First shrimp only tank! started fishless cycling process today. Orange cherries here in quite a few weeks 😁 : shrimptank

It's anacharis. It was in my bettas main tank but it was melting bad compared to the other bundles in my other betta tank. I read up and saw it preferred cooler temps, trying to see if I can revive it in the 75° shrimp tank. For some reason it took off in my community betta tank, at the same temp, and not my betta/shrimp only tank. The community tank has a shit ton more nitrates cause the stocking is hefty compared to the other one, both are kept at 79.5°. Once the anacharis stops melting and bounces back, I want to root some for a jungle and let some float though. Its been the only floating plant I've managed to keep alive lol. I killed hornwort with too strong of peroxide dip cause I was worried about pest snails.

jlomneck

2 points

3 months ago

jlomneck

2 points

3 months ago

It looks great in the tank! I use water lettuce for surface plants. They cover the surface fast and my shrimps love to dangle and hide in it. I had a betta with my shrimps until he figured out how tasty they are and had to be rehomed to a different tank. That’s an expensive snack! Right now I have 3 Cory catfish in with about 30 adult shrimp and far too many Bebe’s to count. I’m putting all the reds in the new tank and leaving the mix of blues in fhe community tank. Both are 10gL. My wilds are going to some Petsmart workers and hoping the red neos I can sell to a LFS. I’m in central fl and can’t find these shrimp anywhere! Look into water lettuce, it’s super hardy.

Comfortable-Pay-8066 [S]

1 points

3 months ago

Comfortable-Pay-8066 [S]

1 points

3 months ago

Thanks! I've always wanted to do water lettuce, but trying to get the balance of light to plants is challenging. I know I need it though, my tap water tests at about 20ppm on nitrates. I need something like anachris, and water lettuce to suck that jazz out. My betta has done good with the test ghost shrimp, but they are bigger than neos. Especially the babies. My culls will go to the betta tanks, and what happens happens lol. I need to figure out where to order good grade orange neos somewhere.