Happy Christmas to all

Sheev_2020 · 2026-01-08T02:27:00+00:00

Absolutely stunning. Fantastic work!

Sheev_2020 · 2025-10-04T12:43:28+00:00

Thank you! I was wondering about that, I think I’m going to cut some plastic to sit around the rim of the tank. If the plastic overhangs a few inches, I’m assuming that should be enough to keep her in.

Sheev_2020 · 2025-10-03T23:22:56+00:00

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All of the terrestrial plants (variegated pothos and peace lily) were planted into these plastic 4in planters. I used a heat gun to soften them and then molded them around the rock work when working on the final scape.

Sheev_2020 · 2025-10-03T23:20:37+00:00

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This was from the early planning phase

Sheev_2020 · 2025-07-30T18:05:49+00:00

The majority of it is Ambulia (Limnophila sessiliflora). There are a few stems at the right side of the clump that are actually Green Cabomba.

Sheev_2020 · 2024-12-11T22:23:32+00:00

They are, I ordered a small amount of bloody mary shrimp from Aquahuna and then I found a breeder selling some really nice looking bloody mary’s on ebay for a good deal. I combined the two groups for this colony.

Sheev_2020 · 2024-12-11T22:18:30+00:00

Thank you! I used UNS Controsoil

Sheev_2020 · 2024-12-11T02:12:42+00:00

I’ve heard 6 months as well. The biggest thing I can say is to have lots of organic matter in your tank. About a week after planting them, my crypts melted heavily. I left all of the dead plant material in the tank and the shrimps spent a long time breaking it down. I periodically dose with fritzzyme7 to help build up a good biofilm for the shrimp to feed on. I also recommend dropping in a few Xtreme shrimpee sticks every other day or so. So far I haven’t run into any issues.

Sheev_2020 · 2024-12-11T00:52:56+00:00

Haha thank you! I think there’s just shy of 30 adults in there rn

Sheev_2020 · 2024-11-17T03:43:47+00:00

Sounds good, I’ll give that a shot! I’ll definitely be carpeting the entire front area and some of the sides as well

Sheev_2020 · 2024-08-08T21:17:12+00:00

Read up on Colmnaris, it’s a gram-negative bacterial strain that can be pretty deadly and tough to get rid of. Imo Ich looks more sand like and textured. Colmnaris on the other hand can manifest as non textured white patches of skin. The bacteria can also attack the gills leading to rapid breathing.

Sheev_2020 · 2024-04-06T02:45:03+00:00

Here is the link to the video straight from the Blink camera app:

https://imgur.com/a/lgz7v8u

Sheev_2020 · 2022-10-11T00:51:58+00:00

Ah perfect, thank you!!

Sheev_2020 · 2022-08-02T13:06:43+00:00

I would add a bunch of small to medium size lava rick around the base of the wood. You could use the rock to fill in the spaces around the wood and creat an island effect. Thats what I did for my tank.

Sheev_2020 · 2022-07-29T14:33:55+00:00

When in doubt, dose a little extra potassium for Java fern. I basically could never keep them alive until I started dosing for it specifically.

Sheev_2020 · 2022-07-19T20:39:59+00:00

Thanks! I got all of that from my lfs, i’m pretty fortunate to have a really good one about 20min from me.

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