My 11 Gal exclusively for CPD (and red cherry shrimps).

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  • February 16, 2011 at 1:10 am #10818
    JiCi
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    Hi, I’m new here and I started more than one and half month ago a new tank for CPD I introduced last week.
    I like this small fish.
    I choose to have a well planted aquarium with optimal parameters considering all the information I could reach about CPD. I try to keep 22~24°C temperature and Ph~7-7.4.
    For this tank I try a home made lighting system made with power LED. Plants seem to be happy with this light and CPD too.
    So here is my tank :

    And some CPD :



    Suggestions and comments are welcome. :)

    Thanks.

    Jean

    February 16, 2011 at 2:54 am #14814
    BallAquatics
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    Welcome to the forum Jean!

    Very nice. Both the tank and the fish. Some excellent photo work as well!

    Dennis

    February 17, 2011 at 9:48 pm #14816
    Tom2006
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    LOVING your tank….very nice indeed!

    In case you want to breed the shrimp, my CPDs eat virtually all the shrimp young.

    March 10, 2011 at 1:20 am #14838
    AquaGirl
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    Very nice looking tank and fish! I agree that the fish will pick off the baby shrimp.

    Lots of luck with the new critters! Thank you for sharing you pictures with us.

    March 29, 2011 at 9:33 pm #14881
    mack
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    very nice tank & excellent quality pictures mate :wink:

    October 9, 2011 at 4:23 pm #15025
    AngelTudorache
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    it looks like the perfect tank. :)
    any update for this tank? (pictures, info..)

    October 12, 2011 at 2:25 am #15027
    JiCi
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    Update for sure.
    I had problems with cyano this summer : I tried several solutions and my plants did not like it very much… I finally find the “magic product” that killed my cyano and keep my tank healthy (it is UltraLife blue green remover… Simply magic and no side effects).
    I changed my lighting too. I built a new power LED lighting for the tank that increase dramatically the amount of light.
    Here is a new photo of my tank yesterday :

    I trim a lot of plants, make a few changes in the species of plants and try to grow up my (past) beautifull Hemianthus Cuba that did not like the cyano… Hope the HC will grow up soon.
    I do not have new breeding for 3 months, corresponding the time my HC began to have problems. The CPD like the HC and breed in it, I saw them lot of time swiming between the leafs of HC.
    I hope they will spawn again but I saw yesterday that my school contains 17CPD when I bought 12… :wink:

    October 12, 2011 at 2:30 am #15028
    JiCi
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    @Tom2006 wrote:

    LOVING your tank….very nice indeed!

    In case you want to breed the shrimp, my CPDs eat virtually all the shrimp young.

    Mine do the same… Impossible to breed red cherry… :(
    Sometimes I think they kill some big ones too, I eventually find 1 dead every week…
    Don’t know if I can put other shrimps like Japonica. :?:

    November 16, 2011 at 12:23 pm #15045
    Tom2006
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    Yes CPDs love baby shrimp!

    Your plants would do much much better in a good substrate.

    November 16, 2011 at 2:16 pm #15046
    JiCi
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    Oh yes, they love it…
    The last image was the “day 0” of a big change concerning my plants and after a big problem of cyanos.
    Here is an image one month later (last week):

    Sure, substrate is good for plants but with good fertilization/Co2/light, they grow very quickly.
    I’m waiting for Fissidens fontanus to put on my wood and will re-introduce red shrimps.

    November 16, 2011 at 2:51 pm #15047
    BallAquatics
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    That is very lovely. Are the CPD’s still in there… I don’t see any in the photo. :?

    Thanks for sharing!

    Dennis

    November 16, 2011 at 4:02 pm #15049
    JiCi
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    Yes they are !! :)
    But they are very shy and they live all 17 in the red rotalla macrandra.

    November 16, 2011 at 4:36 pm #15050
    BallAquatics
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    Simply fantastic Jean. Would you be interested in sharing some info about your set-up? I’m interested in where you got your tank. I’m very much in awe of the way the rim-less tanks look. Also your equipment. It looks as though you are using CO2. I guess when I see a tank that looks as nice as yours, I’m always curious to know what makes it all work and look so beautiful.

    Dennis

    November 16, 2011 at 9:14 pm #15051
    JiCi
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    For sure…
    The tank is a “boxing day” sale, I paid 29$ if I remember. The brand was Dolphin, it’s a chinese glass aquarium. I think it’s the same rimless tank you can find in other brands. I bought it in Montreal, at Aquatropicale store.
    I use the ZooMed Turtle 511 canister filter with noddles+wool+ceramic media. I manage my CO2 tank (5lbs) with the Milwauke SMS122 controler to keep around pH 7.1 as my KH is around 8~9.
    I use Flourish+Flourish Excel+Flourish Traces for fertilization. Sometimes, I put some Nutrafin Waste Control because it’s difficult to clean with the plants. That’s all… :wink:

    November 17, 2011 at 3:39 pm #15054
    BallAquatics
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    That’s really cool, thanks for all the info. I normally stay away from the hi-tech stuff, but looking at your tank it is really tempting me…

    isaisbreetai suggested we set-up a section for tank journals. If you’re so inclined, you might start a journal for this tank… just a though. http://www.celestialpearldanio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=23

    Dennis

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