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Hello fellow shrimp keepers, I have started a shrimp tank with ADA amazonia soil, with thickness about 6.5 cm (about 2 inches) and it does not seem to be able to drop PH to proper levels. I was expecting PH of 6.5 - 7, maybe lower. My tap water is PH 7.6, GH 6, KH 4, TDS 150. The PH in the tank is still the same as my tap water. There is moss, lava stones and some driftwood in the tank, with 2 double sided sponge filters. Tank has dimensions width 50 cm x debt 28 cm x height 40 cm and I fill it to the 38 liters mark. The tank is still in fish-less cycle and I am about 1 week into the cycling. I tried PH down to save the amazonia buffering capability and I dropped the PH to 7, but a day after it was back to the 7.6 PH range. What the hell? The tank is for crystal bees but if the PH issue is not solved then I would have to go with rilis. Do you guys know what could be the issue? How long is it going to take until the PH drops to proper levels?

Hi. After lurking on these forums for a long time, I've decided to start a Taiwan Bee tank and document it all. I usually focus on high-tech planted tanks, but deep down I got started in the hobby due to my love of shrimp. I've only kept RCS and crystals in the past, but never set up a tank dedicated for them. Usually they were housed in my various high-tech tanks, and while they lived, breeding wasn't the best due to CO2 injection / ferts. So for this tank, I want to keep it minimalistic, for me anyways, with just some moss and buce. I know Taiwan Bees are one of the toughest shrimp to keep, but I've always longed for a colorful shrimp tank, and due to cherry shrimp producing wild-types, I've always kept a single neo color in my tanks. I just want a tank of happy, healthy, and colorful shrimp! Started cycling the tank on 4 April with seeding media, and as of a few days ago, it's cycled. I'm just adding 2ppm ammonia daily to keep the bacteria happy while I decide where to get shrimp from. I'll do a 100% water change before adding shrimp. There's a nice layer of biofilm all over the substrate and glass thanks to the MK-Breed Golden Powder. Haven't decided on food yet, but I have various types of SL-Aqua that I've fed my crystals in the past. I'm looking to trying out LOWKEYS series of foods. Here's the stats: Hardware ADA 45p (34L , ~9 gals) Eheim 2213 Current USA Satellite Freshwater LED Plus (18 inch) NAG Bubbler Substrate Brightwell Rio Cafe-XF (Keeping it at a 6.6ph) Glas Garten Betaglucan MK-Breed Silver Powder MK-Breed Golden Powder Bucephalandra (All from Han Aquatics) Mini Velvet Dark Mini Velvet Brownie Ghost Blue Kedagang Sekadau Velvet Green Wave Moss (All from Han Aquatics) Christmas Moss Mini Pellia Food (All from Han Aquatics) Monday - Lowkeys Ebi Supple or Lowkeys Ebi210! Wednesday - Lowkeys Spiral or Lowkeys B18 Power Protein Friday - Lowkeys Vitamin Kale or Lowkeys Ultra Supple and CSF Pure Mineral Weekends - Amaranth or Mulberry leaves 2x a week - Wet toothpick tip portion of Bacter AE for additional biofilm Others RODI Water with Salty Shrimp GH+, MK-Breed Blue Diamond, Lowkeys GH Mineral Balance x4 (5dH, 0kh) Lowkeys Amino Acid Vital Plus Cholla Wood Indian Almond Leaves Guava Leaves

I'm wondering if anyone using ADA fertilizer in their shrimp tanks? I used to use the EI dosing, my shrimps all died. I have been using ADA fertilizer for a month but lower than recommended dosage.

I wanted to see if anyone is keeping their TB's/Pintos..etc in a tank with Sand as the top layer and ADA Soil as the bottom layer. Would buffering be an issue? Also is there any chance darker shrimp like TB's might stress out over been on a light color substrate? Here is the sand I would use over the ADA soil

Hey everyone first time shrimper here. hopefully all goes well! These tanks were set up 6 weeks ago and are all cycled and ready to go now. Both tanks are set up nearly identically, but the bottom tank also has an AC 20 with matrix and purigen in it. Any questions just ask away. I'm using Salty Shrimp GH+ Params: GH 5-6 KH 0-1 PH 6.5 TDS 105 Temp 73 0/0/5 Have some nice CRS coming in tomorrow, will post pics. Tanks on rack For some reason only my Java moss melted back while the tank was still leeching ammonia. It's finally starting to grow back some green! FTS (top tank) FTS (bottom tank)

Hello, Here are the plants up for sale. If you would like more pictures on the stone please message me. I attached the picture in the order as below. 1) Fissiden Fontanus. $8 per portion (see picture for size). Buy 5 for $36, 10 for $70. 2) X'mas Moss. $7 per portion. I have about 5 portions 3) Fox fissiden on Lava Rocks. Got them from a recent trip to Asia. $20 for each rock (See picture Below) 4)Fissiden fontanus tide on ADA Yamaya stone. Drop in your tank and ready to go. $12 (See picture below) 5)X'mas moss tide on ADA Yamaya Stone. $12 (See picture Below) 6)Bolbitis Heudeloti rooted on ADA Yamaya Stone. $15 (See picture below) 7)Bolbitis Heudeloti & Fissiden Fontanus on center piece ADA Yamaya Stone. Asking for $35 (See picture below) 8)Mixed moss jar for $10. Contains X'mas moss, fissiden, java moss, peacock moss. Please add $7 for shipping. If you buy the big center piece rock shipping is $10 Feel free to contact me for any questions.

Hello, Fissiden Fontanus on ADA riccia stone. They were secured on to the rock and I grew them out like a carpet in my tank. Asking for $12 each. They are about 2" wide and covers about 4" square space when placed in the tank. My shrimps love them. I have about 5 of them on mesh, asking for $15. Please add $7 for shipping. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.