75 Gallon Tank 75 Gal Cherry Shrimp ONLY tank

[Cherryshrimp420]

Hi all, just wanted to share my 75 gal dedicated solely to cherry shrimp

Some people say I'm crazy but I thought it'd be fun to see how they do in a large environment by themselves.

The tanks been running for about 2 years now, it has a DIY sump system and sand substrate. No Co2, no ferts. I feed about once every 2 days. Water change whenever im not lazy.....so comes to about once every week/2 weeks

Tank:


Shrimps:



Feeding on a rose flower from my backyard:

 

[AJE]

That's super awesome. I have something close to that in my 55

 

[FishBoy101]

Hi all, just wanted to share my 75 gal dedicated solely to cherry shrimp

Some people say I'm crazy but I thought it'd be fun to see how they do in a large environment by themselves.

The tanks been running for about 2 years now, it has a DIY sump system and sand substrate. No Co2, no ferts. I feed about once every 2 days. Water change whenever im not lazy.....so comes to about once every week/2 weeks

Tank:
Shrimps:
Feeding on a rose flower from my backyard:

You are not crazy, just extremely brave! This was a great idea!!!!! Just a question, how much was the price tag? I got 10 shrimp for 30 dollars :/ This looks amazing!

 

[NoahLikesFish]

This madlad ,are you uarujoey? I am planning on doing that with a 10g or a 20 long

 

[AJE]

I know it's basically impossible to count them but, if you were to guess how many r there?

 

[Cherryshrimp420]

You are not crazy, just extremely brave! This was a great idea!!!!! Just a question, how much was the price tag? I got 10 shrimp for 30 dollars :/ This looks amazing!

So I bought the highest grade "painted fire-red" from a local breeder, at about the price you paid. It wasn't cheap haha

 

[Cherryshrimp420]

I know it's basically impossible to count them but, if you were to guess how many r there?

I think about 200? Started with 35 and then population exploded.... then sold a bunch and now climbing back up again....

 

[AcornTheBetta]

Hi all, just wanted to share my 75 gal dedicated solely to cherry shrimp

Some people say I'm crazy but I thought it'd be fun to see how they do in a large environment by themselves.

The tanks been running for about 2 years now, it has a DIY sump system and sand substrate. No Co2, no ferts. I feed about once every 2 days. Water change whenever im not lazy.....so comes to about once every week/2 weeks
Tank:
Shrimps:
Feeding on a rose flower from my backyard:

You can feed rose flowers to RCS?

 

[Cherryshrimp420]

You can feed rose flowers to RCS?

Uhhh I feed everything to my RCS ...... (The food is all boiled though)

 

[AcornTheBetta]

Uhhh I feed everything to my RCS ...... (The food is all boiled though)

Wow! Nice!

 

[Cherryshrimp420]

Wow! Nice!

A small list of things I've fed.... bananas, green peas, dandelion leaves, kale, spinach, tomatoes, apples, garlic, sweet potato, and more.....

 

[AJE]

Nice. I gotta try some of that

 

[ProudPapa]

A small list of things I've fed.... bananas, green peas, dandelion leaves, kale, spinach, tomatoes, apples, garlic, sweet potato, and more.....

Mine like zucchini. Edit: . . . and they just love freshly crushed bladder snails.

 

[aquachris]

This is Shrimp Lover Goals right there! Amazing!

 

[Cherryshrimp420]

Here are some updates:

Did a trim of all the plants and sold them:


Fed some kale:



Also fed some green peas few days ago:

 

[MoshJosh]

Noice!

 

[FishSupreme]

Do you use any shrimp specific food mixed in boiled vegetables? Are you breeding for any kind of profit? I think the tank looks really great. I also own shrimp, and I have about 50 in a 10 gallon.

 

[Cherryshrimp420]

Do you use any shrimp specific food mixed in boiled vegetables? Are you breeding for any kind of profit? I think the tank looks really great. I also own shrimp, and I have about 50 in a 10 gallon.

I have Hikari crab pellets and some algae wafers which I feed as well. I like vegetables more because the snails crowd all the pellets and wafers.

I sold some before but haven't really put much effort into it lately. Everything is frozen here, cant do water changes so all tank maintenance is on hold....

 

[Cherryshrimp420]

Here are some updates:

Did a trim of all the plants and sold them:
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Plant growth update over a month since last trim:



No CO2 no ferts, not even water changes. Just top-offs and very little feeding. Here's what I've fed since then: kale x 3, mushroom x 1 , lettuce x 1 , banana x 1. That comes down to 6 major feedings over the last 30+ days. In-between I fed tiny amounts of Hikari Crab pellets.

 

[Cherryshrimp420]

Just dropping by to say I've unplugged the sump and added an airstone. The tank is now running on 2 sponge filters. The reason being the sump added a ton to heating costs, caused a ton of evaporation, and I am moving soon so may need to break down this tank entirely.




Sump is OFFLINE:


This is a massive loss of water flow, from 500+gph to 0. Would not recommend anyone else do this. Took a risk because of the heavy planting and the livestock(shrimps and snails only) and I don't feed much... I added an airstone to replace the aeration and may need to add a lot more....

A mini-sponge filter without the sponge:

 

[Cherryshrimp420]

Here's an experiment..... Feeding unsweetened whole wheat cereal:

 

[ProudPapa]

Here's an experiment..... Feeding unsweetened whole wheat cereal:

I think they like it.

 

[Cherryshrimp420]

I think they like it.

Too bad it inevitably turned into snail food

 

[MyFishAddiction]

Dang, this looks crazy! I wanna do something like that... but, of course, I would put guppies in too.