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@ Lachie, there is actually 7-8 inches at the back already and 3 inches at the front :) it is just the angle of photo as i was trying to stop the brightness of the lights and took the photo looking slightly down over the tank :) but thanks for the input and your onto it :encouragement:

@Loach, i dont want big plants in the tank, only nano/mini and NL java gets huge in time. There will be heaps more added once i get them in next few weeks.

the biggest problem is how slow all the mini plants grow but in about 6-8 months it will be sweet :)

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You wont be upset with nano moss then. That stuff grows like duckweed lol. So did you end up buying the trident & mini java ferns?

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yes i got them also which will go in there too :) im on the hunt for anything rare, nano, mini, dwarf etc love them :)

ill be using that nano moss in the shrimp room not this tank :)

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tank looks amazing dean but i cant get past how much soil you would have had to of used...

good job mate love the big rocks

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thanks mate. there is 140Kg of Benibachi normal soil :) just a little :dejection:

Well at least you didnt have to use the amount you did in the racks!

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Wow that's a lot of soil! How do you work out how much you need? Or do you keep adding until you achieve a certain thickness?

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I have used that calculator. That's why I asked, because you used so much more than recommended.

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sorry HeavyD, yes the calculations on that site are minimum required soil depth etc for make the water parameters work as per the claims.

i have found that with the benibachi soil the more you put in the lower the PH goes and in turn the longer the buffering capabilities.

i wanted this tank to buffer around 5.0-5.2 and thats why so much.

sorry i hope that explains better for you

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@sprae, yes it will take some time but as i always tell you

Patients is they key with shrimp hobby :)

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Yep gotcha. I added another half a bag to my large tank today. Will see how it goes.

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Making us jelous Dean! :p

Nice Taiwan Bees! Hope they breed extremely ​well in this tank to bring the price down lol. Also, I love the snow white!

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had 3 shrimp give birth yesterday all at the same time in the same plant. was amazing to watch and so many babies :)

i have already more than halved the price of taiwan shrimp so thinks its pretty good where it is at right now :encouragement:

the SW was a prezy from a good friend :)

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had 3 shrimp give birth yesterday all at the same time in the same plant. was amazing to watch and so many babies :)

i have already more than halved the price of taiwan shrimp so thinks its pretty good where it is at right now :encouragement:

the SW was a prezy from a good friend :)

Thats a really good friend!

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Very nice shrimps as always. In a few months time I can't imagine how many they will breed out in that tank! Love the SW too.

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yes the shadow panda is one of the 3 that gave birth yesterday and all babies i could see popping out looked to be KK/panda

so fingers crossed they all end up shadow like mum :)

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