Shrimp tank ?

[aquabee]

Shoot, those are uuuuuuuuugly!!

[sunkenmetal]

Haha! And those lil Germans have VERY German names too don't they.

What are filter walls?

http://www.swisstropicals.com/Poret%20Filter%20Foam.html

Poret foam filters

[aquabee]

I have read about those german filter walls they seem to work well...

i have two little Germans running around the house. I am also the decedent of German immigrants

Haha! And those lil Germans have VERY German names too don't they.

What are filter walls?

[Totenkampf]

mine are german and irish. an awesome combination of short tempers and beer indulgence lol.

[sunkenmetal]

I have read about those german filter walls they seem to work well...

i have two little Germans running around the house. I am also the decedent of German immigrants

[Totenkampf]

my shrimp are loving the guppy grass (Najas Guadalupensis) that i got from troy and it grows pretty fast. If you are really feeling industrious and just a little bit german then you could look up the Poret filter instead of a sponge. It basically does the same thing but it is a filter pad on one end of the aquarium with an uplift tube or airstone somehow drawing the current through. I havent looked too deeply into how to use one but the dwarf shrimp issue of Amazonas magazine depicted those as standard equipment for the german breeders. Interestingly they also feed dried thistle and birch leaves and that along with IAL makes up part of the 'substrate"

[troy tucker]

stash if your ever out in Katy area let me know I will hook you up on the RCS and some grass cover...

[sunkenmetal]

an easy low tech tank set up that can be set up cheap with all petco/petsmart available stuff.

gravel substrate
a couple tubes of wisteria
some root tabs
2wpg...

My shrimp love the wisteria gives them places to hide and graze. Wisteria will grow in anything lol

[mnemenoi]

Shrimp can be very easy, I'd just recommend a decent low tech planted tank, sponge filter and a fairly good light (even a couple compact bulbs 6500K) and leave it run for a few months empty. Once all the cycling is over and you begin seeing growth and some of the macro organism moving about you are ready to add shrimp and soon you'll be giving them away. Stick with a Neo species and they work terrifically in Houston tap. Once you have a better understanding of the shrimp you can challenge yourself in some of the more difficult species and see what you like and don't.

[mydawg8mystash]

man sounds easy... but i guess it will b like my tanks trial n error.......... thanks to all of yall you guys are awsome.....

[mnemenoi]

We have them in a 1 gallon vase breeding on the kitchen counter. Only do water changes weekly and occasional food, but it took some trial and error to get them going that way.

[sunkenmetal]

But if you are going to for a cheap easy quick set up for shrimp its the best way to go

[aquabee]

A sponge filter is the cheapest and easiest and the shrimp will hang out on it grazing all day long lol

Yeah. Most of 'em are kinda large and ugly tho.

[sunkenmetal]

A sponge filter is the cheapest and easiest and the shrimp will hang out on it grazing all day long lol

[aquabee]

Shrimps don't dirty up the water as much as fish but still a good idea to have a small filter to get some flow and put some o2 in the water...

Yep. More biological filtration will help 'em thrive.