2FT Starter Planted Tank

Looking great! So exciting about the berried shrimp.

What plant is that in the back left corner?

 

Most of them are yours

I had a look from week 1 to now and the plants have grown so much, its really satisfying to see, some plants have had a couple of trims as well.

Hopefully the colony gets big fast, I feel so impatient as the eggs has been around a while now and i dont see any new faces yet.

Once they get going good ill add some fish, corys and cardinal/rasboras, and then MTS would have set in most probably lol

 

limnophila sessiliflora

I think it should be considered a weed due to the rate its growing at, also makes a good floating pant, I have done about 3 trims . What I like about it is that they start folding up before the lights go off and unfolds in the mornings as the lights come on. Here in JHB most petshops just sells them by the handfull and they are not properly potted

 

Thanks!

 

In a few weeks I am gonna do another trim want more plants , it gives you a excuse to start a new tank for the 'Plants', but its really coming along nicely love the blue shrimp the look amazing

 

So the last 2 days the plants in the tank looked like they had a massive growth spurt, lots of particles in the water and red algae on the glass, after cleaning, putting in a temp filter with wool to clear up particles I sat and had a look at the tank, looks like my caradinas got wiped out or go really good at hiding =( Also no berried femals on the neo caradinas anymore, nor sure if something in the tank crashed or the filter minced all the young shrimplets...

 

Sorry things have gone awry in your tank.
Hopefully the shrimp are just hiding and they come out again soon.

 

oh thats a shame , hopefully they are hiding and they will bounce back.

 

Got home this afternoon and saw plenty of the usual shrimps, I noticed the caradinas starts going in to hiding about an hour before lights go out. counted 2 berried females.

Just wonder how I should cover the intake of the HOB filter as it doesnt have a traditional intake going down in to the tank

 

Yay, I'm so glad the shrimp returned!

 

Ill have to figure something out as I have a Seachem Tidal 35. At the moment its got plants clogging the intake

 

I never see dedicated intake spongers for HOBs locally - strange given they're often needed by hobbyists.

The Tidal 35 will need a bit more DIY input than an Aquaclear, perhaps with some mesh over the other intake areas? Most hardwares sell a fine mesh.
I'm sure there will be loads of solutions across the internet for the model in question though - I also have Aquaclear HOBs only.

 

Heres a photo i got off of google @A new day @Cale24

 

Forgot the 35 doesn't have the intake shaft of the 55/75 - check this video out though, as one example for a solution:

 

Very simple and looks like it can work

 

Definitely an option - A less visually appealing but easier to maintain version would be like this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Aquariums/comments/ioialz/modifications_to_my_new_seachem_tidal_35_to_make/

If you get some black zip ties and black foam, this could make it shrimp safe and also mean you won't have to dismantle the whole filter to rinse out the foam.