SOTG402 Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 I'm new to this site and I'm new to the shrimp scene too. I have a few tanks 20g long with BB, blue shadow pandas. i have a 3.5g with 4 black belly pintos and 1 zebra pinto, and 2 10g tanks with cos and blue velvets and the other fancy tigers and royal blue with orange eyes, and a few yellow neo, all are young tanks (less than a month old). Im very excited to see what the future holds with these tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wygglz Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Welcome SOTG402! We are glad to have you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTG402 Posted February 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Thanks guys i have alot of reading to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve R. Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Welcome, neighbor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 What is cos? CRS perhaps? What ph is this neo/card tank? You are pretty gutsy to have a 3.5g with 4 black belly pintos and 1 zebra pinto! heh I personally wouldn't try anything less than a 20L or tenner. Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTG402 Posted February 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 soothing ya crs i need to turn off my auto correct. ph in neo card tank 6.8. I've been reading neos like it a bit higher but they seem to be molting and bullying my cards during feeding. do you think. i will have problems in my pinto tank if they ever had babies i would move them just with 5 shrimp i didn't think they needed a bigger tank. sotg means student of the game. so please correct or suggest anything i want whats best for the shrimp( i just really love my nano tank haha) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Small tanks are great if you can keep up with parameters. I suck at that with tiny tanks. LOL Basically the idea is the larger the amount of water, the more stable the parameters- and the more time you have to correct something before big problems happen. The smaller tanks, one parameter can suddenly be slightly off and cause a chain of reactions quickly. Unfortunately, the more expensive shrimp are usually the most sensitive ones as well. Like I said, some people are great at it, and you may be one of them. I suck at tiny tanks. SOTG402 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jem_xxiii Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Welcome to TSS! Indeed you do have quite a few tanks for just starting out. The good thing is that you will learn a lot as time passes. Please share photos of your tanks when you get a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wygglz Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 One way you can do small tanks but large water volume blending stability with your love of nano tanks is to link them. For example, we have 8 20 gal tanks plumbed together with 3 others for filtration and heating. That way I have a bunch of different tanks for different breeding colonies, but the water parameters are stable with over 200 gallons. So if you linked 3 of your 3.5 tanks together you'd have the stability of a 10 gal. Of course, wouldn't work if you keep them in separate rooms, just something to think about as you get into things. SOTG402 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTG402 Posted February 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 i try to take pictures with my galaxy and my cannon coolpix i can't get a good one yet haha. truly an art form. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTG402 Posted February 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Welcome to TSS! Indeed you do have quite a few tanks for just starting out. The good thing is that you will learn a lot as time passes. Please share photos of your tanks when you get a chance. lol ya i know i believe you guys call it shrimp fever. and i got it bad lol. As long as petco does have another 1 per gallon sale i should be ok. Soothing Shrimp and jem_xxiii 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SOTG402 Posted February 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 sorry my pictures are sooo bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 LOL Mine, too. You fit right in. SOTG402 and jem_xxiii 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jem_xxiii Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 sorry my pictures are sooo bad that is why I do not even attempt to take any sometimes. SOTG402 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishprinceofca Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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