Aquatic Athlete Posted November 26, 2017 Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 Starting a new tank for Blue Neos. I found a killer deal on black friday and purchased 15 "blues", some of which were black and rili's. The store is holding them until my water is stable. The tank was seeded with 6-7 Gallons of water from my existing Neo colony, a filter media bag and decomposing leaves from the Orange Colony. Plants were also taken from established tanks. So far so good. Tank Size:10 gallon Aqueon complete kit.Co2:NoneLighting: Aqueon 10 gallon LED hoodFilter: Aqueon 10 gallon HOB filterHeater: Fluval 100w digital heater (trust this way more then the 10 gallon nightmare heater they had in the kit.)Substrate: 1" of CaribSea Eco Complete Planted Aquarium Substrate.1.5" of Imaginarium white sand.Hardscape: 1 Unknown Rock "A"2 Unknown Rock "B"1 Unknown wooden logPlants: 6 Green Crypt4 Red Crypt1 Dwarf Sag1 large Water Sprite, 2 small Water SpriteDuckweedFish: NoneInverts: 4 Ghost Shrimp (Cycling tank and being a water monitor) 7 Malaysian Trumpet Snails15 Blue Neocaridina Shrimp (pending cycle) Shrimporama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimp Life Posted November 27, 2017 Report Share Posted November 27, 2017 For neocaridina, a heater is not needed, they do fine without it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquatic Athlete Posted November 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2017 Typically yes, but where I'm from, everything needs a heater. My bathroom was 50° the other night. I'm in New Hampshire, in a very unreliable appartment (as far as heating goes) so if you don't have one for emergency sake, you'll loose his and inverts to crazy swings. The summer brings the opposite end of the spectrum out with crazy temps. Even in the fall months, we'd come home to 85° room temp occasionally. Much appreciated though!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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