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Just my two cents on what I have done: I would recommend it be as dry as a bone, plant sap kills shrimp fast. Wood that is heavy/hardwood works great. Preferably something found in or near a river bed that has already been exposed to water for some time, that way you can rule out plant sap. Then after collecting, high pressure wash or hose it off, boil it for as long as your family can stomach having it in the kitchen to kill whatever is living in the wood and then soak it in a tub of water with Seachem Prime for at least 2 weeks to make sure it is 100 recent shrimp safe. I added some tank water to the tub to colonise it with tank microbes. I have done this with a piece of wood collected near the beach. It might be overkill, but I value my shrimp. Second hand on Gumtree is cheap too ?

OMG, that's kinde stupid to overlooked that :P. Thanks. Gonne read up to that topic, just throw this one away ;). Great topic. You see, I underestimate the knowledge on this forum again. When I post something like this on a Dutch forum, the response would be, hu what's Magnesium?? That's why I've posted this, before even searching this category... Sorry bout that, but thanks again for the great info, that was what I was looking for.

Hi revolutionhope, Thanks for the Welcome. I have posted already and I am familiarizing myself with the layout. Regards, Match.

G'day Madmerv, Thanks for your reply. Here is a shot of the stuff I have now. Taken on my phone so the quality is definitely LQ. The only thing missing is the benibachi bee max but that is in the fridge till needed. I would love Seiryu stone but have read that it would raise the pH and hardness. I will be using RO/DI and adding GH+ so it may be possible to use less GH+ to get the pH to around 6-6.2. I am aiming for about 150 TDS. I am now looking at black+white agate but think this may have a similar issue. Another option may be slate. Don't fancy Dragon or Manten stone, although I may have to go down that route if I must have stone. The best option would be no stone but I want to use it to add false perspective, if at all possible with only 12" front to back. Mark.

If anyone ever needs Tertacycline: I erroneously bought 3 bottles full of Aquari-cycline instead of three tablets. Just let me know and I will post them to whomever needs it- I can't see postage being more than $5.