Jelly Island - nano with Blue Jelly shrimps

[alex08]

With the help of a few friends, i bring to you a new project, also dedicated to shrimps.
It basicaly came to life this mounth and it was originaly thought to hold Crystal Reds and/or Crystal Blacks.
For the moment i bought some Blue Jellies and i'm already in love with them.

Some details :

............................Aquarium................................
-Aquael Pearl 60 - rectangular
-60x30x30
-54 Litres

..............................Lighting.................................
-modified top with 3 x 15w (only using 15w for now)
-6 hours a day

........................Gravel/Substrate........................
-Shirakura red bee sand 4L

.............................Filtration.................................
-Tetratec Ex400

..............................Shrimps..................................
-Neocaridina davidi var. Blue Jelly si Neocaridina davidi var. Blue Jelly Red Hat

...............................Plants.....................................
-Anubias, Microsorum, Marsilea hirsuta, Amannia sp. bonsai, Valisneria nana, Blyxa japonica, Alternanthera mini

.......................Fertilization/CO2.........................
-No CO2, no ferts, maybe some Easy Life Easy Carbo in the near future

............................Hardscape................................
-A piece of wood and some pieces of Lava rock

Some pics :

More pics to come.

 

[alex08]

Another set of pics :

 

[aliclarke86]

Woo I also love blue jellies! When money is not so tight they will be going into my nano

Looking great again Alex.

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[tim]

Lovely tank Alex, love the shot of the shrimp moulting.

 

[alex08]

Thanks a lot guys.

And here is the stand with Jelly Island and another project that i've started last year :

More work needs to be done on Jelly Island, but there's time for everything.

 

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[MARKCOUSINS]

Another thriving shrimp tankYou certainly have the knack!Cheers Mark.

 

[alex08]

Thanks a lot, Mark.

Here's another one :

 

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Blue Jelly Red Hat

 

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[Antoni]

Wow! Great pics! Wonderful shrimps and nice scape! I love it! I gave up on shrimp setups some time ago, but now you got me thinking of setting up one again...

 

[alex08]

Antoni, they are a beautiful part of this hobby.

Amano shrimp (Caridina multidentata)

 

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[allan angus]

great pics nice tank

 

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[aliclarke86]

How's the amannia doing in this one mate?

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[alex08]

Growing very slow, but it's there, like the rest of the plants.
I'm thinking of adding some small doses of ferts in the near future.
Keep you guys posted.

 

[alex08]