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Have finally bitten the bullet and got my benibachi soil and as I had an empty tank that holds a bit more water than my cube decided to use that for my motley crew of CRS. Filled it last night now just filtering and waiting for it to all settle to hopefully put the crew in there on Monday after I do water tests. It is a small Aqua one AR 380 ,holds 34 litres but less now because of the amount of soil. Has in built over head trickle filter with noodles ,carbon sponge white sponge and small charcoal filled filter with a very good flow rate, I also have 2 small air driven sponge filters so should be fine for filtration. It is fully RO water with salty shrimp and a small azoo bio ball. MickeyG kindly made me a steel mesh with fissidens on it which will go in with the shrimp. Plants are various java ferns mostly from MickeyG plus some I bought from Aquathumb, and some given to me from Guppyluv, also a stone with flame moss, an anubius, the forground plants I bought a while ago but don't know what it is but looks good when settled and some moss tied around the driftwood. I have charcoal bamboo caves for hiding in.So guys and girls I have learnt all this from the forum having no knowledge of shrimp and little of plants. My motley crew of culls will add a dash of colour and will eventually have some better grade tank mates.

Did I learn enough to get by, have I missed anything? A big thanks to you all for sharing hope after all this I can keep the crew alive and happy

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Thank you al4n I just hope that I haven't forgotten anything?

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Very cool tank Ineke, I think you're going to have lots of little CRSlets in no time :encouragement:

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Thanks Squiggle but did I forget anything. The tank is ultra clear today but will still give it another 12 hours before I test it. It was filled Friday night so hoping tomorrow will be ok to put the crew in there.

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Very nice Ineke,

So how long are you planning to cycle the tank for? Are you using established filters and what not on the tank or starting from scratch ?

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I have used RO water but it was fresh , the trickle filter has all the old media in it, sponges, noodles etc, one sponge filter is new the other is from the original tank and was kept wet. All the plants , driftwood etc were from the original tank so there should be a reasonable lot of bacteria and biofilm in there. I can take out some of the water and put the water from their current tank in there, that is about two thirds RO water, and I'm happy to leave it longer. I think perhaps putting some old tank water would be good but there is no salty shrimp in that only in the new water.

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Just keep an eye on the ammonia & nitrite, replacing 100% of the water can cause a mini cycle, as there is no food supply for the bacteria some my die & cause an ammonia spike :encouragement:

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I will replace some of the water with water from their current tank and do water tests for a few days before I put them in. I only have 8 so it won't be a huge bio load. Does that sound OK.?. I didn't think about the water I just read you could put the shrimp in within 2 days with no problems. I would anyway be testing the water every couple of days for a couple of weeks as that's what I have been doing with any new tanks since I've had the shrimp.:encouragement:

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Yeah just keep an eye on the WP, they will only a light load but CRS are a bit more fragile than cherries, I'd make sure the tank isn't cycling again before adding them :encouragement:

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I was under the impression that the tank didn't need to cycle when using Benibachi so thanks for picking that up. Oo that was a close call although I would have been testing but not knowing why the spike. Thanks for that

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Yeah that's true if you are just changing the soil but you replaced 100% of the water too which is where the problem is :encouragement:

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Okay took 4 litres out and put water from the current CRS tank in to replace it. Will do all the water checks tomorrow and may even do another water change but I need to be careful because I don't want to stress the CRS if I take anymore water from their tank , I could probably take some out of the other cube with the yellows but the PH would be different.

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Have been reading about benibachi and boy did I get it wrong! Do you think adding a few ram shorn snails would help it cycle quicker, I could put a few cherries in but I don't like the idea of maybe killing them

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How about a betta they a very hardy..I use to use Betta culls to cycle tanks without any issues.

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So why didn't I do this a week ago when I had 5 males to give away????? I will put my tuff old girl in tomorrow she is still fighting with my boy who has a bad eye at the moment- from her no doubt.

Thanks for the suggestion

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