2.5 Gallon Tanks - What does yours look like? (2.5 Gallon Tanks ONLY)
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fishloverRon
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Great! But you'll have to take your finger out of your nose! You're gonna need both hands..!! Har. Har , Har..!
XD new stuff
A much better lightbulb. WOW I could have sworn the cloudy water look was from dirt on the side of the tank 0.o I was mostly wrong XD
I couldn't resist the last two endlers in the store.....pretty sure they're both male though
1 of 6 new cherry shrimp. Man are they tiny 0.o and difficult to locate. So far have managed to locate 4 of 6 in one go.
Thanks anderson_p_r for the shrimp and the new light bulb!
A much better lightbulb. WOW I could have sworn the cloudy water look was from dirt on the side of the tank 0.o I was mostly wrong XD
I couldn't resist the last two endlers in the store.....pretty sure they're both male though
1 of 6 new cherry shrimp. Man are they tiny 0.o and difficult to locate. So far have managed to locate 4 of 6 in one go.
Thanks anderson_p_r for the shrimp and the new light bulb!
Left to hawaii for a week and came back to a sweet/disaster tank lol the dwarf grass absolutely took off as did the cherry shrimp in size(yay now I'm wondering if I'm seeing egg saddle or brown intestines lol), Anubis is finally taking hold, driftwood is ready but. I have a MILLION snails. and a million more egg sacks and algae bits everywhere. Added bonus is all 5 of the shrimp are now super easy to find in all that grass.Though the moneywort continues to refuse to be submerged and happily sprouts tons of folliage above the waterline little buggar plants lol
Thanks just need to scrub the glass >> and kill all these snail eggs! I have plenty right now 0.o
One I got from anderson_p_r: 26Watts, 120 vac, 1610 lumens. I think it's one of these: http://www.walmart.com/ip/GE-CFL-Light-Bulb-26-Watt-100W-Equivalent-6-Pk/5646244 and it usually sits only 2 finger widths above the water surface(can't find the tape measure >> ) though right this second it's sitting at 4 finger widths >> so much evaporation! not sure what the color temp is but real temp wise it puts off a lot less heat then the 60watt one I had in previously which is a great thing since now i don't burn my finger shutting it off at night.
I am very very happy to be seeing all that grass growing in
though now that I think about it I might just have to make a small clearing in it so the shrimp can start eating the food i provide rather then sucking on all the dirt lol
just need to scrub the glass >> and kill all these snail eggs! I have plenty right now 0.oOne I got from anderson_p_r: 26Watts, 120 vac, 1610 lumens. I think it's one of these: http://www.walmart.com/ip/GE-CFL-Light-Bulb-26-Watt-100W-Equivalent-6-Pk/5646244 and it usually sits only 2 finger widths above the water surface(can't find the tape measure >> ) though right this second it's sitting at 4 finger widths >> so much evaporation! not sure what the color temp is but real temp wise it puts off a lot less heat then the 60watt one I had in previously which is a great thing since now i don't burn my finger shutting it off at night.
I am very very happy to be seeing all that grass growing in
though now that I think about it I might just have to make a small clearing in it so the shrimp can start eating the food i provide rather then sucking on all the dirt lol
PokeSephiroth
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That looks super great, KaraWolf!! The growth on that hairgrass is just amazing! good job!
good job!
pbmax
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Oh wow. I'm impressed you're not experiencing an algae explosion with that much light. With luck you won't get oneKaraWolf said:Thanks
One I got from anderson_p_r: 26Watts, 120 vac, 1610 lumens. I think it's one of these: http://www.walmart.com/ip/GE-CFL-Light-Bulb-26-Watt-100W-Equivalent-6-Pk/5646244 and it usually sits only 2 finger widths above the water surface(can't find the tape measure >> ) though right this second it's sitting at 4 finger widths >> so much evaporation! not sure what the color temp is but real temp wise it puts off a lot less heat then the 60watt one I had in previously which is a great thing since now i don't burn my finger shutting it off at night.
I am very very happy to be seeing all that grass growing in
That much light certainly explains the hairgrass growth.I use 2x sylvania 13w 6500k bulbs from Lowes over my 10g tanks generally, and some older 18w 6500k bulbs that they don't sell anymore.
Don't worry about a designated place for shrimp to eat food. They'll swim upside down and skim food off the surface of the water if they need to.
thanks Poke!! super glad it's growing in now!! The shrimp love it and I can actually find them most of the time now lol
pbmax: I am >> just scrubbed it and all the snail eggs off the glass XP yayyy toothbrush cleaning lol but I'm used to scrubbing (betta tanks get slime and water deposits) and I gotta do it anyways if I want to have any chance of keeping the snails down (not that it's working as well as I hoped oh well)
I haven't tried other bulbs besides the 60w yet but definatly loving this one more just because the tank doesn't look dim like it did with the 60w that and I haven't tried looking at lowes yet, military exchange store is VERY limited in what kind of lightbulbs it offers....
lol hope it doesn't come to that! wouldn't want the two endlers thinking there's a play thing in their tank!! They already think the sinking food is more fun then their own flakes <.< Mostly just hoping the shirmp start actually noticing when I drop food in cause watching them all come scurrying out was awesome in anderson's tank
super glad it's growing in now!! The shrimp love it and I can actually find them most of the time now lolpbmax: I am >> just scrubbed it and all the snail eggs off the glass XP yayyy toothbrush cleaning lol but I'm used to scrubbing (betta tanks get slime and water deposits) and I gotta do it anyways if I want to have any chance of keeping the snails down (not that it's working as well as I hoped oh well)
I haven't tried other bulbs besides the 60w yet but definatly loving this one more just because the tank doesn't look dim like it did with the 60w that and I haven't tried looking at lowes yet, military exchange store is VERY limited in what kind of lightbulbs it offers....
lol hope it doesn't come to that! wouldn't want the two endlers thinking there's a play thing in their tank!! They already think the sinking food is more fun then their own flakes <.< Mostly just hoping the shirmp start actually noticing when I drop food in cause watching them all come scurrying out was awesome in anderson's tank
pbmax
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Endlers will likely dispose of the babies for you. In fact, that's how I was able to remove all of the malawa shrimp from one of my tanks in prep for blue velvets (not that you can't mix them, I just wanted to scale back my malawa extravaganza a little). The endlers wiped out all the juveniles, so all I had to do was catch the adults. This took a while to do (malawa are FAST), but little by little I moved them all to another tank.
Kinda what I was thinking though since I only have 2 and the grass is growing in so thick I'm hoping some survive to bump the population up from a whopping 5. otherwise maybe relocate a berried female till the babies are as big as when I got these which the endlers didn't bother even when there wasn't a lot of the grass.
0.o sounds like a giant project trying to move them all!
0.o sounds like a giant project trying to move them all!
pbmax
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Yes, given enough cover, some may survive. The tank where I kept mine with malawa shrimp was densely planted, but I also had a TON of endlers in there. Since you only have a couple you might get away with some babies surviving.
Moving all the shrimp was a bit of an undertaking Every time I walked by the tank and saw a shrimp, I netted it out and moved it. They're really fast though (they make RCS look like they're standing still), so half the time I'd miss them and lose them and end up cussing and swearing at the tank. I got pretty good at chasing them down toward the end.
Moving all the shrimp was a bit of an undertaking
Every time I walked by the tank and saw a shrimp, I netted it out and moved it. They're really fast though (they make RCS look like they're standing still), so half the time I'd miss them and lose them and end up cussing and swearing at the tank. I got pretty good at chasing them down toward the end.