Freshwater Reef by JadeIceGreen

Hey all.

I scaped this tank for a friend of mine drawing inspiration from marine reefs.
This tank will hold 20 sakura shrimps.

tank specs: 11.5 inches (L), 7 inches (W), 7.5 inches (H)
tank volume: 9 litres approx
lighting: 24 watts
co2: none
filtration: eheim liberty 100, 30% weekly water change
fauna: 20 sakura shrimps

[all9n_80]

very creative indeed, thick forested look! nice scape

[Pikapig]

hi bro..nice tanksetup...

just my opinion...its good to reduce the wattage of ur lightings...or if not, don on the lights for a long period....
none of the above flora require strong lightings and esp running as a low tech..not worth to invite the growth of algae....just having hair algae is enough to destroy all the mosss......

Looks like a very good place for a hide-out

Originally Posted by all9n_80

very creative indeed, thick forested look! nice scape

Thanks bro for your compliment.

Originally Posted by Pikapig

hi bro..nice tanksetup...

just my opinion...its good to reduce the wattage of ur lightings...or if not, don on the lights for a long period....
none of the above flora require strong lightings and esp running as a low tech..not worth to invite the growth of algae....just having hair algae is enough to destroy all the mosss......

Hey Bro. Thanks for highlighting that out.
The lights will only be switched on for 4 hours a day.

Come to think of it, I think I will ask my friend to add excel to play it safe.

Great job JIG... i agree on e part where lighting should be controlled... esp with ur windelov so near the surface... will kena "chao tar" easily...

once again... very gd job with e reef replica... if can highlight more of e "caves" would look more like reef setup.. looking forward to ur next master piece.. cheers

very nice.... just wait for the shrimps to multiply and hey, great masterpiece....

Originally Posted by Panut

Looks like a very good place for a hide-out

Thats the idea bro, more hideout places means happier shrimps, means more babies!

Originally Posted by Purpleflare

Great job JIG... i agree on e part where lighting should be controlled... esp with ur windelov so near the surface... will kena "chao tar" easily...

once again... very gd job with e reef replica... if can highlight more of e "caves" would look more like reef setup.. looking forward to ur next master piece.. cheers

I understand where you are coming from. I told my friend to stick on a piece of white paper, that will reduce the wattage by quite a bit.

There are some caves, just that my camera sucks with a 10cm limit on macro. I may be doing more reef setups soon, but not in such a big tank, will keep in mind to add more caves.

Thanks for your compliment and good feedback!

Originally Posted by patricc

very nice.... just wait for the shrimps to multiply and hey, great masterpiece....

Thanks so much for the kind words.

No no.. i dun mean more caves.. i meant highlight e caves more.. ie. dun cover the whole cave with moss.. leave some parts of e caves exposed. meaning can see more of e hardscape.. reef setup is diff from planted... usually dun achieve e "lawn" effect... show more hardscape and highlight certain areas with e plants u wan, like "sprouting out" betw 2 rocks or something...

but in any case, i always look forward to ur setups... a job well done.

Originally Posted by Purpleflare

No no.. i dun mean more caves.. i meant highlight e caves more.. ie. dun cover the whole cave with moss.. leave some parts of e caves exposed. meaning can see more of e hardscape.. reef setup is diff from planted... usually dun achieve e "lawn" effect... show more hardscape and highlight certain areas with e plants u wan, like "sprouting out" betw 2 rocks or something...

but in any case, i always look forward to ur setups... a job well done.

Thanks bro.

I will take note of hightlighting more hardscape.