Shrimp Tank Substrate Question
- Thread starter Hollygirl
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you know I've toyed with the idea of having a "moss teepee" around a sponge filter. Like a moss wall but in a cone shape. Instead of smoke there would be bubbles coming out of the top (the same hole the airline would enter). The heater and the sponge filter are always the things that stick out the most to me, the most unnatural things in the tank. Stealth heaters are fairly easy to hide but sponge filters are just right in your face 
The Hydro filters are at least gray in color which is a plus. I've noticed in the Assassin tank the pond snails are all over it, so maybe the shrimp will enjoy it as well. I thought about trying to make it less obvious with planting vals in front of it.
i tried camouflaging it with plants, but I'm just no good at getting plants to grow lol. I have the Hydro filters but there's still the lift tube that screams "smoke stacks" to me =/ I call the corner where the heater and filter are placed the Industrial Corner of the tank.
I saw some tank decor that was supposed to look like pipes. You could put those in and go for a complete industrial look - LOL! I find that the ramshorns like to crawl in that tube.
haha, the industrial look is not what im goin for >< And my rams also love to scoot around on the inside of those tubes. One even laid a clutch, which apparently hatched sometime in the last day: there are newborn rams still crawling around in there!
Hmm, that's not a bad idea. If only I could get my moss mesh to fill in and thicken in weeks instead of months
haha i'll openly admit to that one, but it's also that my low light setup means a moss wall will probably take 8+ months to even begin looking decent =/
