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Mate, she is stunning! Glad she showed up okay!

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If you used mature filter media for the new tank, then don't forget to turn the heat up a bit to get those bacteria multiplying.

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Few pic of the Tibee: So in this planted section of the tank I only have male panda and male Tibee with female crystal and female Tibee.

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Found this in my twb tank today. Is it a black cherry? Do they have white tip on the tail?

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Woah! Gorgeous! Sounds like you can now relax and have a drink seeing as it's Friday and she's shown up!  :thumbsu:

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That's awesome news dude & she is definitely a stunner! Well done! :thumbsu:

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Beautiful shrimps Kev, well done. You said you are using zeolite as your substrate, how are you finding it? Do you use RO water with salty shrimp minerals?

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Beautiful shrimps Kev, well done. You said you are using zeolite as your substrate, how are you finding it? Do you use RO water with salty shrimp minerals?

To be honest I am very very surprise with the result I am getting ATM.

Ph are rather high for my likening (7.2-7.5) to be keeping crystal, leave alone twb. But they seem to be doing alright ATM. Don't ask me why as I wouldn't have a clue.

I am not using RO water or any mineral supplement. How every do about 10% water change weekly.

My TDS is about 210-230 most of the time and Temp is keep at 24-25.

All shrimps look healthy and happy ATM. (Finger cross).

Cheers

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Very interesting water parameters Kev. One of my mates rack is at almost 400 TDS, Gh 5-6. He keeps shrimps like pintos and PRLs. They are alive and doing very well.

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Found this girl today.

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It is bb Tibee. She is abit of a player, hence the father could be a twb, michling or Tibee male.

Any idea what the baby will be if:

Twb male x Tibee ;

Michling x Tibee:

Tibee x Tibee;

Any help appreciated

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haha cool tibee, unfortunetelly i cant help with the questions as i dont have tibee yet :angel: ...  stunning bb you have there. i have same problem before start worrying if cant find my bb in the tank as is very noticeable as i only have 2 hahaha

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This is my new twb tank.

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It a 1.5 ft Komodo tank. I am using benibachi as a subtract for this tank.

It has been running for about 1 week now with no light.

Look at what is popping up on the soil.

Can anyone tell me what it is and is it shrimp safe?

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It just looks like some fungus growing on any organic matter in the substrate, this should help the cycle & disappear when the cycle in nearing completion. :D

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Some nice looking shrimp you have there. I just bought a few tb's so am watching your posts with interest

Looking forward to seeing the new tank as it gets put into action!

Please keep the pics coming

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Going to move all my crystal and twb to this tank once it finish cycling.

ATM all parameter are good except for ammonia which is dark green (very very high level). I was amaze to see this as I wasn't expecting from benibachi soil.

Anyone have high ammonia reading with new setup up using banibachi soil?

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Always, it helps make the bacterial culture in your filter larger. :bth_aquariumsmile1-vi:

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This is what the tank look like today.

Still cycling .......,...

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Sorry about the dark tank.

I'm waiting on my 3ft pro z led like ;)

Will setup another tank beside it once I get some free time. Not that time is cheap not free these days. ;)

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Looking great mate!

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Recap how my twb journey is ATM.

Everything is going well so far ;) finger cross it will continues.

Currently I have a 3ft tank with michling mix with twb and cherry (black and red rilli. In different partition). Ideally I am looking to sell my colony of red rilli and only keep the back. Because I am planning to remove the partition soon hence I don't want the cherry to mix.

Going to turn this tank into a planted tank with black cherry And michling tank.

On the other hand I have set up individual tank rack to selectively breed twb and a colony of tiger once I have the fund ready and tank setup. Which is about 2-3 months away.

1st tank on the rack:

Twb, mix with michling female only. Once a female is berried she will be move to the planted tank to relax and enjoy her 28-30 of labor ;). Off course she will return to the breed tank once she drop her little once off.

2nd tank in the rack will only house tiger shrimp.

Will tank is the plan for now.

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Just manage to setup another tank today. And the light is on for the first time.

Now it is a matter of time before the tank cycle.

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Cheers.

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Brilliant Kev! Love the plastic raiser under the sponge filters! Can never see the shrimp when they hide under there, you'll have no problem! Ingenious mate!

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Looks awesome dude, well done! Now comes the worst part..............waiting.............waiting.................waiting! :D

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Thanks for the detail journal....been enjoying reading it, and excited it all coming together.....cycling is the pits :-) I HATE waiting ! but sooner them letter, it'll all come together... Awesome stuff

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