AquaticEngineer Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Picked up 20 mixed neos and a bucket full of plants today for $25. Just finished planting what i wanted to keep and acclimating the shrimp. Not too shabby Mr. F, Densha and Shrimpscales 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jem_xxiii Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Is that a in wall fish tank? if so that is pretty awesome, but probably a pain to do any maintenance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brocknorman Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 The hid probobly opens up Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Nice setup you have there! Shrimp will be able to look over the ocean in front of it. svetilda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Densha Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Awesome setup. It's like a living picture frame on the wall! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted April 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 It's mounted on the wall on a pair of large metal L brackets, light on top flips up for tank access. I mostly do everything with grabber tongs in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShrimpP Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 What's the tank mounted on the wall called? My LFS has a couple of those up as tiny display tanks. Way too narrow for my tastes, but they are different. What's the dimensions on it? It's only like 3 inches front to back, right? AquaticEngineer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted April 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Yeah its just shy of 4" total tank depth. The tank brand is called "Aqua Bella". I modified mine quite a bit. Stripped the background off and painted it black instead of the stupid saltwater background, did a spray foam rock texture on the both ends to hide the intake/return from the filter. Swapped the pumps out for more flow, removed the heater altogether, added a pair of 20w LED strip lights into the stock hood and removed the fluorescents, and then rewired it all again. The shrimp seem to love it so far All up and down the back of the tank. Looking at getting a school of Celestial Pearl Danios for the tank also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dluxeshrimps Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 wouldn't the Celestial Pearl Danios eat the shrimp babies. if it fits it eats right? AquaticEngineer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted April 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Yeah potentially, but there should be enough coverage down in the chain swords to save most of them and the fish only max out 3/4 to 7/8th on an inch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 looks awesome, what is the tank below it? AquaticEngineer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted April 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 16 hours ago, aquariumlover10 said: looks awesome, what is the tank below it? Tank below it is a 140 gallon coldwater marine aquarium with livestock I've collected from the Oregon coast. I recently brought in 5 Red Rock Shrimp from California for it Tank rus at 57F and is plumbed out into my garage with a 150 gallon sump and an 8 tank holding system. Here's a couple of my favorite pics from when it was well stocked with anemones. Shrimple minded, ShrimpP and Cappie49 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted April 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 I changed the rock formation recently and removed the waterfall, so its growing back in now with algae and Im going collecting in June to re stock it. Here is a more recent pic, not up to par yet, but getting there. Still need to install the ceiling mounted spot lights so there is an unobstructed view from the top. Shrimple minded 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimple minded Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 Dude, that is badass. What an awesome concept for an aquarium. The color contrast is great. I guess it's safe to assume you dive and this is what it looks like up there. Can you keep crabs in that behemoth? AquaticEngineer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted April 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 Yeah I dive a little with a surface fed system(aka hookah) but mostly just snorkel and tidepool collect my stuff. I've kept lots of weird crabs over the years, strangest is probably the box crab species or one called a rhinoceros crab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 I've always wanted something like that, I would always get a piece of rock from the beach and find bristle worms and little crabs and try and keep them alive, well when I was in Florida. I know literally nothing about cold water fish. what fish do you stock in it? AquaticEngineer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted April 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 I've had all kinds of stuff in it, Australian Boxfish, Splendid Seaperch (anthias spp) from Portugal, even imported Weedy Seadragons when I was still selling stuff. Right now I have a school of Shiner Perch, 1 Blacksmith Chromis from the water off of Catalina Island, a Blackeye Goby, and a few native sculpins. Going out in June for some really cool stuff like Grunt Sculpins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted May 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Well I ended up passing on the celestial pearl danios I found, just too skinny and skittish. Opted for a school of Cardinal Neons for the time being, I know this will limit my shrimp breeding but was curious if anyone else has breeding groups with neons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phreeflow Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 That big tank is awesome! Love that old school look with the stainless steel frame. I've heard of folks keeping cardinals with neos in a well planted tank. Let the plants grow in and give the shrimp time to build up their numbers then add fish last....my 2 cents AquaticEngineer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted May 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 Quick tank update: Looks like the shrimp have thinned themselves down a bit from the initial 20 I put in. Only counted 7 visible at any one time (I'm sure I missed a few) but I figured I may lose some of the smaller ones which was acceptable given the price. Plus side, now I have the repeshy shrimp food and the remaining shrimps are really coloring up nicely Should be picking up quite a few more red neos and the white/red neos from a friend first weekend of june. Played around with the flow a little bit and made a pair of directional nozzles using some 1/2 black vinyl tubing and my heat gun. I had noticed that the flow was fast, but it wasn't moving the surface of the water much and I had started getting some film on the top. Nozzles took care of that and now I have a nice dual counter current gyre flow that pulls from the surface down. Java moss is starting to creep up and attach to the spray foam rock walls on both ends and the chain swords are all showing new growth in the middle, though the outer leaves are slowly dying off (kind of assumed they would). Cardinal tetras are great in the tank and seem to love the flow, they school constantly in it and dart to the surface for any food that doesn't get pulled down in the gyres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaticEngineer Posted June 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Picked up a bucket full of shrimp from some friends the other day Filled with the red and white striped guys and the solid reds. The tank is filled with shrimp now! I love it Gonna set up a separate aquaeon 8 gallon as a small breeding tank for select colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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