Marali Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Hello everyone! I will soon be starting up a tank specifically for Crystal Reds and wanted to get some suggestions as to plants that would be best. As well as maybe some product suggestions as far as food, substrate powder, etc... The tank is a 7.9 gallon Fluval Ebi that will contain a nice piece of spiderwood as well as a few small lava rocks. The substrate I have chosen is Fluval Shrimp Stratum. Comments, suggestions, advice will all be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4n Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 some good plants for shrimp tanks are: Floater Mosses Anubias Ferns Buces Crypts. and there some stem plants Shrimp food : There is a very wide range of foods. Substrate powder: look into MK breed Silver Z EricM and RyeGuy411 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 some good plants for shrimp tanks are: Floater mosses anubias ferns buces and there some stem plants Shrimp food : There is a very wide range of foods. Substrate powder: look into MK breed Silver Z Han is spot on about plants and foods... as for substrate powders, there are many different ways to get a tank cycled.. I've been seeing lots of people having success with the SL-Aqua method lately which is great to see. http://www.discobee.com/blogs/news/18442297-cycling-a-shrimp-tank-the-easy-sl-aqua-way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Well Han may be too modest to say it... but I think his line of shrimp foods are really amazing. So far, I have used the nettle, snowflake, baby food, and special blend. All of them are taken eagerly by my very very picky shrimp. As for plants, mine love to hang out in and nibble the biofilm on Java moss. h4n 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibikaie Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 +3 moss Does anyone else do crypts + shrimp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spialz Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 I have crypts in almost every tank, including shrimp. Love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grammaknits02 Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 For plants, I love Fissedens moss, mini pellia moss, Java moss, anubias. Food...SL Aqua all the way. The SL Aqua magic powder is the best IMHO, and SL Aqua MORE line of foods is great. My shrimp all go nuts for all of the SL Aqua foods. SL Aqua also makes a great liquid remineralizer, Blue Wizard that is way easier to use than salts and gives consistent results every single time. I also use their trace mineral supplement called TM-1 and their biological supplement called Purify. Since changing over to all SL Aqua products, I now have 5 berried females in my blue velvet colony and two females that have recently given birth in the past two weeks and now have babies everywhere. Survival rate of the babies has been much better than in the past. I personally believe it is due to the Purify. My shrimp are definitely SL Aqua shrimp all the way. I believe the quality of SL Aqua products is right up there with MK Breed, and it's not over priced. I believe Bostoneric of www.discobee.com carries the full line of SL Aqua products. He gives great customer service and shipping is cheap. I highly recommend checking the website out and checking out SL Aqua. Best of luck with your new tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4n Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 oh yes crypts to! forgot about those And thanks Sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 You gotta have moss. It collects and grows all kinds of good stuff, plus they feel safe and protected in it. They shrimp just love it. After that all the other plants are pretty and go with what you like, but the moss is a must. PS. I tie my moss to cholla wood. They love that too. all the little holes and tunnel to hide and explore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibikaie Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 Thanks, I am a big crypt fan, and I just wanted to be sure there wasn't some mystery no-no to keeping them with shrimp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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