Winged's Tanks

Today I spotted two shrimps that were berried. I'm not so worried about them anymore. :)

It's been two weeks since I upgraded the lighting and added some new plants to this tank. I've noticed significant growth in the Rotala indica and the stargrass. The other plants don't seem to be growing as fast as those two, but I can see some growth in the dwarf sag and a little bit of growth in all the plants.

I'm getting a bit worried about my shrimp though. I fed them today so I could count them. I think I have just over 30. What worries me is the fact that the females don't seem to be reproducing. None of them are saddled and none are berried. The last time a female had babies was three or four weeks ago. I checked the water parameters today. Ammonia is 0, nitrite is 0, nitrate is about 7.5, and pH was about 8.0 (I've never seen it that high before).

This is my 10 gallon shrimp tank in my dorm room at school.



It has an unknown amount of red cherry shrimp. It is planted, no CO₂, no ferts. The light is this one, with the bulbs that come with it. I'm planning on replacing the actinic bulb with one more appropriate for a FW planted tank. Plants include Hemianthus micranthemoides (baby tears), Heteranthera zosterifolia (stargrass), Sagittaria subulata (dwarf sag), Microsorum pteropus (java fern), and Lilaeopsis brasiliensis (microsword).

Here are some pics. You'll have to excuse quality as they were taken with my phone.