I thought it would be nice to meet your CAAS board members and other club members by showcasing each others tanks. I know some of us have more than others but these days we have nothing else to do.
I started this tank in March of 2019 to raise Chrystal Red Shrimp. I was aiming to go for a Mars red planet theme. The CRS shrimp didn't survive so I threw in some rescued fish fry from a club member that turned out to some platy or mollys, all four are males. I threw in my betta and a trio of guppies. I later added some Red Cherry Shrimp but again those are slowly dwindling.
Lets talk about the rest of the tank.
Equipment:
On with the introduction. This is a standard 10 gallon tank with an incandescent hood. I have however installed two of IKEA's Tradfri Smartbulbs in it. The brackground lighting is a set of IKEA Dioder RGB lights. Filtration is based on a Matten Filter from FlipAquatics.com. I threw in a Finnex PF5 nano HOB that I was running some carbon in hoping to pull some tannin out of the water from some old Cholla wood I had in previously.
Substrate and Hardscape
The substrate is dirted. I used black gold worm castings then capped it with Aqueon's Plant and Shrimp substrate. I then threw in two simple Red Bricks
Plants:
Background left to right; Alternathea Reinicki, Limnophelia, Bacopa Caroliniana, Narrow leaf Sagitaria. Forground is Dwarf Sagitaria and S-Repens. Theres a spattering of Java Ferns.I have a mass of Hornwort floating in it.