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I recently received a 3L bag of the new Prodibio Aqua Shrimp Powder along with the Bacter Kit for the soil and a vial each of Stop Ammo and Biodigest from Erik Lucas at “buypetshrimp.com” to try out. How cool is that?

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The set up was fast and easy. I decided to use a 10g tank. I ended up with close to 2 inches of substrate. You could easily do 2 10g tanks with 1 3L bag if you chose to.

I followed the easy steps in their video for set up.  The vials come with a piece of silicone tubing which is used to break them open. Not shown is the "Stop Ammo Start" and "Biodigest Start".  I placed the spent vials into a feeding basket and placed that under the outflow of my filter. I figure this is a good way to rinse out any remaining bacteria that's left inside of them. I used RO water and a shrimp re-mineralizer to achieve proper GH levels. I also seeded my tank using a sponge from another established tank. Once my parameters and temps were stable I went ahead and added some shrimp. As I’m typing this my PH levels are still going down slowly. I'll be adding observations as this tank matures. Here are my current parameters

 

PH 5.29 and dropping

KH 0

GH 5

TDS 120

Temp 72

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Here you can find out more about the soil and the bacter kits http://buypetshrimp.com/shrimp-substrate/

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Here are the parameters 24 hrs later

 

PH 5.1

KH 0

GH 5

TDS 130

Temp 72

NH3 .50

 

The ammonia creeped up overnight  to .50ppm despite using the "Stop Ammo Start".  This low amount of ammonia shouldn't have any affect on the shrimp.  Ammonia is not toxic at this level of PH.  I'm not worried about it.

Really I'm more concerned as to why my TDS went from 120 to 130. It may be the amount of scum I used to seed the tank. If that's the case then a water change should take care of both ammonia and TDS.

 

 

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Here are the parameters 24 hrs later
 
PH 5.1
KH 0
GH 5
TDS 130
Temp 72
NH3 .50
 
The ammonia creeped up overnight  to .50ppm despite using the "Stop Ammo Start".  This low amount of ammonia shouldn't have any affect on the shrimp.  Ammonia is not toxic at this level of PH.  I'm not worried about it.
Really I'm more concerned as to why my TDS went from 120 to 130. It may be the amount of scum I used to seed the tank. If that's the case then a water change should take care of both ammonia and TDS.
 
 

What species of shrimp did you stock?


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Here are the parameters 24 hrs later
 
PH 5.1
KH 0
GH 5
TDS 130
Temp 72
NH3 .50
 
The ammonia creeped up overnight  to .50ppm despite using the "Stop Ammo Start".  This low amount of ammonia shouldn't have any affect on the shrimp.  Ammonia is not toxic at this level of PH.  I'm not worried about it.
Really I'm more concerned as to why my TDS went from 120 to 130. It may be the amount of scum I used to seed the tank. If that's the case then a water change should take care of both ammonia and TDS.
 
 

And do you mind sharing the tank that you used? I am looking for a new tank but can't seem to find any that fit my likings.


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And do you mind sharing the tank that you used? I am looking for a new tank but can't seem to find any that fit my likings.


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I added 4 taitibee to a Marineland 10g


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