Matt's 12 Litre No-tech Cold Water Shrimp Tank

Here are the photos I promised of the 12 litre no-tech shrimp tank I've created.  It is a coldwater set up with glass shrimp and nerites snails.

Spider wood and volcanic rock are the hardscape. Plants are java fern, anubias, java moss, salvinia natans , some moss, and ferns from the garden (of unknown variety!) and Lysimachia nummularia growing emergent.

I'll try and get some close ups of the shrimp at some point.

You really do have a gift for aquascaping.

I'm really intrigued on what your water parameters are like with only the plants for filtering.

Thanks Pierre, Donna, Helen 

@Helen To be honest I've not been testing them... the shrimp are very happy and are putting on some nice coloration (for glass shrimp) and have visually grown even in the short time they have been in there (about a month). As we know, shrimp are quite sensitive creatures, so I have no concerns about water chemistry as a result. The plants were also established in other tanks before being added to this tank and the emergent growth and floating plants will no doubt be helping. 

I've just done a water change on the tank but will do some tests after leaving the tank a couple of weeks now and see what results I get.  I have only added food once so far, just letting them deal with any algae , diatoms etc that's in there so that will no doubt be helping.

Lovely looking tank. Looking forward to seeing pictures of the Shrimp at some point.

Which snail varieties have you gone with Matt...?

The tank looks amazing 

Shrimps and snails do have a low bioload so the plants are obviously coping with everything they excrete.

Which snail varieties have you gone with Matt...?

I have 2 horned nerites and a 'standard' nerite.

Are you using just ambient light or have you something specifically beamed on to the tank (led spotlight or similar).

Ambient light. The emerged plants grow towards the window and the tank gets direct sunlight for a very small time in the early morning.

Ive included a snail photo below... sorry about the quality.

And finally thanks to all for all the kind words!

That's a clever disguise for a snail Matt... 

Oh @TopCookie  don't you recognise the lesser-spotted false-eyed shrimp-imitating snail when you see one. 
 

I had a shrimp pass away... after moulting i believe... does anyone have any experience with shrimp deaths after moulting? Does this indicate a deficiency of some kind?

I've not experienced this either.