

if posible you should leave the light on longer than 9 hours to encurage algae growth. if you can you should buy a timer and set it for 12-14 hours a day.

Thanks Mustafa & cro117, I just hope the water perimeters ok with the cherrys - many of my friends had high fatalities where shrimps are concerned.

cro117, it's 9 hours now because I haven't gotten any shrimps yet, but may lengthen the photohours to 10hrs once I've introduce the shrimps - I've seen algae smothering moss!

anakin wrote:many of my friends had high fatalities where shrimps are concerned.

--That's only because people do not realize that shrimp are actually more sensitive than most fish. You should send your friends to this website.

cro117, it's 9 hours now because I haven't gotten any shrimps yet, but may lengthen the photohours to 10hrs once I've introduce the shrimps - I've seen algae smothering moss!

--This probably means that you have too many nutrients in the water. Maybe you are feeding too much.

Mustafa

Yes Mustafa, agree with you on the excessive nutrient part. But sometimes it's hard to grow moss with other light-demanding plants which correspondingly need a higher nutrient intake than moss. Thus while the higher-oder plants are growing alright with the nutrients and photoperiod, the moss loses out to the faster growing algae - at least that's what I think.

Well, my moss is beginning to show signs of growth - they are branching out horizontally into the water. Will be adding my shrimps once there is adequate cover - think they prefer a thick mossy habitat.

Have ordered cherrys and rasboras (brigittae). Ohhhh, can't wait!