shadoh Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 I just finished revamping the tank I intend to use for shrimp. Added a couple of moss rocks and a new background (wallpaper sample) with any luck, this time around, I will have a tank some cherries will love and thrive in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2littlerevheads Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 looks great jarrod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Lol. Now where you going to put your wilds, huh? Easy to see in there, think they will look good. I knew that mulberry tree that's growing beside your house will come in handy. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 It looks great Jarrod! I do however, have a little too much time on my hands right at this minute, so I had to see if it would better if it were rearranged a little. Maybe move the rock out the back (on the right) over to the left, Have a lot of action in one are around the left with the branch projecting out of the action. Adding depth and direction... me trying to be arty! I love photoshop! its fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Looks good Jarrod! They will love it in there, sorry the ones from me died. The mulberry tree will come in handy! They also love banana and spinach :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted February 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Thanks guys! @Busman, the wilds will go into the freshly cleaned and replanted wild tank... @Paul, love a good photoshop manipulation moved rock to front. Not quite the dimensions of your re-imagining, but I do like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 perhaps another addition is in order??? Likeee. Sorry Jarrod.. nothing wrong with the tank... Just me.LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted February 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 (edited) Come on Paul, now you are making it look symmetrical. I thought it was all about the art of asymmetrical understatement. I'm afraid you're overthinking the original brief. Either that or just showing off *lol* Edited February 18, 2012 by shadoh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 was just a little bored! and sometimes I like to show off a little I abandoned depth and direction and decided on balance... arteesteek no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournebetta Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 nice work - the wallpaper is a nice touch feng shuey shrimps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted February 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Thanks for the shrimp Pyrefly! They are settling in nicely and are colouring up Since adding the shimp last night, something has happened to the water. At first, I thought the shrimp had disturbed the sand and there were sand particles floating through the water. I have had a closer look and the particles seem to be wiggling and moving. This is through the entire tank - they are about the size of vinegar eels and white in colour. I tried to take photos, but it doesn't show up. The shrimp are happy, so doesn't seem to have an effect on them. Any ideas? Bacterial bloom? Something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 I have had them in my tank, they are just little nematodes fish love them :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted February 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Cool. The shrimp aren't bothered by them and are happily swimming around. In fact I just spotted a couple of shrimplets swimming around I thought one of the females looked berried, but couldn't get a good look at her... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrefly Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 All sorts of little creepy crawlies in my shrimp tank Jarrod If they don't upset the shrimp I leave them be! Thrilled they're settling in nicely! Probably a new clutch if you have one berried already, I avoided them when I was catching (Didnt think it was fair to make them travel like that.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted February 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Great to know Sarah - never kept shrimp before, so a little paranoid Don't worry, I'll settle down sooner or later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrefly Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Enjoy the paranoia! (And the shrimp ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted February 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Got up this morning to the biggest female in the tank dead and the water smelling putrid. I removed the dead shrimp and did an emergency 60% water change. I don't know what else I can do. Looks like whatever caused it wasn't as innocent as nematodes... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted February 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 ...another dead :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrefly Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 I'm really sorry Jarrod, don't know what to say Could there be something in the tank itself leaching into the water? Usually I wouldnt suspect water quality issues but since this is the second batch to do downhill I'm starting to wonder. Is this the tank you painted the back/sides of? Anything coppery would finish off shrimp pretty quickly. Might try some purigen/charcoal in the filter if it has one, if its a contaminant that might help remove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted February 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 All dead. This is the second lot to die. This isn't the tank that was painted. There is a young splendens living happily in that one. Nothing coppery or metallic, water seems fine (apart from what was supposedly nematodes in the water column). I'm going to cut my losses and say that I'm not meant to have shrimp. I'm barely hanging on to wanting to keep anything aquatic with repeated Betta failure, don't need more of the same. I will surely go mad if I tried this again and had the same result. Thanks all for the support and thanks to Matt and Pyrefly for the shrimp. Sorry they never survived :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 what the????? Even after my attempted murder of mine and massive wc I still have some swimming around. Think I lost the shrimplets but still have a few berried. Sorry mate, no advice because I don't know. :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 Crappy Jarrod, sorry to hear it! Was the last thing you should have to put up with. Might be a little too late, but the cloud of wrigglers probably were nematodes. They have most likely been there all along, just not in numbers enough to notice and probably had nothing to do with the shrimp dying. They were more likely a symptom of what went wrong in your tank. The most likely explanation is that in setting up the new tank there was an initial bloom of bacteria. They became food for the nematodes and hence the nematode cloud. The huge spike in bioload then reduces the available oxygen and sends the tank into a spiral that results in a overwhelming increase in the anaerobic bacteria. These anaerobic bacteria are the nasties that produce the characteristic putrid smell and the toxins which kill the fish or critters in he tank. I know it's all too late, but it kinda makes sense. The tank was probably too immature to be adding livestock. Just out of interest, were there any new pieces of driftwood in the tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoh Posted February 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 Thanks guys. Yes, a fairly new piece that had been soaking for 6 weeks this time around before adding the shrimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 Wierd. I would guess soaking for that time would allow it to "mature". Was it stinky while soaking (perhaps suggesting it was loaded with anaerobic bacteria already)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 Seeing as you only had the nematodes this time, could there be copper in the tank? Have you ever used any meds in the tank? If so, you could have copper leaching out of the silicone? This killed one of my first lots. Don't give up Jarrod! You will figure it out :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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