Shrimpscales Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Hello all I have decided to try and do my first tank journal. Right now i have a 46gal mixed Taiwan bee tank that has been extremely successful. It is producing tons of beautiful Taiwan bees of all variety. So my plan is to sell off all my other shrimp and concentrate all my effort to producing higher grade Taiwan bees. This first tank will be dedicated to black and blue. Blue bolt, blue panda and blue mosura. My next tank will be for the reds. I was going to try and replicate the conditions in my first tank as close as possible. This did not work out because the amazonia aqua soil i used turned out to be a bad batch or something. Check this out, this was after two weeks and several 100% water changes. So this is actually my second try. This time i am going to try Controsoil. I know there is some debate on the benefits of aqua soil but in my experience it makes a huge difference in the survival rate of baby shrimp. Hopefully the controsoil works as well as the amazonia did. Time will tell. Here is some of the other products i will use as well as the parameters i am shooting for. Tank size 30gal ph 5.8 temp 72-74F tds 180 kh o I use ro water with salty shrimp mineral GH+. One scoop to a five gallon bucket works out perfect. I also add a couple drops of prime to each bucket as well as a pinch of Ebi-ken Sosei. Substrate will be two bags of controsoil fine black. I am also adding one pack of mosura old sea mud and some ada bacter 100 as a substrate additive. Filtration on this tank will be a Fluval 50 hob,a Eheim classic canister, one turbo twist uv filter and one air driven sponge filter. Lightning will be a Finnex planted led. I added water yesterday and the first thing i noticed is the water is crystal clear even while filling. Today it looks even better. So far so good for the controsoil. Now all that is left to do is wait. I do have some mosura bt-9 i will be adding to the water to try and help along the cycling. SurraGync, ANBU, shrimpfreak and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANBU Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Awesome set up. hmm seems like several people are having bad batches of ada substrate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High5's Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Very nice setup! Looking forward to seeing how controsoil preforms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 I've been switching all my tanks over to controsoil. so far I love it. looking forward to more posts. nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpscales Posted January 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Just checked the ph after one day with controsoil and it is 5.9. So far so good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roborep1 Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 I love this setup. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpscales Posted January 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 It has been a week and the ph is stable at 5.9. Ammonia is 0. Decided to add some snails today. If all goes well with them i will add a few mischlings in a week or two as test shrimp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpscales Posted January 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 This mama will be going in the new tank for sure. I am thinking of adding a few like her with my best blue bolts and shadow mosuras. I also have two pinto shrimp and im not sure if they should go in or stay in my mixed tank. I would love to start a pinto tank but they are just so expensive. Rodan76 and Greenteam 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddles Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 This will be really nice, I like the tank setup and your shrimp are beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evabug1 Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 This mama will be going in the new tank for sure.003.JPG I am thinking of adding a few like her with my best blue bolts and shadow mosuras. 011.JPG007.JPGI also have two pinto shrimp and im not sure if they should go in or stay in my mixed tank. I would love to start a pinto tank but they are just so expensive.002.JPG Great idea Shrimpscales! It would be interesting to see what happened if you had the zebra pintos in with the BBs and shadows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodan76 Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 If you are selling any more of your mischlings anytime soon i'd love to get some more! A few of the ones i got from you finally had their babies over the last few weeks! Definitely can't wait to see what comes form this new tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpscales Posted January 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 So it has been a few weeks now and i have been slowly adding mischling shrimp. They are doing great so far with no deaths. My plan is to transfer all my mischlings over to this tank and when i am sure the tank is stable i will sell them all and then add Taiwan bees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpscales Posted January 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 I also added a java fern. I am usually one of the people who tends to over do it with the plants so the tank becomes an overgrown jungle but this time i think i will just try and stick with the one plant. Or maybe two, some moss would be nice.( haha that is how it always starts) Greenteam and Rodan76 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenteam Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Nice driftwood where you get it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpscales Posted January 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 www.manzanita-driftwood.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpscales Posted February 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Finally my new tank is fully cycled,all the mischings are sold and i am moving higher grade shrimp in. There will also be six pinto shrimp in this tank until their new tank is ready. I will add more pictures as i move shrimp from the big tank. Rodan76, slycat929, woopderson and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadenlea Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 very cool. So glad I got some of your mischlings before they were gone. Save me the skeletons!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpscales Posted February 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Got my first berried pinto shrimp. So exciting! Not sure who the daddy is as it happened in the big tank. I moved her into this tank so i can keep an eye on the offspring. Jadenlea and Soothing Shrimp 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpscales Posted February 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Moved a couple more shrimp over today. Check this one out. At first glance it looks like a cbs but it is a Taiwan bee. I also moved over a very nice blue bolt mama. Amyers22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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