Oddball/Impulse tank

[LooksLater]

Nice digs. Those ditch fish are movin' on up!

[sunkenmetal]

Yeah the one I saw pictures of was a coconut roof house so I figured this was close enough.

Now to get a hold of some of sunkenmetals red claw shrimp!

come on over and check them out. There is a berried female in the tank...

[barrettsline]

I hear ya! Good luck, I know depth of substrate will play factor as they get larger. They will continue to try to bury deeper. But it depends on there size and how large they will grow.

[eklikewhoa]

They were right at the sand bed surface since I only dipped against the banks trying to get the pygmy sunfish.

I will try and overfeed the tank with my crush boraras mix in attempt to keep them alive. Hopefully they dont die and nuke the tank cause I've got some expensive fish being housed in that tank.

[barrettsline]

How deep we're they when you found them?

[eklikewhoa]

The decor has magic abilities... I had them in my 30g tropheus tank sump and now I have 50+ trophs running around and 4females holding.

I dont know if it's a magical 30g or the decor but we shall see. I have stuffed this 20g with all the collected species and all I had from other tanks and will see how it goes.

[barrettsline]

But I think you maybe right that a high water flow maybe essential.

[barrettsline]

I had a small amount of luck a long time ago when I tried to keep them. They lasted three weeks in a 10 gallon. I had a gravel substrate at the time. Watched them bury and then protrude there syphon. Thought they were doing fine, then one morning I woke up and the tank was really cloudy, cleaned the tank and found them dead. Keep in mind though I didn't have any clue what they needed as far as a habitat goes. You will probably have better luck than I did, with a much better tank setup and the krusty krab.

[eklikewhoa]

Very nice. Only time will tell on the clams.....

Would you have any first hand experience on the clams?

We collected them at the sandy drop off area where the water current is much more intense than the rest of the area so I'm thinking these aren't gonna make it far.

[barrettsline]

Very nice. Only time will tell on the clams.....

[eklikewhoa]

I pulled some clams from the drainage ditch and as soon as they hit the sand bed they buried themselves. Hope they don't die under there.

[TexSun]

Looks great! Totally diggin the decor. Looks like the collecting trip turned out to be a success.

[eklikewhoa]

Added some natives to the tank.


Got some cool pygmy piranha fish today too.

[jughead]

arm i have one of those pineapple huts ,you let me know

[aquabee]

I love it!! So different from your usual.