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Old 01-02-2014, 12:11 AM   #1
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Happy New Year to everyone. This year Chinese New Year was fairly busy... got poisoned by shrimps. Started out with a few "Sunkist" shrimps for my daughter and loved these small fellers. So decided to get one for myself. I am a total shrimp noob so any advice are welcomed!

Converted one of my apistos tank (1.5x1x1). Initially was thinking of whether to get a crystal glass tank but decided to minimize cost and reuse.



Decided to use RAC soil. Soil was added on 28th Jan.



Normal soil at the bottom and powder on top.



Space was tight and was really fortunate that one of the bros on the forum was letting go this 200w TEM mini chiller at the same time. Filtration is a Shiruba xb305 - used some old media from my discus tank as I wanted to add the shrimps before CNY. Chiller temp was set to 24 degrees. It will kick in when temperature hits 25 and chill to 24. Did a 80% water change on 29th and added some B4 bacteria.



Got the shrimps on CNY eve...finally was able to own BKK. Was poisoned by them maybe 3 years ago when I was on planted tanks but was put off by the price tag then. Use the lazy man's method of using satellite breeder box to acclimatize the shrimps as I had to dump and run to my reunion lunch.

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Old 01-02-2014, 12:15 AM   #2
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Some pictures of the shrimps.





Swimming!



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Makan.





Full Tank Shot. Mini Christmas Moss from a bro in another forum. 3 days old only... have not grown in.

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Old 01-02-2014, 03:25 AM   #3
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Bro, welcome to shrimp keeping. Wishes you all the best in this hobby.


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Old 01-02-2014, 05:40 AM   #4
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Nice set up bro. Saw u bought the drip tank too
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Bro, welcome to shrimp keeping. Wishes you all the best in this hobby.

thanks Bro. Saw your posts! very poisonous collections! have to stop looking at them to avoid buying more.




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Nice set up bro. Saw u bought the drip tank too
Thanks Bro. You mean the satellite box? ya, easy to acclimitize. I remember last time use air tube and have to drip overnight!!
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Old 02-02-2014, 01:25 AM   #6
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Nice setup and Nice BKK.
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Old 02-02-2014, 02:32 AM   #7
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very nice Cedric!!!!! More blackieeesss
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Old 02-02-2014, 03:14 AM   #8
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ur poison very deep leh...

pple start cheap shrimps u start high end ones

very nice !
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Old 02-02-2014, 04:53 AM   #9
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Nice tank !!
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Old 02-02-2014, 08:35 AM   #10
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Very nice & neat on your tank . Nice BKK & Nice photos sharp & clear . Well Done . Thanks for sharing .
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