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Hi simon, Yep i agree we got really into detail and have thus derailed and started discussing about other stuff. I do apologize for that, admins please forgive me and feel free to change my thread to whichever is deemed best. I am as well a newbie on forums [emoji2960] The other forum im on in my local did not work well for learning. (Another story perhaps) Again sorry for the confusion Main tank: I have one tank with crs and rcs, the same one with mr diamond. That is the first running tank i have ever set up. Pail: Than i have the pail with oranges. I meant to say the high tds of 300plus was before i did the wc yesterday. And those were the reasons why i feel contributed to the high tds. But it has since been corrected after the wc. Thank you again for all the advice i picked up from zoidburg, simon and jayc on the RIP MR DIAMOND thread. I appiled whatever you guys said to this pail of oranges yesterday. Am scaping a proper tank for the oranges this weekend. Will concurrently scape and cycle another one tank specially for the tetras that i separated from the MAIN TANK[emoji115] with the rcs and crs. Will be applying whatever you guys taught me on parameters and speeding the cycle process. Im so glad and thankful for all the help i got here. Was really alone and confused beyond measure after researching from the internet. Grateful for the culture of openess and spirit of sharing here. Great company of like minded hobbyists here. Love it! Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk

Hey guys! I'm new to the forum and also to shrimpkeeping. Started with the hobby about 3 months ago and really enjoying it! Really wanted to make a shrimp series of the progress of my tanks. I'm not an advanced shrimpkeeper so bare with me, this is just an adventure of my shrimpkeeping journey ;) I do have other tanks for breeding purpose only, but this is just one of my living room tanks that I love to stare at everyday! Hope you guys enjoy the video!

I am getting on a bit, well definitely feel it anyway, so it doesn't take much to confuse me, and as I was an accountant I have quite a tidy organised mind etc. You certainly haven't done anything wrong, I just thought it may be a better idea to have a thread per tank, but that is just my 'organised' brain, if you prefer carrying on as you are, go for it, entirely your choice. Thanks for clarifying the high TDS, I thought maybe you had another bucket with something else in, but relieved to hear that it was Before the water change of the bucket you were suffering high TDS. I hope the big water change with the orange shrimps din't cause any problems. Hope all goes well with setting up the new tanks this weekend (if the other one you set up is anything to go by they will look fabulous) and look forward to reading/seeing how it is all going. Hopefully someone may be able to help with the blue shrimp thread as well! Simon ps I used the non dechlorinted water yesterday and all seems good so far, thanks JayC

We pride ourselves on being open and sharing here on SKF. One day you will repay your experiences to other newbies.

If you get the parameters right you don't need to worry about breeding as they will readily do that! I see you have some blues (on another thread), I'm not knowledgeable on the colours so will let others answer that thread, will you be keeping them in ANOTHER tank, I'm already losing track?? I thought you did 50% change in the bucket (with orange shrimp) yesterday so what 'pail' have you not done for 2 weeks? Sounds like you have gotten into this in a big way so you are doing/learning well and will get there. People are more than happy to help with advice, that is why we are on here! This is the only forum I belong to so am a bit of a newbie with such matters, but it may be easier for you and others replying if under 'shrimp tank setup' you set up a thread for each of your tanks, ie something like 'Jojo Crystal tank', 'Jojo Orange tank' and so on if that makes sense, especially if you will be doing different things and using different water in some tanks etc? Will be easier to refer back to in future as well? Hopefully the plants should survive in the bucket until you get to put them in tanks. Simon

Interesting to get another view on the zerowater, always a good idea. I have been using it for a year and am on my 3rd filter. I did read about the 'fishy' smell, but I haven't come across that and assume people are just being lazy and not keeping an eye on the filter life. It will last a long time at TDS000 but when it gets to 003 (about 100L with my water) it will go up quickly after 003 (about 1TDS per litre to 006, I haven't gone passed that) so it needs keeping an eye on the TDS (but that is easy enough) and the manufacturers state it should be changed at 006 anyway, and my money would be on the likelihood that people aren't doing that, after all for drinking what is 006TDS, nothing and being too mean to buy and replace the filter cartridge when the manufacturer recommends they should!. To sum up, I am using the zerowater AS PER THE MANUFACTURERS RECOMMENDATIONS, am on my 3rd filter (2 for the year basically) and have a tank over run with shrimp (having now to cull some), never seen a dead shrimp or any unusual parameters, disease etc and NO Ammonia. If you want to/ or have read my original first ever post (about this very subject) it is no exaggeration to say that without the zerowater filter I wouldn't even be keeping Taiwan Bee shrimp at this point, but all details are in that article. A year of zerowater with shrimp so far, judge for yourself? https://skfaquatics.com/forum/topic/14025-tap-water-taiwan-bee-uk-zerowater/ It is always good to get another perspective though and good to see you back on here. Simon

Thank you zoidburg for your input on gravel vaccuming substrates. Thanks for your help on id of the shrimps. Hmmmm..will do a separate tank for them. Im still a newbie and dont want to be playing around with breeding but it is good info on what you mentioned i could do with them.(put them tgt), in the future perhaps? [emoji16] Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk Spot on with the tds level of the pail, i vac all the poo out and changed the water. Tds level came down to 205. Gh at 5 Yep gonna separate these orange into a separate tank. Scaping it end of this week and will start cycling. Will wash off the dirty sponges in that cycling tank when i start its cycle(thank you jayc n simpn for the idea) Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk