aquarist Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 A while back at petsmart my partner saw a Fluval spec 2.5 gallon on sale, and it even had a clearance sticker on it and it was only $20. So he asked me if there was anything I thought I could do with it for his desk at work. I told him I can plant it and get him a really nice betta. But that wasn't good enough, apparently someone else already has a betta so he's gotta get something better!! So a bit of time goes by and I end up getting some cherry shrimp on a trade. After we had them for a while, they were super tiny when we got them, they started to grow on us and were pretty cool to watch. About a month passed and I ended up getting around 20 more cherry shrimp, once again these were pretty small, raised them in a bowl for a while before I added them to the tank. But after having the shrimp for a while he decided it would be too much work for him to try and keep them at work, I tried to tell him it wouldn't be hard but I think he's just being lazy. Now I've two shrimp tanks at home and he now wants a Wabi Kusa for his desk. Not just any Wabi Kusa, I messed up and showed him a floating WK from Amano and he wants that of course!! So far everything is looking good, to me. I am happy with the way the glosso is growing in. The star grass is a little out of hand so I think I am going to take it out and replace it with s reopens. I am also thinking of taking the AR out of the back, it's gotten some GDA on it, it looks like and isn't so pretty anymore, I have plenty of that stuff so I may replace it with a different one or try out a different plant all together. I am using the stock lighting that came with the tank and it's doing a good job, my glosso is super compact. The substrate is Eco complete, I use a lite EI dosing and dose 2ml of excel a day. I've read that shrimp don't usually like fertilizers and excel but I guess since I've been using it since I got them they have kinda gotten used to it. I had a berried female a while back, and I've noticed a few small baby shrimp in the back of the tank so I am guessing they are doing okay in there since they are breeding. I don't remember exactly when I took these pictures cannot find time stamps for them on my phone. Day one First rescape A little while later we added the food dish and the shrimp! More recent photos http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/12/azesyrep.jpg http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/12/u2u9e9ym.jpg http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/12/butusapy.jpg http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/12/a3e4ypy9.jpg http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/12/ara9u3yr.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Shrimpo Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 Nice shrimp and plants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquarist Posted September 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 Just got back home from a two week vacation and have a jungle in my 2.5 gallon. Time to trim! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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