Just ordered 20 Amano shrimp from an AC member. Should be in early this coming work week. Combined with my nerites and otos, I think I have a complete algae cleanup crew. Now I need to work on getting my red plants looking red, and maybe look into some additional filtration if I am going to keep this thank overstocked.
75 gallon Planted Office Tank Journal
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Cool! I don't think you will need additional bio-filtration with all those plants, maybe additional mechanical filtration and/or water movement. Might be just fine how it is, if the tank is clean enough and plants are growing good. If you need more mechanical filtration you could use the 2217 as more of a mechanical filter (use filter floss (quilt batting) for most or all of the media and change it more often) since it will be a bio-filter no matter what. :grinno:
i think that powerhead would be sufficient for some time with all those plants in there. at least long enough to get another filter.
Stocking List as of May 15, 2010
Rainbows:
6 x Parva Rainbow
6 x Boesemani Rainbow
6 x Melanotaenia lacustris "Turquoise Rainbow"
Algae Cleanup Crew:
9 x Otocinclus arnoldi "Oto"
10 x Zebra Nerite Snails
20 x Amano Shrimp (coming soon)
Dwarf Cichlids
2 x Apistogramma cacatuoides Double Red "Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid"
1 x Pelvicachromis pulcher "Krib"
1 x Laetacara curviceps "Dwarf Flag Cichlid"
Cycle Fish (but also nice to look at)
14 x Puntius titteya "Cherry Barb"
1 x mystery fish (Blackline Rasbora?)
Rainbows:
6 x Parva Rainbow
6 x Boesemani Rainbow
6 x Melanotaenia lacustris "Turquoise Rainbow"
Algae Cleanup Crew:
9 x Otocinclus arnoldi "Oto"
10 x Zebra Nerite Snails
20 x Amano Shrimp (coming soon)
Dwarf Cichlids
2 x Apistogramma cacatuoides Double Red "Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid"
1 x Pelvicachromis pulcher "Krib"
1 x Laetacara curviceps "Dwarf Flag Cichlid"
Cycle Fish (but also nice to look at)
14 x Puntius titteya "Cherry Barb"
1 x mystery fish (Blackline Rasbora?)
Too late, already paid for. I really want them for Algae control, so I hope they survive, but only one way to find out. :uhoh: What would make them be eaten and not Ghost shrimp? Size? Are there any fish I have in the tank you think would be likely to eat my new shrimp, or are they typically eaten by pretty much any community fish? If this is common knowledge, I somehow missed that tidbit during my (brief) research into what would eat hair algae, bummer.
We'll find out in the coming weeks, so I will keep you posted.
Yeah, right now I think I am fine. As the fish get bigger I will have to keep an eye on Ammonia and particulate matter floating around. It would be great is my heavily planted tank can deal with my over-stocking of fish, but if I start to see issues, I will definately toss on another filter. If the over-stocking only really shows itself in territory issues, fish behavior, loss of color, etc, obviously filters wouldn't do squat for that, so I would end up pulling fish out. As it stands now, I like the way to tank looks with my current amount of fish, so it would be cool if the Cherry barbs could just stay in there long term.
