Blacksunshine

OK so the bug has bit and yet another tank is added. So far this tank is a shrimp only. slightly planted but overall simple.

I started off with a 6gallon shelf tank. This is a pretty long tank for its size. its about 23in wide. and 6-7" front to back. its got pretty much the foot print of a long 10gal.
Heres a pic of the tank the first night I got it. I received some shrimp so I had to buy this tank in a rush. seems that worked out well because so far I like this tank's dimensions vs volume.





For now There are just a couple rocks that are to be the hardscape and some drift wood. The Cherry shrimp are floating in a fry box. I'm also at this point floating a amazon sword and some stargrass to help keep things clean while im getting the final plants laid out.


I don't want them running around while I'm trying to pour substrate so they have to wait to get acquainted with their new home
For hardware I have just a digital thermometer a little hagen mini and the lights.(I'll get back to the lights.)


Now I was getting the itch to get this going. And although I had already arranged to get some soil from another forum member I couldn’t wait. So I picked up a bag of eco-complete. This bag didn't go as far as I'd hoped it would. Anyway here’s a pic of after the eco went in. And before the cherries were let loose.


At this point I lost one of my shrimp so I figured I might as well let them loose.



While I let the tank clear I had to prep the plants that were to go in this tank. So I took some clippings from my 20 gallon and prepped them for their new tank.


And in they went.




As for my lighting options at the moment. This tank came with a regular flourescent I think 18W bulb. Its a little low but the color isn't totally horrible. Its kinda grown on me. I'm not totally sure on the specturm tho. I assume its in the 8-9K range.


But I also have a 36W PC that I like to put over the tank as well. It has a 10K bulb in it. It obviously does much better in lighting the tank up.



I think its a bit too much light for this tank right now. At least untill I get CO2 on it.
So I ordered some retrofits for the first fixture dual 13W from AHSupply. And I found a seller on Ebay that has some off the wall spectrum bulbs that i'm going to give a shot. hopefully it will be a solid mix.

I really like what the color of the lower light bulb does to bring out the color of my shrimp.




Specs.
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Tank- 6 gallon Shelf.
Substrate- Eco Complete
temp - 84deg
pH - Unknown. Estimated 7.0
Filtration- Hagen Mini Elete
lighting- Lowlight- 18w Flourescent 8000K (est.)
Highlight- 36W Power compact 10,000K

Hardscape- Bog wood, Granite Rock, Malasian Driftwood

Plants-
Front- Dwarfhair grass
left mid/rear- Blyxa Japonica
Center Rear- Ludwigia G.
Right rear- E. Tennellus (Narrow leaf Chain sword)

Livestock - 12+/- Cherry Red Shrimp

Roy Deki

Very nice...who makes that tank?

Blacksunshine

the tank itself is made by.. I forget the brand. But it is the petco store brand. Aqua tetra or something like that.
Its the 6 gal shelf tank. I was very suprised to find how well it worked out.
It comes with a hob filter and a cheapo florescent fixture. I did wind up swapping the fixture with a AHS retro fit and a pair of 13w PC's.


Since this tank was started I got some new inhabitants for it. I bought a trio of Galaxy Ras's (now Celestial Danios) in the hopes of breeding and releiving their natural habitat to some small degree. Hopefully other ppl will do the same and we can release that area from some of the demand placed on it and putting these little guys in danger.

Blacksunshine

oops dbl pst.

Roy Deki

Is it a glass tank?

Hope you can breed those Celestial pearl danios...

Blacksunshine

Nahh its a plastic tank.
I hope I can get them to breed also. Seems tho they require very low PH water.