Saturday, November 10, 2007

5 Gallon Blackwater Cherry Shrimp Tank



















Here is the blackwater tank I started earlier in October.

Here are the specifics on it:

5 gallon (30cm) tank, 26 Celcius, custom canister filter (found chemistry equipment), 13 watts cfl 6700K, pH 6.4, KH 120 ppm, GH 75 ppm, NO+2 0mg/L, NO-3 0mg/L

Flora: Weeping Moss (Vesicularia ferriei)

Fauna: Cherry Shrimp (Neocaridina heteropoda var. red)

The weeping moss is sparse now, but with the hopes that it will look really nice when it grows in on it's own from those few strands. I did something similar in another tank and was really happy with the results, all be it a very slow process. I'll post that tank when I tinker around with it a little more.

1 Comments:

Blogger "Untitled Band" said...

awesome pictures mike!! what is that organism at the bottom?

11:54 PM  

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