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Hope these linke are OK. Files are too big to upload through the website . https://ibb.co/n3NBkFr https://ibb.co/QKk4Bn0 https://ibb.co/GtpRhXf https://ibb.co/Xs0HKmH https://ibb.co/CtRX2X3

That is a fabulous tank, is it built into a wall or partition. Love the simplicity of the layout, you can see lots of shrimp - I tend to overcrowd mine with plants so don't get to see so many shrimp. Great to hear that this tank is doing well and you have quite a few shrimp in there! Especially like the panda and blue bolt in the photos. As you have so many crs in this tank you shouldn't need to buy any more for your reset tank so that will be great and you know the shrimp are good quality and healthy, and that will make a bit of room in this tank for the next generation at the same time? You may experience the slowing down or stopping breeding for winter, though not everyone has that? Thanks for the photos!

I would highly recommend qual drop gh+lc extremely easy to use and all you have to do is give the water a quick stir and all is good. I could recommend the place i get my stuff from if its allowed or could send you a message. My plan was to put them in a holding tank and see how they get on . I'm looking at no shrimp at least until December which will give it time to cycle. My plan of attack is to clean the water down with hydrogen peroxide 3%, rinse thoroughly with water after. All plants removed and discarded, as for the filters and rocks i was thinking of dipping them in tap water and refilling the bucket every 3 hours. The chlorine will kill all the bacteria or it should ? fill back up to a tds 120 and a gh around 5/6. Nothing from the crystal tank is being put in the taiwan bee tank. That one is running to smooth for me to disturb it. Lights should be on soon so will post once they are one.

I shall have to try a different GH+ next time as I also used a liquid one by dennerle but I think that is another discontinued line, hopefully I have a spare so I should be ok for a while. If the taiwan bees are doing well then what you are using must be ok! If you only have 2 crs left then it would be best not to put those in the new setup as they may be carrying something and at least then you reduce the risk of a re-occurance. The new setup will need to run a month or two anyway without shrimps. Obviously anything you will be re-using from this tank will need to be treated/cleaned as that may also transfer the problem, or just get new if you are using cheap stuff as that will be safer overall. When the new tank is put together you can use any water chane water from the taiwan bee tank as that will help. If you are using sponge filters then IF THEY ARE NEW you can just leave (float) those in the taiwan bee tank for a couple of weeks to help seed those - do not do that with sponge (or anything else) etc that has been used in the crs tank though as that will put the taiwan bee tank at risk! Would love to see a recent photo of the taiwan bees if you have one, and look forward to reading updates on the new setup!

Thank you , I've looked about and decided on master soil . I was tempted by ada but it's not really available in the UK or hard to come by . I have something similar called qualdrop gh + lc. Works the same as powder but its a liquid form. Salty shrimp powder is too hit or a miss and I can get accurate doses with liquid . I'm not sure if my issue is a bacteria infection as all parameters are fine in the crystal tank tds - 115 gh - 6 kh - 0/1 ph 5.86. I've dosed some hydrogen peroxide 3% in and the last two remaining shrimp seem to have picked up a bit. This was dosed on Friday. I'm tempted to do another dose to are if it helps and kill anything else remaining. My taiwan/ mischling is doing extremely well with similar parameters apart from tds is around 130 . I've never seen so many babies before . I got more crystals from somewhere else of high quality from a breeder . I can only guess bacteria infection ?

an old standard is Amazonia or the newer Amazonia 2.