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Chetan3
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 Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:43 pm Post subject: It's A Jungle Out There (NonCO2 Planted Shrimp) *31Aug:Pics* |
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Dimensions: 24 inches x 12 inches x 12inches
Lighting: 2 fluorescent tubes. 2 feet. One tube is full-spectrum, the other is violet-blue spectrum (photosynthetic action spectrum) for plant growth
Filter: Resun Cyclone External Filter. But after a couple of months the filter broke (I slipped and fell while carrying the dripping filter for cleaning ). Since then no filter in tank. Replaced it with a 24hr air stone bubble running to keep the tank aerated.
Substrate: Controsoil
CO2: None
Additional Fertilizer: None
Hardscape: Bogwood with lots of tunnels (created by shipworms) for the shrimp to hide into
Plants:
Java moss, Pelia moss, Hydrocotyle, Pearlgrass / baby tears (Micranthemum glomeratum), Red Tiger Lotus, Dwarf Sagittaria, Water Sprite (Ceratopteris thalictroides), Cabomba, Amazon Grass, Ambulia
Fauna:
Cardinal tetra x8-10
Endler's Guppy (all male) x4
Red Cherry Shrimp x80+
Crystal Red Shrimp x1 (had 5, but the other 4 died)
Yamato Shrimp x1
Otocinclus x2 (more than that die of starvation)
Assasin Snails x30+ (had initially got 6)
Trumpet Snails
Dwarf Ramshorn Snails (wiped by assasins)
Neon Blue Endler's Guppy x2 (male) (Feb'12)
Red Tailed Squirrel Loach x2 (Feb'12)
Kuhli Loach x1 (Mar'12)
:.: TOPIC INDEX :.:
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1. Setup and time-lapse pics
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2. Bamboo plant tragedy
3. Looking for light on lighting
4. On the snail trail
5. Learning about planted aquarium
6. Enter Marsilea Hirsuta
7. Tackling the Marsilea uprooting
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8. Feeding Ginseng to Shrimp to boost their color and sex drive
9. Creating a siesta period (to tackle unwanted algae bloom)
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10. DOMINANCE HIERARCHY: Identifying the Alpha fish in the Cardinal Tetra School
11. Pics update
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12. Meri jaan, meri jaan ... Fish tank mein ande! (Assassin snail eggs)
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13. Finally some filtration (HOB)
14. Pics update |
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Chetan3
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:45 pm Post subject: Tank Diary: It's A Jungle Out There (Non-CO2 Planted Shrimp) |
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Setup Process:
Got the tank in July 2011. However, the beautiful piece of bogwood was got from an aquarium shop at Borivali in May.
It had these series of shipworm tunnels in it that were perfect for shrimp to hide in till they felt secure enough to venture outside. The holes would also be a safe nursery for the baby shrimp and would greatly help in getting their population up.
On just seeing this wood, it was apparent that a good tank can come of it. I bought it immediately and held onto it for months. The tank wasn't there in the living room yet, but it was already there in my head.
This wood is the centerpiece of the tank's ecosystem.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:47 pm Post subject: Re: Tank Diary: It's A Jungle Out There (Non-CO2 Planted Shr |
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Chetan Good tank  can you take the picture form the front side also
only one doubt without co2 how can you keep the tank green...?  |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:49 pm Post subject: Tank Diary: It's A Jungle Out There (Non-CO2 Planted Shrimp) |
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My other tank has a top filter, which works out dandy for it. However this new planted tank was intended to be lidless. So had to look at other filters.
So got this neat mini external filter. Takes care of the mechanical, chemical, and biological filtration. It did a great job. Highly recommended.
However, it broke a few months later (Note to self: watch out for the slippery floor while cleaning the tank  ).
No filter in the tank since then. Just added an air stone bubbling for oxygen, and on the surface where the bubble hit I placed a piece of sponge. This takes care of biological filtration.
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Selected Controsoil for the substrate. Had been reading up on it for a few months. It's basically lava soil collected from a volcano in Japan. It maintains the ideal Ph for a shrimp tank, and has good stuff for plants.
Fancy something from molten fire being good for a water project. One of many paradoxes of nature... Haha!
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Poured the controsoil in. Positioned the wood. Added more soil later on to make it 4cms thick.
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A thick thermocol at the base acts as suspension against vertical pressure.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:53 pm Post subject: Re: Tank Diary: It's A Jungle Out There (Non-CO2 Planted Shr |
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Positioned in the plants
(There's a banana plant in pic which was later removed. It was too big for the tank, and always floating away. The dwarf amazon plants in the foreground also melted away later.)
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They say that controsoil settles down (de-fogs) very fast. Here was a chance to test the claim ...
@6.48pm ... poured in the water. fogged up due to the substrate. but the controsoil settles in much faster than regular river sand.
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water cleared by 10.20 pm. also assisted by the filter. pretty good controsoil 
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:56 pm Post subject: Re: Tank Diary: It's A Jungle Out There (Non-CO2 Planted Shr |
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preparing the pelia moss
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Final startup look on 22 July. No fish yet cos the nitrogen cycle still going on. To make the cycle go real fast, had used some water from the other established tank.
Placed a small amount of java moss on the driftwood. This will eventually take over the wood.
Got a dual tubelights placed on top
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There is also a stone on top of the wood to keep it from floating. Will take a week for the water to log in and sink the wood.
Also introduced a few fauna after 6-7 days -- cardinal tetras, endler's guppy, and about 15-20 red cherry shrimp. The shrimp were just transferred from the other tank. They were always hiding in the other tank scared of all the predators about. In this tank however they should come out easily cos the fish chosen will not harm them.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:06 pm Post subject: Re: Tank Diary: It's A Jungle Out There (Non-CO2 Planted Shr |
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Time Lapse Pics:
And here's how the tank evolved over time ...
Tank snapshot: 22 July 2011
Right after setup
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Tank snapshot: 29 July 2011
After introducing the fish and shrimp along with some more plants
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Tank snapshot: Aug 2011
Making its way up.
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Tank snapshot: Sept 2011
Getting greener and greener
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Tank snapshot: Dec 2011
It's a jungle a out there! 
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:12 pm Post subject: Re: Tank Diary: It's A Jungle Out There (Non-CO2 Planted Shr |
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Awesome....  wish my tank turns out this way some day.. currently tackling bad algae problem  |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:13 pm Post subject: Re: Tank Diary: It's A Jungle Out There (Non-CO2 Planted Shr |
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More Pics:
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The shrimp all out eating an algae wafer treat along with the otocinclus. Can count around 60 of them in this frame alone.
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And the following pic shows how 20 shrimp became 100+ in a few months ... :guns:
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And that's a shot of how the plants multiplied.
(Specimen: dwarf sagittaria sending off a runner)
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:19 pm Post subject: Re: Tank Diary: It's A Jungle Out There (Non-CO2 Planted Shr |
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A common query is whether assassin snails kill adult shrimp. The answer is yes. This shrimp was still alive when I took this shot. Don't know how the snail hunted it though. Guess the shrimp was weak or just plain stupid. 
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:29 pm Post subject: Re: Tank Diary: It's A Jungle Out There (Non-CO2 Planted Shr |
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Chetan
Good lush tank. Yeah its a jungle out there
Also you have a very good looking Drift wood. But its like Babes in the woods. completely lost and hidden in the jungle |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:35 pm Post subject: Re: Tank Diary: It's A Jungle Out There (Non-CO2 Planted Shr |
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| Nice tank.. that too without Co2 |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:51 pm Post subject: Re: Tank Diary: It's A Jungle Out There (Non-CO2 Planted Shr |
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Hi,
How are you getting this lush growth without co2 and it is also heavily planted...
are you dosing excel or similar products and Specs+photo period please. |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:27 pm Post subject: Re: Tank Diary: It's A Jungle Out There (Non-CO2 Planted Shr |
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| Nice Tank ...and that too without Filter & CO2 |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:39 pm Post subject: Re: Tank Diary: It's A Jungle Out There (Non-CO2 Planted Shr |
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| Good RCS |
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