journal Back to the hobby - 1st tank

[raukem86]

Hi shrimp lovers,

I am recently back to my hobby again. I bought a 30l Aquael shrimp tank and Up Aqua substrate from Tech Den.

Special thanks to @Disciple who sold me a pack of top quality 10 crs to start. He and I had a chat about shrimp hobby which took almost 2 hours but I thought it was like 15 mins lol. Time flies when talking about shrimps.

I've learnt a lot from when we had a chat. It was great meeting you again @Disciple. I hope we have a chance to see again some time.

I am planning to start a Tainwan Bee tank for next step but I will see how I go with the crs first. Hopefully everyone on here is happy to help me out if I have any trouble :)

Thanks for reading.

Here are my photos

[Disciple]

Your welcome, 

I would not say top quality but i am glad your happy.

It was nice meeting you and thanks for the chat.

Cheers

[JacksonL]

Nice looking tank and very nice shrimp!

what is the fern looking plant at the back in the corners?

[raukem86]

Thanks.

I think they are called African Water Ferns that I bought at Perth Aquarium & Gallery Centre the other day.

[buck]

how is the tank going mate?

[raukem86]

Thanks for reminding me buck! I've been slack :(

I will also update my 2nd tank tomorrow as I've just bought off Disciple some mischlings & rr/rw :)

[raukem86]

Hi All,

I now have my 2nd tank up and running for 2.5 weeks. I did a major change in my 1st tank as I want to keep both tanks simple with same WPs. I always wanted to start a TWB colony but I was not ready. Fortunately, I met Disciple, who teaches me more about TWB on SKF so I am tempted to start my 1st TWB colony. 

Here the details:

WPs:

pH: 6.3 ~ 6.5

Ammonia, Nitrite & Nitrate: 0

TDS: 145 ~ 150 (RO with SaltyShrimp)

Temp: 22oC

Tank #1:

Dimensions: 29x29x35 cm

Substrate: Cal Aqua Black Earth Soil

I found this substrate buffers very low pH (4.2 ~ 4.5) in my tanks so I leave very thin layer. pH stays between 6.3 ~ 6.5 now.

Filters: Sponge filter and Eheim AquaCompact 40

Light: Up Aqua Z LED

Plants/ Moss: African fern, Myriophyllum Matto., Peacock & US Fissiden

Members: 11 CRS (from Disciple)

Tank #2:

Dimensions: 30x30x30 cm

Substrate: As above

Filters: Sponge filter and Ista Mini Canister filter

Light: Up Aqua Z LED

Plants/ Moss: African fern, Tripartita Japan, Mini Pelia, HC and Monte Carlo, Pogos. Helferi (from JacksonL)

Members: 3 WR/RR & 5 Mischlings (from Disciple).

I will see how they are going for the next couple weeks then probably add more TWB to the colony.

Thanks for reading.

Cheers

 

 

Edited September 20, 2015 by raukem86

[Astro]

Hi Raukem, both tanks are looking great. Looking forward to seeing photos of some shrimplets in them soon! ? 

[Disciple]

Hi Raukem, both tanks are looking great. Looking forward to seeing photos of some shrimplets in them soon! ?

Wow diamond suits you 

I think we need to see more diamond members

[Ronskitz]

Hey raukem nice to meet you yesterday [emoji106] tanks are looking great man. That matto in tank 1 looks cool

[raukem86]

Hey Ron, nice to meet you too.

Please update us once you got the new set-up aye!

Cheers.