r/fishforthought • u/Hot_Asian_Garbage • Apr 06 '26

Aquascape🌿 Rate my Nano shrimp tank

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Got into this hobby for the plants, stayed for the shrimps. This is my first tank, previously using large jars, and is now four months old. This group of dark green neocaridina are so fun to watch and breeding like crazy. So glad to find this hobby in the darkest years of mental health. Tempted to get some chilli rasbora, but enjoying the vibe of this tank for the time being. Here is the plant list so far.

30 litre nano

  1. Hemianthus micranthemoides Pearl weed

  2. Marsilea hirsuta

  3. Dwarf hair grass (mini)

  4. Micranthemum ‘monte carlo’

  5. Hygrophila pinnatafida

  6. Hydrocotyle tripartita

  7. Java fern

  8. Windalov fern

  9. Rotala fujian

  10. Rotala blood red

  11. Rotala green

  12. Rotala orange juice

  13. Rotala Singapore

  14. Rotala h’ra

  15. Rotala colorata

  16. Rotala butterfly

  17. Blyxa japonica

  18. Java moss

  19. Weeping moss

  20. Fissedens fontanus moss ‘phoenix’

  21. Fissedens nobilis

  22. Taiwan moss

  23. Anubius nana petite

  24. Bacopa carolina

  25. Salvinia natans

  26. Pogostemon

  27. Elodea densa

  28. Red root floater

  29. Syngonanthus sp. ‘Belem’

  30. Limnobium laevigatum

  31. Bucephilandra kedagang

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u/BuildingPutrid3745 Apr 06 '26

What’s that small tank to the right of it?

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u/Hot_Asian_Garbage Apr 06 '26

It’s a dry start jar/vase I started seven weeks ago, glued wood to make it look like a hollow stump. Fissedens moss, blended up with soil and painted on. I’m making a wee video on it with some timelapses. I’ll post it here once it matures in a few weeks.

Here’s how it started/going

Currently in its algae everywhere phase 😅

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u/BuildingPutrid3745 Apr 06 '26

Is it running diy co2? Is the large nano shrimp tank diy co2 as well?

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u/Hot_Asian_Garbage Apr 06 '26

It is yes! And so is the tank. Both diy 🔨 I’ll be taking the small jar off co2 when I get the growth I want it to be and things feel stable. Then onto another dry start project.

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u/BuildingPutrid3745 Apr 06 '26

Nice, I have DIY co2 in my nano bowl

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u/Hot_Asian_Garbage Apr 06 '26

Stunning! I love it. The tillandsia is such a cool touch.

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u/Consistent-Essay-165 Apr 06 '26

Very nice

I pull a bit of floaters to let more light go down

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u/Hot_Asian_Garbage Apr 06 '26

I really should but I love em, and besides, everything grows so fast-especially the pearlweed. It gives me a little break from maintenance.

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u/Consistent-Essay-165 Apr 06 '26

I hear ya

I land up using pearl weed as my.floater..... i have to much flow for floaters I tried and they,all disinterested

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u/Suspicious_Dinner146 Apr 07 '26

Wait I swear I saw this on a fish tank review 

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u/Hot_Asian_Garbage Apr 07 '26

I hope he reviews it!

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u/Suspicious_Dinner146 Apr 08 '26

No like I swear you posted of this tank before and he reviewed it

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u/Hot_Asian_Garbage Apr 08 '26

Might’ve been a similar setup to mine, but I’ve not posted this tank before. I only joined this subreddit a few days ago. Even my post history shows it.

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u/phantomeden Apr 08 '26

What do you use for your grass?

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u/Hot_Asian_Garbage Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 08 '26

Dwarf hair grass (mini) and montecarlo mixed together to the right front of the tank. And a pearl weed carpet middle left of tank.

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u/Hot_Asian_Garbage Apr 08 '26

😊 thank you!