Multiple tank syndrome strikes again ... Right now I’m planning to house just Taiwan Bees* in the tank. This tank is mostly about aesthetics for me. I just love the way BKK look.
Crap Cell Phone pics of my TB in their breeder box attached to my CBS tank:
TANK Mr. Aqua 720
SUBSTRATE ADA Aquasoil Amazonia (New) BorneoWild Bacter
FILTER Aquatop Hob w/UV (Seachem Matrix and Purigen) Large Sponge Filter (seeded from my CBS tank)
LIGHT Finnex FugeRAY
HARD(ish)SCAPE Manzanita Cholla Tubes IAL
PLANTS Needle Leaf Java Fern Xmas Moss Peacock Moss Frogbit Dwarf Water Lettuce
Salvinia minima
Red Root Floaters
Fissidens
Water will be RO reminerialized with Nutrifin Cichlid Conditioner (as per Speedie408, the source of my shrimp)
*If I fail at creating a self sustaining population, I might add some high-grade CBS down the road. But this isn’t ideal IMO.
This is a good point about the Ray2 vs Fugeray. I have my Ray2 hanging 6 inches above my tank because it is so strong. I'm dosing and injecting co2. Might be a bit much for low tech.
Thanks, LOL! Back and forth I go on the light ... Aqua Forest has a nice one too in the same price range, but it's out of stock per the website.
I've been obsessing about BKK for a couple years. Now that their price is more in line with other "nice" shrimp, I can justify getting them. They’re actually CHEAPER than the branded lines of CRS/CBS!
If you could I would wait and see if the BW or benibachi soils will be available then (last I heard end of year?) I like ADA aquasoil, its great for plants. But I feel the next step would be specialty shrimp soil.
Also I would go with the 60-P, it is very nice in person and TB's look great in nice displays.
If you could I would wait and see if the BW or benibachi soils will be available then (last I heard end of year?) I like ADA aquasoil, its great for plants. But I feel the next step would be specialty shrimp soil.
I can't find any firm dates (or even vague dates) about when either of those might become available here. “Soon” on a website--the best I can find for Benibachi and more than I can find for BW--could mean anything from next week to never. If you've found something specific, point me to it, please!
Apparently I have Christmas Fudge on the brain, LOL! I'm really excited about the BKK. They're just very, very cool.
Here's a shot of the murky tank. I ended up picking up some wood at Albany Aquarium when I was there and made an arching "cave" out of it. Also added some micro chain sword that Speedie408 gave me. Will add more when the cholla shows up and I can finish scaping.
New one will be here tomorrow. In the meantime, I've got a little powerhead moving the water around and tonight I seeded the tank with a sponge and mulm from my CRS tank.
Nutrifin is what Speedie408 uses, and since I got the shrimp from him, and he breeds them successfully, I'm doing my best to mimic his conditions. Lots of people use lots of different remineralizers though with great success.
Have ordered just about every Borneo Wild product I didn't already have. Pretty sure this means spreadsheet madness is in my future (I can be anal and a bit OCD once I get going).
Amazonia leeches ammonia for a few weeks, so early in the new year? All depends on how long it takes to cycle. I added a few more plants and the cholla last night. The crypts are, of course, melting. I don't want to rush anything. Want it to get established before I move them over. Really hoping the mulm will help with that.
Just found out Borneo Wild has an ap that helps you figure out dosage/feeding of their products based on the size of your tank and the number of shrimp. Really helped with putting together a schedule for these guys (and will make it easy for me to use a weekly pill case for when I'm on vacation and my brother house sits).
The replacement filter arrived, as did the light, cholla, and everything else. It's all set up now. Glass is a little dusty from the mulm. I'll have to clean it later.
Yeah, every tank I have has Amaznonia substrate, so it's just a waiting game at this point. It's so pretty though. I can't wait to have them loose in it.
Really? Well, crap. I think I'm using the same light I see HedgeFund's frogbit thriving under. I was hoping t was just the shock of shipping and then being put into a new tank.
Then possibly they were grown in lower light and haven't adjusted to the light you have. I would try raising the light for a few weeks and see if it helps.
It was pointed out to me that the new tank may be lacking in nitrates while it cycles, and this may be why the frogbit is suffering. I’m going to dose nitrate when I get home tonight.
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