Moments later that long ash on the cig fell on me ''<| sep |> Hi guys ! I ' m picking up my boyfriend a 2 . 5 gallon tomorrow . This will be first tank and we ' ve decided to go with a shrimp tank I ' m decently experienced on planted tanks . We have plans to get the fluval shrimp stratum substrate but are there any other substrate options for shrimp tanks ? I wanna get a carpet plant but I know most require a decent amount of fertilizer , which plants would strive with some led lighting , roottabs and the substrate ? other plant suggestions would be greatly appreciated ! ! <| sep |> Writing status reports . Using our bug database for anything it ' s awful . Sitting in meetings waiting for the useful agenda item scheduled towards the end to come up .