Raie 0 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 hi all, new to the forums so thought i'd post some photos of my betta set up. have posted it on other forums too so some people may have already seen it. i got him from fishchicks and am very happy with him. he shares his 30cm cube with 20 odd red cherry shrimp. am not looking to breed him so have not bought a matching female for him. Link to post Share on other sites
Neffy 7 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 omg the shrimps they are so cute ! he doesnt try to eat them ? i love how they match each other XD the tank is sooo beautiful as well ! Link to post Share on other sites
Force Fed 0 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 As I said in your intro thread, beautiful tank! that really does look awesome!! Link to post Share on other sites
delyall 0 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Wow! Fantastic setup you have there :D Link to post Share on other sites
Raie 0 Posted May 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 (edited) thanks all for the comments. he is a cute little guy with lots of personality (a first for me in terms of fish keeping, as much as i like scaping my tanks i have never previously grown an attachment to a fish) omg the shrimps they are so cute ! he doesnt try to eat them ? i love how they match each other XD the tank is sooo beautiful as well ! yes the shrimp are incredibly cute! i have a tank for crystal red shrimp as well and they are extremely fun to watch (fight over food etc). and yes he TRIES (keyword here!) but never succeeds! he's too slow, dopey and big - his fins and tail is his enemy here.. he gets slowed down amongst the plants and even in the open the shrimp jump away REALLY fast, faster than he can open his mouth. now he sort of just looks at them swims up to them and swims away, as for the shrimp, they sometimes crawl on him to over take him cause he's in the shrimp's way. Edited May 31, 2010 by Raie Link to post Share on other sites
Force Fed 0 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 LOL @ that pic! I am inlove with your tank. kinda want it!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Neffy 7 Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 haha the shrimp get a piggy back ride XD id love to see photos of that, the stare off is fantastic ! Link to post Share on other sites
Force Fed 0 Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 I should really stop clicking this thread, It's making me want a tank of Cherry or Fire Shrimp :D Link to post Share on other sites
Raie 0 Posted June 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 lol thanks guys. shrimp are definitely very fun to watch, their little feet move so fast and it's really cute when they are cleaning/eating stuff. here are some links to my CRS tank: http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/2290/shrimpies02.jpg http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/9131/shrimpies01.jpg http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2945/shrimp02.jpg Link to post Share on other sites
delyall 0 Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Naww~ They so adorable and so tempting .. hmm I really love your CRS tank setup! The 'tree' looks amazing :D Link to post Share on other sites
Goody3714 0 Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Very nice Tanks raie Loved the pics some really nice tanks the shrimp are really nice too :D Link to post Share on other sites
tlc33 0 Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Now that is a photo worthy of a caption contest! Just gorgeous and I should probably start..... Got to get girls to bed, but I'll be thinking of a good one. Oh just quickly, how about... eh em.... Ya want to piece o' me???? Link to post Share on other sites
Raie 0 Posted June 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 lol captions are always fun. some reason the expression on bobo reminds me more of a bored look more like "psshh shrimps" Link to post Share on other sites
delyall 0 Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Or 'the never ending staring contest' :D Link to post Share on other sites
Neffy 7 Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 lovely tank CRS are my fav shrimpies Link to post Share on other sites
gulp 0 Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 The quality of the photos are just brilliant! The tank setups are out of this world. Well done. I am in awe Look forward to more pics you may post Link to post Share on other sites
thomasellaby 0 Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 how did you do the tree thingy in the shrimp tank it looks awesome..... Link to post Share on other sites
Raie 0 Posted June 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 hey all, thanks for the lovely comments as usual. the tree thing is pretty simple to do, i found a tiny piece of wood that would work as the trunk, then i just tied some artificial branches to it (stainless steel wire from bunnings) and then tied the moss to some plastic fly screen and hooked the wire through one point in the mesh to prevent it from falling off and floating around. here's a picture from when i first put it together, you can see how much moss has grown out in a month or so http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1143/treev.jpg Link to post Share on other sites
fishish 0 Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Love your betta/shrimp faceoff pic, totally classic! I never seem to have my camera on me at such moments in life so good job By the looks of things you've probably heard that enough by now.... lol Link to post Share on other sites
Force Fed 0 Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 (edited) what kind of wire is it? I've been told wire affects the water due to being bare metal/metalic Edited June 6, 2010 by Force Fed Link to post Share on other sites
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