First 2ft shrimp tank

[alvinchan80]

it all depends what temp you want to set for your chiller, which translates to what temp you want your shrimp tank to be at.
if you set at 20, then of course it might kick in since now the surrounding room temp is higher.
most of us here set chiller temp at about 24-25 so if you also set the same, then high chances it won't kick in if your room temp is 23.

O.T. you sleep at such low temp?

now must find a secondhand chiller or if i bear to spend on a brand new one.. haiz.... then i think i will set it at about 24.5 or 25 ba... i only dont want the swishing sound to be so loud because i think my OC will make so darn lots of noise to overpower the swishing noise...

O.T yeah... must cold cold den shiok.. haha.. no choice.. hibernating must be cold temperature....

[newlife]

I can see that most O.C will make noise....even mine....

I think only bro Bai have the best O.C...wahaha....

[alvinchan80]

I can see that most O.C will make noise....even mine....

I think only bro Bai have the best O.C...wahaha....

bro newlife, i think almost all OC will make noise when they hear splashing sound from the rain bar... swishing sounds from the chiller.. and for my case, when its in our bedroom, its worse... hahahahahaha... so i think if its going to be OC1, OC2 or OC3 its going to be the same.. *oops, i dont have so many OCs*...

bro Bai is lucky to find one that accepts everything without complains ba... hehe....

[alvinchan80]

Updates:
I have added 6 Galaxies into the tank.. (migrated them from my IQ3 to the 2ft since they keep hiding in the coconut husk *evil*) hahaha...

tank still cycling... PH maintained at 6.5-6.8... added a flat scoop of Old Sea Mud * BT-9 to carry on the cycle.. When i reached home, temperature of the water hits the all-time high of 30.2deg today... No chiller also cannot make it liao.. haiz.....

[alvinchan80]

UPDATES:

Chiller bought from bro downxxer... *thanks alot*
Added it into the cycle.... put into the tank a Borneowilde Mineral Rock as well & bought 2 plant to put inside the tank.... Was asked to get liquid fertilizer for the plants to make them 'healthier'.. is it recommended?

Added some photos and please ID the plants for me is possible and the pros & cons of them... More feedback & comments please..... Cheers~~


IMG_0590.jpgcan someone ID the plant on the right foreground?

IMG_0592.jpgwhat plant is this?

[Limy]

you all OC only.. mine CO lol..

Bro alvin think the second plant is gujing. And becareful of the mineral rock, might disturb gh.

[alvinchan80]

you all OC only.. mine CO lol..

Bro alvin think the second plant is gujing. And becareful of the mineral rock, might disturb gh.

I thought the mineral rock is the same properties as Old Sea Mud Rock? So I can cut down on putting Old Sea Mud into the tank?

Will be transferring my sakuras & yellow shrimps into the tank next week to test out.. think shouldnt be a problem since the soil is used & also water temperature is now set at 25deg already.. *YEAH*

(Can anyone ID the first picture with the long stem on the right side's foreground? Thank you~

[alvinchan80]

Updates:

Added in 10 CRS from LFS...
Added in 17 CRS from bro newlife
Added in 2 Snow White from bro newlife
Added DW 'Tree' tied by bro eviltrain

Currently adding liquid CO2 as there is a lack of CO2 which causes a sudden hair algae boom.. After manually removing most of those that i can see, I can only now rely on the liquid CO2 and hope that the amount i put is just right for the plants, yet dont harm the CRS in anyway..

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[newlife]

Hope my shrimp will do well in your tank....and bossom with lots of shrimplets soon...

By the way....which lfs you get the 10 crs??? What grade???

[alvinchan80]

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[alvinchan80]

Hope my shrimp will do well in your tank....and bossom with lots of shrimplets soon...

By the way....which lfs you get the 10 crs??? What grade???

Bro, i got them from Colorful... Got a couple is SS/SSS grade.... check out my pics on FB~

[newlife]

Great....hope you like the shrimps....

[alvinchan80]

Great....hope you like the shrimps....

love them.. they are happily swimming everywhere and 'grazing' on the meshes or the DW tree... haha...
meet you next weekend ya... coffee... also let me know about the sakura & cherry.. if weekday, i can ask my friend fetch me down your place if he is free...

[eviltrain]

Haha. You in luck, get to find the branchy drift wood instead of bog wood. Hope you will enjoy growing your tree.

[newlife]

love them.. they are happily swimming everywhere and 'grazing' on the meshes or the DW tree... haha...
meet you next weekend ya... coffee... also let me know about the sakura & cherry.. if weekday, i can ask my friend fetch me down your place if he is free...

I still got solid black bds to let go.....hee.....already post in market place....

[alvinchan80]

[hyun007]

I am so jealous!!!
I want some soon.

[alvinchan80]

I am so jealous!!!
I want some soon.

when you coming to Singapore? you can get some soon.. hehe...

[goody992828]

Wow finally your setup is done, great job.... so how was your chiller doing at night? you switch off or it is sleeping with you? CO complaint or not... hahah

[alvinchan80]

Wow finally your setup is done, great job.... so how was your chiller doing at night? you switch off or it is sleeping with you? CO complaint or not... hahah

its set up.. but i m itching to start a 3ft to replace this 2ft.. hahahahaha...
chiller is fine.. once my water gets cold at 24deg, the chiller wont kick in... so its definitely sleeping with me.. hahaha... CO never make noise but she doesnt want me redo another 3ft to replace... sob sob~~