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vinalex Be nice I'm new here

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Hi Guys,

I'm new to this forum so I thought I should share pics of my tank setup.

90x45x40cm, Mr Aqua Soil,

Filtration: Eheim 2217 with marine pure and eheim ehfisubstrat and ehfimech, 2 sponge filter.

Plant: java moss, driftwood with java fern + narrow leaf java fern. ground plant- i don't know the name

WP: temp 24C (hailea chiller), PH 6.6, GH 5, KH 0, TDS 120, NH 0, Ammonia 0,

Shrimp: Chocolate/ Black shrimp, CBS.

Was using rainwater (collected from gutter into a metal tank), initially was great for low grade CRS (i didn't check WP back then) but eventually had a tank crash after long holiday since then no luck with rainwater (random death and low CRS/CBS shrimplet survival, cherry still breeds okay), even after all WP checked. Just changed to RODI with salty shrimp mineral will see how it goes.

Twinstar Nano was installed 4 weeks ago and get rid of the annoying green hair algae.

Any comment/ suggestion welcomed!:wave:

cheers

vinalex

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smicko Shrimp Breeder

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Nice looking tank mate, it will look awesome once grown in.

You will notice the difference in breeding and colour bow that your using ro with salty shrimp.

Enjoy the forum.

Cheers mick

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Squiggle Shrimp Guru

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Awesome pics dude, tank looks very cool, can't wait to see the plants grown in, should look amazing! :victorious:

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Thanks for posting the pics.....awesome setup. RO is definitely the way to go, consistent and you know exactly what's going it I your tank etc.... Would love updates on the twinstar system. Nice tank and your WP looks perfect. Looking fwd to updates. :rockon:

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vinalex Be nice I'm new here

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Thanks guys,

Yeah still early days with the twinstar but it certainly does what it's claimed to, that is if you want to get rid of messy hair algae like me! (that means you can turn on the lights much longer to promote other plant growth- such as the moss, as it basically just suppress new algae growth. I have not noticed effect on BBA, with regards to green algae on the glass, it took much longer for them to grow back after i scrapped the front glass, but it wont just "KILL" it if you leave them alone.

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