My humble CRS

[Ecalyte]

Bro Ecalyte maybe you want read the recent issue on soil depleting? How long did you have your soil in the tank? type of soil used? Err media? i read somewhere some media can raise GH issue. Did you add any new media?

Never added any new media, it's all biohome plus. Also, the soil is a mix of ADA 2 Amazonia normal and powder type, it's been in the tank for 3-4 months. I just did a few tests with those cheapo strips... GH is on the high side although pH is still around 6.5

This is funny because just a few days before I watched one of my BKK moulted without any problems... it's only since my last water change that I saw these deaths.

Does anyone have any experience with Dymax Instant Start? It's an anti-chlorine and anti-chloramine solution that I'm using..

[newlife]

Actually just today I'm sad to report 2 deaths from my CRS FH partition, and 2 deaths from my BKK/BDS partition. My solid solid BDS FH stud and extreme BKK have died It's molting issues.. I have no idea how my GH has increased since I have no rock in the set up at all. These deaths also only happened today, and prior I've seen regular molting. Ugh

Can CO2 cause an increase in GH/KH? Anyways.. going to do 20% water change on a 2-day basis in an attempt to bring the GH/KH down before more casualties. The mamas from my CRS side are still alive..

How long you use your soil??

[Ecalyte]

3-4 months

[Ecalyte]

This is my super thick white BDS FH stud that passed away. His partner is luckily still alive! When she's pregnant you can't see the eggs.. But without a strong stud like this

[andrewheng]

Sorry to hear that, Bro.

[ZackZhou]

Bro, you might want to test your water parameter for the tap. Recently water ph and gh changed a little and was reported by some hobbyist from other forum. My side(amk) ph increase from 6.5 to 7.1. Gh from 3 to 4


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[newlife]

Beautiful piece....wasted + heart pain...
What's your gH now?
Nothing can do to bring down gH except w.c...
Use distill water to the w.c...and do a test again....

[eviltrain]

Alan, nothing to woot about... yet! Poison not deep enough unless you care to guide me?

Ronnie,
you much more longer in this hobby than me. you confirm easily know all these just by google-ing. besides that, im no master. im just a normal hobbyist who loves to share poison, opps, knowleges. there is self proclaimed enlightend master out there.

but he's always in the hidding, quite difficut to get him.

[eviltrain]

bro Ecalyte,

better to waterchange using old method. age water for 1 week before water change is the safest.

[vynax]

no idea really.. my first batch is due in a few days.. but as I personally haven't ventured into PRL having a snow white / golden offspring is not an issue to me..

This tank is not for selective breeding, it's for my personal viewing pleasure.. haha. Most of the offsprings are going to be A-SS grade. Very rarely i will get SSS or flowerhead offsprings..

I think I should have ventured into PRL, the amount of money I spent in culling so many flowerheads due to lack of thick whiteness could have bought me 2 tanks full of PRLs.. haha! But as it is.. I love flowerheads a lot more than PRLs. Maybe my taste will change soon as have everyone in this hobby..

There have been a lot of progress with this tank in terms of its inhabitants etc, I have a lot of very thick white flowerheads now and to add to that, 7 of my female flowerheads are pregnant, but I'm afraid to post updates.. I'm sure with the recent events you'll understand why..

So probably I'll just keep it to myself for now...

Bro, i guess is this batch of flowerhead is not pure or you have mixed lineages. you can get high % of Fh by selecting and breeding Fh. after a few generations of selective breeding, you will get better rate in getting Fh offersbrings

[Ecalyte]

More bad news.. Molting has re-occured in the tank, but at a cost.



One of my very thick white female. Sigh!!

She was due in a few days, carrying a LOT of eggs. I counted about 30+. Anyways, in the process of attempting artificial hatching thanks to the advice from bro alvin.



Hope I'm doing the artificial hatching correctly

[eviltrain]

something wrong with your water lo. cannot be shrimps dying every day.

[Ecalyte]

the 4 deaths occur after water change

then i realise there's molting issue so i changed water again to rectify... then die again.

Nothing's out of the ordinary except the water changes.. maybe my anti chlorine?

[Ecalyte]

I checked the water parameters.. all was ok except for GH a bit high so i did water change, then now the GH is back down again and i see some moulting

[ZackZhou]

Gh high as in how high? Taiwanese even said that gh of 3~4 is abit low for crs. Gh of 6 should be the ideal. So now I also dunno what's the ideal gh. Haha


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[binniez]

Hmmm.. Bro, I won't suggest doing big water changes. Maybe u can break them down into 10% over a few days. 20% wc + the current problem in your tank might cause them greater stress. U mentioned there was rust in the moss wall previously. Could be due to that? Have you checked the other moss wall for signs of rust as well? Also, u might want to change your water conditioner to shizhen or tetra brand as I have personally used them and they are shrimp friendly seeing that you suspect some problems with you water conditioner.

[gryphon]

Bro sorry about your loss. Such beautiful shrimps
IMO, 20% water change is too much, 10% is safer
Have you just started using Dymax Instant Start? Mosura Shizen is usually used and most bros will age the water for a few days then use it for water change.
I just learnt this from the advices to Newlife's thread and have recently bought a container to age water for a week. Added Shizen as well as a ketapang leaf in the water.

[gryphon]

Another thing, check behind you moss wall to see if there are hydras or other pests on the glass.

Best of luck to your artificial hatching

[crsfrenzy]

How do you make the plants grow at the side?

[newlife]

What is your gH????
Seem like you have the similar problem I met...