Sharing my lousy tank setup

here is my 2ft tank. freshly setup, cycled and just added 6 CRS.


1)the mesh on left is mini fissiden, cultivating it, hope it can grow more. ;p
2)the moss behind is flame moss, i chose it as background as when it grows, it can give the standing effect and shrimps like to hang out on mosses too.
3)the mosses on rocks are starmoss on both side of rocks, partial dead due to low light in previous tank. started to grow back with the current 15watt light.

my clovers


this is my small tank below, not nice compare to yours. decided to add more dw and the big lava rock when i realize my frs shrimplets went missing. so add them in to prevent loss for my snowball shrimplets and it proved its worth.




these are my shrimplets after a long long time of hiding. erm, not very long but i was too eager to see them, that's why i find it long.



*pardon the low quality picture as it's taken with iphone, never sharpen it*


this is my style, different from many nice setup you guys have.. so please bear with it. comments are welcomed so i can improve.

Nice setup bro.

If I had the luxury to own a tank of your size, I would be so excited doing up the landscaping! Every weekend sure down to LFS for shopping!

Maybe u can order a customized big fissiden mesh, and bend it into a bridge.

Once the fissidens grow, the bridge will look so cool!

Just a suggestion. Lols.

Btw, yours is RCS is it?

Originally Posted by BettaCloud

here is my 2ft tank. freshly setup, cycled and just added 6 CRS.


1)the mesh on left is mini fissiden, cultivating it, hope it can grow more. ;p
2)the moss behind is flame moss, i chose it as background as when it grows, it can give the standing effect and shrimps like to hang out on mosses too.
3)the mosses on rocks are starmoss on both side of rocks, partial dead due to low light in previous tank. started to grow back with the current 15watt light.

my clovers


this is my small tank below, not nice compare to yours. decided to add more dw and the big lava rock when i realize my frs shrimplets went missing. so add them in to prevent loss for my snowball shrimplets and it proved its worth.




these are my shrimplets after a long long time of hiding. erm, not very long but i was too eager to see them, that's why i find it long.



*pardon the low quality picture as it's taken with iphone, never sharpen it*


this is my style, different from many nice setup you guys have.. so please bear with it. comments are welcomed so i can improve.

Bro, its veri nice le, jus tat i find that if the 2 mesh are behind, u will have more difficulty spotting ur shrimps cos block by the DW.

Jus my suggestion, maybe u wan to bring the fissiden mesh to the front, add 1 or 2 more mesh and when it blooms, it will form a nice green lawn. So u can actually admire ur shrimps even when they are hiding or playing in the moss. The clovers can maybe cluster ard the DW to make the scape more natural.
Jus my Humble opinion.

seems like your clovers are starting to be covered by algae.. might want to get some otos to clean it up.

Originally Posted by avant

seems like your clovers are starting to be covered by algae.. might want to get some otos to clean it up.

won't the otos eat the shrimplets?

may i know where u get the clover.very nice.

Originally Posted by jamiex09

Btw, yours is RCS is it?

Mine is FRS, its a shrimplet, color still very light.

Originally Posted by patson77

Bro, its veri nice le, jus tat i find that if the 2 mesh are behind, u will have more difficulty spotting ur shrimps cos block by the DW.

Jus my suggestion, maybe u wan to bring the fissiden mesh to the front, add 1 or 2 more mesh and when it blooms, it will form a nice green lawn. So u can actually admire ur shrimps even when they are hiding or playing in the moss. The clovers can maybe cluster ard the DW to make the scape more natural.
Jus my Humble opinion.

Hey bro, thanks! Will do some adjustment when my bogwood sinks, still in semi floating state. considering tying usfissiden on the wood if not weeping moss to create the dropping leaves effect.

Originally Posted by avant

seems like your clovers are starting to be covered by algae.. might want to get some otos to clean it up.

i did thought of otos, but scare they will harm the shrimplets in future. i hv 2 raboras to control tiny bugs but when my shrimps get berried, will transfer back to my snowball tank, by then the shrimplets should be big to not be bullied by raboras. Thinking of this method for otos too. My previous moss on mesh and mini pelia also have algae, i throw inside the snowball tank and all the shrimplets did a very good job. :P maybe i need more shrimps? :P

Originally Posted by julian_lim

may i know where u get the clover.very nice.

Clover was purchased from aquastar. May have to wait for their import as this batch was the 2nd last piece from them.

Originally Posted by hellomyfriend

won't the otos eat the shrimplets?

I am curious about this too.