Hayden

Yeah three neons look very well colored while the other three have virtually no red coloring at all. Well, that's Petsmart for ya.
When you say cherries I assume your talking shrimp. If so, I agree, they would add a lot to the scape, but I have a few things I'm wary about. One is, how big do they get? I don't want anything destroying the sense of scale in this tank. Another thing I'm wondering, would be cool to get something a bit more interesting, like crystal red's, or red bee's? I really don't know that much about shrimp. And, how many shrimp would be appropriate for this tank?
Oh, also, where would I buy them?

AheartlessFish

:P neons imo are boring ^^! Im saying this not to insult your tank because its so beautiful...but since we're both petsmart fans, cardinal is the way to go!! :P I was lucky enough to get my hands on 7 cardinals for a buck each ^^. Im pretty sure thats how much u paid for your neons as well, if not ouch!
Only down side, petsmart wised up, their dollar sales usually dont include cardinals anymore and not to mention the dollar increase on them!

HC is growing very well for you! I just got my hands on some and cant wait till they do the same very impressed with the growth via LEDs
cant wait to see them fill in for ya ^^

Im sure he meant Cherry shrimp :P its the cheapest good looking shrimp around...where to get them? go to the sale forums...last i check some guy was selling it pretty cheap. in my experience u can put a ton in that tank and they would do fine assuming water parameters are right.

I cant speak much for cherrys tho because i have a colony and a few of them died off and im not sure why. But for whatevers left in the 5 gallon javamoss tank they're doing pretty well
biggest cherry ive seen was prob around an inch, but no bigger...if u get it locally at a petstore they will prob charge u atleast 3 bucks a piece...forums usually 1 buck a piece :P

Newt

Yes, Red Cherry Shrimp (RCS).
I would start with these as they are easy for beginners. CRS will run you more $$$ and are harder to care for.
I got my original stock from www.epicfish.net
They get to about 5/8th - 3/4"
I later got a few Sakura which are highly red Cherries and they will interbreed.
If you go to my profile (by clicking on my username) and look for My Albums on the rightside and go to Newt's Plants there is a picture of one of my hybribs.

There is also> http://www.theshrimpfarm.com/shrimp/
as well as Planet Inverts

Hayden

Cool thanks guys. I'll probably add them once all my plants fill in.
Now I'm pissed because my filter ate two Neons, I really can't wait until I can afford a canister. Its going to make life so much easier.

AheartlessFish

haha i saw that coming hayden :P! I remember commenting on it earlier in your post haha.

http://www.amazon.com/Pre-Filter-Spo...4001950&sr=8-1

Try something like this. just cut it down to the size you want to hide it

I got my hands on these for like 10 cents at superpetz since they dont make this filter anymore:
http://www.amazon.com/Fluval-Foam-Fi...002029&sr=8-13

they come in handy . I just cut a small x at the bottom of the sponge to thread in my co2 line and then a bigger x at the top to jam onto the filter inlet.

Hayden

Frankly I just need a new filter. This one is ugly, doesn't perform well, and eats fish. My oto was sucked up last night! Thank god when I got it out this morning he was still alive, I was really surprised. He isn't swimming to well, I really hope he makes it. He's the one fish I actually have an emotional attachment to. I'll probably need to do something like that in the mean time though, because I have no money.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Finnex-PX-36...item2eb8006f51
This is what I plan on getting.

AheartlessFish

i had super bad experiences with mini canisters...i had the TOM brand...all it did for me was leak leak and leak. Hope this works out well for you if u do plan on taking this route. IMO the filter that you have rocks!! i love it ^^

Hayden

Yeah I've read lots of bad reviews of that TOM canister. Only good ones for the finnex though.

XJfella95

For what it's worth, my Tom's mini canister is working perfectly for over a year now. However, I'm looking for more flow and that Finnex is looking to be the ticket!!

Hayden

Thanks, but I've heard too many bad things. Reliability is key for me as well. But thanks for your input.