Pneumonic Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 So I'm a medical student and parent of two little kids and I've had a 20 gallon community planted aquarium for four years and converted it to a riparium about 3 years ago. I always wanted shrimp and finally did it about 3 weeks ago. I foolishly put 8 cherries in my community aquarium without thinking about plant mass, water parameters, etc. and quickly realized with my Florida flag fish and maybe my barbs they'd be in trouble. So I quickly got started on putting together a Walstad Jarrarium. (one gallon) which once the nitrate was zero (a week ago?) I pulled out the two cherries I could find and bought four more. So now I'm waiting for my 2.5 gallon Jarrarium to stabilize and I'll move over some of those 6 to that jar as well. So far I've seen 3 molt in that jar and they seem happy :/?Also I've been trying to sex them and I've been told all six are females! :/I haven't really explored the 20 gallon to see if there are any other survivors but if not I guess I need to go buy some males? :/ I dunno. Anyway this is me! Here are some links to my jars and 20 gallon. The first link are the remaining shrimp: are they all female!!????!? https://imgur.com/gallery/B7vjlMy Jarrariums: https://imgur.com/gallery/OASnYMy 20 gallon has changed a bit. I've added a few plants: https://imgur.com/gallery/lLDFfAlso, here are the list of plants I have everywhere:Riparium PlantsPothos VineRuellia simplex ‘Katie’2 unknown house plantsAquarium PlantsJava Moss (Taxiphyllum barbieri)Java Fern (Microsorum Crypt wendtii brown (Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Brown')Sword (Echinodorus palaefolius var. latifolius )Telanthera CardinalisLudwigia RepensAnacharis (Egeria densa)Anubias Nana (Anubias barteri var. nana )Rotala rotundifolia (Rotala rotundifolia)Pothos VineMonte Carlo (Micranthemum 'Monte Carlo')Staurogyne RepensUnkown plant in the middle, looks like Sag? Giant HygroSalvinia RotundifiliaMoss BallSag ChiliensisPygmy Chain sword narrow leafEchinodorus XinguLittorella UnifloraVal Americana Sag Subulata narrowleafFrogbitLobelia cardinalis small form2 Blyxa japonica 2 L. Aromatica Mini xmas mossEn route from people soon:*Najas RoraimaFlame mossLudwigia mini redMost are doing well except the aromatics. Blyxa is in the 1 gallon and melted but I think it's coming back okay. Tibee Inc and TropicalAquarist 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oem Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Glad to have you aboard Ben. Looking forward to your progress both with shrimp and your goals in medical school. That's a lot of plant material you have. Also glad to have someone else on the North Coast verses East/West Coast.,,,,Mike Pneumonic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pneumonic Posted December 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Glad to have you aboard Ben. Looking forward to your progress both with shrimp and your goals in medical school. That's a lot of plant material you have. Also glad to have someone else on the North Coast verses East/West Coast.,,,,MikeThanks Mike! Most of it is new plants I've added in the last 2 months in my new jarrariums and in preparation for my new light I'm getting for my 20 gallon [emoji4] it's a planted + 24/7! oem 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Welcome Pneumonic! We are glad to have you and the family. Pneumonic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. F Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Hello there Ben, I'm Nick Welcome to TSS! WOW, I don't know if I could handle multiple tanks, school, AND two kids! Respect. It does indeed look like you have all female cherries there. On the bright side they look to be fire reds or higher grade neos! :] Pneumonic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pneumonic Posted December 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Thanks Nick! Yeah sometimes I don't do too good of a job handling it myself I'm glad they're high grade! I went back to the same LFS and got more, and I *think* I got all males but at least 1 of 3 I think must be males. after acclimating them I put one in the 2.5 gallon with my brand new resident, 2 female RCS. They all seem to be acclimating well to the different tank. I put the other 2 potential males in with everyone else in the one gallon, so we'll see what happens. Update pics https://imgur.com/gallery/85oVy Mr. F and TropicalAquarist 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pneumonic Posted December 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 JUST SAW A BABY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY 1 GALLON JARRARIUM TropicalAquarist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalAquarist Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 Congrats!! I don't think it ever gets old finding a baby shrimp or fry!! Pneumonic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebi_flo Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 Welcome Ben! thanks for providing all the info =] and I love finding babies as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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