Journal on my new shrimp tank

Its been quite a while simce i updated on the progress of my shrimp tank. basically had been a busy week trying to setup the tanks and source out the stuffs i required.

the tank was custom made by YH and was delivered last sat or sun. Haiz getting old, cant recall the dates properly.




Proceed to setup the tank with the stuffs i bought fm GC


The old sea mud powder fm Mosura in lighter tone compare with that fm Benibachi




3 ft rainbar (DIY.....)


pre-filter which i used it as an extra BB housing.


The tank when filled oso appears cloudy like the ADA, but disperse after running the filter for 3 hours.


Got some big BB house and put it in the tank, but find it ugly. Thus rescape and insert the hosue in btw the partition and cover with gravels to keep it out of sight

The tank was filled with 80% distilled water and 20% water fm my 422 tank. Don't ask me why cos i oso dnt knw why i used distilled water. Normally i used distilled oni for top ups.
Canister stored water fm my old tank and had been running for 3 mths, oni intro new biohomme to make it fuller.
added BT 9, Shizhen and rich water to the tank. Leave the tank to cycle for a full 10+ hours b4 taking any readings

Readings as per first day, expected to see some spikes in the ammonia and nitrite reading but found nothing.
DAY1
pH - 6.4
kh - 2
gh - 5
ammonia, nitrite, nitrate at 0

The tank was left to run. Added again, BT9 to the water. Reading was taken again
DAY 3
pH - 5.6
kh - 2
gh - 5
ammonia - 0.25ppm
nitrite - 0.5ppm
nitrate -0

Reading taken at day 4
DAY 4
pH - 4.8 (think its the amt of drift wood i had, 2 larger pc were removed, added coral chips into the tank)
kh - 2
gh - 5
ammonia - 0
nitrite - 0
nitrate - 10ppm

After taken the reading, mineral rocks which i bought fm GC were added. Plants which i had bought early and quarantine were also added.

Day 5
pH - 5.8
kh - 3
gh - 6
ammonia - 0ppm
nitrite - 0ppm
nitrate -5
Did a 30% WC using distilled water, BT 9, Shizhen and rich water added. 3 hrs later, intro my commando CRS.

Pic of my tank at end of day 5, commando CRS doing well


Day 6
pH - 5.8
kh - 3
gh - 6
ammonia - 0ppm
nitrite - 0ppm
nitrate -0ppm
Constant readings... so happy. Finally can get my PRLs

Pics of my compts
Compt 1 (for my PRLs)


My 3 PRLs (got fm GC)




Compt 2 (for my SS and above)






Compt 3 is currently empty


Compt 4 - occupants, apple snails

[Ircknight]

Nice setup bro.

Thank for sharing.

[cheetf]

Looking good! Wah bro 1 week already put in PRL ah? Champion lah

Curious, where is the GH coming from any idea? Since you used distilled water.

Don't think snails like such acidic water. I have seen many with broken shells at this PH levels.

Very impressive!

Very nice! Tks for sharing.

[ronaldlim]

Wa!poison me again!nice tank and shrimps!can pm me where u buy ur rainbar?

[gryphon]

The Benibachi soil really cycles fast. So your nice PRLs & CRS all doing well & molted already?

Nice setup and nice shrimps..

Originally Posted by cheetf

Looking good! Wah bro 1 week already put in PRL ah? Champion lah

Curious, where is the GH coming from any idea? Since you used distilled water.

Don't think snails like such acidic water. I have seen many with broken shells at this PH levels.

Mainly I think i used up to 30% of water fm my 422 tank to help in the cycling, oso all filter medias are used and had BB inside running for 3 months, nvr used any tap water at all, thus no chlorine that can kill off the BB. So far so good.

As for the gh, i dnt really knw. Since day 1, the gh had been 5, maybe its the benibachi mineral powder that i used in the start up