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msnikkistar: Fluval Ebi "BKK Kingdom" (6/1: Blue Bolts and Wine Red)

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msnikkistar


Looky, looky, what I got :)

This will be the home to my beloved BKK, once it warms up in February to have them shipped.

Will update with scape progress :)
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!shadow!
very nice l was tempted to get one as well yesterday at my lfs but i'm an ada junkie :p plus a sucker for lily pipes. l mean how can you say no? Anyways l wish you luck in breeding them as l heard their lifespans aren't very long from what taiwan breeders mention.
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OMG another one!
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D
What is a BKK? will watch this one, you always come up with nice tanks
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dhgyello04
I got one to. I can't wait to start my post. Do you know much about the BKK shrimp? Where are you going to order them from. Are you going to get a second light to make it from 1.8 wpg to 3.2 wpg? Are you goint to add Co2?

-Don
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HolyAngel
Black King Kong! Im looking forward to this journal for sure^^
these shrimp look awesome and so do your tanks! :p
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Clare12345
:) Watching.
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Outlawboss
Those EBIs sure are popular. I might have to check them out. Waiting for a SCAPE!
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msnikkistar
dhgyello04 said:
I got one to. I can't wait to start my post. Do you know much about the BKK shrimp? Where are you going to order them from. Are you going to get a second light to make it from 1.8 wpg to 3.2 wpg? Are you goint to add Co2?

-Don
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BKK are 325-400 a piece.

Getting them from my Supplier in Canada

No, I am not going to add a second light as of yet, but I may.

No co2 AT ALL.

There are some tricks to raising BKK that I know of. They are hard shrimp to keep, but if you know the tricks, then you are golden :)
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HolyAngel
*Super* expensive! definitely not unheard of tho, there's no way i could afford even 1 lol :(
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How are you guys getting imports from Canada, two people I have contacted said they can't ship to the U.S. is that the official rule and I just need to find someone who will bend it? haha, they seem to have nice livestock up there eh? :)
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antbug
Did you drive to SF last night to get it or did you find one local? Subscribed!
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msnikkistar
antbug said:
Did you drive to SF last night to get it or did you find one local? Subscribed!
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Randall went to 6th ave for me to pick one up. I am getting it from his house on Saturday :)

He got the last 2 they had for 70 bucks a piece ^_^

dmxsoulja3 said:
How are you guys getting imports from Canada, two people I have contacted said they can't ship to the U.S. is that the official rule and I just need to find someone who will bend it? haha, they seem to have nice livestock up there eh?
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Depends on the person. Mine will ship.
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I have one myself. The substrate might not be deep enough for your liking and you would need a foam or something to put in the first chamber of the filter to block shrimplets from getting in and chopped up.
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bgssamson
Nikki,

Be sure to check the foam background! they are not properly glued and its a dissaster wating to happen.

-Brian
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chumlee
Its so cool that someone like yourself (Master shrimp keeper lol ) Is buying one of these. It will probably turn a lot of people on into buying one. The only down side is that your tank is probably going to make mine look bad :p

Check out my mod for not letting shrimp get into the filter....just put some pantyhose over the whole filter (I couldnt find black ones so I used maroon looking ones lol. )


I suggest doing it after your tank has cleared up a little to prevent any reducing of flow...


Also, check this out. anyone else on this thread with an ebi can join too.

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/equipment/125871-official-fluval-ebi-flora-pimp-club.html
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!shadow!
how's the flow on the filter by the way?
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chumlee
I usually turn the flow down...it's more than enough.
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Love the mod you put on the filter. When I first got my Ebi I was thinking the intake would be large enough for shrimplets to get into! Perfect way to stop them :)
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chumlee said:
Check out my mod for not letting shrimp get into the filter....just put some pantyhose over the whole filter (I couldnt find black ones so I used maroon looking ones lol. )
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That's a great mod~!!
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