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My Tanks

14 Gallon Square (Jungle)

Materials

  • Medium and Large pebble substrate

  • Fake log with 'chia' style random seeds

  • Spiderwood

  • Amazon driftwood chunk

Equipment

  • 15 gallon in-water filter

  • 100w Pro Heater

  • 75w Bar Light

  • 14 gallon frameless square tank from PetCo

Plants

Fish

  • Originally 6 Guppies (dec)

  • 4 unnamed females, giving birth to many fry before dying quickly

  • 2 Males, one yellow and black named Bumble, one red and black named Gingy

Shrimp

  • Originally 12 neocaradina, some notables include

    • Popsicle, a rili shrimp

    • Jeremy, a female yellow and orange racing stripe shrimp (named after my friend Jeremy due to the racing stripe)

    • "OMG hes so pretty" wildtype that Cherry loves

    • Various black, blue dream, cherry, yellow, and wildtypes from the store and Cherry

  • Originally 3, then 6 more (2 died) Ghost Shrimp

Snails

  • 5 Nerite Snails (Jeffery the Suisnail, Blacky, Horny, Smalls, and Unnamed Brown Snail)

  • Ramshorn pest snails

  • Bladder pest snails

10 Gallon Rectangle (Degobah)

Materials

  • Black Sand substrate

  • Fluval Stratum substrate

  • Lava rocks from my backyard (boiled to remove contaminants)

  • A small lego star destroyer pushed into the substrate to make it appear as if it has crashed

  • A 'breathing ring' made by my wonderful Cherry out of bubbler tube and hotglue to allow the Betta to breathe even when the top of the tank is covered with plants

Equipment

  • 10 gallon in-water filter

  • 100w Pro Heater

  • 75w Bar Light

  • 10 Gallon rectangle framed tank from Walmart that was purchased a long time ago for lizards but repurposed for a fish tank

Plants

Fish

  • 1 Male Betta named Zoidberg

  • 2 Khuli Loaches

  • 2 Baby Guppies (Pulled originally from my 14ga tank)

Shrimp

  • 6 Ghost Shrimp originally, all but two died

  • 5 Baby Neocaradina

Snails

  • 3 Nerite Snails

  • Ramshorn pest snails

  • Bladder pest snails